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I just wish he would sign. Yeah ok I understand no one would want to take a pay cut in any job but Cam you are a footy player earning thousands. You have earnt enough in your career. Shane Crawford signed 1 year contracts when he was coming near the end. The thing is cam had a really good season last season and we do need him for the experience. I would be shattered if he left. Also the other problem is he has Ricky Nixon as his manager and you know what he is like. He would be saying to Cam you can probably get more money elsewhere and play finals if we could get you to a club. Loyalty Cam remember where you came from and who gave you the chance. I know loyalty works both ways and clubs can move you on but I reckon you will regret moving on.

Who do we have as a backup ruckman if Jamar goes down. Spencer? Really, at least PJ can ruck. Or Newton. Geez Jamar please dont get injured. I reckon Hughes showed something. if he remained injury free he would be alright in our foward line. Ok I know Newton is a rookie but we are wasting money on him. Im convinced he has something on the club. Surely its better to get a young kid on there. If you told me he would outlast James McDonald at the club there was noy way I would have believed you. By the way on the club website do not describe him as a versitile big man. The guy has never played a good game for us. he will just be known as the guy that took mark of the year against north. Im just not a fan. Are we stuck with him for another 2 years now? Its intersting that they have put Cameron Bruce on the list. Maybe he has signed or will do so soon.

Its good that we start off with a round 1 game at home. Lets hope we can finally win first off. I dont mind playing the interstate teams at home. Id rather play them here than there. Dont worry the crowds will come. Except whose stupid idea was it to play West Coast at Etihad at 1:10 on a sunday. But thats not until the later rounds so hopefully we are going really well and the crowds will come. Its good that we only play the pies once. That means we only play our 1 grand final for the season. Lol. Interesting to play the gold coast at home. Why wouldnt we get the buy the week after playing at darwin then the week before. Dont mind the friday night games but its sucks one of them is at etihad. Sorry but there is something about that ground that never gives me a good experience. Anyway the first 3 at the G is pretty good.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/collingwood-flies-flag-in-season-opener/story-e6frf9jf-1225944407348 According to this link we will play sydney away round 1. Also can someone explain why we are playing port in darwin as the away team. Didnt we sign up to play a home game in darwin for some years?

I dont blame Voss for getting rid of him. He is lazy, frustrating and just waited for the ball and its the best thing we ever did to trade him. Im more impressed with Grimes in his few short years with us then I was ever with Trav. The most frustrating thing with Trav is we all know he had potential but we hardly saw it. Yeah he won a best and fairest but we just never saw his potential enough. Carlton proved that when they just let him loose in that round 22 game. Im just glad he isnt at our club to drag Scully and Trengove down. Voss wouldnt put up with his crap and I dont blame him.

Very disappointing but I can see why he would want to go back to essendon. Although im not sure why he would extend his contract this month for another year. he muist have known Hird was going to go for the essendon job and get it. Im guessing when we play them next year he is going to have a lot of knowledge of our team and the weaknesses in our backline. He has done a great job with it htough especially getting Frawley up and going. Is it just me or is the essendon coaching panel to essendon. I mean Hird, wellman and wallis. This could backfire big time on them. It would be funny if it does. Why cant essendon accept other people. I mean I never heard of Dean Bailey when he took over but now im grateful we have taken a chance on an unknown. And as much as I wanted Garry Lyon to coach us im sort of glad he didnt. If we didnt do any good I wouldnt like the members turning on him. Im not sure who would be our next backline coach. Any thoughts?

Yeah it was a good game to be at. 2nd draw of the year after queens birthday. Certainly Ross Lyon has to do different things next week. Such as make sure you have a foward to put on Maxwell. The amount of times he is left alone to double team riewoldt was ridiculous. Play Goddard foward. He showed today he can mark and kick. Go with 2 ruckman. McEvoy should never had been dropped. Jolly dominated although Kosi did well when he went onto him. Also Gardner has a hammy apparantley so get another ruckman. Also if the pies win then they still wouldnt have won a grand final in september. The colliwobbles are still there. But please saints you deserve the win and players that give there guts every week such as Hayes, Goddard and Riewoldt deserve a flag.

This year I finally received my full mcc membership after waiting for years so I got up at 4 with my family left home at 5 and was in the g by 5:25. people were still asleep in the queues, we were around near gate 5, gates opened at 8 and I was seated by 8:15. (Ian Collins and Etihard could learn how to manage queues like the G does) I was up on the top level but in line with the centre sqare so it was a good view. Saw lots of dees fans in there supporting the saints and luckily had saints fans around me. I had a guy next to me who has never been to much footy because he was saying extra time we get to extra time. Coming back next week is a good idea. If it was melbourne and we kicked like collingwood then I would be furious for losing it but if was the saints position then I would be rapt to come back next week. They were lucky to come away with a draw. I was prepared to sit there and watch the pies win a flag which I thought was going to happen at half time. But it was a brilliant last half and I just wanted the sainters to get a rushed behind but they couldnt do it. So I was hoping for a draw because next week im out of the country for 3 weeks so if the pies win I wont be around to see it. It was a great day at the G.

