Bitter but optimistic

Jones - Captain's game Pedo - Best game for the club - did a bit of everything Harmes - matchwinner Lewis - Smart game. Clarrie - Did the hard work as usual Brayshaw - What a comeback. Cherry ripe for the finals

ITS A GRAND OLD FLAG!!! Start lining up for finals tickets folks And ...... Pedo is back!!!

Though my natural and underlying bitterness is always festering away, I must say I do feel very OPTIMISTIC about today's result. Dees by 30.

Six from Weid should be a good start od !!

You miss the point Febes! The notion of rating Captains is ridiculous. I'm sure we could find an image of any captain appearing , down, elated, depressed exulted etc. Captains suffer or excel with their teams. Jones has had more reasons than most to be despondent yet week after week he continues to bust a gut. He is a bloke who you'd reckon deserved a "rest" occasionally yet he put together a string of 120 plus games before succumbing to an injury. He may not be a great verbal communicator but when it comes to leading by example, I'll back him against anyone. In leadership, actions count

[censored] me!!!!!!

I used to do Van Huddles .................. well not actually huddles.... when I borrowed my dad's panel van. It all turned to [censored] though when I got [censored] and pranged it. Arrh the (wonderful) folly of youth.

Disagree!

Now that's a bit cynical od. Time for a relaxing pinot.

I thought he'd spend the rest of this year at Casey od. However, circumstances have changed. I reckon he'll be a player but ............... tomorrow will be interesting

Fair enough deever. It's just that I'm a bit sensitive of any criticism of Jones. As far as I'm concerned he's carried this club for years and is beyond reproach.

No, I can't have this. Jones often gets this "butchered the ball" criticism. However, two factors need be considered. One he has usually ohas the ball in pressured circumstances. Two he is always prepared to take the game on. His turnovers ( yes he is guilty on occasion) come as a result of either trying to create an opportunity or being too quick thinking for his teammates.

An oddly sexist comment Wise!! But ...as I'm oddly sexist you are forgiven. However, as penance, go and give yourself a jolly good thrashing.

Hahahha bb! Therein is the wonderful irony. It was a good time but Vego/Greeny was too plastered to remember it! PS. His Sunday morning face was the same colour as his politics!

Well I survived the road trip with Moonie - just! I have to say that these Greenies certainly show their true (un green) colours when out and about. It only took 6 or maybe 8 pots of beer before Moonie starting harassing a group of innocents who were unfortunate enough to be seated in front of us. However, in all generosity I dismissed that anti social behaviour as a reaction to the shitty football result. The best was yet to come. I foolishly took Moonie to a halfway decent restaurant in Kingston. While perusing the menu, Moonie was quaffing reds at a furious rate ...and ... after some time, gave the waitress quite detailed sotto voce instructions. Well the meal that subsequently arrived would have challenged a starving T-Rex. It was a mountainous platter loaded with the remains of just about every unfortunate critter I could imagine. "Vego" Moonie ripped into it while simultaneously pouring down sufficient red to douse a bushfire. Just when I didn't imagine it could get any worse, Moonie decided to join a nearby group who were celebrating a birthday. "Join" is inaccurate - he decided to be MC. He led several renderings of "happy birthday" and gave, some rather "familiar" hugs ( read feel ups) to all present females. I managed to drag him out before the police were called only to have him abuse and vilify an unfortunate taxi driver. It cost me a substantial tip to soothe that matter. I dumped the drunken sot at the hotel and went to visit some respectable associates at Fyshwick. FMD!

Clown Head in a Demons jumper!! FM double dead!! And FM triple dead! I'd sever something very personal if that happened. I'm going to have very bad dreams tonight!

Moonie will need more than bon voyage dc! I have organised some special (well not to me) Saturday night entertainments. PS. A message to picketfence . If you arrive at The Manor on Saturday morning you will not be admitted.

FMD! What have you blokes got against a bit of fine (and expensive) Aryan engineering?

In view of that less than clement weather forecast I shall arrive early so I can park the Merc on the boundary line.

Well Red,one is that I'm driving the Merc up there and I'd hate to add a few tons to the "greenhouse" without seeing a win. I also will note that my greeny passenger (well known in these parts) seems happy enough to forsake principle in order to travel in luxury.

A chance to consolidate a place in the eight and we lacked the toughness to beat a side well below us. We folded again when we needed to stand up - it was a really terrible/weak performance in a crucial game And to top it off ................... we make clown head look like Tony Lockett .....again! [censored] disappointing!

Turnovers! Poor decision making! Back to our old habits Just not [censored] good enough!

Ive backed the dees to win by 40+. And confident ................. provided we kick with the wind in the first quarter.

The changes are a bit late. Without Stuie, there's bugger all to get angry at. Mmmm.......... perhaps I'll indulge in a bit of self anger and give myself a jolly good thrashing.

Ethan, I know this is a little off topic, but did that waterspout in Perth have anything to do with ..... err ..... shall I say ........... your personal peccadillos?