Longsufferingnomore

No. There is no way that Aaron would miss the game in Darwin unless he was physically unable to play. If you have heard him talk about his family and friends and the inspiration that AFL is to aboriginal men and women that they can achieve and that he wants to be part of that inspiration. He often talks about his friends who could have made it in the AFL but succumbed to drugs and alcohol. I would like to see Aussie play with Aaron and Jamie and maybe even Neville and I also hope that the Club take Liam up to the game as well. I want everyone to see what an inclusive club we have become under Jimmy.

and complained of a migraine after the knock..

Before the siren even went Beau Waters ran passed Tom Scully and gave him an almighty push which Tom obviously wasn't expecting and before he could recover Waters had run on but James McDonald had seen it and ran from the centre circle to confront Waters and gave him a rustle up. No one touches our Tom.

But what of team rules!

BAILS you have done it again. Truely inspirational

Can we please not have such negative talk about Jimmy. Lets all be positive because if anyone is to beat this thing it will be Jimmy especially if he has us all thinking positively. The power of positive thinking.

Hope he's not a Jack as well

I would always go to the finals even if our firsts wern't in but the reserves were You still felt part of it. Maybe one game per week on a rotation system. I don't know how the MCG and Etihad would feel having an extra game on the turf though.

I think you underestimate in what high esteem Junior is held by the Club and the players. He is the ultimate quiet achiever and has also been one of the catalysts for the great indigenous programmes that the Club is pursueing

All of you have forgotten that Spencer is from Queensland. He could be a target.

Move over Jack Grimes. He will be our next leader after Beamer/Green/Davey. He was thoughtful, succinct and mature in his answers. After watching him in the replay throwing his arms around giving everyone directions - it was brilliant. A born leader of men.

You're usually good but I hope not this time

Also it was fairly predictable when the girlfriend said that he had done "many bad things in the past" but since being at Collingwood it had got so much worse

Gaffer tape didn't work

Rewatching the replay today of the last quarter Danny Hughes looked like he had a small ping of his hamstring. He seemed to run it out though.

I liked the way Anderson deflected criticism of the umpires wearing pink. That we should not be too hard on all those people who had tried to develop the pink theme. They didnt make the ultimate decision on what umpires wore on game day/night. Talk about not accepting responsibility for bad decisions.

If we have been rolled over this time it will be interesting as to who gets rolled if we win the Soccer World Cup. I bet it wont be Eddiewood. Does anyone know the details as to how they are going to compensate MFC and others.Sorry should hae started another thread.

I hope for Jack' sake that he does well or he will be feeling it in the media with the comparisons to Nic Nat. It is a big ask for a inexperienced player and I don't think the team need to be also trying to protect Jack other than winning the game. I would prefer to see him play the game after.

RM tell us more re text messages - I missed that

Yes and no. Just make sure that he knows every time he goes for a mark there will be a freight train behind him. Every time he goes for the ball he will be tackled by two or three men in red and blue and punished and when he is on that plane going home that every inch of his body aches. Every player should be paying him back but not Col because that is what is expected and what the ump's will be looking for. I'm not saying do something that could get reported . I'm saying let him know that the team doesn't respect him but we will support one of our own. Finally, of course show him on the scoreboard.

Did you see Nat Jones twitter after the game. He wanted to play WC straight away. Can't wait. Also who was the player that cleaned up Col Sylvia preseason - I'd be very afraid. That freight train is coming.

Loved his look of satisfaction after kicking the goal. There was no grandstanding just getting on with it.

Isn't he injured?

I thought Jamie really put his body on the line tonight and showed that being called a squib is just not part of his makeup. There were times I didn't think he was going to get up - a very classy game tonight.

They also discussed whether it would be better to play him in AFL and make him want to apply himself in the other areas or leave him at Casey until he strings a couple of good games together. I think it was Gerard who said that he had played golf with some Melbourne people and he said that there skeletal issues - his weight mass not keeping up with his growth.There are obviously issues there that we are not privy to and I hate all the talk about Jack Watts in the media every time a Melburne official is interviewed. What pressure will he be under when he finally does play this year.