Dr. Gonzo

From what I heard on fox earlier he was on his front verandah for the interview with the tv crew outside. Hardly seems like a massive issue.

Great post. Objectively reviewing a game seems to be akin to appeasement for some Melbourne supporters.

Fitness isn't the issue it's the boring defensive stacks on football that's the problem. If this is emblematic of footy in the 20s I reckon we get Ross Lyon on the phone. It's his time to shine.

Generally, yes.

After 55 years what's another week or two between friends?

https://mobile.twitter.com/aamer_rahman/status/1270515143529697281 https://mobile.twitter.com/aamer_rahman/status/1270515147828858882

Sorry my fault. I'll send a sternly worded email to the club to let them know how poor round 1 was so we can win the flag this year. I didn't realise I was to blame for our lack of success since 1964 (and I wasn't even been for a couple of decades after that!)

I have no doubt the Collingwood players, Buckley and even McGuire mean no ill will to anyone based on their race. I also have no doubt that Lumumba's allegations are true (particularly as some like the nickname he was given "chimp" were backed up by several players including 3 indigenous players). It's the culture that needs to change to make sure it is understood why someone would have a negative reaction when being subjected to those comments and/or experiences. The culture is what makes it seem ok to make racist comments etc because we have a culture of taking the [censored] out of each other and people just need to toughen up if they can't hack it. But it is wreckless to assume that your experience is everyone's and that singling people out particularly when they belong to a minority with a history of oppression is going to have no ill effects. I would be horrified if this happened at MFC and I assume many Collingwood supporters are too As to why the Project swept it under the rug back in 2017 when the Lumumba doco came out - well Aly and Hellier are part of the infotainment industry in Melbourne a huge part of which is the AFL and the biggest club is Collingwood with a President with multiple media platforms. Do you really need to dig too far to figure out why they may not have made an issue of it?

Unsubscribe Balls. Getting rid of Foxtel once Kayo was available was a great move. Saving almost $100 a month too. I know Kayo funds go to NewsCorp but at least it's only $15 a month (once I split a subscription with my dad and sister) instead of $120.

There's no "dislike" but so I just had to settle with the laughing emoji instead. Agree to disagree I guess.

You have a right to your own opinions/beliefs but you do not have a right to your own facts

"Today a young man on acid realised that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration; that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. There is no such thing as death, life is only a dream and we are the imagination of ourselves. Here's Waleed with an opinionated rant."

To be honest I don't watch any of these infotainment channels but I assume it would be the same as a "lefty" given a right of response on one of the Sky news programs. All of these are privately owned networks so there is no compulsion for anyone to give equal time to the "other" side. That's why it is so important to keep publicly funded independent services and not gut them like the LNP is doing with the ABC.

What's the difference if the interview takes place at the club or at home? I assume the club may have additional screening/precautions but it isn't specified in the article.

I guess my perception is based on a scale of past experience. Thinking back to the "putrid" performances in 2012/13 I can't put round 1 in the same boat. But it's semantics really, it was disappointing - if we lose on Saturday that will be the season done as far as I'm concerned. We should be putting the Blues away by 5 goals.

Good on Lumumba. Like Goodes he will cop a lot of flak for speaking up but this country still has plenty of issues to confront before we can claim to be a free and egalitarian society.

It was a disappointing game but it was round 1, in Perth, against the premiership favourite a couple of hours after the players were told theirs would be the last game of the season for the foreseeable future. I wasn't happy with the game or the result, but putrid for me would mean getting blown out of the water like the Dogs did. We played well early, didn't convert our chances and lost the game in about 5 minutes. Not great but certainly not "putrid".

We were not "putrid". We lost the game in about 5 minutes in the first quarter. The rest of the game was relatively even albeit frustrating for our lack of finish in front of goal.

The game is at Docklands so probably not an issue then

He also deserves a chance at redemption

Smith, Barassi, La Fontaine, Flower

Jeez tough crowd! I hope Goodwin sticks it up all you doubters just to see the Olympic level backpedalling on here by the so called "supporters" of this club. You're all damaged goods.

I haven't heard anything from the MFC yet on membership options for 2020. Other clubs have emailed their members to let them know what options they have on the table (some have been more underhanded than others *cough* Adelaide *cough*) but haven't seen anything from MFC yet. I'm not seeking a refund but was interested in what options the MFC had come up with. Some clubs have offered merchandise as comp including signed guernsey's and I just read on BigFooty Carlton have offered members a free GA membership for 2021 for someone who was not a member this year. Pretty clever way to grow the membership base.

I was enjoying this thread, did you hit a snag sons?

I doubt we'll pocket anything for away games though, only the home club would