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And utterly, utterly irrelevant to the situation at hand. Unless Collingwood are going to shift themselves to South Australia over the break?

Yep, that must be it, that's the only reason I can think of as well.

Don't give up the day job.

No it's not. Validity is measured by the reliability of the information upon which the opinion is based. You have no information, yet alone reliable information.

You're kidding yourself.

Yes, but what does that say? NONE of these teams are in the 8. Drafting is only part of the equation, and probably in reality, a fairly small part of it. We're not where we are now because we took Cook over Darling, and RR"s petty and superficial ranting and raving do nothing to add to any meaningful discourse about the club, where we are, or the way forward.

Starting to wear a bit thin OD.

Thoughts with you both. Some of my most cherished memories of my dad were of us sitting together in the nursing home watching the footy. It was always Carlton, as he was a lifelong Blues man, but under the circumstances, I didn't mind. Footy has a way of bringing people together. Thanks for sharing on Demonland.

What's professional about sacking a coach after one year? You should go back to the very article you linked to, which puts forward the very opposite proposition to what you are, i.e. "Geelong and Collingwood were rewarded for their faith in trying times. Kernahan should have stood by his man." Because in case we forget: "Kevin Sheedy's last 15 years as a senior coach netted one flag. For Malthouse it's been one flag in 17 years." As your man who knows his footy Robert Walls notes: "There's no coaching messiah." Stop looking for one.

... I just don't have the patience anymore. Dumb (coy) title, dumb thread. And just when I thought it couldn't get any worse around here ...

Of course they lie. It's a self-selecting group of respondees for starters. About the only actual stats here are that only 6% of Demonlanders can muster the interest to even vote in your poll, and within that, around 2% have selected your "we got it wrong". In other words, there's no interest and you're not even winning the "we got it wrong" argument, no matter how much you try and spin it.

Semantics. It's clear what the intention of what he was saying was, yet you pull him to task over 2 words, delivered off-the-cuff and now taken out of context. It's just nit-picking and pettiness.

I read the interview. Don't have a problem with it. And if I had, I wouldn't have bothered starting a thread about it.

You're so far off the mark, there is no substance in your post. Fantasyland.

Every non-Melbourne supporter would have had him in the first round, if not at number 1 AT THE TIME .... (though not sure how you can claim to speak for "every non-Melbourne supporter", and probably even less so in regard to your favourite obsession, Jack-Watts-who-isn't-a-KPF)

His first game for 6 weeks, he's rusty and off the pace, and we have 3 pages of posts bagging him.

You're presuming we tried to get him or wanted him.

You see what you want to see. We beat a top 4 side in uncontested possessions, were only down 19 on uncontested possessions, and for all the mistakes, turnovers, outgunned midfield, and lack of fitness, we equalled them for inside 50's and tackles. And this with a large chunk of our list out of action and 14 players with less than 50 games. and ... "Jay Clark ‏@ClarkyHeraldSun Saw signs of life in Melbourne today. First half ball use and outside run impressive in parts. Just got smashed in ruck and down back." But carry on.

Not mutually exclusive.

... at the end of a season with plenty of players who either a) didn't have a full-season or B) are too young to have had many pre-seasons.

Adelaide ... fitter, stronger, bigger, more experienced. Work to do, we ain't gonna find all that in one off-season.

Great post BH. Thanks.

Demons may trade early pick "Harrington did not indicate where the club currently rated Viney in the draft"

You expected it to turn around in one season?

... with spelling to match.