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Great to see. Experience is necessary down back.

Give me an example then of me replying to my own posts. I've only added replies to other posts (pretty sure)- by adding a comment and reply to other posters. I don't recall replying to my own posts. I will reply to others who have commented on my Topics I put up. And yes the edit button has been used before anyone else has replied. What comment is off the mark?

Gee, thanks for the break down in statistics. That means didly squat I'm afraid. So what are you telling me deanox?

What did he leave a message after leaving to go on holiday? He could of messaged me. There are plenty of other threads that have been re-hashed, sorry I wasn't around back in 2005/06! When have I replied to my own posts? "oh and his other point is that you dont need to post so freakin much." -What?

5,000 Collingwood fans meet at Lexus Park for a “ MAGPIE FANS ARE NOT STUPID” convention. Eddie Maguire says, “We are all here today to prove to the world that Collingwood supporters are not stupid ... can I have a volunteer?” Anthony Rocca gingerly works his way through the crowd and steps up to the stage. Eddie asks him, “What is 15 plus 15?” After 15 or 20 seconds, Anthony says, “Eighteen!” Obviously everyone is a little disappointed. Then all 5,000 Magpie fans start chanting, “GIVE HIM ANOTHER CHANCE! GIVE HIM ANOTHER CHANCE!” Eddie says, “Well since we've gone to the trouble of getting 5,000 of you in one place and we have the worldwide press and global broadcast media here, I think we can give him another chance”. So he asks, “What is seven plus seven?” After nearly 30 seconds, Rocca eventually says, “Ninety!” The president is quite perplexed, looks down and just lets out a dejected sigh. Everyone is disheartened. Rocca starts crying, and the 5,000 Collingwood fans begin to yell and wave their hands shouting, “GIVE HIM ANOTHER CHANCE!! GIVE HIM ANOTHER CHANCE!!” Eddie, unsure whether or not he is doing more harm than good, eventually says, “OK! Just one more chance … What's two plus two?” Rocca closes his eyes, and after a full minute expires and lets out a gasp: “Four!” Throughout Lexus Park pandemonium breaks out. All 5,000 Collingwood fans jump to their feet, wave their arms, stamp their feet and scream … … … … … … “GIVE HIM ANOTHER CHANCE! GIVE HIM ANOTHER CHANCE!”

Eddie will flip!

I'm sure I will, and if it's not me there will be others. But I tell you what, I'll let you know on your return, ok?

The umpires though deems that if a player tackles a player forward and causes unnecessary contact in the back with the follow thru, regardless of not using their hands, the umpire will officiate it as "in his back" or a "push" and will award the free kick.

Welcome Harbinger. You are correct regarding the club's initiative.

COMMENT (off the topic - sort of): Just did some research. You know Michael Tuck played over 70 odd games in the Reserves at Hawthorn before embarking on 426 games at senior level? That's amazing. Just thought I'd throw that in as a matter of interest seeing as though we're talking Sandy seniors and the AFL for Grimes.

Found them. Drafting debate hasn't even started. You may as well go on holiday until late November RR.

