mauriesy

I thought the bookies lost more when the favourite gets up. And if a whole lot of people put a dollar on the Tigers, they won't be at $17 for long. Bookies aren't stupid.

No, I meant you talk as if ND's spruiking days are over (past tense). Yet you've just listened to him on SEN, and I'm sure there'll be a lot more appearances in the future all over the media. We're not up with a lot of clubs for membership yet. We still need the "Reverend".

Like just talking on SEN? You speak strangely in past tense.

OK, seems the problem is a "known issue" and it's going through the boffins to higher and higher levels to fix.

Seeing as how it's getting close to the season, and since Telstra finally upgraded my local exchange so now I've also got Bigpond 1500/256 ADSL, I thought I'd review a few Melbourne games from 2006 at afl.com.au to hype myself up for Season 2007. I went to the Video page, searched the 2006 list, picked "Final Series Week 1", chose "4th quarter" from the drop down box and clicked play. The media player screen came up, I logged in using my Bigpond user name (the video download doesn't add to your user allowance) and waited for the video to start. But what started was the first quarter, not the 4th. The url even showed "... ?quarters=4" at the end. When I went to view the 3rd quarter, the same thing happened. When I went to other games, they all started the first quarter, regardless of what quarter I picked. Could someone try it and tell me whether they get the same result? Is there another avenue into the same video that might work? If others get the same result, I'll contact Bigpond and try to sort out the problem. BTW, the replay in a small window on my 1600 x 1200 monitor isn't bad. Quite acceptable quality and a good video resource.

Part of the reason for the user name. I went to Lloyd Street ... Grade 1 in 1957. 2 hardened Dees supporters as kids.

This is a funny time to be working out the "best 22". Ask again closer to the season, probably after the NAB cup and the practice games. Every year a new player excites and a few others improve to the point of overtaking old hands. I think the most vulnerable in your line-up are Ward and Holland. Players like Bell, CJ, Warnock and even Frawley provide more potential than these two. And Dunn hasn't shown he is a better CHF option than Miller yet. 2007 is going to be Bate's year ... if he is only good enough for the bench I'll be very surprised.

Ummm ... why do you think he was picked?

My wife thinks that Brad Miller looks like Tom Cruise. Hope he's not a Scientologist though.

I believe a whole gang of Melbourne players were in Echuca last weekend for some sort of pre-marital turn for dear Robbo.

You reckon with all the medical and training resources at a football club's disposal that they wouldn't have investigated that?