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Pity Footscray aren't mentioned in the mix If they got him we could sing "Howe much was that Doggie in the centre? The one that just sits on his tail" apologies to Patti Page

Yous ewes and use have different meanings

Churchill said it better

That's where you should be out on bail

Positively like unskilled maniacs

That couldn't happen now that everyone is so positive but even if they outscored us we learn would learn from it and move on. It will be character building, for ourselves and the players. I think the Melbourne Footy team are the best little players in the best little club in the best little country in the world. I might even pay for my membership in Babcock and Brown shares as I reckon they will come good too!

Get out the old PJ Proby EP/single from the 1960s and pour a large whiskey - He sang a song called I apologize-That's as close as you will get.

Of course they cost us -Its called opportunity cost.

I am not sure I agree with dropping Dawes (only because I am not in a position to comment) But I agree with your sentiments

Oh yes he did Melbourne was possibly the first club to professionally recruit and to provide employment for its players John Wren and local pubs notwithstanding

Yes Using that rubber would have been a good precaution

The godess of death strikes

Couldn't we move this topic to the General Discussion, non football section. The incident itself did not initially involve Melbourne or its supporters although the consequences certainly will. The topic itself transcends football and as such deserves debate and discussion, but away from the section which is intended to discuss Melbourne, its players and our successes and failures. Thirdly the matter was initially discussed by posters with opinions on both sides of the fence contributing worthwhile opinions, namely the awareness of aboriginal culture and sense of pride and non aboriginal Australia's duty to aboriginal well being as well as whether the actions were provocative and whether a dislike of Goodes or his actions is necessarily racist - all valid and reasonable. However latter posts have become more personal and rancorous and detract from the measured opinions of earlier posters. Finally the post has become disjointed and just goes on and on to the point where it has become boring (sorry for this contribution on those grounds). To be blunt my main purpose of membership is to read and discuss my beloved Demons and while I welcome and have posted my opinion on the "dance' here it is not the reason I joined the sight. Of course I could just ignore this topic but I don't want this part of Demonland to be hijacked by people with agendas other than the Demons.

Perhaps even more relevantly neither were Jack Dempsey or Muhammad Ali and a lot of the same attitudes expressed here were directed against them. More power to Goodes arm

So do you want his attitude to rub off on potential footballers?

Eddie is a twit for saying it though. Pots and kettles? Machsy

Barrassi set the basis for the successful Northey sides. He injected some professionalism into what had been a rabble. What I can't forgive is the reversion to a rabble after Daniher. But there is light at the end of this tunnel, with a good coach president CEO and injection (oops introduction) of better young players although in 2013 I didn't think so and expressed similar views to yours on this forum

No, because I for one believed the nonsense that the incompetents served up, for example the "great white hopes" who turned out to be duds, I didn't know about the born to win mentality without doing the hard work like Carlton and Hawthorn. But to misquote Red Gum God help me I was only 14

Got out the thesaurus did we? Left out spineless, and Testicularly deprived

I am presently in the orient and have been trying to watch the game from the British Club. Do you know the blighters wouldn't change the channel. Now that is uncouth.

Neither can I in Bangkok mixed emotions- AFL stuff up is very frustrating and a complete waste of money, but at least I am spared this.

Hopefully my AFL device will allow me to watch from overseas today I am getting very edgy

Yeh and some of the players that got away probably had red or blue undies - completely irrelevant unless yarded happened to play for the Dees.

Tedious and unnecessary

VandenBerg. Where did this guy come from? Barlow comparisons are well justified. Canberra of course