RalphiusMaximus

Get a hashtag trending and have all the fans post tributes.

The Blues will have this penciled in as a winnable game. Most sides will against us, but for them it's one of the few they have, so expect them to go hard at us.

He's not wrong. The game these days is like watching Italy play soccer.

I would prefer more on the bench to shorter quarters. The AFL have been trying to make shorter games for ages and now they have an excuse. It's no different to food companies reducing the amount in each pack but keeping the prices the same.

Hey, only taking two grabs is a bloody good effort for a guy with bricks instead of hands.

Honestly, the last thing he said sounds to me like they still don't get it. He's still talking about the advantage to be gained from just getting the ball in there and how the teams with the most i50s generally win. Those numbers are only relevant if you actually use the ball well when you deliver it. The bomb is basically a free rebound 50 for the opposition. I wonder if they have considered how often the team that gets the most goals fro rebound 50s wins the match?

Oddly enough that happened to a cousin of mine. She woke him up with a knife and a frying pan.

It's a thing of beauty.

There's not a lot of information about what actually happened. Does anyone know more than is in the article?

There's a lot of truth in that. It would be amazing if we could get the admin and coaching to stop trying to copy the successful models of other clubs, come up with our own blueprint (that works) and then stick to their guns and follow through with it.

If you look at the history of the club, right from the beginning we've been slow to adapt and embrace new realities. The MFC has had a history of relying on the prestige of being THE MFC, the FIRST club and assuming that players will just want to come here. Back when the league first agreed that players could be paid "travel expenses" for coming to games, guess which club refused to do it? Player payments. Recruiting zones. Paying players to move into different cities so they could be recruited by your club... Melbourne have always been the team that missed the boat. Then when they finally did try to do something a little bit dodgy to gain an advantage, they stuffed it up, failed to capitalise on the advantage they had worked for and then got caught out and fined half a million dollars.

You'd hope his wife is in there somewhere.

Just based on the careers they both had. There is very little between them, but Neitz played a lot more games, was captain for longer and kicked more goals per game. I think he has to take the chocolates.

Oddly, one of my favorite plays from the Ox came near the end of his career when he lived up to the nickname. He faced two tacklers, ran through the middle and they grabbed at him from either side. His size and momentum carried him through and they swung around behind him, crashed into each other and dropped like stunned mullets. Classic slapstick football.

Very tough call, but I had to go with Neitz. His Captaincy is worth more than a Brownlow.

The Ox was the great potential, but those knees ruined his career. Neitz fulfilled his potential.

That game just reminded me of how much we lost with Watts and Kent gone. I know they both had issues, but we are so desperate for players who can deliver to their forwards. We seem to have focused too heavily on contested ball-winners and forgotten about the ability to use it once they have it in their hands.

Did I just see what I thought I saw?

This one hurts. I love Robbo. He was one of my favorite players in his day and I have so much respect for the work he put in improving his game and leading the attack in some pretty lean times. Sadly though those figures up at the top of the page speak for themselves. There's no category Robbo excelled in the Neitz doesn't top him except for mark of the year nominations.

Demonland as a whole has always underrated Jones. He's a legitimate legend of the club.

Yze. That boot was a weapon and he was far more consistent. Plus he never walked out on the club.

I just have to say this. Watching the umpiring from tonight's game is really highlighting for me how much the standard of umpiring has dropped in the last 20 years. We're not seeing any of the ridiculously soft high contact frees, no ducking, shrugging or lifting arms to milk a cheap free. They are policing incorrect disposal properly. We're not seeing players dive head-first at the ball. It's just amazing how much damage the AFL have done to the game in such a short time with their over-emphasis on head-high contact and constant rule-changes.

I think Jurrah needs to be higher on that list even taking into account his very brief stay at the club. He was an absolute freak.

Children?

I'd love a pair but they only come in standard width. No good to me.