The 2001 AFL National Draft is fairly disappointing for MFC: - Brad Miller the shining light at Pick 55. 1. Hawthorn - Luke Hodge (Geelong U18) 2. St Kilda - Luke Ball (Sandringham U18) 3. West Coast - Chris Judd (Sandringham U18) 4. Fremantle - Graham Polak (East Fremantle) 5. St Kilda - Xavier Clarke (St Marys) 6. West Coast - Ashley Sampi (South Fremantle) 7. Kangaroos - David Hale (Broadbeach) 8. Geelong - James Bartel (Geelong U18) 9. Melbourne - Luke Molan (Geelong U18) 10. Western Bulldogs - Sam Power (Oakleigh U18) 11. Collingwood - Richard Cole (Eastern U18) 12. Adelaide - Brent Reilly (Calder U18) 13. St Kilda - Nick Del Santo (Bendigo U18) 14. Kangaroos - Ashley Watson (Bendigo U18) 15. Port Adelaide - Barry Brooks (Tasmania U18) 16. Hawthorn - Rick Ladson (Bendigo U18) 17. Geelong - James Kelly (Calder U18) 18. Essendon- Shane Harvey (Northern U18) 19. Brisbane - Jason Gram (Gippsland U18) 20. Hawthorn - Daniel Elstone (Bendigo U18) 21. St Kilda - Matt Maguire (Geelong U18) 22. West Coast - Mark Seaby (West Perth) 23. Geelong - Charlie Gardiner - Sandringham U18) 24. Geelong - Steve Johnson - Murray U18) 25. Melbourne - Steven Armstrong (Perth) 26. Melbourne - Aaron Rogers (NSW-ACT U18) 27. Collingwood - Tom Davidson (Geelong U18) 28. Sydney - Mark Powell (Murray U18) 29. Sydney - Lewis Roberts-Thomson (NSW-ACT U18) 30. Kangaroos - Rod Crowe (Sandringham U18) 31. Essendon - Joel Reynolds (Geelong U18) 32. Hawthorn - Campbell Brown (Oakleigh U18) 33. Richmond - David Rodan (Calder U18) 34. Essendon - Simon O'Keefe (Murray U18) 35. Brisbane - Jarrad Wright (Woodville-West Torrens) 36. Hawthorn - Sam Mitchell (Box Hill Hawks) 37. St Kilda - Leigh Montagna (Northern U18) 38. West Coast - Ashley Hansen (Oakleigh U18) 39. Carlton - Justin Davies (Murray U18) 40. Geelong - Gary Ablett Junior (Geelong U18) father-son rule 41. Geelong - Henry Playfair (NSW-ACT U18) 42. Western Bulldogs - Kieran McGuinness (Eastern U18) 43. Collingwood - Mark McGough (Murray U18) 44. Adelaide - Ben Finnin (Northern U18) 45. Brisbane - Nathan Clarke (Brisbane) 46. Carlton - Jarrad Waite (Murray U18) father-son rule 47. Essendon - Andrew Welsh (Calder U18) 48. Hawthorn - Simon Cox (Western Bulldogs) 49. St Kilda - Josh Houlihan (Murray U18) 50. Essendon - Paul Salmon (Hawthorn) 51. Brisbane - Pass 52. Fremantle - Andrew Browne (Claremont) 53. Sydney - Daniel Hunt (South Fremantle) 54. Kangaroos - Ben Robbins (Brisbane) 55. Melbourne - Brad Miller (Mt Gravatt) 56. Fremantle - Paul Medhurst (Claremont) 57. Western Bulldogs - Brent Colbert (Northern U18) 58. Collingwood - Dane Swan (Calder U18) 59. Adelaide - Jacob Schuback (Gippsland U18) 60. Sydney - Adam Schneider (NSW-ACT U18) 61. Kangaroos - Mick Martyn (Kangaroos) 62. Port Adelaide - Damon White (Perth) 63. Richmond - Adam L. Houlihan (Geelong) 64. Essendon - Daniel McAlister (Essendon) 65. Brisbane - Pass 66. Fremantle - Pass 67. St Kilda - Pass 68. Richmond - Chris Hyde (Richmond) 69. Geelong - Matthew McCarthy (Old Xaverians) 70. Melbourne - Pass 71. Western Bulldogs - Brian Harris (Woodville-West Torrens) 72. Collingwood - Tristen Walker (Claremont) 73. Adelaide - Pass 74. Sydney - Ricky Mott (South Fremantle) 75. Carlton - Sam Cranage (Carlton) 76. Port Adelaide - Jared Poulton (Port Adelaide) 77. Richmond - Martin McGrath (South Fremantle) 78. Essendon - Pass 79. St Kilda - Pass 80. Kangaroos - Hugh Foott (Bendigo U18) 81. Geelong - David Johnson (Essendon Reserves) 82. Melbourne - Pass 83. Western Bulldogs - Aaron James (Richmond)

