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Apologies... it just didn't read that way

and at 5:05pm on SEN.

Didn't I see you in the Respect thread?

Comb over? I reckon it has a bit of the old "Haircut 100" about it myself. It's just so 80's!

I wish Col the best of luck and hope he gets to play some finals footy... I was certain he would stay a Dee, but the lure of fame and fortune was obviously more than he could resist.

Hey, I don't want him working with me!

Yes, and that's another thing that could see his life at the club curtailed prematurely if the "no d'heads" policy is strictly adhered to.

If the plan was to have Dew come in this year as a senior assistant as part of the succession plan, then what happens now if we are to wait for him to come next year? I assume we still have a position that needs filling this year, or am I calling that wrong? If we do need to fill a position this year, who would come on board knowing that they will probably be gone again in 12 months time?

Y M is the Bettlejuice of footy forums... say his name three times, he will turn up and will be very difficult to get rid of.

Over the past couple of seasons, if memory serves, Buddy has missed quite a bit of action due to injury, and regardless of whether these were chronic or not chronic, as he ages the body becomes less able to cope... Buddy is NOT a Tuck and he is NOT a Fletcher... he will be done by age 31 or 32 and the Swans will be forced to pay 4 to 5 years of his contact out. They are in for a world of (financial) hurt.

Until he dons the red and the blue.

Call it MFCSS, but the moment I saw this article in which Frawley says he bleeds red 'n blue, the first thought that entered my head was, "he's gone at the first opportunity". Probably a conditioned response.

On those points: I think we see very little of what could be called "personal abuse" in the footy related threads (political threads seem to be the place for that)... but, I suppose personal abuse is defined by how thick skinned we are (or are not). I certainly do not see anything slanderous... an interesting one, because can calling people on here out be considered slanderous when we are all hiding behind avatars (although I have chosen to use my actual photo for my avatar) and assumed names... the players, club/afl admin and Scully's father are the only people likely to be on the receiving end of slanderous comments. Indecent... nothing - but I suppose that comes down to each individuals' moral threshold. If we were to really police knowingly false information, that could see the end of the rumours thread, because you can be almost certain that much of what appears in there was pulled out of thin air in the hope that the person making the call can attain some bragging rights. As for any other matter deemed inappropriate, that is a catch-all that parallels the AFL's bringing the game into disrepute clause or a govt's state of emergency act - it is necessary, but very rarely acted upon. Anyway, I believe what we have here is a storm in what is, for the most part, a very placid tea cup.

Ok, someone had to do it, so it might as well be me (as much as I detest the song):

If he does indeed go, maybe that will facilitate the reuniting of the Jones brothers? Can but hope.

Roos "are" or Roos "is"?

Slow here as well (Sydney). Not sure it is just a Telstra issue as this is the only site active in my browser that is running very slowly... a number of other sites are all updating as normal (read, quickly).

Just tweeted he's on at 3pm

For any of the top 10..."how would you feel about playing for the MFC?"

Entertaining article in today's Sydney Morning Herald from the pen of Peter FitzSimons.

If it makes you feel better BB, according to the Devil's Dictionary, a saint is a "dead sinner revised and edited".

Well, looking at rpfc's analysis of the FA compo bands, Sylvia could net us pick 21 (3rd tier, first pick after our 2nd round pick) - see rpfc's post here in the Sylvia to Bombers thread.

Sylvia is a free agent, no? So why would they trade for him?

How would you feel if you had someone in your business who was simply riding along on the back of the innovative thinking of others in the organisation and claiming it as his or her own? Because that is essentially what Demoneyes has been called out for on numerous occasions. The "abuse" directed at Demoneyes for the most part has been pretty tame, particularly when you take into account his drunken ramblings on Saturday evening... I was actually surprised there was no reprimand from the mods (perhaps there was and it was a slap on the wrist that we are unaware of?). As another poster mentioned, respect has to be earned and hopefully Demoneyes will earn that respect... who knows, he may even start to post some of those innovative ideas you alluded to. I certainly hope so.

You may say erudite... others would say araldite; something about me being epoxy something-or-other.