Tony Tea

What was that I said - over and over - about getting smarter going forward?

The Whateley narrative is ALWAYS a bit much.

Collingwood has had to give Moore a charity position (sweeping defender) to get him a touch.

I wish a pundit, when making his or her 2018 predictions, would acknowledge that EVERYTHING went right for the Tigers in 2017.

Footy is Lies.

Pass on Sloane, save up for Josh Kelly.

Well, it started out as "soreness" then became plantar fasciitis then stressies and at last report was a combination of both plantar fasciitis and stressies - all with wavering levels of seriousness. That is the sort of hamfisted story line which says his foot is stuffed.

This is a puzzling sentence: Is that saying Lever or Melbourne has been mediocre?

Footy is lies.

Cycling. One day, in the very distant future, I may almost consider cycling legit.

Roosy tanked in his first two years at Melbourne.

Good call. I watch 80% of my telly online, and it's a stone certainty most viewers will one day watch a similar percentage.

My VoN is also skeptical. We dropped off last year through experience and injury. I have my fingers crossed that we did not drop off because other sides worked us out, and that the same game style problems will not manifest themselves in 2018. We need to keep up our best intensity, and also play smarter.

Ridiculous table. Collingwood in not No.1

Rossy Lyon coaching the Freo girls.

When Jim Stynes was free kicked against Luke Darcy in 98 and Darcy kicked the winner, I kicked the wall and broke my toe. When Tingay was not paid a mark against North in 94, I kicked the chair in front of me, which shattered and green shards landed on the ground, just missing about 10 people. When Neitz jumped into Farmer's back to give the Dockers a win after the siren in 2002, I kicked a wine glass through tbe window. I could go on, but you may start to think I have anger issues.

Say the first thing that comes into your mind. Wines. Toumpas.

Gillon has always preferred doing a deal to the application of due process. That kind of cynical appointment was eventually going to bite the AFL.

I must be the odd man out. I like Gary & Tim, Gerard, Maher, and KB and Doc. I also like Hutchy, Pickers and Doc on Saturday morning.

Leicester, Cubs, Astros, Cronulla, Bulldogs, Richmond, Philly Eagles... the more these drought-breaking outsiders win championships, the less confident I am that Melbourne will break its drought.

I like Hutchy's 6am to 7pm.

Sadly, I think you could be right. Losing games to crap sides has slaughtered Melbourne for years. The two worst examples being Carlton in 2006 and North in 2017. Obviously last year is fresh in our memories after losing both games to North, who only won 6 games, and missing the finals by rock all. 2006 was even worse, when we lost both games to Carlton, who only won 4 games, and missed the top 4. Unless we smarten up and learn how to combat zone footy, I can see us losing to Carlton, who play a super defensive zone, and North again.

Let's hold our fire until Josh Kelly is ready to come home in 2 years.

Quite obviously, the footy community is convinced the Melbourne players squibbed it, no matter what spin comes out of Melbourne. The acid is really on the Melbourne players to prove the footy community wrong.

Apropos Champ Data. Does Collingwood still have the best rated on-ball brigade?