In todays herald sun it says it is Jones who has tested the waters at other clubs. So he is shopping around. However Melbouren are confisent he will stay. Why would you want to go to essendon. For starters there is no coach and surely we have a better list.

I was rapt to see Judd win because it was unexpected. I was expecting an early night. I thought swan would have it wrapped up by round 15. Just because a player gets 37 possies a game doesnt mean they are all good possessions. yeah Swan got the ball heaps of times but they wernt all quality possessions. If Judd got suspended then Ablett would have won it. What Judd said about being a melbourne supporter and admiring Jim and Garry was something I've heard him say many times before. You could tell he meant it what he said about Jim and Reach and he is right. The real world is what Jim does and every other person does in the world. Not go out once a week and kick the footy. I have no doubt that tonight Jim and Chris will have a chat to each other. I also thought it was night when Tim Lane interviewed Jim. I wasnt expecting anything like that. It was nice the standing ovation and everyone in the room was fixated on him. The priceless thng to me both times they went to Eddie. The look on his face was priceless. He just looked so mad. I can imagine him going into the club tomorrow and saying to the players, the umpires hate us, everyone else hates us now lets win the grand final and stick it up everyone.

Wow what a doco. I just hoped non footy people watched it. What a legend Jim is. So brave and never gives up and so glad he's part of our club. It's good that they didn't leave out any heavy bits, im glad we saw what he is prepared to do. Drink his own urine, have his coffee a different way and his meditation that he does. I couldnt believe how much muscle he lost off his legs. They were looking very very thin. Obviously Jules is great for him. Keeps his sense of humour going and Jim is also still mentoring him to by the way he spoke at the reach event. I just used to see Jules as a guy on getaway. Im glad Jules is there for him and he is obviously a help to Sam as well. I loved when Garry spoke about him and teared up when Garry said I went up to him and told him I loved him. As I read on a website that someone wrote, I see what Ben Cousins did to his body and I see what Jim Stynes does to his. I know who i admire. Jim. Jim after seeing you on ACA last week I thought your were gone, but your spirit and mind works wonders. You can do it and for each day you are alive the world is a better place.

geez next week is going to be horrid. The pies are making geelong look so slow. Come on the saints beat the doggies. You are the only team that can win. Its time like this I wish I was out of melbourne. The supporters will be feral, eddie will be gloating and it will be the collingwood week. Stupid geelong you are looking so slow and cant do anythng right.

Bruce has only been offered a 1 year deal and asked to take a paycut. His wife is keen to move to the gc. I think Bruce is worthy of a 2 year deal. He has had a good season and he is a player that doesnt get injured. Also he will be on the veterans list so I dont see money will be a problem. I hope he stays so we still have some older experienced players.

The FS was on of the best ever last night. As Garry said it was a very different one. It was nice to see a different Shane Crawford and not the one that mucks around and is silly all the time. And of course Jimmy was just brilliant. As Sam said with your mind and attiude I think you will see a few more christmas's yet. Lets just hope this is the case. Even Sam seemed to get emotional when talking to shane and with Jimmy there. I reckon that was the brisbane game where Dean Bailey said in the huddle Jim is watching because that was the first game we played after Jim was diagnosed.

I'm guessing he is on to talk about the doco and maybe some melbourne stuff. Anyway tune in. I reckon he will be on early.

Oh my god. I just got through that interview, im not sure I can sit through the whole doco. Its justs sucks and its wrong what is happening to Jim. Basically he revealed he has had 16 tumours removed all up. There are still some in his brain and he has got some in his stomach. Which is definitely not good. Sam says in the doco he will eventaully die from this. Jim said she said I probably shouldnt have said that but Jim wants her to be honest. His son told everyone that his dad was having his brain removed when Jim was having an op to remove more tumours. Tracey asked him about the whole drinking your urine. Jim tried to explain but Tracey just couldnt get her head around it.Jims said he will try anything from people he trusts. He nevers complains and says why me. Then Tracey told everyone to watch the doco and Jim is ana amazing person. I just hope he is with us for a while yet.

Thanks will watch it. ACA has been doing personal interviews lately. Did anyone see the double page spread today in the herald sun. Jim is doing some potent stuff to hang in there. Drinking your own urine is no means feat. Scary to read he was told he had only 9 months to live when diagnosed. Im just hoping he can get rid of all this cancer crap. I think it will be a long long process.

