Go the Biff

Doubt it would happen anyway The AFL have created a rod for their own back with the arbitrary method they've concocted for priority picks in the future They can easily deny us one on the basis of 8 wins last year Then we go on to finish the season with 2 or 3 wins. We become the bar-setting, precedent establishing level of shiteness that the AFL can reference in future priority pick discussions Depending on just how crap we finish, they may never have to hand one out again

Might be worth hanging onto Nev for a while then as it took Leroy five years to get a kick.

Mate, I was all over it as well. As the week went by the feeling that we were going to win grew & grew. Backing the Dee's & encouraging others too as well. Not sure where that confidence came from but it has been well & truly extinguished. Swans - easily

The club Refer back to his press conference post dismissal if you're in any doubt as to what his brief was

We didn't have a Fletcher or a Watson Bailey did as he was asked. And never blinked

Terrifying thing to get. A friend of mine got it & was almost totally paralysed for 2 weeks. Could move eyes & eyelids, nothing else. Get well soon young feller.

Thought Jones kept his feet a lot better last night. I've felt he has a tendency to go to ground too easily. Terrific game, spectacular first half & dogged, engine-room stuff in the second half

Seconded. Thought this was Demonland.

Tapscott was on one leg for much of the last quarter. Had a physical clash with McEvoy - came off second best. Kept at it though.

I'm forever looking for Watt's positives and there are plenty there to like. The example you quoted was hardly a sign of improved strength. If dwarf-tossing becomes an Olympic sport, Jacks our man. Those knocking his dropped mark are being overly harsh - I reckon he did well to even get to that contest

Wow. Undeeterred is an undeerstatement. If you are on something, I want some. If you are not chemically fortified, I find myself ignoring my initial reaction of ridicule & strangely admiring your optimism You have the rosiest of rose coloured glasses mate but ........respect

Don't think it was the Hawks. From memory Essendon first brought him to Melbourne

The main problems we have now - no senior players of quality, no leadership - go back to the Cameron years. We should have a core group of 24 - 27 year olds leading the way. Instead we have SFA It's our drafting over this period that has dropped us firmly in the mire Too early to assign a pass or fail to Prendergast

Then we should try it. The sooner it is outlawed the better. Players lowering their head is just asking for injury I'm old enough to remember Neil Sachse. Never want to see something like that again that again

Didn't Ricky have a game last year where he had something ridiculous like 13 tackles in the forward 50 ? If so, that was his last good game. I agree with you, Ricky is over-rated around here. Certainly doesn't run hard enough. His best is good but we very rarely see it I'd still prefer him instead of Dunn though

Get on with plenty. Their backline are pygmies. Disposal wise, none of them could hit a cow's arse with a banjo. Their clearance work is worse than ours. Their top level midfielders are superior to ours but they fall away quickly. Their forward line is Riewoldt - yeah, good player - Miller & Maric Get on with plenty C&B

No way Jose - he spends a fair bit of time up the ground. Our forward line looks horribly one dimensional at the moment with only Clark back I'd like to see, at a minimum, one leading up & one stopping deep so the mids & half forwards have at least 2 options. With Davey (or Bennell) 20 metres in front of Clark so if the ball goes that way, we have someone front & square at Clark's marking contests Then again, as an old CHF, I'm probably a bit old fashioned with my forward line footy & I don't know that my structure & Neeld's would have much in common

Relax D2, he's just trying to pull the wool over your eyes

Agreed - it's back to the future for Brad. He can finish as he started. Deep forward leading up as an alternative to bombing on Mitch's head. I think he can give us value in that role He was all at sea last week when in the midfield. So often stuck in space we were never going to use

What makes you think anyone would want our offcasts ? If we trade, we'll be selling picks

Mate, that is awesome

Watched the WCE game again. First half was better than I originally thought. A few tweaks: tackles, turnovers (OotF) & forward setup & we can improve markedly Admittedly the second half was horrid - on the ropes being pummelled. A decent ref would have stopped the fight. Watched Collingwood v Tiges again. Pies ain't travelling that well & are relying on individual efforts at the moment. Which got them over the line the other night. Am now starting to think we can win next week. Control or at least limit the influence of Riewoldt, Cotchin, Deledio & Martin. Aside from that they have some honest toilers like their captain but they have assembled a crew of ball-butchers to rival ours. If you are sitting in the front seats, keep your hands warm

Jeez WYL, I realise you're a passionate Demon and you, like the rest of the Demon faithful have had a tough couple of weeks. But now you're just making [censored] up ! 19 Brownlow votes knackers. Reckon more than just me & Tricky thought Moloney had more than three good games

Maybe not but 19 votes in the Brownlow suggests he can play a little bit. There's no way I'd drop him on the strength of one poor game, especially when he's been our best player in an are we got smashed in - clearances. He has enough runs on the board to deserve a chance to redeem himself Thats' my take but if you want to have him dropped, that's your opinion & fair enough. Who would you like to see replace him....... Jamie Bennell perhaps ?

It ain't Clarke. Neeld described his game as disappointing