Here's the 2002 AFL National Draft:- 1. St Kilda - Brendon Goddard (Gippsland Power) 2. Kangaroos - Daniel Wells (Peel Thunder) 3. Brisbane - Jared Brennan (Southern Districts) 4. Western Bulldogs - Timothy Walsh (Northern Knights) 5. Sydney - Jarrad McVeigh (NSW/ACT Rams) 6. Port Adelaide - Steven Salopek (Dandenong Stingrays) 7. Geelong - Andrew Mackie (Glenelg) 8. Hawthorn - Luke Brennan (North Ballarat Rebels) 9. Kangaroos - Hamish McIntosh (Murray Bushrangers) 10. Essendon - Jason Laycock (Tassie Mariners) 11. Essendon - Jason Winderlich (Gippsland Power) 12. Richmond - Jay Schulz (Woodville-West Torrens) 13. Fremantle - Byron Schammer (West Adelaide) 14. Melbourne - Daniel Bell (Glenelg) 15. Melbourne - Nicholas Smith (Norwood) 16. Port Adelaide - Stephen Gilham (Oakleigh Chargers) 17. Western Bulldogs - Cameron Faulkner (Central District) 18. Kangaroos - Kris Shore (Eastern Ranges) 19. Brisbane - Troy Selwood (Bendigo Pioneers) 20. Western Bulldogs - William Minson (Norwood) 21. Collingwood - Bowman Nixon (Calder Cannons) 22. St Kilda - Matthew Ferguson (Gippsland Power) 23. Geelong - Tom Lonergan (Calder Cannons) 24. West Coast - Paul Johnson (Dandenong Stingrays) 25. Kangaroos - Callum Urch (Western Jets) 26. Melbourne - Jared Rivers (North Adelaide) 27. Essendon - Darren Walsh (Sandringham Dragons) 28. Essendon - Tristan Cartledge (North Ballarat Rebels) 29. Collingwood - Luke Shackleton (Tassie Mariners) 30. Brisbane - Daniel Merrett (Southport) 31. Kangaroos - Joel Perry (Eastern Ranges) 32. Adelaide - Luke Jericho (West Adelaide) 33. Western Bulldogs - Brad Murphy (Calder Cannons) 34. Sydney - Sean Dempster (Gippsland Power) father-son rule 35. Western Bulldogs - Scott Bassett (Port Adelaide) 36. Geelong - Tim Callan (Geelong Falcons) father-son rule 37. West Coast - Brent Staker (NSW/ACT Rams) 38. Kangaroos - Blake Grima (Eastern Ranges) 39. Melbourne - Gary Moorcroft (Essendon) 40. Essendon - Jobe Watson (Sandringham Dragons) father-son rule 41. Richmond - Tim Fleming (Carlton) 42. Port Adelaide - Brett Ebert (Port Adelaide Magpies) father-son rule 43. Collingwood - Cameron Cloke (Eastern Ranges) father-son rule 44. Brisbane - Anthony Corrie (Nightcliff) 45. Carlton - Kade Simpson (Eastern Ranges) 46. St Kilda - Leigh Fisher (Sandringham Dragons) 47. Richmond - Billy Nicholls (Hawthorn) 48. Fremantle - Greg Edgcumbe (Eastern Ranges) 49. Western Bulldogs - Cameron Wight (Calder Cannons) 50. Sydney - Josh Thewlis (Bendigo Pioneers) 51. Hawthorn - Tim Boyle (Geelong Falcons) 52. Geelong - Pass 53 West Coast - Adam Selwood (Bendigo Pioneers) 54. Melbourne - Cameron Hunter (Calder Cannons) 55. Fremantle - Ryan Crowley (Calder Cannons) 56. Adelaide - Robert Shirley (Woodville-West Torrens) 57. Port Adelaide - Wade Champion (West Adelaide) 58. Collingwood - David King (Glenelg) 59. Brisbane - Pass 60. Carlton - Cameron Croad (Oakleigh Chargers) 61. St Kilda - Pass 62. Richmond - Daniel Sipthorp (Calder Cannons) 63. Fremantle - Brett Doswell (NSW/ACT Rams) 64. Sydney - Nick Malceski (Eastern Ranges) 65. Hawthorn - Lochlan Veale (Geelong Falcons) 66. Melbourne - Ryan Ferguson (Frankston) 67. Essendon - Steven Alessio (Essendon) 68. Adelaide - James Begley (St Kilda) 69. Port Adelaide - Pass 70. Collingwood - Matthew Lokan (Port Adelaide Magpies) 71. Brisbane - Pass 72. Carlton - Bradley Fisher (Eastern Ranges) 73. St Kilda - Pass 74. Richmond - Pass 75. Fremantle - Pass 76. Sydney - Pass 77. Adelaide - Pass 78. Brisbane - Pass 79. Carlton - Karl Norman (Wangaratta Rovers) 80. St Kilda - Pass 81. Richmond - Pass 82. Fremantle - Pass 83. Sydney - Pass 84. Carlton - Michael Martyn (Kangaroos) 85. St Kilda - Pass 86. Richmond - Pass 87. Fremantle - Pass 88. St Kilda - Pass

