Suzanna

It's a pretty woeful game though isn't it? Was going to go, but being sick all week made it too easy for me to pike out and spend the night watching the telly from the couch. I am glad I didn't go now. At least that goal from Green was nice to see, but a few more would be better!

Channel Seven want the footy to lead straight into the news.

Say goodbye to 2.10 games.

How annoying is that? Footy should not be slave to the TV stations, but the AFL has clearly sold us out for all that lovely ca$h. Has Channel 7 never hear of filler programs? I like the 2.10 game, a 3.15 start is going to take a big chunk out of the evening, particularly when the next day is a (brace yourself for the use of a four letter word) WORK day.

How the f**k is getting [censored], walking away from the scene of an accident involving your own car (even if your not the driver) and not contacting the club for several hours (after the police, in fact) "showing a bit of mongrel"??? It certainly shows a great deal of terminal stupidity, but mongrel?.... nah! And the fact that the club is prepared to come down hard on him will hopefully be a sign that the pissant culture is on the way out.

You are upset that he contacted the club AFTER the police? Hmmm. The police should have been his first call - he had to report the damage done by his vehicle. Yes, leaving the scene was not the right thing to do, but calling the police first was the right thing to do. If I had a car accident, I am sure I would be calling the police before my employer. And yes, I do have a position where my ethics count, so my employer could take action against me if I committed an offence (which Colin didn't in this case). Gee, give the kid a break - he is a young man (if memory serves from when I was that age, common sense is still developing, particularly in the male of the species) - he obviously realised he was in no condition to drive so gave the keys to his mate. Yes he left the scene of the accident, but you know what? If there were people there with camera phones (as apparently there were), he probably panicked, thinking of the bad publicity that was going to ensue. No-one was hurt, so taking off didn't put anyone at risk of injury. He probably wanted to clear out, get home, and make some phone calls from home. If the driver of the vehicle had stayed behind as he was legally obliged to do, then this story would have been a mere blip on the media radar. So the only thing Colin really did wrong, was to drink before training, which is why he was dropped from the IR team. This reaction from the club is more in the nature of a knee jerk one, and an overreaction.

Yes, these young men are role models, but they are also human beings, with human failings. I think Colin's 'offence' is on the lower scale of some of the things that footy players have done in recent years, and really not deserving of all this hysteria. Did he hit anyone? Did he rape anyone? No. He was a passenger in a car that was involved in an accident, and he went home. He then called the police as he was supposed to do as the owner of the vehicle involved. Get off his back.

Bugger all gone, onyl got home from the Hospital this morning with a future dee's member.

Congratulations, and why didn't you sign up the new bub while still in hospital?

no proof. i'm just pissing in the wind, but to use another saying; where there is smoke there is fire.

Why on earth would someone feel compelled to ring up and say that he [censored] on the bar if he did'nt? IMO He just got lucky that the CCTV didnt find him guilty, so he is presumed innocent.

Why would someone do such a thing? Why not? People lie all the time, particularly if they think it will grab them some fame (chk chk boom springs to mind) or they have a grudge, or for some other reason. I would put more weight on the fact that the bar owner/manager made a public statement saying Beamer did NOT pee in his bar.

Unsubstantiated rumours are a wonderful thing, because you don't have to prove anything but can malign anyone you choose.

they must've hit the pole hard as seemingly the car bounced into a Mini car yard and landed on the bonnet of a $70,00 Mini and wrecked it!!!

p.s. does anbody else think $70,000 is a bit steep for a Mini???

I used to drive a Mini that only cost $400. Of course, that was when $10 would fill the tank....

Wonderful cars the old minis. I used to fit myself, my baby, his pram and the week's shopping into the car. I laugh when I see prospective parents rushing out to buy a station wagon so they can fit in the gear - all you need is a mini! Too bad it didn't have any door locks though - ever wondered why Mr Bean has a padlock on his? Well, now you know why!

The fact that Sylvia was involved in a crash at breakfast time makes him a cereal offender.

Boom. Tish. Thank you. I'll be here all week. Try the veal.

Oh that was soooooo bad!

No, the driver of the car must exchange details in an accident and if someone is injured it must be reported to the police. The passenger has no obligation. Also, when you say "leave the scene of an accident", you obviously are meaning before the exchange of details, as everyone who is able to , leaves the scene of an accident at some stage.

It must also be reported to police if there is property damage and the owner isn't present - however that again is a driver obligation. While Col wasn't driving, he probably needs to think twice before he hands his keys to a mate!

Supposedly we get to play GC & GWC twice - hopefully that will just be four wins of many! Nothing wrong with being an optimist!

Dees to win the flag.

To quote Meatloaf: "You took the words right out of my mouth"

Great idea

I love the trinkets with a membership I say include more trinkets or options to include trinkets with your membership

Pens, Cards, Cups, Key rings with how many years membership represented by stars maybe like the back of the jumper.

It would be good if we could have a couple of choices each year - if you didn't want the scarf (I sewed all mine together into a blanket, because to be honest, how many scarves can you wear?) you could pick option A or B. A couple of years ago there was a choice - the pashmina scarf or the tie - but how about scarf or alternative A or alternative B? Would it be too difficult to administer?

Pretty sure Collingwood do this with their memberships but there is different cards for different levels of membership. May not just be current players though. I think its a good idea, the footy cards around these days are way too expensive for kids to collect (~$5 a pack - when I started collecting them they were around ~40 cents a pack and you got a piece of chewy lol).

Yes, but the chewy was always that awful, hard, floury one. Ah, there's some memories.

You're [censored] me right? We genuinely have the second best song running round in the AFL - only better one is Richmond.

