Crompton's the man

Looking on from the outside this appears to be right on the money( given that we're three weeks into a new cycle) You could be forgiven for thinking the players simply would not perform under Mark Neeld. We seem to have been given reason to consider whether the issue is would not or could not

Are you saying (writing) that 'chicken' can be both a noun and an adjective ?

Never in doubt

Masters of the MCG

Agree ! I haven't thought too many times this year that they know how to play football ! The game is only half over but you can get the feel from this performance that if the team can be bolstered with the addition of a couple of goers next year (and of course the necessary additional draft pick(s)) there might yet be hope for the future

Youse guys are really funny

Softest free kick in the history of AFL football?

When we have on field success I suspect our leaders at the time had faith in the AFL hierarchy and their vision Their guidance is perhaps not dissimilar to that of a great country which installs a regime or dictator and then five years later reverses policy and ends up fighting against the same Or perhaps they are like those who meddle in genetic engineering U have two have faith that they know what they are doing and the probability is approximately 62%

My wife says that a white person committing the same offences would not have gone to gaol. Can we prove her wrong?

Can anyone name the seven stages of grief?

Sorry Off topic You can't compete with the sort of umpiring I just saw in the St Kilda west coast game In my next life I want to be an AFL umpire Absolute power with no accountability

Have to confess : I'm a fan No doubt there are top men on the case, however

Maybe he was already acting on behalf of the MFC in calling for Clarkson to be sacked and we just didn't see it at the time? Kennet's way less fun when he's on his medication

His running mate will be CEO of tourism Tasmania and he'll negotiate cheaper rates for us to see home games travelling on the Princess

I realize he is no Rod Grinter. Are you nominating our next coach?

I have read this thread carefully and would like to contribute the following : " I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy "

Sounds like you have an agendaAnd may God have mercy on us

Put 50 on that logic two days ago

Is there a monetary offering associated with his renewed commitment as a sign of his sincerity?

What we need from our club leaders is wisdom to be across all the relevant face and timelines and to pick the right battlegrounds rather than shooting from the lip and looking stupid which more than likely will be the result of simply reacting aggressively While I'm about it , I had wanted to write previously that although I haven't been to many President's lunches, I have been to a few and on every occasion been impressed with Don McLardy ( never net him) and how sharp-minded ( as well as funny) he is. He worked well evidently with Jim Stynes and for what it's worth I am more inclined to take the view that the Board is, after having been caught with pants down over the doctor's advice issue, going to make sure of its position before going public. That's what I hope and expect in my more optimistic times when the dark cloud lifts as it does from time to time

From the same Age article : " A confidential AFL record of the meeting shows that the league documented admissions from the Demons' delegation that its players had been injected with supplements at an external location but that this " off-site injecting has stopped" I'm wondering exactly how confidential this AFL record was?

Have been reading Kevin Sheedy's mind during the game : one recurring thought " what else could we have done with that million ?"

While I completely agree with your sentiment and argument , the Nuremberg established the important legal precedent ( upon which I am expectant that the AFL will rely) that it is an inadequate defence to plead that one's superiors ordered one to do it. That said, for the rest we may have to wait ....

How some of these decisions can be explained away by the umpiring department I will never understand