I wouldn't have thought Green would be asked anyway, he has delivered this year regardless of wins and losses. He shouldn't be asked.

Dean Cox overlooked? Sheesh!

Pretty sure it was Marc Murphy that night. And he's a serial dropper..

I'm hoping he can dominate on the weekend and really hoping that he's a star in the making. (The name 'Jack Grimes' has a ring to it)

My kids won't be going because they'll be in bed by 7:30-8. But I will take their mfc memberships along to "Beep" them through the turnstiles. Worth a try...

Graham Johncock slipped through the fingers. But it must be difficult for the recruiters in their defence...

I agree, if its merited he should get it.

Never said we picked terribly with Thompson, he was a good get. All I've said in reference to the 2000 draft is "what a waste" (which is good for debate purposes). Here's another topic for conversation, is Cameron Schwab responsible in some way for the draft penalties imposed in the 1999 and 2000 National Drafts?

Our 2003 picks are pretty good I believe after looking at what's on offer: - 1. Western Bulldogs - Adam Cooney (West Adelaide) 2. Carlton - Andrew Walker (Bendigo Pioneers) 3. Melbourne - Colin Sylvia (Bendigo Pioneers) 4. Western Bulldogs - Farren Ray (Peel Thunder) 5. Melbourne - Brock McLean (Calder Cannons) 6. Essendon - Kepler Bradley (West Perth) 7. Geelong - Kane Tenace (Murray Bushrangers) 8. St Kilda - Raphael Clarke (St Mary's) 9. Kangaroos - David Trotter (Calder Cannons) 10. Fremantle - Ryley Dunn (Murray Bushrangers) 11. West Coast - Beau Waters (West Adelaide) 12. Fremantle - Ryan Murphy (Gippsland Power) 13. Essendon - Brent Stanton (Northern Knights) 14. Adelaide - Fergus Watts (Sandringham Dragons) 15. Port Adelaide - Troy Chaplin (North Ballarat Rebels) 16. Sydney - Joshua Willoughby (Glenelg) 17. Collingwood - William Morrison (Tasmania) 18. Brisbane - Llane Spaanderman (East Perth) 19. Fremantle - David Mundy (Murray Bushrangers) 20. West Coast - Samuel Butler (Central Districts) 21. Richmond - Alex Gilmour (Tassie Mariners) 22. Geelong - Cameron Thurley (Tasmania) 23. Brisbane - Matthew Moody (South Fremantle) 24. Kangaroos - Chad Jones (Claremont) 25. Hawthorn - Harry Miller (Port Adelaide Magpies) 26. West Coast - Daniel McConnell (Eastern Ranges) 27. Fremantle - Adam Campbell (North Ballarat