I know, I love the "yellow and black" bit that is shouted out. Nothing like exercising the lungs at the footy is there?

Funnily enough, I remember reading about a poll done of footy fans - out of all theme songs, Richmond was the favourite.

Can't hear ours enough though!

Nice legs for a bloke.....

Yes, while not wanting to take anything away from Geelong's victory, all that blather about them being the 'greatest team ever' is a revisionist version of football history, surely?

Has everyone seen this? It is hysterical:

(Youtube)

Trengove will make a good captain, but not just yet. He shows all the signs of leadership, but is still very young and needs time to mature first. Making him captain too soon would not be good for his development.

Awarding him with number 9 was a prophetic move!

Just posted

Sylvia commits to 2 more years

Happy Happy Joy Joy

Lay your nutz on the line. Just state the name, no justifications needed.

I'll start us off ...

Todd Viney.

Viney

Now that WHAT was said has become public, I am even MORE of the opinion that McGinnity was deserving of a penalty. Perhaps a more appropriate penalty would be for McGinnity to explain himself to some victims of sexual assault - since he obviously thinks that threatening to rape a woman is a funny joke, he might want the chance to explain his sense of humour to someone who has survived such an assault. Or maybe he could front the families of a victim who was murdered afterwards to cover up such a crime? What was said is SO far removed from "your Mum is ugly" or "I bonked your Mum last night" there is no excuse. It is not sledging. It is not acceptable. It is not footy. Remember that rape is not about sex, it is about violence. If someone had threatened this violence to YOUR mum (wife/girlfriend,daughter,etc...), would it still be ok?

Watching the footage again, I was happy to see Red and Blue in there. I wondered what the fracas was about at the game. Had I known, I would have been waiting at the carpark to confront the creep myself. If you know women who are survivors of sexual assault, and you see the impact of this on their lives and the lives of their family, you would probably also be upset about this.

If you have also seen the latest reports, you will hear Ricky saying that he didn't report the issue, but the umpires overheard it. While the umps often drive me nuts with their overuse of the whistle, they made the right call on reporting this one. This is not about the AFL trying to be warm and fuzzy, but a club reacting to something unacceptable done by one of their players. And remember they only reacted because the umps heard, if that had not happened, WC would have let him get away with it. This is not 'political correctness gone wrong' but instead it is a case of sending a message that threats such as this are not acceptable.

To those of you who think that this sort of behaviour is ok, shame on you.

For those of you who don't think that women are meaningful in an AFL context - if all those little kiddies' mums withdrew their labour, there would be no AFL in a few years. Someone's MUM takes them to training, washes their gear, and does canteen duty. Someone's MUM makes sure they eat good food so they grow big and strong and able to play the game we all love to watch.

Someone's MUM deserves a lot better than this.

We will rightly keep Sylvia and he'll be far better in a good team, as he's not a midfielder's backside, but he's very lazy and even looked a bit scared out there. The season's end can't come quickly enough for a few blokes.

I don't know about scared, that was one hard tackle he put on to get the ball over the boundary line. I'm glad I wasn't the one he was tackling because I think I would still be laying on the turf!

Are you two serious?

A few 'mum jokes' hardly warrants a suspension.

As a mum myself, I do find that offensive. Why should it be ok for someone to villify me, just to get a reaction from one of my children? Have they ever met me? Do they know me? I have been in a position where someone has personally attacked me just to hurt someone else - and it is a really bad feeling. If I have done something to offend someone, then fair enough if they voice their complaint, but don't just use me as a weapon.

It's a substandard act, pulled by someone who obviously does not have enough faith in his footy to play it properly.

Go Ricky, stand up for your Mum!

You might think it's bad that our supporters didn't turn out - but remember it was Carlton's HOME GAME and they should have had a better turn out, particularly after last week's performance, surely they were confident of a win? Yet the crowd wasn't all that big - what does that say about Carlton supporters?

Was thinking about this the other day following Essendon’s surprise win over Geelong.

When was the last truly GREAT win that the Melbourne Football Club has had. Sure we’ve had a few good and enjoyable wins in the past few years, but I don’t reckon we’ve had a GREAT win in much, much longer. My definition of a great win would be:

Opposition: A strong team in good form or, winning well interstate

Game: Holding on to win in a tightly contest match, or, coming back after being 5 goals down

Importance: Needed to win to make the finals or simply a big game with a big build up

Style: Where we actually played well for 4 quarters and didn’t win because the opposition had a shocker or had key injuries.

The only great win I can think of in the past 5 years was probably the Elimination Final against St. Kilda and we were lucky they had a few guys go down injured.

Both Collingwood games last year would have been great wins but alas we couldn’t get over the line.

What about when we came back against Freo after being down 51 points a couple of years ago? The game was lost, then we started getting goals. At first, it was just a case of thinking 'well at least we won't be getting a thumping' then the realisation started to sink in that we might actually win this - the last quarter was just heart thumpingly exciting. I know it was not a particularly meaningful game in the sense of ladder positioning etc... but it was a GREAT GAME!

Any suggestions?

I think any of the next 4 games are chance for GREAT wins. It would be fantastic for the players, supporters and club in general to have one...

this s how dumb they are some guy called MMM and said if they had been given the freekicks we were they would of won by 12 goals......hahahahahaha

I heard him (on the car radio in the carpark!) too, and the both of us had a good laugh over that! Yes, there were some funny decisions, but they went both ways, we got some we probably didn't deserve, but so did they. So the umpiring really had no effect on the contest. Go to the HS website and have a laugh reading all the Tigers supporters blaming the umpires for their loss today. The Tigers played well I thought, we just played better.