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I'd take Ross Lyon.

WJ, are they playing in the International Cup? Got a fixture? Would love to pop along.

It's more the big decisions. Every one went against us. Even when Bartram got that 50 it was lucky to be 30m. 4 50m to 1 is always going to have a massive impact in a 7pt ball game.

He's going to stay. He's veterans list. Whether he's captain is another thing, but he'll definitely stay.

ahahaha

All 173cm, 60kg of me? Think there's enough of THOSE playing for the MFC

A close game against a top 8 side after Rd1.

Advertised all over the scoreboards today, getting to have a kick on the 'G after the game next weekend. First time in, what, a decade?

He was superb. He's underrated defensively, does great things on the Nahas/Betts/Krakouer type small forwards.

We did, but let's look at it. - The first 50m penalty (first Tigers goal) Soft as hell. Seriously. Completely undeserved. - The 50m against Macdonald Let a player get out of the contest? Macdonald kept running with him due to his momentum - as players do - and the ump paid 50 against. Both of those, on their own, cost the Dees goals. 2 goals. 12 points. A win.

Why the hell does this seem to happen EVERY SINGLE WEEK Yes, the free kick count may have been our way, but every single big decision (and 4 50m penalties!!!) went in Richmond's favour. In a game like that, gamebreaker.

How the heck did I forget that. Editing....

6 - Jones 5 - Sylvia 4 - Garland 3 - Bennell 2 - Blease 1 - JT

The Good Dad paying for my beer Jones Bennell Morton (!) Sylvia JT Green being the sub 36,000 sounding like 60k The Bad Clearances Clearances Clearances Howe Disposal The Ugly Davey Broken tackles everywhere Angus Graham The umpires The Umpires THE UMPIRES McBurney Losing to Richmond

Newcastle top of the table for another...10minutes or so. Assuming Arselol don't score again. Also, lol Sunderland.

haha, my car is a bit of a wreck to be honest olddee - if they ripped it off it wouldn't really change much

Dad heard McCartney on the radio today, said he was very impressed. Must have been before the WCE-Dons game

Anyone got them? Know how much it cost? I know it's $195 for the plates, but wondering the total amount. Had my damn plates nicked this morning so thinking about replacing them with MFC ones.

Oh, dear god no!!! He wants a job elsewhere?

Just came to me - anyone know what the deal is with the revenue for the home team if it's a nominal home game for the away team members? EG Sunday I know the Tiges members can get in, just wondering whether the Tigers have to pay the MFC based on attendances

3 days at uni a week, 2 days work, Sundays and Mondays off. Basically like a normal working week really at the mo. That said, try find me in September.

I'd buy an app for sure.

We certainly expected better from 2011, but, well, let's look at it. The worst two losses are far and away the Geelong game and the Hawthorn Rd2 game, fairly closely followed by the North game. Geelong we know why - it was a blowout. The other two though are bad because of the turnarounds - Hawthorn Rd2 we led at halftime, North we led at quarter time. The others, well, all kinds of reasons can be thrown in there. Part of it is simply the need for natural improvement - around the time of the Essendon game everyone was throwing around the stats of how we were close to the Gold Coast in terms of games played by the side, and the only way that improves is by, well, playing games of football. The reality is, we know we're on the upwards curve, just none of us expected a 186pt bump in the road. We've also seen improvement and revelations where they weren't necessarily expected. Martin (if you'd told me we'd not be delisting him at the start of 2011 I'd have laughed at you), Watts, Nicholson, Howe, Evans, Tapscott, hell even Big Max. It was very notable by the time Howe got a mention in Mark Robinson's The Tackle he stopped actually writing a piece, merely writing Jeremy Howe (The Demons have found another one!) after writing on Evans, Nicho and Martin in the weeks before. And, well, couldn't you see some of the issues coming? LJ had never had a full preseason til this year and had never played a full season. Wonna was always going to struggle after what happened late last year. We were worried we'd be light-on in the midfield without Junior - a worry that has proven to be well-founded. We've had a bad run with injuries, especially the Grimes and Bail ones - not to mention the spate where we lost about 10 players in a week and a half. And sure, some of the problems noone foresaw. Who thought Brad Green would go as backwards as he has? Not to mention the leadership thing. Depending on the last few weeks, I'll probably rate the season a mildly moderate success. It's hard for me to feel like it's a failure unless we only win one of those last three - but if we win 2 or (hopefully) all three then it'll still be a slight success in my books. That said, I think my view of 2011 will be far more tempered by what happens next year - if we hit finals with 12 or so wins next year, I'll be more likely to view 2011 as a stepping-stone year. If we make it with 14 or 15, I'll be much more bitter. And if we don't get there, don't get me started....

And thus why I like your measurement thread a LOT. It's bloody hard though. Would you call this season a success? I'm still leaning towards a yes. Last year was a better year for sure though.

I maintained that 10 wins should have seen him get a 1 year extension with a 12-win performance target - with an option for a further two years if that target is made. Obviously the events of that game are unacceptable though, and it's no surprise that he was sacked based on it.