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A 50 page thread on Demonland of course!

Why am I getting this feeling I'm in Salem?

Nield: "...and after you have finished writing 'I must not berate my team mates unless I lift my own game' 100 times, I want you pick up all of the rubbish in the quadrangle." Moloney: "Oooooh, but sir, The Block, The Voice, and Masterchef are all on and have some big tweets I need to write as well!"

Why do they go to all of the trouble and expense of preparing that lovely Skrota Stadium and then have GWS play us at Manuka Oval in the middle of the world's largest above-ground cemetery? A three hour drive to the deep freeze as opposed to 20 minute drive to the relatively mild environs of Homebush Bay.

There is absolutely no way there will be a captaincy change, regardless of whether the decision to give it to the Jacks was the correct one or not... the club simply cannot and will not, risk further alienation of the playing group. I'm sure Jones is quite happy to go on leading by example as he is at the moment without the added pressure of having to deal with the media on a regular basis and I'm sure that being young, the two Jacks will adapt to being in the spotlight quite easily; their best football is ahead of them yet and by then, the responsibilities and the burdens of the captaincy will be second nature.

Invoked after just two and a half pages of discussion; is this some kind of a record?

So you are not a Melbourne supporter then? I seem to recall reading somewhere that Melbourne supporters are too polite and politically correct.

If he could just get a bit of mongrel about him, he might just well be :-) There's no doubting his skills when he actually gets the ball... he just needs to get more of it and be more willing to go in after it.

Jones has actually been improving at a pretty consistent rate for the past two and a bit seasons - I don't think he has suddenly made a big jump under Neeld, but rather, a few others have gone backwards and he is now having to carry the can for them so there is more focus on him.

Or, more specifically, interesting trade period coming up.

It's rather ironic that one of the things that marks Jones as captain material is the fact that he was possibly one of the few more "senior" players who didn't get his nose put out of joint by being overlooked (or so it would seem).

Flippancy??!!??? Please show us where there was so much as the smallest trace of flippancy in the OP's email. It was an ill considered and blatantly unfair assessment of McLardy and Neeld. It deserved the responses it got.

Why? It should remain as a monument to stupidity.

You are ready to sack him after just 8 games at the helm? In his first year, Bailey had 3 wins; from Wiki: "Season 2008 started badly for Bailey, the Demons losing their first six games by lopsided margins before winning its first match of the season against Freemantle in round seven. Things did not get better, as the Demons lost the next six games, however they won their second game in Round 14 against Brisbane. Then they lost the next five games and won their third game in Round 20 against West Coast. Melbourne Finished 16th (last) for the Wooden spoon at the end of the 2008 season with 3 wins and 19 losses." Yes, if we win games this season they are likely to be against opposition like GWS or GCS, but take into account that we now have a much much younger and less experienced list, we have almost entirely new coaching staff, we have had numerous off-field distractions and we are attempting to implement a game plan that is completely alien to the team (did Bailey even have one?). I am of the same vintage as you and have been waiting just as long (my father also actually supported Essendon after having been a St George supporter in Sydney), but it seems some of us have a little more patience and understanding than yourself. Sorry, I have to agree with RR's assessment (he is also of a similar vintage, by the way).

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He could replace both for all of the work they are doing.

I would have thought that Trengove and Grimes in 10th and 12th spots respectively, says it all. Jones and Clark are our true leaders in every sense of the word.

I could think of better ways and more painless ways of having some good luck, than thinking I had broken my leg and then finding out it was just a sprain :-)

Since when has Craig been our coach?

This has already been discussed elsewhere... and for what it's worth, I couldn't disagree with you more... the Crows were not built in a day!

Out: Supporters who blindly accept everything that is dished up to them and support for the sake of supporting In: Supporters who genuinely support by offering up constructive criticism when required and offering up honest open dialog about where the club is at.

Can't argue with that... I'm just dreading the thought of seeing him have a blinder against us later this year.

If we had managed to tank better than Carlton you could have said "Nik Nat paddy whacked"

Are you saying he's wrong?