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As nutbean said - HG's post was deliberately provocative so it was asking for a snide response. People will respond at the same level as the post they're responding to; a mindless, derogatory post will get a mindless, derogatory response. It's like poking at a bear in a cage then wondering why it tried to tear your arm off. If you post in a rational, sensible manner then mostly you'll be treated in kind - and you'll get a lot more sympathy from the mods if someone does happen to fly off the handle at you (those who bring it on themselves get none). Have a look in the Viney thread at the discussion between Jose, 1858, old55 et al for how productive a disagreement can be when all involved behave like adults.

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There would be a touch of irony if Jamar moved on to Collingwood and pushed Splinters Jolly out of the side.

What are you on about? There hasn't been a single post deleted from this thread.

I must admit I got a chuckle out of "is David King ever right?". King annoys me - he's one of those people who sounds as if he knows what he's talking about, but when you listen a bit closer...

Rhino was taking the Mickey.

Jason Snell.

He also said "the 2 macdonalds [sic] are never to pull this jumper on again". Obviously a troll, nobody with a brain would write off Tom McDonald after a grand total of 5 games. Think his username is apt.

I really doubt that Jack thinks that he's done enough. I think a more plausible explanation is that he's just plain old buggered and can't keep it up due to that. His inability to run out games very early on is well documented, and while I expect it's significantly improved thanks to solid pre-seasons, I doubt it's where it needs to be. If that's true then it comes as no surprise to me that his first halves are always better than his second halves as they have been this year. Just needs to keep working on his fitness. Give it time and he'll reach the 100% effort for 100% of the game level, I've got no doubt about that.

Just on the Morton handball - does any blame go to Moloney on that? I saw someone in another thread mention that it was a fair handball in front of Moloney, but Moloney was unable to accelerate enough to reach it due to having legs of lead late in the game. This thought did occur to me at the time, but I dismissed it because I thought I was probably giving Morton a little too much benefit of the doubt, but I'm interested to hear others thoughts on it.

Can you do it running at full tilt? What about running at full tilt, when you've already been running full tilt on and off for an hour?

Out: Macdonald, Dunn In: Grimes, Sylvia Pretty simple explanation: two automatic 22 players in, and our worst two players on the day out. I can't see us bringing in mass change this week. Tom Mc had a game to forget, but I think we need to persist at this stage.

Uhh. Do they practice skills at training? Yes, I'm pretty sure they kick and handball quite a lot at training. What else would they do?!

I watched on TV and wasn't there, so perhaps someone who was there can clarify something for me. If Dunn did such a brilliant job on Murphy, how come every time the camera panned to him he'd be jumper punching #22 (Addison, I think?)? I assumed that was his bloke. Where he was taken in the draft is completely irrelevant to how he played yesterday.

If you mean my post in the Barry thread, I was taking the piss out of you. This was a crazy idea last time you suggested it and it still is.

He contested. It's all we ask for. Well, I. Chook backed him hard this week and I reckon he was right. I'm no psychologist, but I think it's apparent that Cale's biggest issues are confidence based. He needs backing from the coach, being in and out of the side will sink him. Definitely put the right foot forward today. Good game. I facepalmed when he missed that hand pass though. I thought "I bet that's all the gang on Demonland saw him do for the whole game" and, well, I didn't get much of a surprise when I read the match day thread.

Did anyone seriously go in to this game thinking they were a worse side than us? I've got to say, you'd have struggled to convince me that there existed a side worse than us prior to this game.

One positive for this game, I came in to the final quarter without feeling completely dead on the inside.

I look forward to when we abolish the draft and just let players choose what club they go to.

I'd go one step further and say it depends on whether it positively or negatively affects your percentage. That probably amounts to the same thing you said, just a little more explicitly.

Don't apologise. That's not the way Joel Macdonald's name is spelt, and by three seasons only the plain lazy haven't worked it out.

I'm hopeful, but not confident. Last game for a while where we have any hope whatsoever, so I'm clinging to it for dear life.

Then cop a barrage of crap from more idiots about not playing like that every week? Let's face it, nothing the players will say will ever be the right thing when we're losing, and when we're winning we'll hang on to everything they say.

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