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Remember the ridiculous hype over NicNat's so-called 'point of the century'? Well what about this ripping goal by Robbie against Richmond at the 1.50min mark of this tribute video? He's out of position in a marking contest in the centre of the ground, effects the spoil and prevents a certain Tigers mark, keeps his feet and is first to the ball, sharks it over an opponent, streams through CHF and dobs it from outside 50m. As Bobby Skilton says in the commentary, it's football at its very best. NicNat sharked his ball from the ruck - look at where Robbie was in the contest, and how quickly he regains his balance. Amazing.

And special thanks to Elon Musk and his unusable toy submarine, which he insisted on taking to Thailand even though 8 of the boys were already out when he turned up. Musk said Thailand was a beautiful place - so beautiful, in fact, that he left his useless machine at the caves 'just in case someone needs it in the future.' What a guy! Thailand will be even more beautiful now! Sadly, his father passed away last night, Jane, not long after the rescue was completed. God (or Buddha) giveth, and God taketh away.

I love footy, but I've lost count of the number of times over the years that I wished we'd become a rifle club instead.

Yep, that is what’s meant. The ‘only’ is a reference to the absence of the fence, rather than a set of goalposts missing. The ground will only have goal and point posts, no fence.

People saying the backline is a shambles need to look at the broader context. Yes, it fell apart today, but we spent the first 4 weeks of the season adjusting to Lever, and the past 3 trying to cover his absence. That's half the season where the backline has been in a state of flux. Unless we can find the right mix back there soon, the Lever injury is going to prove very costly.

Which bit of 3 possessions is good?

Herald Sun article left out one crucial detail - the new Demonland headquarters will also be part of the development. As you can see from this artist's impression, it will be discretely located right next to the MFC admin building.

I know I'm in the minority here but I understand those wanting to protect the aesthetics of the park as it is - one of the G's most endearing features is that it's surrounded on 3 sides by parkland, which is unusual for a stadium of its size and significance. My favourite walk in the whole world is the short stroll from Richmond Station through Yarra Park to Gate 3 - the anticipation, the smells, and the trees, which change colour as the season progresses. Having said that, this development will be on the other side of the park, so I say: let the building commence! It would be a fantastic outcome for the club.

Hearing from extremely reliable sources that the MFC is looking to get out of the Darwin part of the NT deal. Club has no issue with the Alice component and was very happy with this year's 'Heart of the Nation' game. But the humidity of the Darwin match and the flow-on effects the following week is considered too high a price to pay. The AFL is apparently - finally - willing to schedule us for a bye after the Darwin match, but this would mean the Darwin game needs to be played earlier in the season (in these middle rounds), which ruins the whole concept of the Doug Nicholls / Heart of the Nation / Alice game, which both club and league are backing to the hilt. MFC and AFL have already met on the issue, with more talks to come.

I missed all of Costa Rica v Serbia last night, couldn't get on at all until after half-time and then it kept freezing up every few minutes. Pathetic from Optus. The real travesty is that it was all so predictable - the Optus server crapped its dacks on the final day of the EPL, and irate customers told them at the time to get their act together in time for the World Cup. SBS gave them the rights to however many games in return for the weekly EPL game, but really, the World Cup should be on the anti-siphoning list and all games available on free-to-air television. Edit: Just been announced that SBS will show all matches for the next 2 nights while Optus tries to sort it out. The Age is calling it the biggest farce in Australian sports broadcasting history.

We'll know soon enough, when St Kilda lock horns with Carlton in what will be the biggest and best of all the Friday night blockbusters this year. Seriously - Carlton are playing St Kilda on a Friday night in a few weeks... ? I'm tipping the Saints in a close one - St Kilda 1.7.13 d Carlton 1.3.9

Messi's penalty hit was poor, didn't look at all confident on the approach. Great effort from the Icelanders, but can't help but feel like we also deserved a point today. Agree with Fos that there was one camera angle which showed we got a touch on the ball on the French penalty, and agree with others that the hand-ball could easily have been a red. VAR aside, thought we played pretty well after a nervy start and should approach the remaining group games with confidence. Very jealous of you @Diamond_Jim - the Aussie support looked and sounded strong!!

No politics No religion No ideology No culture wars No personal abuse No exceptions

Unfortunately, these threads are becoming more trouble than their worth, and the powers that be have decreed that there’ll be no more politics, religion, ideology, or cultural wars on the general board, as it is with the footy board. Put down your weapons. Love thy neighbour. Be kind to one another.

When we lose our next game in 2021, it’s going to invalidate every single victory between now and then, and we’ll realise it had just been ‘same old Melbourne’ all along.

This is your final warning. Criticise the moderators / administrators again and you're out of here. I'll re-post what Andy wrote in the other thread.

@Whispering_Jack and @Redleg can shed a bit of light on that.

Hard not to feel sorry for Karius.. How do you recover from that? It’s not like anyone’s ever going to give him a chance to redeem himself. I also get sad when they show the kids in the crowd at the end, tears running down their faces. Reminds me of me in ‘88, with red and blue face paint running down my face and all over my clothes.

Well done MFC. Well done AFL.

Did you know that gas-guzzling, environment-polluting vehicle is actually responsible for 3/4 of the world's global warming? On another note, the 2019 Demonland banner is ready.

...and we’re done here. If you want to talk about Trump, you can start another thread.

Firstly, a poor attempt at humour? Here's what you wrote about the Stretch family, with no hint that it was an 'attempt at humour'. : Apparently his mother is not the real mother. Mrs Stretch is a cuckold. That's the rumour I've heard, just repeating it, comes from a reliable source who works for WA police in the DNA departnment. What a lovely thing to say about the family of one of our players. Secondly, it was George who banned you for arguing with Pro, it was for 1 month, and Pro was banned at the same time. But we already know accuracy and truth is not your strong point. Thirdly, if you've got a problem with me, or Nasher, or Andy, you know where to go>>>>>>> then again, perhaps we can make the decision for you....

No, but I do know the family of a 15-year-old Melbourne girl who was one of 15 people - most of them kids and teenagers - blown to pieces in a Jerusalem pizza restaurant in 2001. So yeh, it was a world-scale tragedy of the first order for them. The family of her murderer, who chose the venue in order to kill as many kids as possible, was paid US$20,000 in blood money for that heinous crime. Don't reply to this post - I'm sick of reading about your faux concern for all the victims of the world. And I don't want to read the rantings of a twisted, self-loathing Jew who acted as a defence attorney for the likes of Hezbollah, Hamas, and al-Qaeda. In future I will be deleting such posts. I don't care if it's censorship, and I don't care if you think it's undemocratic, or unfair. If you don't like it, you can plss off somewhere else; god knows the internet is already full of such vile garbage.

It's Jewish land because the Jewish people originated there, thousands of years ago, and have maintained physical, cultural and religious ties to it ever since. And just to further clarify, I don't use the term 'Promised Land' for any religious reasons; I like the phrase, just as I do the Land of Milk and Honey.