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RR all of the above makes good sense but based on: -Past performance against the Saints and at ES - Our efforts this year - Our loss of top players over the last 3 weeks I would not back the Dees with someones else's money. It is rapidly turning into "another Melbourne Year" for me. Zero confidence in our skill level. I am forced to admit I have over estimated our ability. I thing we are a bottom 6 side even with an full list.

Yakult!

Doggo there are no Casey games this weekend they have the Bye. Not sure what happened to Campbell last weekend i have seen nothing on him. Did not get mentioned in the reserves scratch match. Mystery man at present.

You can only pull up your socks up if you have some on. At the present the sock cupboard is fairly bare. I doubt JC could perform the task you ask let alone the FD of the MFC.

I have a similar feeling to last week We never play well against the Saints or at ES and to top it off we half lost more players to injury and good ones as well. The saints played in 2 GF's just a few months ago and while they are sorely down on form and confidence the majority of the players that got them to the GF last year are still there. Good players do not lose their skill that quickly, eventually the cream rises to the top I think they will be too good for too long for the Dees to win. If we give them the start that Hawthorn gave last week it will end in a sorry score line for the Dees. We do not come back from those situations against average sides let alone good ones. a loss by 8 goals is my prediction I am hopeful of a good showing by Evans

Be still my beating heart. Jl if only you are correct, I would be happy with him as the drinks boy if we pulled that off. But seriously I thought he played well last week especially when he was in the back line.

Ok DC I am too dumb to work it out.

As I said else where today DC never lose your sense of humour. I look for a DC ism every day keep up the good work.

Oh well guys the the thing you need the most as a Dees supporter is a sense of humour. Without a little humour I think I would have given up a long time ago. A few people on here keep me going. as my mum would say never take yourself too seriously. PS she never got to that french part of Egypt

DC your cries for help have not been rewarded. Perhaps even rpfc has lost will to fight on.

RR what would you do if the FD in a drunken moment drafted Fev? I know the quick answer is it will not happen. But what if? would you return your membership? Follow the pies? or just carry on as a dees Man?

He is probably not Robinson Crusoe My daughter did the same at 12. Still ribs with " why do you still follow that bunch of cream puffs" 21 years later.

Yes TH makes JW look like the recruit of the century.

Mate you are safe this year!

If it works for you go for it. My Mum use to say denial is a wonderful thing. It may well be the way to go but after 47 years my Positivity is almost exhausted. I think I have flogged that horse to death.

RN I agree re estimating a date of a GF win, impossible! However if there is a fortune teller amongst us can they please tell me when the current agony ends? Then if I could Ski I would go! However It could be a ways off, I might have time to take lessons. My learning to ski might happen first!

Well someone has the job in front of them. Too big for me. Good luck whoever you are at the MFC

Roost It a fair bit of what you say may be true However in this era of GWS and GCS it is impossible to change a large number of the playing group quickly. GWS will get most of the young players plus unsigned seniors. They will out bid us in most cases, it will be even hard to hold some of our young players you mentioned. So IMO we are stuck with Green, Dunn etc for the next two years mininium. We got in before the draft became a GWS / GCS benefit and a least got some good juniors. But the basic group we have now is it till 2013 in my opinion. So for better or worse the current group is what we have to work with over the next couple of years. We need to improve this lot because IMO there is not much of an alternative.

Depressing but it is too early for the single walt. Perhaps a cruise as I cannot Ski

YES

Rogue I don't think they gave up. I think it is a lot more simple than that. Just not good enough One team was good enough in 2010 The Dees were a long way off. In 2011 we are still not good enough. We have a number of players that cannot make the standard for 100+ minutes most weeks. IMO no amount berateing etc will change that fact. Hopefully A few of the young draftees will improve and show the way in the next few years. But until then we have a lot more misery to endure. unfortunately another "melbourne" year lies ahead.

Everything so have said above is true RR. But I would trade almost anything for a premiership Hopefully in the next 10 years because after that I will probably be too old to give a stuff.

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Where in my comment does it mention the word "culture" My comment is about success. WCE have had it in spades we have not simple as that. I said I would trade some success for a loss of our "choir Boy" image. As for the rest slagging me off is not much of an answer.

After 47 years RR I could tolerate it, 2 GF appearances and 1 win then a recovery in a few years. I can tolerate that, it sounds a lot better than a 47 year drought now that "is a really poor show". Give me some success and if that means a couple of Cousins' at the expense of choir boys so be it.