Fork 'em

With Lyons outdated game plan and freos slow ball movement I reckon he'll find it tough. Gonna have 3 blokes standing next to him whenever the ball comes in and we know how Hogan loves that.

Did sound like that. But hell, Lary Gyon used the old mental health chesnut to hide from the media after banging his best mates missus for a couple years. So its got multiple uses.

I know of 1 bloke who missed a finals series cause of "mental health" issues. Can't have the biggest name in the game tarred with the drug brush can we.

I'd like to see you playing in that heat. And it'll still be 38deg at 4 o'clock don't you worry about that.

A mad collingwood supporter at work thinks Adams is an overrated turnover merchant.

Mason Cox is a pretty average footballer. Still causes big headaches.

Reckon JKH played his best game for the club just before the finals and got dropped to make way for returning players the following week. Reckon he was abit stiff. Hope he can continue the good form, fridays hitout sounds promising for him.

This one has got to be mine for similar reasons. I've got 3 kids, 15 down to 11years old, its been some terrible curse but we hadn't seen a win live since Bailey was coaching. Whatever game I took them to, we'd get done. Didn't matter who we played. Makes for a long 7hr round trip lemme tell ya. I took them to the ANZAC and Queens Birthday games last year to let them experience a large crowd at the G as most of the one we've watched have only been half full at best or at the soulless Etihad. I asked my young bloke who's 13 after the Queens Birthday game what he thought of the noise the big crowd makes. He said "Yeah, but it's always the other teams." And he was right, we'd watched 'em all run over us. My youngest daughter had never actually seen a win live. Broke my heart as they've had it tough in the school yard them kids. Took them to the Elimination final and not only was the crowd mostly Melbourne supporters for a change. It was us doing the damage. We were also in Mitch Hannans pocket and he put boot to ball right in front of us. The noise and the sea of raised fists in the air when it went through was something to behold. I can still see the look on my kids beaming faces. Un forken real .... The monkeys off the back.

I was the same watching with my young daughter who had seen stuff all wins. We hit the front with what 20secs left in the game. She says, "20 seconds left dad. We're gonna win." I said " 20 seconds is a lifetime darling, anything could happen." And I went cold as the nightmare unfolded.

Where to begin ...... There's been so many. 87 prelim. 88 GF. 2000 GF. Losses against bottom side Carlton when challenging for top 4 in around 04. The semi final against adeleaide at the G when we went on a rampage through the 2nd and 3rd qrs to be overrun in the last. Neil Danihers last game as coach when essendon got us in the last minute. The collingwood loss in the last game 2yrs ago. Last years Prelim was right up there. Best contested team in the comp and just did not give a yelp. Any loss against Essendon. And don't get me started on the yo, yo YEARs for disappointment. The list could go on and on.

He kicked that right in front of us and it still give me chills every time I watch it. And can you believe there were Melbourne supporters behind us telling us us to "Sit down in front." As you see in the clip, the crowd was up as soon as the geelong bloke fell over. If ya gonna biatch about people standing up when we've just nailed the coffin shut in a long awaited final, stay home and watch it on TV. Near lost my sheet I tells ya.

Tracs looking fit.

There were a couple of sliding door moments early in that game that I wonder if they had've gone our way if things would've been different. Captain Nietz took a couple of strong marks close to goal within the 1st few minutes of that game when it was at its hottest. Kicked 2 points. Ball goes up the other end, Essendon captain Hird takes a mark around CHF. Kicked truly and they were away with their tails up. Also the fact that we seemed totally unprepared for the physical onslaught that was dished out to our young players early. We should have been prepared for this as they had beaten us up for the previous 6-8 years. And this was a GF. Anyhoo, lets hope its us with the mongrel for the next 10 years.

I wish Neitz had said we had unfinished business on the GF dais in 2000 instead of hoping we could get back there one day and give it another crack.

Harmes will be a gun. And he bleeds Red and Blue like few others. Living our dreams, playing for the club he supported as a kid. Knows the heartache we've all been through. Fast becoming one of my favourites.

He doesn't have to be star. Just play his role. Target would be a couple goals a game this early on.

This is a young hungry squad that appear to be genuinely enjoying their footy together ATM. Reckon he'll stay till we have at least 3 flags.

I remember one of the training staff labelling him a "Natural Born Killer" due to his attack on the ball in marking contests. Can bang 'em from outside fiddy like a proper power forward too..

No doubt we're starting to mobilise but we're a hell of along way off being a power club. That game was 12yrs of pent up frustration released and we were all there to blow the roof of our own dung heap right off.

Count me in please. Mick - Kung Fu Pandas

Well he provided me with more WTF moments than highlights that's for sure.

Hawthorns been a top 4 club for over 10years. Who do ya think Watts would have forced from the side? As soon as Watts shirked contact and ducked his head in a marking contest that would've been it. Clarkson would've traded him to us for a couple top10 picks and 800k a year. Having said that. I doubt Roos would've wanted him but Neeld would've snapped him up..

Maybe , maybe not. Many of us still loved the Wiz, even after he left. He obviously still loves the club. And on a different note. I hold Jack and Todd Viney in the highest regard for their early commitment to the cause during the "basket-case level shyteness circa 1014/1014"

If he'd gone to Hawthorn he would've only got a handful of games. If you don't put you're head over the ball and go when it's your turn, Clarko doesn't play you.

Loved the Bugg. Reckon he lifted the players around him when he was running around the packs giving cheek. Every club need those types.