Every Heart Beats True: The Jim Stynes Story Will be shown on 19 September, 2010 on Channel 9 at 6:30 pm. I found this on TV Tonight website. An AFL documentary of a different kind comes to Nine. Former AFL footballer Jim Stynes' battle with cancer has been produced by his closest friends, including Jules Lund and Paul Currie (One Perfect Day). Jim Stynes has never shied away from a challenge, whether it was moving to a new country to conquer a sport he had never seen, helping restore self-belief in teenagers, or bringing the AFL's oldest football club back from the brink of extinction. But his biggest challenge lies ahead as he continues his brave fight against cancer. This raw and moving account documents Stynes' journey, from arriving in Australia as an 18-year-old Gaelic footballer to graduating as one of the AFL's most celebrated players, and now to his diagnosis and struggle with cancer. At times confronting, the one-hour documentary provides an insight into Stynes' daily routine as he continues to battle the tumours that have riddled his body and rise above the disease. Viewers will be touched by his remarkable yet highly controversial approach to his diagnosis as he welcomes us into his world of chemotherapy, radiation, raw food diets and alternative therapies. Intimate stories from those closest to Stynes will be featured in the film that also introduces us to a raw and exposed side of the man rarely seen in public. The documentary has been directed, filmed, edited and produced by Stynes' closest friends, including Jules Lund and Paul Currie, co-founder of The Reach Foundation. Jim Stynes played 264 games with the Melbourne Football Club after migrating to Australia in 1984. He won a Brownlow Medal in 1991 and holds the record for playing the most consecutive AFL games (244). The father of two was named Victorian of the Year twice in 2001 and 2003 and has been honoured with an Order of Australia medal. This will air at different times and dates in different states, led by a primetime screening in Melbourne. S.A.: Sunday, September 19 at 3.00pm W.A.: Sunday, September 19 at 5.00pm Vic: Sunday, September 19 at 6.30pm QLD: Sunday, September 26 at 4.30pm NSW: Sunday, September 26 at 4.30pm Its going to be very emotional but heart warming. The opposite to the Cousins doco.

1) To make finals on our terms and not rely on other teams to get us in 2) To start winning interstate 3) For Grimes to play a full season and dominate in the backline 4)For Jack Watts to have a great year so people stop bagging him 5) To beat teams we should beat and not accept constolation losses. Still cant work out how we lost to the eagles at the G. We should have beaten the pies twice.

Hopefully this link works, if not get the herald sun or look at the website. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/gentleman-jim-stynes-wins-melbournes-top-gong/story-e6frf9jf-1225911360203 Jimmy was last night named Melbournian of the year for his work with Reach. Well done Jim, a worthy winner and hopefully this boosts his spirits a little higher and he can have a good weekend with the boys winning. You are a legend and an inspiration!

I know that 4:40 may not be ideal for everyone with kids having school the next day and if people have to work early but it would be great if we could get a big crowd. This season we have had crowds over 20,000 so we dont have to pay back the mcg money which is great. Lets face it the North supporters wont show so it would be great to cheer loudly for the boys one last time, in particular our captain Junior. It would be fantastic to go out with a win. So lets have the ground full of red and blue and make plenty of noise and cheer Junior off in his final match for the mighty demons.

I am really disappointed with melbourne this week. Firstly they make our captain retire stating we have younger players to come thorugh then at selection they drop Bail and think its a good idea to bring in Newton. Why would you do that. Newton isnt the future. He wont be there in 2 years. Bate will be playing for us for the next few years.Even bring in Miller. Bail was good last week, yeah he did some silly things but he has been really good the past few weeks. I thought Paul Johnson was pretty good for us last week. He actually taps it to our midfield which Jamar sometimes do. In the week Dean Bailey made a statement for the club he has made a horrible decision in selecting Newton. We know Newton will still be on the rookie list next year becasue some dimbat thought it would be great to put him and meesen back on there. Sorry just frustrated with Newton being selected. He is not the future!!!!

Im a little disappointed that the decision was made for him. James I thought deserved to at least make the decision himself. Ok I know he is getting on and we probably wont win a flag in the next 2 years so I can see the clubs point in wanting to build a young team but it will be wrong if we forced McDonald out and we choose to keep Miller. I wonder if James reamined injury free and not do his hamstring this year and not missed the 6 weeks that we would have kept him. Last sunday the hawthorn midfield were to strong for us so I would have thought keep some experience in there. This is the same club that is wasting space on the rookie list with Newton and Meesen. We just cant afford to lose to much experience. From what I ve heard Bruce and his wife has practically packed his bags for the Gold Coast because melbourne are yet to speak to him about a new contract. Im hoping its becasue they want to sign up the young ones first then deal with the older players later. Well dones James. You have been an outstanding player for someone who came off the rookie list. You have also been a wonderful captain.

According to the mfc website there are no changes to our team. Miller, Morton and Warnock are the emergencies. Its a nice change and why would you with 3 wins in a row.

It was a game at the gabba against brisbane and matthew kennedy ripped it off his head.