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I was at that match and also in short pants. It was at Victoria Park. We also needed Footscray to lose but they got two points by drawing with someone who I can’t remember. My dad was hob-nobbing with the committee or some such and had left me by myself in the stand. I got confused and thought we were in the finals as Footscray didn’t actually win but then the Collingwood supporters around me were laughing at Melbourne and saying they didn’t care about winning as long as we didn’t get in. That started my life long dislike of Collingwood

Beams looks to have one eye swollen up like Billings from last week. Hope his kicking ends up as good as Billings was

So according to the past few posts ANB is 1st at the MFC for score assists and 3rd in the whole league for forward pressure acts (corralling, tackling, closing, chasing). Handy combination of offensive and defensive traits.

Please, please, please, please, please may the good version of the Demons run out there today

A really good post. I think the myth that we could be better off Hogan is that all our most momentous wins of late have in Jesse-free sides; Vs Geelong in Geelong, Vs Hawks at the G and then this year Vs Crows in Adelaide and Eagles over in the West.

If the Suns do beat Essendon they will become everyone’s second side

I stay at the Pullman a bit and walk through Fitzroy Gardens -> City -> Southern Cross for the Skybut. As Jnrmac said it is a seemless and cheap service with departures every 10 mins or so.

Given Frosty is out of form and just been dropped him putting off contract talks probably wasn’t his smartest idea.

So to answer my own question Oliver would join 3 other players (that i can find) to make the AA team in their 2nd year; Ricciuto, Wingard and Jeremy Cameron. Other notables are 3rd year - Judd, Selwood Bontempelli, 4th - L Matthews, N Buckley, Dangerfield and that disgraced ex Essendon coach 5th - Carey, Voss and Fyfe 6th - G Ablett Jnr 10th - G Ablett Snr

Regarding Oliver, how many second year players have made the AA team? I'm guessing it would be a small and illustrious list

I honestly don’t understand why he would choose Carlton over us. We are a good two years ahead of them.. I very much want Kelly at the Dees. Would have him over Lever in a heartbeat

Yes I’ve always wondered why some see our stereotype as a bad thing Melbourne supporter - drives nice car, earns good money, goes skiing Collingwood supporter - not particularly smart, no teeth, on dole and perhaps renting house from a Melbourne supporter. I know which one I would prefer

He should take it before they change their minds.

Paul Callery Did Earl Spalding wear one for a bit? There must be some more recents

Re the finals I have us Beating Port in adelaide in the Elimination then Beating the Tigers in front of 95,000 at the G in the second semi-final. It is the game of the finals. Getting done back in Adelaide after a hard fought match We finish the year in 4th place. I'm happy

In - Keilty (T. Mc goes back fwd) Out - Weideman

And either hand; bouncing or handballing

That is a ripper Luther. Thankyou. It is difficult to explain to younger supporters how good Robbie was. Footballers today are full time professionals with unbelievable resources and support yet there is not a player running around in a Melbourne jumper at the moment who comes close to matching Flower’s skills.

That sort of info is gold. Thank you for passing it on QD

Given how far he has come in such a short time Corey is a very weird combination of a 26 y.o with some serious upside.

i agree with what everyone is saying about pokies. They are a blight on our society. It is however a vital income stream for the club. $10.3m* pretty much covers the entire total salary payments ($10.37m) for 2017. Our 42,000 members would contribute just over $5m at an average of of $120 per member. We need to develop other income sources but in the meantime we unfortunately need pokies *No idea if this is a net or gross figure

Good get. It would be interesting to know Dew’s thoughts on this now considering he is still the midfield coach at the Swans whereas the bloke, in what would have been his job, is about to coach a finals side.

It is difficult to define 'footy IQ' but instinctively you can tell Hogan has it in spades. A couple of years ago when Jono Brown, Brereton and every other ex power forward we’re lining up to praise Jesse they were all saying that, as a 19 year old, he was doing things naturally that normally you don’t learn and master till you are in your mid 20’s. When Jesse is on his body positioning (like Pettraccattack vid above) is sublime and he has the ability to know how things will unfold before anyone else. Aside from his marking I think we will know when he back to his absolute best when he is again pulling out some of those impossible lightning quick handballs to players running past. Bring it on

I sort of understand that Pies supporters and management may be a bit put out that the freeze/MND/Daniher night is scheduled for the QB clash. It would make more sense if we played that match against the druggies on a Friday night. We get another blockbuster, the AFL get to promote another big stage cause night and Essendon get to honour a favourite son and lose to us. Win, Win (almost) Win

Jordan Lewis on 360 tonight said Viney’s injury was normally a six week one but he recovered in 16 days. He said some players can play through pain better than others and that mental strength has a lot to do with it. Jack Riewoldt then talked about cousin Nick and his ability to play through injury and made the link to Jack. I wasn’t a fan of Viney being promoted to co-captain but it would be difficult to find a more inspirational and hard at it footballer or one more dedicated to the cause. The bloke was born to captain this club