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Gifting CFC (and Saints) all those prime time games this year, whilst giving very few to one of the most watchable attacking teams (us) just shows where the priorities of Gillon and his henchmen lie. Then, after setting up all those unwatchable games through their own ineptitude, they want to change the rules to bring back audiences! Do they even watch those terrible games themselves, or just look at the TV ratings? Pity he just doesn’t ride off into the sunset on his polo pony never to be seen again in AFL circles. We have just been rid of the worst and most waffling PM* in history; now let’s do the same for the worst and most waffling CEO in AFL history. *PS ... yes, I do remember Billy McMahon.

Just as well MFC has cancelled their early September end of season skiing trip this year. Far too dangerous.

Clearly the club needs total disqualification, meaning that MFC, should they win on Sunday, would finish fourth ?? But seriously looking forward to McChinny spin on this.

Is quirk the same as corruption? Spargo has (may have said it before) had a stellar debut season but looked stuffed v SS and still underdone v WCE. Much as it may seem unfair in him, personally I would run JKH this week in his stead. The pre finals bye (thanks Mr Gillon Knee Jerk) May just freshen him up. A balanced and succesful winning team doesn’t necessarily preclude changes IF one may have underperformed or another better player is ready to return, though I share your general sentiment

Kent has an opportunity over the next (hopefully) 5 weeks to cement his place; alternatively to cement his boots. Over to you, Dean.

What forward would want to play under Lyon’s horrible negative game plan?

You obviously failed to see VDB being legged without penalty (assuming this is the same incident)

Does he have any official rôle in the club? Would he make a good forward coach or even goal kicking coach? Could he maybe help eliminate Jesse’s stuttering run up with resultant improved conversion rate?

And don’t us demon fans who love the club know all about being hurt by our loved ones. ???

????? I guess I am too old to understand any of that, but then these posters have probably not been alive for 7 demon premierships either ???????

Not really .... absolutely nothing nice in any way about him. Or spread the jelly babies around at half time ?

Well let’s keep him well clear of the Roundup then.

Takes two to tango Partly it is to shake an oftentimes illegal hold by a tagger

I think, or I at lease hope that ?d is taking the p155

Haven’t seen those clips since before he debuted I must say I thought that it must have been very highly edited but seriously one sees most of that in every game he plays now. A truly amazing phenomenon, and best of all, a DEMON!

Christians are supposed to be charitable and forgiving but this is, most of the time, ridiculous Are you suggesting he is quite sweet?

Hope the excitement doesn’t distract him!

juzz - your last paragraph sums it up. The WCE players are so used to getting soft frees at their home ground that they just continued to wait for the free that didn’t, and shouldn’t, have come. Well umpired, for a long overdue change. How can you rig a game? Check out the replay of the Port game. Very clear that one. oK, maybe not absolutely rigged, but absolutely certainly the maggots were intimidated by the crowd, but they were not this time.

Only if one contacts blood from a WCE or Collingwood fan. But on a serious note, I did hear recently some infectious diseases specialist saying something along the lines of the risk of catching a BBD in this context being infinitesimal. Maybe Gill could ask Waleed Aly his expert opinion?

Maybe they realized that they had to....? Good idea to have a VFL run, since Wojinski isn’t playing ?

Surely not. Name them both.

I guess Joeboy may have been thinking that the umpiring was quite unusual, by not being hugely biased to WCE for a game in Perth. In that respect was it ‘rigged’? Just because it was reasonably fair most of the time? Did it mean that the umpires were “under instructions” to be even handed, for a change? I haven’t yet seen the entire match but the umpires did not appear to be influenced by the feral home crowd. I thought that Collingwood and Geelong crowds were feral, but this was a new level for me. Perhaps they were wearing noise cancelling earphones? Good job and hopefully they will survive to do it again in finals

Jeffy has lost the trust of everyone. It is what many oppponents used to get playing against that sniping kneeing dog Sam Mitchell

Dean was a winger though if I remember correctly he rather surprisingly played the 87 finals as CHF when Lyon went down in the winning final H&A game at Western Oval and acquitted himself rather well. I think he got a knee and hardly played again.

Clarrie is surely the one at the moment. Harmes is pushing. But certainly Tracc could be: I think he realizes but can’t / won’t deliver, yet.