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Im really not shattered. It was his choice. I think if we got rid of him i'd been annoyed. But i can see his point. He has been there for a few years now without playing in a whole heap of finals. He can see at Carlton he will play finals for a few years. If carlton are stupid enpugh to give us pick 11 then Id say take it. 4 new kids in the top 18 will help us in the future. It will be weird playing against him though. Well does that male Bruce the obvious choice for captain now? It will also open the door for Grimes in the future.

Good news. I missed waching him this season. Can't wait to see him and Jurrah in the same foward line next year. He went to the brownlow because Aaron Davey took him.

Nope don't agree. Before the Game is my favourite. It seems to be the players favourite as well. Anyway just my opinion.

In todays confidential bit in the herald sun there is a little story on how the melbourne players rocked up to the Flying Duck Hotel in Prahran unannounced and the owner was a little nervous and was bracing for the worst to happen. He said insted of getting drunken shenanigans the owner was greeted with good grace and humour. He said in 20 years in the pub game this is one of the most respectful group of blokes I've encountered. Good to see our boys behaving well.

I know Davey has been on our list for a couple of seasons now but watching him today he was just brilliant. He never wastes the ball and his kicks are jsut dead accurate. I love watching him play and I think he will be a great captain. This season he has just been awesome.

I missed it but in the preview they had footage of him at the presidents lunch being interviewed. Did anyone see it and what did he have to say. I saw him at the game and on the ground afterwards. I saw him leap from his seat when Jurrah kicked that brilliant goal in the final quarter. It was good to see him there. Hope he is going well.

Tomorrow before our game there is a match between two corporate teams where former plsyers are playing. Some players include David Neitz, Andrew Leoncelli, The Febey brothers, Bathan Brown, Marcus Seecamp and Alastair Nicholson. Should be good to see some of the boys having a kick. Good to see what sort of condition they are in.

Love that Frawley has been named on the centre line. Why not give him a crack there. he didn't get a chance last week. I bet Dunn wants to have another cack at Harvey after what Harvey came out and said after last years game about him. r was it round 1 this year. Anyway lets see what moves ABiley does again. Also a shame that Jurrah isn't back.

It on channel 9 at 10:30pm. Im pretty sure they don't televise it in brisbane or sydney

It will be interesting to see what they say about the match and our players positions. Also Grant Thomas will have his say and Caro will talk about the tigers. Hutchy will say we did the right thing in not winning. He said to Garry earlier on in the season on the show we cannot get to 5 wins. There is no point. Im also sure they will ask Garry about it.

Nope they can't change the rules for this years draft. It can't be proved we tanked. I bet Adrian Anderson will be chatting to dean this week though. I have noticed that Mick Malthouse has had his say on some of our moves yesterday. Everyone will be watching us this week though.

I was surprised to see no bugle boy yesterday. Mind you I didn't really miss him. Buut have we ditched him? Also on another note yesterday glad to see David Neitz at the game. I walked past him after the match yesterday.

Yesterday's game was just laughable. The mistakes in the 3rd quarter were pathetic. I was sitting there at the game wondering how the tigers beat essendon the week before. I admit that game was not worth winning to lose a draft pick. Even my parents who hate me talking about losing walked out of the game saying im not annoyed we lost. It was interesting to see players play in different positions. I liked Warnock up foward. he led well. Paul Johnson has been played in the backline before so thats nothing new. Bate in the middle was a good idea. Anyway we didn't really tank because we were winning in the last minute and that siren had sounded before that mark was taken. The richmond supporter next to me couldn't believe mcmahon was paid the mark. He also said there was no way in hell he'd kick it. On another not I thought the crowd figure was really good. Lastly Jack Grimes is slowly becoming my favourite player. Loved the mark he took in the final quarter and then played on and kicked the goal. He is also a very good kick.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/rfnews/touch...6732475171.html Sorry if the link doesn't work. But it another nice little piece that he has written. He has written some good stuff on our club. It's a shame we can't get him for next season.

There is a nice cartoon in todays herald sun that Mark Knight did. It shows Jimmy sitting in his hospital bed witht he tv on watching us play.

The way I see it we lose out either way. If we win people will say how we did it for Jimmy and how come now we can win and it shouldn't take our President to get sick for us to find motivation to win. And its true. It should not take our president to get cancer for us to suddenly find spirit and motivation to win. On the other hand if we lose then my god the media will be all over us. Saying how spiritless we are and not doing it for Jimmy and we are heartless. I really really hope we win but in reality we are not playing good football. But I have pencilled this win in for awhile. And I hope we do.

As explained on the MFC Website you can write a message to show your support to Jim. Everyone should do it.

I had a feeling it wasn't going to be good news and it would be the dreaded C word. When I listened to the press conference on the radio tears just welled up. But he is one of the most positive people and he has great support behind him. Come on Jimmy get rid of the bastard, the whole football community is behind you. As David Schwarz said on radio today he hopes karma exists because of all the good work Jimmy has done not only in the football world but in the community and he said that good karma better come its way. puts our season into perspective really

Lets face it Bailey didn't inherit a great list in his first season and this season isn't much better. If we are in the same situation this time next year then questions will be asked but he deserves to devlop these players so he deserves to stay even beyond next year. We just need to see how good a coach he is when we actually become really good. It would be good to see some success under him. being Melbouren coach would not be a fun job at the moment. these issues never arise when we win. Lets just wipe off this year get the top 2 picks and start winning games next year. By the way do you think i will be the only one ringing the club on monday re newing my memebrship? I haven't done it yet cause I haven't had the money but I sign up every year. i doubt they will be busy

Leigh and Dennis were talking about Watts and Leigh said he has done nothing to show me why he got picked number 1. Then straight away Watts marked and kicked his 2nd. Dennis said a few positives about Watts but I thought it was an interesting comment. There has been so much hype about this kid and this would have been the first time Leigh saw him live. Hodge and Reiwoldt didn't star in the first 2 games did they? Lets be patient with the kid. On a other note should we keep playing him in the seniors or send him back to Casey for a hit out.

When's the membership cut off date?

That's a very good team. Glad to have Green back, we have been missing his goals. Cheny is very very unlucky. He was great last week and did some courageous stuff but with those 4 coming back someone had to be dropped. Also glad to see Bennell back in the team. Dew must be the hawthorn player dropped for disciplinary reasons. Quarters mentioned it when he said what's coming up in sport. He didn't mention Dew but just said the Hawks drop a star player for disciplinary reasons. Looking foward to sunday to see how we go.

After Freo beat West Coast we are now sitting 16th. I thought we wouldn't be sitting there for awhile yet but Freo and Richmond have actually started winning. Freo 2 wins in a row now.

Dean did say that he likes to get 2 full pre seasons in his draft picks. He said that look at a player in Jack Watts after 2 full pre seasons and basically we should be looking at finals then. It's a shame he wasn't on for longer. He is a funny guy. I thought they may have asked a bit more about the game tomorrow but I guess they didn't have much time.

In the main news they had a story on the team and Dean Bailey visiting the Shrine to learn more about ANZAC Day and learn about Melbourne players who went ot war. James McDonald read out we will remember them reading then they showed them watching soem films then they stood for the last post. Brad Miller said he was moved by it and couldn't imagine having to go to war at age 16. What a great initative by Dean Bailey to get the club together and learn about ANZAC Day.