Queanbeyan Demon

More like our main sponsor. Looks good from the outside and runs well for five minutes, then completely sh*$s itself under load and usually a long way from town (Cairns).

Wow . . . lots of envy on here from a joint that has been extraordinarily well run for close to 20 years. Good on them for maximising their natural advantages and negating their disadvantages. If only we had the right people in the right roles at the right time . . .

We'd have a premiership or two within a few years. She'd take no cr%p from City Hall, eat Kennett for breakfast and wouldn't even bother pi22ing on Eddie. They'd be some perceived heavy hitters moved on internally, and Europe would be our new academy zone.

If this is the best he can come up with . . . . . . I'd rather read the insights provided by 'Landers.

Is there any reason why he can't be the depth ruckman?

Dear God, please don't let Mr Taylor read D'Land. Amen. QD.

Truth is, they've one one flag every 11 years on average for 45 years. In the period, that record is only bettered by Carlscum, and Horethorn.

Good get Cards. Four flags in 45 years for a club with limited resources is a marvellous effort.

I can't wait for Hardwick to tell Grimes, "FFS, pick up Brown". The dumb ba*&@#d runs to Mitch Brown, Ben kicks six and we win by a goal.

It's highly scientific, sophisticated and no other coach has ever thought of it. It's called lower your eyes and hit a moving target from 20 metres.

For a moment there, I thought this was your tip for our second round pick in the draft Dieter. He sounds like a good player . . . as in Glendenning or a not so good one as in Bogunovich for example. Had to look it up.

Can never have too many Smiths. Kim and Stephen???

Yeah, I noticed the double grabs as well. Hard to maintain balance with Doull, Southby and Perovic rolling onto you.

Of course there's always the possibility that Smith is duplicitous.

Could someone please change this thread's title to 'Bombers CONTINUE to implode'? Tail definitely wagging the dog down there at Windy Hill.

Look MaH . . . you wanna start bringing in evidence and rationality to discussions, you'll receive the wooden spoon here on 'Land.

QD arrives home from work . . . a bit irritable and somewhat knackered, Turns on Demonland for a bit of escapism and sees the 'Hot' sticker next to the BB thread together with four new pages, Gets really excited, thinks there must be a serious advancement and possibly an in principle agreement from the Brown camp, Excitement reaches fever-pitch as the thread is activated . . . F*&k!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Curious . . . who are they?

Look, I'm all for a more compassionate, caring and respectful community . . . but you've gotta draw the line somewhere . . . What about umpires, Armagedon, Filth (and by extension Joffa, Didak and Eddie), Hayden Ballantyne, Duckwood, the AFL and Milne . . . surely this post doesn't apply to them?

He looked sh*thous% didn't he?

appalling wasn't it?

Completely relate JD . . . although my emptiness is driven by the realisation, almost every year, that we are miles away from the standard required to win premierships.

In the Hun ah?

Yes, great point deanox. I remember coming across research, probably over 20 years ago, that seemed to indicate for-profit companies with rank and file workers on their boards out performed their peers by a substantial margin. Maybe a position or two, on a 12-month rotational basis, should be created and reserved on the MFC board for 'supporters in the stands'.

At the global level, the ‘board model’, as we understand it, is completely broken. Corporate governance is in a shambles no matter what country or sector we look at. Failures pervade all sectors of the media on a daily basis. In Australia, for profit, not-for-profit, government and non-government entities are mired in muck at a governance level. There are many reasons for this - far too many to canvas in this forum. The MFC has not been immune to this phenomena in the past, and is highly unlikely to be so in the future. It’s not the fault necessarily of one particular individual, or even a group of individuals. It is the fault of a mechanism that is completely out of step with the times. So, with respect to the MFC board appointees announced yesterday . . . good luck to you. You’re going to need it.