Crompton's the man

Surely a lifetime ban is a light punishment for this statement?

sorry I get like this if I forget my medication You know the sort of thing - trying to fly off the top of tall buildings, etc.

I Like Edward McGuire for his fierce dedication to the ideals of journalistic ethics and his single-minded determination to see the truth come out into the naked light of day : no matter what the cost even should it be to the detriment of the football club he represents so constantly.

Two weeks ago at Auskick my 5 yo grandson ( I have several but only one 5 yo) survived to the last round of the football equivalent of poison ball and eventually won it !(wearing his MFC jumper) The coordinator announced to the ignorant masses : " That's the first win that Melbourne's had all season " My grandson felt somewhat diminished by that comment. Now I'm not trying to read too much into these matters but I will say that I do feel we have made significant progress in the last little while and having watched the replay exhaustively it only gets better : many little efforts that up til now we haven't been making did in fact make a huge difference - such as intercepted handpasses and knock-ons that gave players up the ground a chance. While Rome was not built in a day ( it took six weeks) - we now know what is required. One or two weeks ago there was no confidence whatsoever in the playing group and how wonderful to see a different attitude on Saturday! Long may it be replicated !

Judgment Day when all that has been wrong is set right must be sort of like this

Oops In between "it" and "being" was meant to be the word "not" Apologies most grossly Must be an iPhone thing ?

Average as best as I can judge from a distance and it being especially talented in an equestrian sense myself

Having said the above It was a very very satisfying win

My sister-in-law says horse riding is better than sex but neither I nor anyone in my immediate family can sagaciously comment as even though we live on six acres we do not have any horses

And against a quality opponent too A bonus! Is it true they were almost at full strength - only one out injured Perhaps it was our superior game plan

Essendon will be all right if they get a new coach

Could we do this?

This'll make you feel better European government debt is € 10,491,342,500,000

Why are they playing with no confidence? Is it sulking or something more fundamental?

Shame on the AFL

I am hearing some fairly ordinary alleged circumstances in relation to Wojcinski's behaviour and Viney's broken jaw. Anything in it ?

Is that true? Does this fuss relate back to a historic quote ( that some clever person has obviously been sitting on) from 2010? Say it ain't so (if it is so I'm going to watch Mel Gibson in Conspiracy Theory again)

Haven't read any of the responses to this view - but it's a good point. The contarary position is the lack of innovation and excitement in our team's play today. It is possible that the effect of the death of Jim Stynes has had a significant impact on the Club One of the problems from the game today was the lack of presentation - which locked us into a stop/start type of footy. I realise there were other problems : stupid decision-making to play on inappropriately,seemingly inexplicable inability to pick the ball up and handball effectively and the list goes on. Hopefully we can recover our spirit which was not evident today

Brisbane are running it out of contests so easily Thought Richmond were disappointing !

Just to start at the beginning ...... Does anything else ( at all ) count except winning ?

Some people welcome a return to footy as an opportunity to excel and escape from frustrating domestic pressures Perhaps only an optimist would apply such a proposition to Liam's situation. But stranger things have happened and this possibility may not satisfy one with a "hang-em-high" attitude

Sort of leads into a discussion on mandatory sentencing, doesn't it ? and thence perhaps to capital punishment ............

Well come on people Some of us lesser mortals have not enjoyed the advantages of paid subscriber television ( no free promotions here ) and because we have been minding our grandchildren we have not a clue What happened ?