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If you wish to keep politics off the forum then I suggest you simply note that a post you consider political is inappropriate. Presenting your own view as you did is simply doing more of what you complain of. Personally I have no problem with throw-away lines like in ItsTime's post that you complained about whether 'left' or 'right' - they'd be too hard for the mods to deal with anyway. Detailed arguments are another matter.

Sack him! I'm sure I heard Yze use the word 'learnings' in that interview.

Let me try OD. While I agree with DO's last sentence, when I look at how the seaosn panned out I am not that dismayed. Sure, those last matches in the Cairns swamp were embarrasing and disappointing, but we were not that far off the mark if your expectations were just making the finals. Those who planned for a top 4 finish were probably always setting themselves up for disappointment IMO.

Can we suspend our outrage about MFC's trading etc until after the dust has settled and all constraints clearer. Those posters who are firing off rockets are doing their own reputations no good IMO.

No, just possible grounds. There might be personal reasons for such a decision which have nothing to do with the quality of our club.

We still won't know even then. If things turn out like he said in his recent quotes it could mean that he did indeed mean that - or it could mean that other things he was working on didn't work out.

But why do you take what he says as gospel? Good reasons why what he says publically may not be 100% true at this stage.

That's my usual MFCSS thought. As I've posted years ago, can Brown fritter away time at the end of a close match using his long run up? I cannot see anything in the rules about that (or anything related to 30 second rule!), but it seems as long as the player starts walking in before 30 seconds, he can then take as long as he likes. Does the clock starts again as he walks in? I think so but not sure.

I like the name Sideshow, but I wonder what North supporters called him? And Brown's response?

maybe, but being 'virutally incognito' lessens the odds of detection. Anyway, good luck to him (except when he plays us of course).

That's not my recollection of the nature of negative comments about Brown. Most criticism has been that he is a 'one-trick pony'. The videos indicate that is true only in the sense that his one trick is kicking lots of goals. Of course there are questions about his 2020 and injuries etc. But what better option is on offer?

Well we can take the second one then.

I suspect the only real sideshow is the North Melb club.

I got the impression at the time that he at first lowered his elbow to brace and then raised it again hitting Vlaustin. Looking at it again, it's less clear. But if he was genuinely bracing only, why does his arm clearly extend after he hits Vlaustin? Wouldn't it stay close to his own body?

I just watched the youtube of his 61 goals (some of it at high speed). As I posted earlier on about one of his hightlight videos I don't know why people say he is a one-trick pong/leadup forward. Does quite well from long bombs into the forward line. He does get a lot of goals from frees where his opponents grab him or interefere in some way as they panic about his reach. I only saw one where I didn't think he deserved the free.

Sorry OD, but I think you meant graphite or somesuch, not lead which is made of...... lead. I reckon in the first half the tiger were thinking "it's wet weather footy, just kick it off the ground etc" and made a mess of it. It was never bucketing down, but they played like it was. Later they started playing their usual game which is nowhere near as choatic as some think it is.

Like in 2018?

Umm no analysis of the game a half time. Just some random “entertainment “? WTF?

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They'll probably bring in Cameron early then...

Strange that the AFLPA is about the only union in the country that has so much power these days.

Which Russian oligarch do you have in mind to own the MFC?

Well that settles who I will be baracking (too strong a word) for in the GF at least.

You are right - the lower ranked votes are more likely to be affected By the things I mentioned

You are right, going to zero interchanges increases the chance of players injuring themselves staying in the game because they can't be replaced. While injuries affect the ability to interchange, they are less likely for an injured player to stay on the field. Maybe have 4 reserves? Or fewer interchanges.