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Carlton. But it won't happen.

Gold Coast will officially be my most hated team. They are literally getting a premiership handed to them on a silver platter. If they don't win a flag within 4 years of being in the competition, it will be a miracle. They will be unstoppable for 5-6 years.

Yeah, I'm sure he's "injured"

Feel free to abuse me for asking, but... who the hell is T-Mac. Tracey McGrady? I don't think he is switching sports anytime soon, especially to one where his pay check will be 1/100 of what it is now.

Freo are never a sure bet, no matter how far ahead they are.

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The day I saw in the paper that Newton had been resigned, I remember thinking "are you joking!?" He is probably one of the worst players in the league. You all know how there are some players who are exceptional at VFL level, but just can't make it in the AFL? Well, he is a decent VFL player. What can that tell us about his ability in the AFL.

Pretty much what I said in the crowd prediction thread. Happy it's not our home game.

I think we're in a position where anything "bad" that happens is actually "good".

I think the space between 16th and 15th should be larger. Remember, the bottom placed team is often very far off from the 15th placed team, as we were last year. Giving the 16th team 8 balls and the 15th team 7 balls gives them 15th 1 less chance to get the No. 1 overall pick. Should be something like: 16th - 100 balls 15th - 40 balls 14th - 30 balls 13th - 20 balls 12th - 10 balls 11th - 8 balls 10th - 5 balls 9th - 3 balls If a team is eligible for a priority pick, their ball number goes down to within a certain percentage of THE NEXT TEAM WITHOUT A PRIORITY PICK. So, say Melbourne and Fremantle, who finish 16th and 15th, are eligible for a priority pick this year. They will get the first two picks (priority picks), but then Fremantle ball total will go down to within, say, 20% of 13th place, and Melbourne's will go down to within 20% of 14th place. This is so as to reduce the amount of chance they have of getting No. 1 and No. 2. 2009 lottery example: Priority selection/s: No. 1 - Melbourne No. 2 - Fremantle So the first two picks are Melbourne and then Fremantle. Their placings in the lottery are irrelevant. Then, the draft starts in the placings of the lottery. Remember, Fremantle and Melbourne both had their ball numbers decreased, as they were eligible for the priority, so the number goes down to within a certain percentage of the next team WITHOUT a priority pick. Lottery ranking: 1. Fremantle (They got lucky in this lottery. Only had 23 or so balls) 2. North 3. Melbourne (unlucky buggers! Had 39 or so balls) 4. W.C. and so on. If the AFL wants to keep the priority system, there is ALWAYS going to be tanking talk. If you incorporate a lottery system but take away the priority selection, then a team like Melbourne, who has been bad for going on 3 years, only gets 1 pick in the top 10. It's lose/lose, really. So it's just a matter of implementing a way so a team isn't 100% guaranteed 2 picks in the top 4 or 5 picks. Does that make sense? lol

This is coming from a man that was pretty much given a red carpet back to Melbourne (the city), and was earning 500k+ for 10+ years. Not only that, but we had to pull strings (illegally) to get him here. If he really cared about the club, he wouldn't reply to some random on Twitter, and would try to make a genuine effort at the club, because all it seems like are sour grapes.

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They've actually made two finals appearances: 95 and 2001. I think we've made great strides this year. We were the better team going into half-time against the Saints, we could have beaten the Swans and we almost beat the Doggies. I know it's never a good thing to accept losing, but look on the bright side - this time last year we were losing games by 130 points against the Cats and getting pounded by 80 points against the Tigers.

I'm sorry, but we were better than the doggies and better than the crows that year. Adelaide might have beaten North in the prelim and that would have made us the favourite for the flag. We were second best behind North going into those finals. Forget about the ladder. Oh well. 11 years ago lol

We should have won the flag in '98. I get angry every time I think that that crap Adelaide team got to play an injured and tired Bulldogs in the Prelim, but we get North. They may have beaten North, and we would have had an enormous chance against the Crows again in the GF.

This is pretty much like Lance Franklin going to the Storm.

There are so many awkward silences as well. There's no banter between the commentators. The whole "still learning" argument is a dumb excuse considering how most new commentators fall straight into it seamlessly and we don't even realise they're new. She sounds like a VFL commentator.

Time to move on. We can't keep players like him when we could be filling his position with a prospective superstar. Let's not be like Richmond and hold on to players simply because they've had great careers. His time is up and he won't win a flag with us. It's time for him to move on. Hopefully he stays around the club in some way. A fantastic club man and truly worth to have worn the red and blue!

3. Viney 2. Rigoni 1. Leoncelli I don't really remember many players before the 96/97 seasons. Only really started supporting around then.

Doesn't it cost something like $40,000 to elevate a rookie?

With all due respect, we're not going to beat Geelong.

Isn't that two in a row for Melbourne now?

15,888 final score.

Yaha, lottery system used in the US.

If we win one more game I am ripping up my membership. lol