The Lobster Effect

totally agree with you. even if newton somehow bags a couple of goals he is not the future.

"they've got to get him off. that was inexcusable that effort" 5 minute mark, 2nd quarter who was triple m talking about? juice newton!

From the article... "A lapsed Melbourne supporter, the young forward said he was more likely to watch a St Kilda game these days, to see Nick Riewoldt go about his work." a lapsed supporter... what the hell does that mean!

In all the doom and gloom I've come up with some glass half full positives... can anyone think of more? 1) We're not sliding down a million positions on the ladder like St Kilda. I'd hate to be a St Kilda fan right now. 2) After a looong wait Jack Watts is finally consistently proving his potential 3) Our membership is at an all time high and debt has been wiped 4) Jack Viney 5) Improvements in players like Bail, Tapscott, Martin, Maric etc 6) Think how good we'll be when we get a decent coach (come on down Malthouse, Eade, Mark Williams, anyone etc) 7) We'll finally see the end of the mo and of Dunn when he gets shown the door at the end of the year (my prediction anyway) 8) The end of season cleanout of not quite good or hard enough players will be rather therapeutic 9) Who knows, scully might even stay. and worst case scenario, he wouldn't leave for nothing, we'd get a draft pick 10) Surely this makes it all the more positive when we reach the top 4 in 2013 rather than be handed success on a silver platter

haha to the term jobbing

nope! although paul daffey from afl.com said we'd pick howe at 53, so close enough.

Great suggestion on the West Sydney Rams, would have worked well. Probably not exciting enough for the kids they want to convert in sydney though?? My suggestion would be to go with something more aussie like: West Sydney Red Backs West Sydney Red Bellies (snakes) West Sydney Goannas West Sydney Funnelwebs West Sydney Venom West Sydney Dingos Would any of these work? I know people use the term dingo as an insult, but the logo would have been awesome!

fave player totals so far (yep, i was bored) frawley dominates since EVERY single person has put him in their top 5 so far frawley 20 jurrah 14 sylvia 11 davey 9 grimes 8 scully 8 watts 8 mckenzie 3 green 3 jamar 3 petterd 3 rivers 2 dunn 2 trengove 2 garland 2 bail 2 moloney 2 bate 1 bartram 1 blease 1 total = 105

From the SpyandSource twitter site.... "Very interesting that Cam Bruce wasn't amongst the mfc signings announced 2day. Was he the big name player McKenna was referring 2 last week "

my suns prediction: 2011 - finish 10th 2012 - finish 4th 2013 - who knows once their batch of young players start to gel... and harbrow is a champ.

Not a bad suggestion, Gold Coast Stingers has a nice ring to it! And surely it's not taken by any other team... Tingay would have to endorse it of course

yep, so the worry was definitely not worth it in the end!

they were shocking! biased

When was the last time Miller kicked a goal* though? * err, we're not talking about casey now

Agreed!! When was the last time he kicked a goal?!

Newton was appalling. Yes, he does have some good bulk, but he is slow, poor at reading the play and drops marks. 5 kicks was not useful. Swap Martin for him.

Useless trivia fact of the day - scott harding's sister is going out with karmichael hunt

ok assuming we can't get ball for some reason, who's a better option - mcdonald or jesse smith?

thanks Brettmcg, I just ordered the same tshirt! (I'm guessing I might spot a few of these at the footy next year!!)

Hey, how did you know this before the rest of the media found out?

haha good point

"McGlynn, 24, played the last 16 games of Hawthorn's 2009 campaign to take his career tally to 44, but had informed the club he would take his chances in the national draft or pre-season draft if a deal wasn't struck with the Swans." Hmm bit annoying...

cats swapped their pick 33 for picks 40, 42 and 56.

Comments from Tim Harrington... http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tab...82/default.aspx

agreed! be funny if the cats win by a few points...