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I agree we can't afford the best - which luckily means we won't do stupid things like pay over the odds for the likes of Matthew Knights. BUT I don't think Roos or Clarkson were considered "the best" when they were appointed and it didn't hurt them when it came to raising the cup.

A nice even spread of goals - http://wiki.fcmelbourne.com.au/Round+6+2004 - 6-6-7-6 Still bitter I was at work that day, meaning the last 100pt win I was at was the 121pt win over Richmond in R21, 1993 when Andy Lovell + Jakovich kicked eight each and a bird shat on me at 3/4 time.

At the risk of plugging my own stuff.. http://wiki.fcmelbourne.com.au/Highest+Scores http://wiki.fcmelbourne.com.au/100+point+wins Ten goal plus performances in each quarter are; 1st (1) Round 10, 1972 vs North Melbourne (11.7) 2nd (5) Round 16, 1939 vs Geelong (11.6) Round 5, 1941 vs Collingwood (11.5) Round 19, 1947 vs St Kilda (11.2) Round 12, 1957 vs Fitzroy (10) Round 2, 1978 vs Fitzroy (10) 3rd (8) Round 2, 1937 vs Essendon (10) Round 2, 1942 vs Richmond (10) Round 15, 1963 vs Fitzroy (11.5) Round 8, 1964 vs Fitzroy (10) Round 8, 1982 vs Fitzroy (10) Round 20, 1991 vs North Melbourne (10) Round 3, 1993 vs Brisbane (10) Semi Final 1994 vs Footscray (10) 4th (9) Round 12, 1936 vs South Melbourne (10) Round 4, 1938 vs South Melbourne (11.5) Round 17, 1940 vs Hawthorn (10) Round 16, 1963 vs Collingwood (10) Round 10, 1969 vs Footscray (10) Round 20, 1977 vs St Kilda (10) Round 4, 1991 vs Carlton (11.7) Round 15, 1991 vs Sydney (10) Round 10, 2001 vs St Kilda (10) So, equal best performance in any quarter is 11.7

I love to see what salary he's on compared to Bailey..

Is there anybody not going? There'll be more of us there than them at this rate. Happy to claim I played reserves in 1998 if it will lead to me being indecently groped at a function.

Punching cab drivers doesn't count

Incredibly embarassing. As the original post said the raising of flags in football has a special place in the history of the game - this just highlights how awful we have been for the last 40 years. If possible the raising after the game was even worse. I know it was a rubbish win but if a win doesn't get you excited without having to have additional gimmicks then you may as well be at home watching on TV.

Amazing optimism to think any opposition player gives one hundreth of a toss about a flag being hoisted or a trumpet being played.

His VFL record is good. His AFL record is not. Last resort only please.

I read this thread until I saw people suggesting Dunn out for Newton.

Malthouse and Roos are a pipe dream. Bailey is probably on one tenth of their asking price. In fact if Matthew Knights' salary/payout was anything to go by it's probably 1/20th. IF Bails got the boot (and call me after next week to see if I'm jumping on that bandwagon) I can't see Stynes/Schwab/Connolly being able to resist Todd Viney. Might not be a bad move, we haven't had a coach from 'within' for 30 years.

The Stefan Martin Experience, and for something a bit rougher Jamar.

Seconded. Dignified silence or classic matches on the big screen please.

Jamar is a man machine.

I can't believe they're going to do that flag rubbish before every game. Fact they did it after the game as well was incredible. Win something meaningful then raise that.

Whatever the Pies do it doesn't appear to hurt their ability to kick a huge score which, if I'm not mistaken is a good thing.

At least whoever gets named sub this week can start preparing to play for Casey next week. It's the giant slide to the VFL. P.S - As for the above post, what's Dunn done wrong apart from having ridiculous facial growth?

You would have to make sure that the affiliate teams are always playing on alternate days so that you're not wasting a sub and an emergency for the week.

Why do we want to slow the game down? How many of these supposed injuries that we're allegedly trying to cut out happened in the last quarter? I dare say that high impact injuries are far more common in the first half where players were, are and will always be fresh. Now you've got people getting paid $150,000+ a year riding exercise bikes for three quarters just because the league wants to engineer 'better football'. What they've failed to notice is that the premiership team, and the team that everyone will try to copy, were a high scoring side who actually played interesting football. It could have been the dire, horrible to watch St Kilda but it wasn't so what's the use in trying to legislate their style out of existence? It's an utter farce and what we're going to end up with is the exact same amount of close games as we've always had and then the rest will be full of disgracefully played out, half paced last quarter junk time where coaches and players are into self preservation mode even more than they were before. Sadly I don't think it is looking bad for the rule because the league have no interest in what players/coaches or fans think and will do whatever they have to do to save face and 'make it work'. I wouldn't have liked to see rotations limited or any changes made but if we had to have something to keep Demetriou happy (and $2m p/a wouldn't do the job?) then interchange cap would have done the job for me. I think it's insulting to the fans to see a guy like Andrew Krakouer play a great debut, be named again the next week and then wind up being banished to the bench 90m before a game and sitting there for a half. And don't get me started on them having to wear those ridiculous vests as if nobody would notice if somebody came on at the wrong time...

Poor bastard. Remember that the first hint of his issues were in 2003 - imagine what he went through for the next seven years? No surprises that the clowns writing in the comments are a bunch of [censored]. Herald Sun comments rank alongside YouTube comments as the lowest form of giving barely evolved morons a say in public events.

Now while you're smashing conspiracy theories tell us who shot JFK and if Warren Jones really had W tattoed on his buttocks.

No wonder they kept showing the kid in the MFC jumper. I had it on mute because I was on the phone

Purchased. Let the good times roll.

Not at 4.40 on a Sunday sadly. Graveyard slot.

Good choice on our behalf, terrible rule in general. If you're good enough to make a "Best 22" you're good enough not to be sitting on the pine for four quarters. Was better than Maric in one quarter so I'd rather he starts next week.