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I'm genuinely surprised that Jones is as high as 32.78%. Essentially a one in three strike rate. I thought it would be much worse than that.

Mozart was ahead of his time when he wrote his famous opera "Cosi Fan Tutte", meaning "We're All Kosi Fans". (There's no 'k' in Italian, hence the spelling difference.)

Definately.

Or Kosy

I may be wrong, but I think Max Gawn lives on the peninsula.

Grammatically incorrect. You should be using the present participle, ie, versing.

Definately.

Shouldn't grumble about the Sunday 3.20 pm slot. That's always a free-to-air TV timeslot, so we get plenty of exposure. Not as good as a Friday or Saturday night but is arguably the third best option each weekend (when there's no Thursday night game).

Not if Collingwood can be convinced to leave. Others have said in this thread that Collingwood is looking at a new home in Studley Park. I have no idea if this is true, but Collingwood and its supporters have no emotional attachment to Olympic Park (or Yarra Park). If better facilities are made available than what they have now, Collingwood will go. That frees up the site for us. And while that might seem like we would be settling for "second best" (after all, if Collingwood leaves for somegthing better then by definition, they would be "second best"), that's not to say they can't be upgraded to make them equal with the best.

Or Whorethorn, Essendrug or Filth. I find all these names disturbingly juvenile and unbecoming a supporter base I like to think of as more sophisticated than the average.

Because it's fun?

Does anyone know where the nickname "Checker" came from?

Glen Iris is the population "centre" of Melbourne or, at least, it was in 2017. In case the article is paywalled, it says, "Melbourne's population centre has moved, too, but it's only shifted 1½ kilometres west within the City of Glen Iris from a block of units in Park Road to a hardware store on Weir Street." (Coincidentally, that hardware store is Tait's which used to advertise regularly on 3AW's football program.) The centre wouldn't have moved much since then. It would be a bit difficult for the players and staff to complain about travel times. However, land would likely be too expensive to allocate for a AFL standard training venue.

So, if Collingwood is moving, does that mean the Olympic Park precinct might become available for us to snap up? (It would need some intensive deep cleaning, of course, before we used it.)

https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/917015/-checker-to-be-honoured-on-anzac-day-eve This is an excellent development. Better than the Ezra Poyas Medal that I had in mind.

Disagree. I believe that Essendon of 2000 would beat any other team I've seen with the only contender being Hawthorn in 1988. It was just our luck that the only two Grand Finals we've been in since 1964 happened to be against those two teams. (And that's not the reason why I think they were the two best teams, by the way.)

I don't generally equate poppies with ANZAC Day. To me, they are better associated with Remembrance Day. That being said, I think the jumper is terrific in that it respects the traditions of both ANZAC Day and the MFC.

Best of all time? I'm not convinced they're the best of the 21st century. In fact, I know it's subjective, but I would rank them behind Essendon of 2000, Brisbane 2001-2004, Geelong 2007-2011 and Hawthorn 2013-15. I would, however, rank them ahead of every other team. (St Kilda 2009-10 would be ahead of them, too, if they had managed to win a premiership).

We can console ourselves with the thought that the soft cap is the reason why we - the acknowledged experts about everything to do with the MFC - are not working at the club. What other reason could there be?

Find the lid and try to put it back on.

Idiots? But I'm sure each poster is an expert. At least, that's the impression I'm sure they want to leave me with.

Not only have our tipsters been close to the mark, but also more courageous than the media tipsters who mostly choose conservative margins, ie, fewer than 20 point margins for most games.

Given their position on the ladder, surprising that Sydney doesn't have a player in the top 20.

I've never been to an NRL game. What sort of "crowd activation/entertainment" do they have there?

Unlikely. Perhaps not as individuals, but there is some merit in the argument that as a group we are more often likely to be right than wrong.