Dee*ceiving

Ugh, his girlfriend is from Perth...I hope she doesn't get wind of what Mitchell Johnson did last year at the request of his partner.

No [censored]...It's still worthy of discussion!

How can this be possible? The game is richer than ever and we have no idea at this stage if the global economic climate will have any effect on AFL spending for the current season. Most clubs memberships are already up on last year so early indications suggest it will not be the case. Why don’t the AFL rationalise the cost of beers and pies at the ground and crunch the money hungry companies like spotless from draining the people supporting the game dry. Clubs having facilities equal to their peers is their right and will help to develop an equitable competition upon which the league can continue to prosper. The communities that hose these club facilities exist will also benefit greatly from the improvements proposed (unless it involves pokies and TABS). The league is rich and successful because of the 16 clubs, not the other way around. Unfortunately this is rarely recognised and reciprocated. If Melbourne is lost to the league or the ability to be competitive in future the game will lose me. I am sure I am not the only one to feel this way.

I am sure its more a case of choosing the best sponsor at the moment as opposed for scratching around for A sponsor

Not too mention the interest incurred on a debt of $2M will be a lot less than on a debt of $5M. That in itself will reduce operating costs substantially and they are more likely to bite into the principal with their standard repayments

I like - "WE ARE MELBOURNE" that should be enough

Cameron Bruce is carrying the oranges?

I just whacked another $50 on. Shhh, dont tell the mrs though, i took it out of the money i had put aside for her impending birthday present. She'll still be getting something nice, but it will be worth 50 bucks less.

Hardly, Carroll got smashed in the air by a resting mid-fielder with 10kgs less body weight - Brett Deledio. Time to go Chop chop

We are thanking White and Yze for their service with a chance to generate some interest in them amongst the other clubs. Blokes that have played 250 games for a club deserve some sort of send off especially when we are dead last and more interested in draft picks that winning. Dissapointed Petterd, valenti, Frawley and ezpecially maric will mist out but happy to see Ooze and White run around in red and blue 2 more times.

Dale Morris has been a golden pick up for the Dogs

Grland for me. Stefan Martin has been great since coming in too buts its his first year on the list.

Bate injured? Couldn't be out on form vs what Yze brings to the team.

Rats is interested in bringing him to the Blues appaerently. We'll be happy to take a draft pick off his hands. Heck we'll take a six pack VB and a carton of Winnie Blues at this stage

Stiff [censored] for freo

Give him a crack and lets see what he can do. There's only 2 games to go for shits sake. There is no shame in giving a kid a jumper and saying have a crack son and show me why you can be an AFL footballer.

Pick 50 and white for pick 48 would do the trick. That being the case i think a few clubs will consider him a cheap, pain free option and if it doesn't come off they really haven't lost anything. Sydney and Carlton would have to consider it.

Spot on Jerry. R-r-r-ralphy has just sensationalised it for his own purposes

Rev had a crack at a flag with what he had in the 04-07 period and it backfired. Hindsight suggests it would have been a good time to trade Yze, White and a few others and loaded up again with the likes of Jolly carrying key responsibilities. He didn't and now we are where we are. He fell into the same trap countless others have before by over-rating the ability and desire of what he had. Stiff [censored] for us. Its now up to Bails to start again, the plan is in progress.

salaray cap issue would have to be a furphy. With Neitz, White, Yze & Holland all off the list at years end and no-one else really up for a big pay rise based on performance the total player payments will come down dramatically next season with little effort. A few others on decent money are a chance to get the chop too i.e. Carrol and Sylvia. Plus Brown, Pickett, Ward and Bizzell all pulled the pin last year and they must have been getting paid in the higher bracket. After this year we should have only 3 players earning at or near $400k, Green, Bruce and Robbo. Next highest paid would be the likes of Davey, McLean & Miller. Surely that would be at least 7.5 % less than a team like Carlton, Hawthorn or St Kilda. Don't even mention Sydney or Brisbane

Maybe we could trade Sylvia, Bell and a pick in the 30s for a top 20. But as stated previously with the depth of class reported in the upcoming draft and the impacts the Gold Coast team are going to have after this year its hard to see any clubs being prepared to part with any picks let alone a top 20

I think those extra bits and pieces such as stickers, scarfs and ties are superfluos. They cost the club next to nothing and just represent a little extra value to the punter for their membership. I think you'll find even if they did away with the little extra non-sense in the membership packages the actual price of the package wouldn't come down that much, if at all. I think its potentially a good idea but not quite in the manner you have presented it Clint, definitely something that could be explored though. What about something like those that purchase an 11 game membership can fork out an extra $20 for reserved seats at 2 of the more popular home games for the year like Collingwood or Essendon, things like that. Or for an extra $50 you get access to the lindsay hasset room 5 times per season for 2 free pots, etc etc.

The ball didnt make it into our 50 for 2 qtrs and he still kicked 2 goals. I think he had about 6 shots against the Dogs. Has been good enough in 2 games back to persist a bit longer. He needs to learn to exert some influence on proceedings when the ball is not coming to his area by working up the ground and ensuring his opponent gets a work out, but that can be achieved. Still young enough to persist with IMO.

I think Dutchy is a stand up guy and will not unfairly hold the club for ransom at their detriment. Smells of 'TANK-ITIS' to me and he is just helping by saying he feels he can't deliver. Or he doesn't want to re-injure the shoulder and need surgery for the sake of 1 more game. Maybe he doesn't want to retire in the hope he'll get a round 22 send off with his mates Ooze and Whitey

No Brock?