Rebels) 28. Essendon - Jay Nash (Central District) 29. Sydney - Tim Schmidt (West Adelaide) 30. Port Adelaide - Bradley Symes (Central District) 31. Adelaide - Joshua Krueger (Glenelg) 32. Collingwood - Brayden Shaw (Northern Knights) father-son rule 33. Brisbane - Jed Adcock (North Ballarat Rebels) 34. Port Adelaide - Luke Peel (Sandringham Dragons) 35. Collingwood - Brent Hall (South Fremantle) 36. Melbourne - Christopher Johnson (East Fremantle) father-son rule 37. Richmond - Tom Roach (Oakleigh Chargers) father-son rule 38. Geelong - Mark Blake (Geelong Falcons) father-son rule 39. Port Adelaide - Robert Forster-Knight (Essendon) 40. Kangaroos - Edward Sansbury (Central District) 41. Hawthorn - Zac Dawson (Calder Cannons) 42. Geelong - Matthew Spencer (Swan Districts) 43. Fremantle - Brett Peake (East Fremantle) father-son rule 44. Essendon - Ricky Dyson (Northern Knights) 45. Sydney - Amon Buchanan (Sydney) 46. Port Adelaide - Michael Pettigrew (West Perth) 47. Sydney - Andrew Ericksen (Sandringham Dragons) 48. Collingwood - Heath Shaw (Northern Knights) father-son rule 49. Brisbane - Thomas Logan (Waratah) 50. Western Bulldogs - Iszac Thompson (Woodville-West Torrens) 51. Hawthorn - Matthew Ball (Hawthorn rookie) 52. Melbourne - Pass 53. Richmond - Daniel Jackson (Oakleigh Chargers) 54. Geelong - Pass 55. St Kilda - Samuel Fisher (West Adelaide) 56. Kangaroos - Brent Le Cras (West Perth) 57. Carlton - Ricky Mott (Fremantle Rookie) 58. Adelaide - Ben Hudson (Werribee) 59. Sydney - Matthew Davis (North Adelaide) 60. Collingwood - Julian Rowe (Oakleigh Chargers) 61. Brisbane - Michael Rischitelli (Western Jets) 62. Western Bulldogs - Pass 63. Carlton - Glen Bowyer (Hawthorn) 64. Richmond - Shane Morrison (Brisbane Lions) 65. St Kilda - Craig Callaghan (St Kilda) 66. Kangaroos - Pass 67. Adelaide - Pass 68. Brisbane - Pass 69. Carlton - Jordon Bannister (Essendon) 70. Richmond - Brent Hartigan (Calder Cannons) 71. St Kilda - Pass 72. Carlton - Adrian DeLuca (Port Melbourne) 73. Richmond - Shane Tuck (West Adelaide) 74. St Kilda - Pass 75. Carlton - Stephen Kenna (Box Hill Hawks) 76. Richmond - Andrew Raines (Southport) 77. St Kilda - Pass 78. Carlton - Pass 79. Richmond - Simon Fletcher (Carlton) 80. Carlton - Pass 81. Richmond - Kyle Archibald (Belconnen) 82. Richmond - Pass 83. Richmond - Pass

