Tony Tea

Good quarter. Reminds me of the Demons.

No illegal or banned supplements.

Tommy Mac.

Trengove and Jamar mentioned too.

Supplements at Essendon and their season falls in a heap. Supplements at Melbourne and our whole season is a flop. Remind me not to bother with supplements. They appear to be a by-word for fail.

Mmmmmmmmmm... peptides.

With any luck he has never met Garry Lyon.

What's the bet Sylvia was sh!tfaced and Frawley told him to go home.

Leading up to Dean Bailey's sacking after Disaster One-Eight-Six, it was strikingly apparent that Bailey had drafted for one game play, but footy had changed and rendered that game plan redundant. The question is: how much had/has it changed? Collingwood had instigated the press which had been emulated by, among other teams, West Coast. The way I see it, Bailey's papers were stamped the night WC stomped us in Perth in early 2011. The Geelong game was merely an ugly coup de grace. And yet, since 2010 when Collingwood won the flag as they ambushed the comp with the press, the two flags have gone to Geelong and Sydney; the former an attack oriented side, the latter a defence oriented side. Neeld was appointed based on a promise to make the Demons the hardest side to play against in the AFL. This had attractions for those appointing him, as Melbourne had been hopelessly incapable of dealing with defence oriented footy. In short: we were flat track bullies and flat track bullied, smashing the scrubbers and getting smashed by the good sides. Neeld was supposed to address this inconsistency. The thing is, was the appointment based on valid foundations? This year have been trounced by Port and Essendon, who employ Geelong styles and West Coast who still have their press & rebound. Should we have gone for a Geelong style coach (Thompson disciple) instead of a Collingwood style coach (Malthouse disciple)?

And before anyone jumps in: "now is the winter of our discontent" is part of an optimistic phrase.

If was unacceptable several years ago. At what point does this become total disillusion?

What happens WHEN we lose to GWS?

"Foo was here!"

Hope we are more Ralph Waldo Emerson, than Ralph Waldo Pepper.

Morgan Freeman.

Media yesterday: Sack Schwab! Media today: Why did you sack Schwab? Schwab: I accept being sacked. Media: No you don't.

In 2011 we were shocking flat track bullies, only beating scrubber teams, and got utterly embarrassed by the good teams.

Who are the online coaches? Us?

You think you're upset/depressed/angry/microwaving your membership card now. Read this.

Smothers are also a product of a slow side, which cannot either ran past an oncoming opponent or away from a trailing opponent. And please, don't get me started on kick outs. Who at Origin green lighted a campaign associated with Melbourne kick outs?

Footy fact! By a factor of 12.3 to 1, Melbourne has had more kicks smothered than any team in the history of all Australian rules football since 1858.

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Yep. The reporting of our older recruits and trades has been superficial at best, frighteningly shallow at worst. The media has been either dumb, or malicious (or both).

One day - in the not to distant future - media outlets will run out of ex-footballers to drag opinions out of.