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We really should have won the premiership, or atleast been in the Granny had it not been for a flawed finals system...

Totally understand..

You should cross your fingers that you don't get flammed ... Interesting though

And one of he most promising ruckmen to come through in years, along with a fit side that was thought to be melbournes only chance for a premiership this year. Not celebrating it, just making the most of it.

The AFL should introduce a lottery system. That'll stop teams from relying too heavily on draft picks and looking to free agency in some years. It will also allow for a quicker rebuild and teams like Carlton won't have terrible recessions. 16th team has best chance of getting the number 1 pick with 1000 balls or so in the lottery (all with the teams name on them), 15th is 2nd best chance with 400 balls, 14th 3rd best with 250 balls and so on. Although 1 pretty much has it in the bag, there is still a chance of someone else snagging the bottom pick (only the bottom 8 teams are included in the lottery), getting rid of tanking (kinda) and forcing teams to look at free agency and trades and create a bit more excitement rather than rebuilding for 5/6 years (ala Carlton).

I actually think this will be the game of the year. Neither team will tank, but will both want too lose. I expect a high scoring shoot-out with Carlton coming out on top by 23 points and Tigers beating Saints by 15. You all know what that means :D

I'd hardly call this years team a "Class". That word has too many positive meanings. maybe "Destruction of '07" is a more suitable name?

If that happens I'll look your toes Yze Magic. You're overrating Bruce. I don't think they'll give up both Wells and pick 13 for him, even if they get 18 and 20 out of it. I'd say Bruce and pick 18 straight for Wells would do it, and we'd be complete idiots to do that trade. Won't happen. Good thought though.

Team full of class? Their team of the last 3 seasons has been average, not crap or terrible, but average. They havnt overachieved or underachieved at all in the last 3 seasons. I'll tell you when they did overachieve; 1993...

Now, that would be the greatest signing in the history of the game. Sheedy and Hird as coach and assistant. My god... Agreed, I've always hated Essendon but always respected Sheedy and admired Hird. I've never experienced supporting a club with a champion of his calibre, or any real champion for that matter.

Brad Green as captain is like Cameron Bruce as captain is like Cinderella as captain. 1. Brock 2. Robbo 3. Jones 4. Rivers

Yeah. Forget about a player who is practically at the bottom of every pack but makes a few mistakes and has a few bad games being captain. Instead, lets give the captaincy to a player who can't kick and sits with his arms crossed on the outside of packs screaming "give it to me, give it to me"...

He'll get two weeks, the panel will get $5,000 each, and Eddie will get to watch Johnson play finals footy. You heard it here first.

Broke is incredibly out of form, based on what ive seen since i got back. But Jones and Brock have the physical ability to break a tackle, so I'd rather them try, rather than throw it on their boot. Brock gets caught way too much though. Atleast once a game. But, if you see, whenever he is tackled, he lets himself get span around, looks to see if their is a melb player, if there isnt, would rather give the free kick away than kick it to no one.

There won't be anymore than 22k there. Anyone who thinks more is kidding themselves...

Wow. Just...wow Who would have thought... I guess the beach here in Barcelona will cheer me up...

I remember hearing Danners say Post game that he might be coming in against the Tigers.

So I leave for Europe tomorrow at 11pm. I'll be gone until August 6th, so yes, I'll be missing way too many Melbourne games. But I guess I'll survive and hopefully when I get back we are in Finals contention. My estimate record on the day I return (August 6th): 8-10 with our only loss coming against the Swans at Manuka. calabreseboy out!!!!!

I won't be because I'll be in EUROPE!!!!!!

Colin Sylvia is up there. Godfrey is too. Wheatley has impressed in two games and Bizzell as well. All of them bar Sylvia have exceeded many peoples expectations I think.

Well I'm the kind of guy that barracks and I never ever abuse another supporter of the opposition. If they say one of our players in weak, fair enough, because I always say it about the opposition. But when someone turns around and starts getting laid into me for abusing the opposition, I go mental. Happened today with two maggie supporters in their 70s. Two little old ladies with the mouths of a bogan male. I called Rocca a disgrace about half way through the last quarter, and they turned around and started calling me weak like the rest of my team. I replied by saying they were about to get beaten by a weak team and that collingwood are always thought to be better than they actually were.

In the vacinity of 1,000,000,000,000 - 2,400,000,000,000 times better. Somewhere around those figures.

I can't believe he copped it for that ball throwing incident. A warning would have been granted, but a free kick? what a disgrace. as Walls said on ten, that free kick completely disregarded the passion of the game.

Absoslutely shocking kicking today from out "superstar".