Here is 2004, I think we did pretty well in this one: - 1. Richmond - Brett Deledio (Murray Bushrangers) 2. Hawthorn - Jarryd Roughead (Gippsland Power) 3. Western Bulldogs - Ryan Griffen (South Adelaide) 4. Richmond - Richard Tambling (Southern Districts) 5. Hawthorn - Lance Franklin (Perth) 6. Western Bulldogs - Tom Williams (Morningside) 7. Hawthorn - Jordan Lewis (Geelong Falcons) 8. Adelaide - John Meesen (Geelong Falcons) 9. Carlton - Jordan Russell (West Adelaide) 10. Collingwood - Christopher Egan (Murray Bushrangers) 11. Pt Adelaide - Adam Thomson (Sturt) 12. Richmond - Danny Meyer (Glenelg) 13. Melbourne - Matthew Bate (Eastern Ranges) 14. Essendon - Angus Monfries (Sturt) 15. Melbourne - Lynden Dunn (Calder Cannons) 16. Richmond - Adam Pattison (Western Jets) 17. St Kilda - Andrew McQualter (Gippsland Power) 18. Brisbane Lions - Cameron Wood (West Adelaide) 19. Pt Adelaide - Ryan Willits (Northern Knights) 20. Richmond - Dean Polo (Gippsland Power) 21. Hawthorn - Thomas Murphy (Sandringham Dragons) 22. Western Bulldogs - Jesse Wells (Tassie Mariners) 23. Collingwood - Sean Rusling (West Adelaide) 24. Adelaide - Nathan Van Berlo (West Perth) 25. Carlton - Adam Hartlett (West Adelaide) 26. Hawthorn - Matthew Little (Calder Cannons) 27. Brisbane Lions - Patrick Garner (Western Magpies) 28. Adelaide - Chad Gibson (Norwood) 29. West Coast - Matthew Rosa (North Ballarat Rebels) 30. Essendon - Andrew Lee (Tassie Mariners) 31. Sydney - Jarred Moore (Dandenong Stingrays) 32. Geelong - Brent Prismall (Western Jets) 33. St Kilda - Cain Ackland (Port Adelaide) 34. Pt Adelaide - James Ezard (Calder Cannons) 35. Pt Adelaide - Fabian Deluca (Eastern Ranges) 36. Richmond - Luke McGuane (Broadbeach) 37. West Coast - Mark Le Cras (West Perth) 38. Western Bulldogs - Damian McCormack(Dandenong Stingrays) 39. Collingwood - Travis Cloke (Eastern Ranges) father-son rule 40. Adelaide - Ivan Maric (Calder Cannons) 41. Carlton - Luke Blackwell (Swan Districts) father-son rule 42. Kangaroos - Jesse W. Smith (Calder Cannons) father-son rule 43. Melbourne - Michael Newton (Murray Bushrangers) 44. West Coast - Mitch Morton (Claremont) father-son rule 45. Brisbane Lions - Justin Sherman (Clarence) 46. Essendon - Henry Slattery (West Adelaide) 47. Sydney - David Spriggs (Geelong) 48. Geelong - Nathan Ablett (Modewarre) father-son rule 49. St Kilda - Mark McGough (Collingwood) 50. Brisbane Lions - Jayden Attard (Dandenong Stingrays) 51. Pt Adelaide - Benjamin Eckermann (Sturt) 52. Richmond - Dean Limbach (Calder Cannons) 53. Hawthorn - Simon Taylor (Box Hill Hawks) 54. Western Bulldogs - Stephen Tiller (West Adelaide) 55. Collingwood - Adam Iacobucci (Calder Cannons) 56. Adelaide - Chris Knights (Eastern Ranges) 57. West Coast - Bradley Smith (Subiaco) 58. Kangaroos- Bradley Moran (Southport) 59. Fremantle -Benet Copping (Sturt) 60. Essendon - Paul Thomas (Adelaide Rookie) 61. Sydney - Heath James (Sydney) 62. Geelong - Matthew Egan (Geelong VFL) 63. St Kilda - James Gwilt (Noble Park) 64. Brisbane Lions - Luke Forsyth (Dandenong Stingrays) 65. Richmond - Mark Graham (Hawthorn) 66. Collingwood - Pass 67. Fremantle - Toby Stribling (North Adelaide) 68. Kangaroos - Ben Schwarze (Port Melbourne) 69. Fremantle - Daniel Haines (Fremantle) 70. Essendon - Pass 71. St Kilda - Pass 72. Richmond - Pass 73. Carlton - Chris Bryan (Frankston) 74. Kangaroos - Daniel Pratt (Brisbane Lions Rookie) 75. Fremantle - Pass 76. St Kilda - Pass 77. Carlton - Anthony Raso (Dandenong Stingrays) 78. Carlton - Pass

Will they get Eddie or Mick on?

4. Carlton - Luke Livingston (Bendigo Pioneers) 5. West Coast - Andrew McDougall (Perth) 6. Kangaroos - Dylan Smith (Sandringham Dragons) 7. Adelaide - Laurence Angwin (Dandenong Stingrays) 8. Kangaroos - Daniel Motlop (Wanderers/North Adelaide) 9. Richmond - Kayne Pettifer (Murray Bushrangers) 10. Western Bulldogs - Jordon McMahon (Glenelg) 11. Carlton - Trent Sporn (North Adelaide) These clubs struggled with their picks. The kangaroos and Motlop probably the exception.