Bitter but optimistic

There has been far too much mass-Dee-bating of late.

Nah! I'm out of that scene. The effer tried to feed me a whole alpaca!

And to think I laughed at Essendon for their stupidity! FMD!!!

Thought a "before" picture of me might be scandalous!

I'll organise some aplaca placenta for you DC.

Are the pros cheap there ?

Then how is it that a far better resourced ( and presumably more smart heads) club like Essendon got sucked in?

Surely those blokes would want their money back?

I am a Watts supporter, but I agree with you Deestroy, the circumstancesof his return are quite odd and don't do anything to add to Neeld's credibility as either a coach or motivator.

I'm FIIK what they see in Byrnes.

I remember going to the footy during the dirty days of the late 70's/early 80's when you would know a flogging was coming but looking forward to the beauty, grace and skill of one R Flower made it all worthwhile. Howe may put himself into that sort of category. " We got a flogging but Howe took a screamer!"

Yes. But without being labelled as "panic merchants who post on forum sites who think they know better"

Given our playing record, our litany of stuffed up draft picks and our recent coaching history (just to name a few), I'm not certain just what the club does know! And further, given the above, people on forums such as this are more than entitled to state their opinion.

Yeah, some real headcases in that lot. Jacko's handstand after kicking a goal sticks in my mind as does the look of astonishment on Kelvin Moore's face when he did it.

I'll be there too. The key question is whether I watch the game live or am forced into the bar with other despairing members.

I'm waiting on the postal votes. There's a few coming from Cuzco.

Django, your first two lines equal mine every week. But when we get hammered I turn into a raging nutter. I hate it. I become abusive and a road rager. I need to stop going for a while.

Who does have any idea about the "game plan"? I presume Neeld does but unfortunately the players don't appear to. As for the rest of us? I'm with you OD, NFI.

Our team is virgin on the ridiculous, so it maybe appropriate.

As a couple of posters have mentioned, and given it's a 2 horse race, there are some very decent odds about melbourne winning. I've thrown $20.00 in. Stranger things have happened.

Spot on Ron. I was listening to "Crackers" on the weekend and he said a very simple instruction to players is - "if you haven't got the ball chase and tackle". Basic footy.

Yes that, and play a game that " loosely resembles" football.

Not sure about that Stuie! The living conditions in my household have slipped somewhat over the last couple of weeks.

I could probably swing the Alpaca vote your way RL but I would need an iron clad guarantee that "the boy from Burwood" ceases calling them camels.

All too often without the bread OD.