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I think it's pathetic to be honest. Australia seems to be the only country where players in the professional leagues leave clubs to "go home". You already are home. Anyone would think that each Aussie city is so unbelievably different from one another that it's like moving through European countries by rail. I mean seriously, my current field is pretty competitive in Melbourne, and I've accepted that I'll eventually have to pack up and move to Sydney or abroad (most likely the latter). I can't feel sorry for these kids, or see any real justification in them wanting to leave a team because of the city. And I know that a guy has a right to move cities if he hates the current one, but it's so damn common in this country. They're lucky they have the capacity to go to their home cities and get a job. Not everyone has that benefit.

I feel many here are blowing this out of proportion, blinded by their obvious hatred for the kid. I think he handled himself well in that article. He's left, probably made the wrong decision, but we all make mistakes. At the end of the day you don't get offered $2,000,000 for one year every day, and who wouldn't leave a broken company for a considerably higher salary? I'm still [censored] that he left, but I feel many are hating on him for the sake of it. Good luck to him. I hope we smash them. But seriously, get over it guys.

I don't think any amount of poor handling on the club's behalf could blanket the fact he coached the second worst loss in league history, and easily the most embarrassing lost the football club has ever endured. He was a horrible coach. Putting a team of school boy all-stars doesn't mean anything if you don't have a gameplan. Bailey is a great assistant coach. Nothing more.

"Why am I spending Friday night having dinner with you?"

Love it, but I fear your message will be lost. The older members won't get it

Clearly doesn't care all that much about the international series. He clearly fled because the driver was intoxicated/under the influence, or simply breaking the rules in a way one would deem unacceptable of a professional athlete (when is breaking the rules never unacceptable, though?) Once a pretty boy, always a pretty boy. Probably our Steve Johnson: talented to hell and back, but just seems to go off the tracks sometimes. Hasn't for a while but he's always been a bit of a party animal.

Problem is that Docklands is a dry, dull and ugly place. If I were the Dees I'd be pushing the council to fix that failure of a project up, just as the businesses now are. Some are threatening not to renew their lease unless the place is given some life and amenities for staff and consumers. Plopping down concrete slabs with restaurants and shops isn't a way to attract consumers. The wheel is space that could have been used to create another botanical garden...and it wouldn't have cost us millions of dollars or cracked apart in 45 degree weather... I have no issue with this -- the club looking to get a base -- but I just hate Docklands. I really hope they clean it up a bit once the Markets move to Epping.

We had a perfect blueprint for our midfield. Enter: GWS.

Why the hell wasn't she given a red card after the first tackle?

Melbourne Red Sox?

The banjo features more predominantly in the new one, almost completely replacing the trumpet in the intro. Quite obvious. And awful. And the singers don't really have the same gusto as the original team. Compare 0:12 when they say "for me and for you" and then compare it to the original. Really awful stuff in comparison. Keep the original. You won't find voices like that ever again. Quite distinctive to the era, and ageless.

Beat me to it. Not bad I guess. He has been in training as a coach for a while, right? Didn't he flag his interest in entering coaching a few years ago? Anyway, I embrace the appointment of a proven and successful premiership players. Collingwood is the benchmark. We've nabbed two very influential individuals from a premiership-winning team of players and coaches. Good times!

Not sure if serious...

I want them both to lose tbh.

I hope that image never surfaces on BigFooty....

No one is holding a gun to your head to bet. Deesbet and other betting agencies tell you quite clearly of the chances you have to win. The odds are indicative of the chance you have to win, dictated by public support. If you lose it's because you've most likely placed a bet that most likely didn't lean in your favour. Deal with it or don't bet.

You're the guy that's been running the club's finances for the past 40 years, aren't you? With an idea like that...

Bit extreme dude. Free-to-air games are favoured to the top sides, as it should be. When Melbourne gets back up there, I guarantee you we will get 5-8 Friday nights games a year. We've had good TV scheduling and fixturing before, and that hasn't stopped our incompetently broken business model from failing the club and its fans over and over again. And Scully went to GWS because he will get $2 million in 2012 + god knows how many endorsements is an offer too good to refuse. Any club would have lost Scully. Collingwood's players didn't get those kinds of offers. They wanted Scully.

Kinda ruins it that the Dees are getting smashed in most of the games on that video...

I think it's quite obvious what is happening here. He is in his 30s. He won't get a gig elsewhere. He is spending his YEARLY LEAVE -- which is what he's currently on and doesn't finish for a few more weeks -- to think about his future and consider his situation. If he wants to contribute to the club, he needs to know that he's up for it. That decision takes time.

There is no excuse to not come out of those years without a better all-round club performance. The potential for spending those dollars on the football department is immense, and we need to use every dollar of it to better our chances as a club on-field. It's a two way street. The success off-field should be indicative of the success on-field.

We have never been in the media this extensively, this late in the season. And considering we are a non-finals side, we are getting some players on prime time media outlets (TFS, Triple J Drive). It's fantastic, really. I seriously thought the brand was dead after a trip down the M-186. The club has since rebounded off-field professionally and superbly. I just need a flag. Everyone does. Will this sort of exposure help us? Well, the way I look at it, the bigger the brand, the bigger the bucks, the bigger the club, the bigger the chance of winning a flag. Do more of it.

We need a KPP in every area of the ground imo. Too many role players.

Ew, The Footy Show.

And you guys are surprised by that? The funny thing is that the club does know what it takes to be successful, and it knows how to get to the big games. It just doesn't know how to do it consistently. And that's indicative of an unprofessional, broken business model, one that's lasted for going on 40 years.