John Crow Batty

Would he submit to the ultimate punishment and play for us if I blew smoke from my big fat Cohiba into his face?

Somehow I'm not surprised he's now 6 to 8 or even if we've seen the last of him. Too many strange things for my liking happening and now also two big betting plunges against us in two weeks plus the mother of them all last week. Some sort of internal meltdown going on. I've had enough.

I was called a lot worse for my opinions long before the O word ever came up.

Let he who has not speculated cast the first stone.

I detect pontificating waffle from those who are willing to argue black and blue over every shade of grey that can never be proven right or wrong but tread cautiously on everything that will eventually provide a black or white answer just in case they may lose face.

Some time when the father/son rule comes into play?

In the last 40 years it hasn't been the case of who left but of who we never arrived.

What the hell is going on here? Another player with a big question mark over his head develops knee soreness and can't play. I lived with chronic knee soreness for over 15 years and it never got in the way of playing football, soccer, boxing, skiing, surfing and just about everything else. Only when I gave these sports up and did only bike riding that it did go away.

rpfc = MFCPOO(Melbourme Football Club Promoter Of Ostrichism)

Oh dear! I read too Davey has knee soreness. Won't be able to see the specialist till Friday. Knee soreness must be in plague proportions if he has to wait till then for an examination. What are the chances he will miss the rest of the season I wonder?

Must be a warm fuzzy feeling keeping your head snuggly buried in the sand.

Absolute garbage. There is something seriously wrong at the club. Smells like festering discontent from a carcass full of maggots.

They tanked better than us.

Don't know what ticks in Pettard's brain. If he doesn't get a good early touch of the ball he gone for the whole game.

Good call, I 'd go with that.

In the last 4 games he hasn't been perfect but vastly improved. I get the impression he really wants to make an impact on the game and it looks like there is leadership material there.

Then why are they not leading the club then? Is there anything in the rules that says tired near has beens that perform every once in a while must be the leaders? Maybe we need some kind of leadership revolution at the club.

Do you want to discuss football or fact sheets and statistics?

How come every one keeps on daring me? Did I slander them? Looking forward to see Brad keep it up for the year and not just when he gets the red hot poker up the proverbial. Seen too much talent gone to waste over several generations and are our youngest finest learning from the best?.

Whatever happens, Davey has to go in spite of all the injuries. We are damned if we do and damned if we don't but we have to draw the line in the sand now. We need a statement from the club stating we won't tolerate anymore habitual softness from senior leadership players.

I worry that most of our young players will be infected and wilt on the vine if this culture of softness persists.

MacDonald gave away a free kick to Rewolting on 50m. Davey picked up the ball and threw it to MacDonald who was standing on the mark instead of back to Rewolting. Obvious free kick no ambiguity there and he gave away the most moronic 50m penalty I've seen in a long time. It was at start of last quarter. Us 11 points behind. Gifted them a crucial goal and that was the end of us.

Martin still needs a lot of work. He didn't play against a genuine ruckman yesterday. Goldstein cleaned him up last week. Still he shows potential to develop into a one. Needs time.

Would being annoying be considered a positive trait to have? I don't think I'd mind having one of these types playing for us.

I'll give him the benefit of the the doubt at this stage but what he did in the last quarter almost looked like sabotage.