Go the Biff

There is a fair argument for H_H to be banned on match days For his own good as much as anyone else's

There are some weird cats on this forum. You Dee-luded may just be the weirdest. No mean feat

I was there at Vicious Park that day we handed them their first ever spoon. A great day. Until a few irate 'Pies skinheads took a dislike to me

This. Not many seem to get it. You can't talk about a pick you don't have but you can certainly bait the hook

Paging Rudi Webster

MND / ALS is quite topical at the moment. Those of you on social madia may be aware of the ice bucket challenge http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/18/business/ice-bucket-challenge-has-raised-millions-for-als-association.html?_r=0 I wish Danners all the best. Champion bloke who gave our club some great times. My daughter became a committed Demons the day Neale signed her Melbourne cap. Which she still has

Chris Dawes made a good point on one of the Sunday footy shows a few weeks ago. I'm very much paraphrasing but he said that Jesse's first game is inevitably going to attract a lot of hype. It might be beneficial for him to get that first game out of the way this year so he can attack pre-season without the build up to "the debut of the great white hope" I'm tipping a debut against North at Jihad Stadium. About as low profile as you can get. He's already rag-dolled some of their defenders in the 2013 pre-season comp. I'm sure he'd love to give them another serve

Craigieburn. WTF ? Long way from Footesscray

Agree with that. He's also had some untimely injuries along the way & could rarely string games together Credit to the coaching panel for finally putting him in the right position. I always thought he & his mate Bennell (sorry OD) were played at the wrong ends of the ground. That's despite Jamie's relative success in the back pocket for West Coast. Nev is a defender who likes to go hard at the ball and harder again if the opposition has it. Loves body contact. His highlight tape when he was drafted was something to behold. He just smashed into blokes.

Fitzpatrick will think he's Snow White in that lot. Casey will be praying for rain so the ball is on the ground where the seven (or more) dwarfs can have a crack at it

Supporter's perceptions don't always tell the tale but I heard Pederson described in scathing terms (as a bloke) from someone directly connected to North Haven't heard anything while he's been with us though No matter what - he wears a Melbourne jumper & player should have flown the flag for him

If you'd bothered to look you'd realise that rather than being "yet another thread" it's one that's over 2 years old. Just that some arse-clown decided it should be bumped today. I'll bet your eyes lit up. Nonetheless, I'm sure Jimmy would appreciate your hopes for his recovery

2015 ? I'm terrified of what might happen next week !

Good work Jane02 Mexico's not short of churches Can you wander round with a lighter or box of matches and land us a couple of class mids for 2015 ?

That's about it for me. I've always looked at this year as a righting of the ship. I don't think the win/loss column in 2014 has a lot to do with setting the club up for success in the next few years and beyond. I can see we've improved with my own eyes & I believe there remains improvement in the current group. Plus there will be additions. While I'd like more wins, it's not how I'm measuring the season That said I'd be mightly [censored] off were we to be in the same situation in 12 months And we won't come last - despite pulling one from their clackers against Freo, the Saints are pretty terrible

Nice debut. Here's one vote for the mods to delete thread

Superb. Just superb

Malceski is in career best form. I suspect the Swans will find a way to accomodate his requirements

Couldn't disagree more. At the time, the only surprise in the top end of that draft was the selection of O'Rourke over Toumpas Nothing cute or prophetic about it

Maybe not using the word “sucks” but you’ve slagged him off plenty of times I’ve noted you skulking around Casey threads inquiring about Toumpas so you can give him yet another whack & bemoan our not picking Wines It’s pathetic – some 60 year old using an internet alias to bag a young kid trying to get his career. Borderline creepy. And as for your “people like myself that have great footy insights” I’d suggest your view of footy is one dimensional and dated. 2005 at best Fence. The game has moved on. Time you did too My thoughts The Biff

Radio commentators ; 1) Good - No overbearing SA favoritism 2) Bad - they are hopeless callers. I can't work out where the ball is until a score is registered. Jack Dyer on acid would be more accurate

Came across from Richmond Jeez, 10th down must have been ordinary

Maybe a "no longer good enough" category for Byrnes & Clark would suit you better. Mario Bortolotto has two premiership medals at home as well ! Doesn't mean he's currently "good enough". Byrnes is obviously past his peak.

Leave him down back for now. He's obviously talented but Roos is transforming him from a sideshow into a footballer

I’m in full agreement on Casey. I don’t think that’s an either / or situation. We can consolidate a City of Melbourne presence and still develop our relationship at Casey. They are two parts of one big picture. Casey is going to be more work than we may have initially thought. In the short term we have to return their footy team to being competitive and that might require a bit more subsidising to ensure their non-AFL list is stronger. We need to increase our visibility out there. More players in their schools more often. More kid’s clinics. More training sessions in school holidays held there. But Casey have to embrace MFC too. I can live with their jumper as the colours aren’t too far removed but eventually they are gonna have to become either the Casey Demons or the Melbourne Scorpions. They don’t get to keep both in my view. It is a long term project but I dream of the day when they have to put on special match day train from Cranny, express from Dandenong to Richmond ! I may not be around to see it but I hope my kids will. Someone mentioned the success that Hawthorn have had getting buy-in from the residents of Waverley. They have done an outstanding job, particularly under Ian Dicker’s leadership (that’s not a slap at JK but the heavy lifting was done under Dicker). It also helped that they had a good product to sell. A successful team and a highly marketable player in Buddy. On the back of success in each decade since the 70’s. The Hawks took full advantage of this. Our biggest problem, before any marketing strategies or branding initiatives is that our product is still on the nose. Everything will get easier if we have a successful team. If you have a winning team then people will come Ray. People will most definitely come. As Jackson says – footy first. That doesn’t preclude planning for a consolidated home or an expanded imprint. But fixing the footy has to be the prime focus