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Diablo, there is a job for you in the recruiting team @ Richmond. Terry and Greg love the skinny flankers. I am not quite sure, however, if Hawthorn would ascribe to your philosophy. And i know whose list I would rather have. Biffinator.

I love the comment carried by a poster in the Herald Sun: Fair dinkum this is like a soap opera. Just pick a team Juddy you princess. Posted by: Christopher of Hobart 2:22pm today Biffinator

Stuff Judd. We could hand over the family farm to get him, and then he might incur a Nathan Brown inspired ankle injury. Get a move on, comrades. Move on. Biffinator.

Demon2, this line - such as it is - reminds me of the kid in the purple low-hanging jeans from Barnyard. He ends up DIT (doin' it tough). Make sure that you put a bit of distance between yourself and this individual with hard-to-meet-needs. Biffinator.

Sorry Deanox - but it has to be a Big Name, not a Tier 2 or 3s. Barry Hall, last year's winner, will be presenting the medal to Chad sometime later tonight. Biffinator.

And the winner of the Dean Rioli Medal for the worst perfoming big name on the day is - Chad Cornes. Biffinator.

Comrades - this was a great record to get rid of. Thank god for small mercies. Biffinator.

But what I would like to know is where is Chilliboy in all of this? This will be the biggest deal since RDB in 64. Biffinator

The Jacka deal aside, the best thing Newport ever did for the MFC was that goal he kicked against the Great Enemy in the second week of the finals in 1988. From memory, it was a vicious off-break at the Punt Road end. O Joy !!! Biffinator.

Whispering Jack - this is clearly the best contribution in the thread. But why did you bother penning it? There is no point adopting a common sense approach when everyone's imaginations are running wild. Yes, I would love Judd to become a Demon, but I wouldn't want the Eagles to extract our life-blood in return. Recruiting stars, Tilbrook-style, is no substitute for far-sighted list-management and guys like Craig Cameron who know their stuff. We would have to gamble with our next decade, if not our very existence as a club, to secure this one player. The Last Chance Saloon indeed. Remember Tilbrook. Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it. Biffinator.

And I am glad that so far Holland is safe for 2008. He has his uses. Biffinator.

Don't forget, we were desperate to get him a few years ago, which would have been a catastrophe. Biffinator.

Sorry Yze Magic, but I don't agree. I am glad that Sheedy and his continent-sized ego got the [censored]-slap. May he hate us even more. Sheedy is an Essendon icon. if they do not want him any more, there must be a very deepset view that the game is passing him by. bailey must have gunned the process to beat this field. It was a bailey, after all, who in 87 provided us with the first addition to the silverware cupboard since 64. I hope this is auspicious. Biffinator

Jaded, you could not be more right. The Sainters are a Foundation Club. They have won one premiership by one point against a club that had a greater curse on it at the time. They have enough spoons to fill up a B-52. The Dogs also have some sort of curse on them as well. If Liberatore's goal had been allowed in the 97 Preliminary, I am not quite sure that the football gods would have allowed either of them to win in a direct match up. Biffinator.

And what about the week after, when Robbie ripped through the banner to take on the Kangaroos. My god we yelled and scream with pure elation. Glory, glory, as Elvis might say. Biffinator.

And it is time to have a West End lager, you glorified West Horsham Bogan, at the Ramsgate Hotel with all of your mates and a few shazzas as well. Biffinator.

And we won that game too., in 93. They were three goals up at 3/4 time. We kicked six, then they came back, and we finished them off. MM was rope-able after the game, God bless his gentle soul. Does anybody else remember that goal he kicked against Hawthorn in the last round of 92(?). He marked the ball on the boundary line 50 metres out. And rather than running around the guy on the mark to have a shot at goal with less of an angle, he sprinted past him via the boundary line, reducing what little he could see between the goalposts, and slotted it through. Surely someone else can remember this???? it was a goal that has stayed with me all my life, and I was at the North game in 91. Biffinator.

Comrades A question please: what did you think of Cooney's game last night, and his match-ups? Biffinator.

Comrades, I pretty much agree with JB. On the Ben Dover Index, today was a 7.5 out of 10. Biffinator, flatly.

C84, I only just read this, and it is very funny stuff. Well done. I am excited about next year because I suspect PJ will get substantially more game-time. it might give us a chance to re-think what we do with Jeff White on the field Biffinator.

Kouta was an absolute champion in 99 and 2000 until he hurt his knee. That event deprived him of some key votes in the Brownlow. Ask any Carlton supporter: they regard Woewoedin with loathing, calling it a chocolate brownlow (their comment, not mine) Me, watching Kouta at this best was always a treat. Pity he wasn't around in the 2000 Prelim against Essendon. Biffinator.

Comrades, things have been darker ... I well remember 1981 when we won one game by one point - thanks Robbie. While I know we have won three times that number this year, in terms of the Ben Dover Index, I reckon this season is worse. We have a better list on paper. We actually have a cheer squad, and our membership is infinitely greater. But I have to think back to the latter years of Tiger Ridley's tenure to recall some feebleness (no disrespect to Tiger either - it's the N.S. curse at play). Our percentage at the moment is a humble, and humbling, 74.39. So here is a question, morbid though it be, to all those statisticians out there: what has been our worse season percentage-wise? The harvest is over. The summer is past, and we are not saved - Jeremiah. Biffinator.

Comrades, if this is Riley doing a good job, then I would hate to see him doing a bad job. Both Richmond and Carlton are playing with more Mojo than what we are at the moment. Biffinator.

Comrades, if they lose by 100 points, I am going to ring the farkin' club tomorrow and ask someone to ring me back and why I should fork out good money for bad in 2008, my two kids included, as I have stupidly done so since 1982. this is a disgrace. we might as well be back in 1981. Biffinator.

Sorry WJ, but I have to disagree with you on this point, and respectfully at that. There are plenty of other people out there who are more deserving of our help than a thug who earns $500k per year. To have learnt nothing. Oh, Jeffrey, Jeffrey what have you done? IMO, it is only a matter of time before Ben does another "runner". He is not the sharpest tool in the shed by a long way. Note the grin. Biffinator.