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I see your point... but isn't that pretty much par for the course these days... a discussion of Melbourne will always turn into a discussion of the Son of Phildamort (Tom Riddle-me-this)? Look no further than these very forums.

Agree... Jimmy transcends club boundaries and when there is a cheer at the MCG, it will be from all supporters of all teams. Jimmy is the perfect example of life imitating art... nothing could stop him on the footy field, and now nothing can stop him living his life to the fullest.

Maybe we should all start putting little copyright symbols on our posts ;-) © 2011

Nice to see the following report following Jimma's latest bout of surgery: http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/7415/newsid/126973/default.aspx

Caroline Wilson is simply reporting the news and is therefore under no obligation to start singing Cam's praises. The article reports the facts and reflects cam in neither a good nor a bad light and in fact, if anything, indicates that the whole success of this arrangement will be down to Cam's and the club's groundwork over the past year or so.

Fair enough... but I would argue that the captaincy is something that must be earned (performance/experience based) and it should not automatically be assumed that because a player was captain this year, he will carry the mantle again next year - as long as the players understand this, it shouldn't be an issue... and who knows, it may be just the carrot on a stick that some of the players need to lift their games? Moloney and Jones have both been performing well consistently, Trengove is performing well, but is still lacking experience and Grimes, well, he hasn't really been performing at all due to not being able to take to the field.

Jones will only be 24 going into next season... hardly falls outside our window does he? And Moloney is at a perfect age (27) with both the experience and the motivation/drive... it's not hard to see what he would give to the captaincy given the way he applied himself following his off-field indiscretion.

A little unfair... in 1972 he kicked 63 goals and had a total of 242 goals from 171 games for his VFL career.

Splitting hairs I know, but it's 3 hours difference (and just 2 during the winter months).

I think he made his presence known with his high flying marking - he was a truly spectacular player to watch (in the same was as Robertson was and Jurrah is)... so I'm not too surprised I suppose.

I wouldn't be surprised to see a Moloney (capt)and Jones (v capt) combination.

The club should act as an anarcho-syndicalist commune with no captain.

The only arrival I would like to see at McD's would be that of Whelan the wrecker :-)

Freak said: Maldonboy38 said: I may be wrong, but assuming this was the same drill, it's interesting to see how observations can differ ;-) Having said that, thanks for the reports as being in no position to be able to attend these sessions, they really are appreciated.

I have heard he has been enrolled into a new program at the Royal Institute of Biometric Studies, where he will be undergoing an intensive strengthening regime under the guidance of the highly regarded Dr Peter Puller (World Authority in Neuro Kinetic Energy Research). Any truth to this rumour?

Wouldn't that be entirely dependent upon how well they scrub up "on the track"? I would hope that they have their eyes on alternative prospects... given his Collingwood background, I would think Couch is a monty to get a place, but as for the rest... who knows.

In fact there's a whole cluster of clutterbucks in there... birdy num num

I doubt very much that Fitzpatrick is in the mix just yet and I get the feeling Neeld is expecting bigger and better things from Bate in 2012... however, if he (Bate) fails to repay Neeld's faith, then he may well get the full support of his club in finding another home for 2013. However, I would have to agree that Spencer, Dunn, MacDonald and Strauss are all on very thin ice... don't agree that Jetta is in trouble and I still believe that Bennell has too much potential to be shown the door just yet.

I'm sure DR was gla(n)d to be of service :-)

I bought this from the Amazon Kindle store as my 9 y.o son had homework for which he had to write a short piece about the person he most admires - we went through this together as a reference. Nicely done and thank you so much Rudeboy!

Yeah, nice shots. T may be an illusion, but I got he impression both Fitz and LJ have bulked up a bit?

And another: Young Gun is firing up forward I like this bit "I played in the backline at the start of the year but I didn’t get too much of the ball,” he said. “I moved up forward and have been able to kick some goals. I struggled against Scoresby but, apart from that, I think I’ve done all right.”

By the look of the Gys, I doubt he sees much of the sun at all - maybe should have the nickname of "Milk".

Thanks for that DD... perhaps Gysberts needs to join Jones in the surf.

HH is for Harold Hay, Herbert Hill and Hell Hath (no fury) - another 'ology poster of ill repute.