Bitter but optimistic

Yeah, but you're a bit soft picket!

I made the same promise Jane and am also currently reconsidering. Given all the talk about this game on this site and, no doubt the doggies' fans will roll up in great numbers, there could be a huge crowd!!

Yes no doubt that is the case RL. However I still find it difficult to reconcile with way he looked after the hit.

On a footballing note I read that Salem is considered likely to play. Our erstwhile reporter has posted the link above. I have to say I find this incredible. Salem was out like the proverbial light yet they are saying the concussion was very mild. With all the concerns about, duty of care and litigation, not to mention the possibility of damage emerging later - why would you take the risk?

Time for a jolly good flogging doc.

Jolly decent of you to take one for the team Earl - particularly since have suffered some other financial setbacks of late. However a word of caution. It does not do for we of the well to do class to show signs of generosity. It leads to no good. It can set an unwanted tone and before you know it exploited workers are seeking a pay rise. Next thing those numeric visa types will want to move out of the back shed and demand fresh water. We don't want to sow the seeds of revolution do we? On a personal note, perhaps the good "Lady Hood" would be more amenable to the corvette if she wasn't concerned that you may use it to parade the hirstute Conchita? Oh well toodle pip. I think shall give some of the staff a jolly good flogging.

Dunno Earl. I reckon it could be a good night ....... a few tinnies, some laughs ...... might even have a [censored] or two. Can't imagine why the colloquial term for cigarette was censored!

You are just mischief making Ethan. Go and give yourself a jolly good flogging.

Yes it was an impressive and timely performance by Smith , however, the highlights for me were Salem and Clarrie Chew Chew. Until he was injured, Salem was back to his silken best. He was a ball magnet and very penetrating with his kicking. I was having visions of him doing just this and being a real weapon for Melbourne next year. On that form Milkshake will not be taking his spot. Clarrie amazed me. He has matured remarkably over the season and the schoolboy seems to have disappeared. He looks to have added an even further edge of hardness. You can see how these finals will top off a development year for Clarrie and his ilk.

Do you ever dare leave the warm embrace of Borewood dc and venture into the wilds of Box Hill?

Agree Goffy - far too many perverts on this site. That Ethan Kneetremble fellow from out west is foremost among them! We need a moderator like Stuie to sort things out. ( at least once we broke him of the habit of quoting himself). Why the [censored] would he quote himself?

Child raising advice from Biffen! FMD!!! A homeless and helpless procurer of women and a drug dealer. FMD!!! FMD before you know it the [censored] will have some sort of parenting 101 on facebook. FMD!!! His spawn are all unknown to him! FMD!!!!

Don't be silly. It's to re oxygenate the Shiraz!

I struggle to remember what I had for dinner the night before.

No don't do that Ethan! Regular reading of Saty's posts will save you the inconvenience andembarrassment of carrying a wire coathanger wherever you go

You pizzed again Saty?

You know I've been to some drunken fun nights where that particular event results in prizes and drink buying and change of partners!

Yeah, cant help but miss old Jizza. Poor bastard, it can be a harsh world we live in. I hate to get maudlin but having read the Sin and the Rage over breakfast, I can only feel more depressed at the state of the world we live in.

Well Moonie, you should have known that if anyone was to wear pompoms it would be me!

Thank you bb! It is reassuring to know there are still gentlemen in this world who can give a lucid and polite reply to a genuine request. Unlike others.

Good morning genii ! I intend (weather permitting) toddling off to the prelim final next Sunday. Casey v Willy. I believe it is to be played at Northport Oval. Is that the Port Melb footy ground? I don't wish to take the merc so I shall dress up as a peasant and take pubic transport. Could one of you inner urbanites tell me what mode of said transport will get me closest to North Port Oval. ps Don't let Biffen know or he shall want to tag along and ruin a potentially pleasant afternoon.

It wasn't irony Dom, it was stupidity. How did he allow himself to get caught up in that [censored]? BTW love your name. Are you a sheila or a bloke? This info is important to Uncle Bitter.

Yes it must have been hard on him!!

Doc, I would be happy (and indeed consider it a public service) to delete all posts that are not my own.

That's also worth one of those 11/10's !!!!!