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Ok, I'll bite... who is the current POTUS? Who is tweeting all hours of the night with unsubstantiated claims of wire tapping, rigged voting systems, etc etc? Who is failing to pass a bill as he cannot get even the support of his own party despite having majorities in all houses? Who is it that currently wants to build a wall that will ultimately end up hitting his fellow countrymen in the hip pocket? Is it Obama?...NO! Is it Clinton?...NO! Is it Trump?...a resounding YES! "The leftist crowd are a herd who think things are funny if it is about someone of the right but would find the same thing unfunny if it was one of their own. Humour should be judged on the content not the subject." This is interesting coming from someone who is a self declared rightist (although I would go further and say extreme rightist) who is upset over a humerous gif directed at one of his own.... pot,. kettle, black? No one is stopping you, Wrecker45 (funny/ironic in itself considering how thin skinned you are), from posting your own funny gif directed at someone from the left... go ahead, knock yourself out... who knows, we on the left may even get a good laugh out of it. You can look in the rear-view mirror all you want, but it will not change the fact that it is the current POTUS that is the focus of attention for both the right and the left and until he starts to apply some dignity to the office he has taken on, then he is going to be a target whether you like it or not (and again, he is the target of both the right and the left). I have plenty of right leaning friends here in Australia and in the US who are finding many of the memes directed at Trump funny enough to share around. Oh and if you genuinely think he will drain the swamp, you are living in a fool's paradise... he is just filling it up with more of the same... the only difference being that they are his mates.

Nice to see JKH just a week off...speedy recovery. Hopefully he'll be able to make his mark at Casey soon and put himself in the frame for selection.

I only see one person getting emotional here...it's just a forum, get over it.

What's the point? They're history now... and besides, I'm not so emotionally invested that anything related to any POTUS would be touchy for me.

Well I can promise you that that was certainly NOT the intention. As I said, you're being a little too touchy.

I saw all of that, but I don't see what any of that has to do with a humorous interlude/jibe at the POTUS. I think you're being a little too touchy on the subject.

Not really... I just saw it posted somewhere and thought I'd share... its called humour. What above facts were you referring to by the way? Did you mean your bullet list above..that is, for the most part, your surmising?

Time for an interlude...

No, they were already running all over us and Smith's injury just added to the despair we were all feeling at that time.

In which case perhaps we'll be in for a re-enactment of Aldous Huxley's aptly titled essay "The Doors of Perception: Heaven and Hell".

I agree for the most part AF, but Hickey has been the only ruckman to nullify Gawn (something that the new third man up rule will have no effect on) to the point where it cost us dearly. After watching Spencer in the JLT games, I believe he has the aggression (in my opinion) to quieten Hickey down. I will not be in the least bit surprised to see Spencer named in the 22... and if I'm wrong, well... I'm wrong Oh, and I haven't suggested that they rotate in the forwards... Spencer can come off the bench, Max move to the forwards for a spell and one of the forwards take a break. It's patently obvious that like most on here, I'm no great tactician, but I see no reason that it couldn't work.

Usually I'd agree with you, but I would think that the season opener against Port in 2013, that we were expected to comfortably win but ended up losing by 79 points (prompting Neild to say "We didn't see that coming..."), was definitely season defining... it only got worse from that point on.

I agree with those saying there is no real traditional rivalry existing any more... with the possible exception of the one game each year against the Pies on Queen's Birthday. I can however see a three way rivalry building between us, the 'Aints and the Bulldogs to be the dominant Victorian based team. All three have strong young lists now that are likely to be competing against each other for the next decade.

I'd like Spencer to be played off the bench when and if Hickey is getting the better of Max. I could see Spencer's aggression phasing Hickey, allowing Max to come back in and take advantage.

Was tweeted by Chris Cavanagh.

CORRECTION: Saw should be "Saw"... don't you hate grammar nazis?

My first thought was womens' AFL version of Tony Lockett.

Why the angst? This is a guy who has not played, other than JTL, for over a year and is unlikely to make an immediate impact. I'm more interested to know how Jetta is tracking as I consider him more important to our prospects at this point in time. I'd be very surprised if we'd be seeing the best of Hibberd before next season.

And so it's now discussed as if an official pronouncement has been made Gawn will no longer be a full time ruck... now THAT is MFCSS

About 50/50 in the media with regards to our chances in round 1: http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2017-03-17/what-the-journos-think-about-melbourne

I'm with TeamPlayedFine39 (above) on this. Since his back injury it wouldn't be unrealistic to expect that the team doctors send him off for scans following a few preseason hit-outs, just to satisfy themselves that Hogan is suffering no ill effects and will go into season proper fully fit... far better to be pro-active than reactive.

Rattus Politicus

To quote DeeSpencer: "The forwards where doing a drill where Chaplin kicked the ball up to 2 players from about 30 out and they both flew for the mark. Hulett came in from one side and shifted Watts in the air with his body and he landed pretty heavily on his shoulder." Now I'm going to play the pedant here and say that he did not push Watts aside and DeeSpencer certainly did not say any such thing. You will note that both players flew for the mark and that Hulett shifted Watts in the air. I would argue that once you are in the air, there is very little you can do to stop such movement happening as there is nothing for the player to get purchase on, and if Watts was higher in the air than Hulett, then he is going to be tumbled over. Stating that Watts was "pushed aside" makes it sound as though he was beaten in a contest of strength, and going by DeeSpencer's description, nothing could be further from the truth.

Go on, take one for the team BBO!

Really?? It's no secret that Jack has been your favourite whipping boy for some time... why did you consider it was worthy of a new thread?