Longsufferingnomore

KC how is Jake Spencer going in the ruck and where is Fitpatrick playing.

An independent review by an Essendon supporter. Be like Mike Fitzpatrick looking into Carltank. Does this "review" get sent to AFL HQ. How much of the "review" will be seen by the outside world or will it be kept locked up and for Essendon hierarchy eyes only. What good is that. As I have said there is a smell emanating from AFL HQ - a very strong smell of bleach.

No we dont have most of our backline or our forward line - that is not our best available. However given that from the limited information coming through it does not sound good.

I hate this not knowing

Start time is 12.50pm

Carrrlton's stated drive to force the AFL into giving them additional games at the MCG concerns me. Does this mean that we despite being the original team whose home was/is the MCG will be forced to play more games at Etihad. This would jeopardise our membership numbers even more given that so many of the MCG members support MFC. Will we get shafted again by the AFL?

On Tuesday we were only a couple of hundred behind what we were this time last year. So given the shite that we have gone through the last 8 months it is probably not a bad total.

Heard from the Club that MFC memberships will get you into this game. I would however check with the Club first. (Don't know why when they wouldnt allow entry at Casey- a major stuff up by the AFL)

Dunney is a fine example of a player who was on the edge of being delisted and made the effort to buy into Neeld's plans. I would not have been surprised if he had been given his marching orders at the end of 2011 but obviously Neeld saw something in him apart from his excellent kicking skills and he has been proven right with Dunney's great NAB performances. I am really pleased for him because it shows the younger brigade what rewards hard work brings.

I thought Davey actually went in a lot harder than I have seen for a couple of years. There was no shirking confrontation with opposition players or going in for the ball. His kicking skills are still sublime - kick to hogan on interchange wing. Tappy - loved him encouraging (whilst walking around interchange)his team mate to "get him" as he chased down the opposition. Loved Rhodans encouraging words to the younger boys as they walked around the interchange. Great team man. I thought it was Nicholson. I also thought someone should have come in to help and I think Garland did at the end but a bit late. I could be wrong because by this stage I was in a state of confusion caused by the suffocating heat. Don't know how the players did it. Toumpas looked absolutely out of it.

BYO

Someone else here said the the crowd would be capped at 10,000 so on that basis I would, to be safe be prepurchasing. Also if you are in the line to purchase a ticket it will be mayhem and hopefully they will have a line also for prepurchased tickets to walk straight in.

Demoniac just remember I have been advised that the first bus from Cranbourne will leave at 12.50 so dont get there too early otherwise it will be a long wait. I suggest also to everyone that they buy their tickets at Ticketmaster as there is only one entrance at Casey and it is going to be mayhem tying to get into the ground. Also BYO chairs.

WJ my problem is that whoever instigated the passing on of information will not be satisfied with the result and will still be stirring the pot in the background. I am of two minds whether we should name that person and therefore flush him out into the open.

Maybe Robbo got the Club wrong but the gist of the article was correct - all based on extra ambasadorial payments. Can you imagine Jeff K reaction to this - AFL assisting another Club to poach one of their players. Sounds familiar.

Just confirmed that the bus service from Cranbourne Rail Station to Casey will commence at 12.50pm and the timetable will be aligned with train arrivals. The last bus will be at 2.30pm to Casey.

Oh, so it's OK to sit by and watch us getting raped. That would be right.

Same as what Buckley got when Eddie was King of FS.

After Robbo's "scoop" this morning I would like to see the AFL come out with a list of all players receiving an ambassadorial payment. I heard that Natanui receives a payment (promoting the game to Fijians - hope Rodan gets the same to promote the game to breakdancers) and that Pavlich also receives an additional payment through the AFL. Who knows what for though. To hear Vlad's outcry over the article - what a load of bollocks. If Buddy decided to go to GWS , the ink on the cheque wouldn't be dried before it got to him. What a sham.

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Jimmy, did Hogan continue where he left off last week. From the broadcast he didnt seem to get a mention (but then again not many of our players did).

Just looked up the AFL site and you can buy tickets through Ticketmaster but they are $20.00 plus handling fee of $3.95. I am sure last year they were $10 - AFL inflation 100%

Or lets equalise the teams with their Etihad contracts. Oh good and who gets shafted. Let me think us and Port but then lets not forget Vlad gave them millions so that they could go to Milan. That's Milan (Italy) not Darwin. No wonder half of us here have conspiracy syndrome.

If anyone has not noticed both Leighoak and Bentleigh Club have a fantastic deal for this game. It is includes lunch, bus trip out to Casey, entry to the game and a "roast dinner" on your return - all yours for $50 adults. Parking and getting out of the ground will be horrendous and seating probably non-existing so get on board the bus and support the Club. There are more details on the Club's website.