Queanbeyan Demon

They both pay the same piper JD.

Will Tripplechins be the Republican nominee in 2024? He's showing all the right attributes.

No, it's not a typo LH. After scrutinising exactly what I wrote, and if one analyzes the data mathematically, it makes him a pretty good player. At a bear minimum, it puts him in the best 25 percent of players in the comp. And I suspect if one undertook further analysis of the raw data (e.g. the precise ranking of all his KPIs), he would probably be in the top 15-20 percent of players running around.

I'm not a huge Viney fan . . . so last year I thought I'd go and have a look at where he ranks in the league on all the important KPIs that the league measures for its players. Here's the news: Viney is in the top 200 players in the league on 80 percent of performance indicators. He's got his deficiencies and drives many of us mad at times, but there's not a club in the comp that wouldn't have him in their best 18. And he'd be in the best six players at at least six clubs, based on his KPIs, IMHO.

I wonder if the Club's sponsors will show any spine? Emirates CGU La Trobe Financial Nike PFD United Subway Heinz Carlton Draught Calabria Pure Storage Coca Cola Etc, etc, etc. . . .

I come to 'Land when I want sane, accurate, thoughtful and well articulated information on the Deez.

The Dorks versus Essenscum could be interesting. There's a strong chance one will loose by 10 goals. Imaging the angst.

Brilliant. Beat me to it by a couple of hours. Also saved me an hours worth of work. In fact I'd go so far as to say the last thing Melb want is for BBB to kick 100 goals in 2021. Almost guarantees we won't play in a granny, let alone win a flag.

Beeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeett!

Who takes over the mantle as the most sexist, misogynist, bigoted, arrogant, egotistical and ignorant industry figure now?

We should stop calling the coach 'the coach'. What does Goodwin actually do? Would love to see the position descriptions for the footy department staff.

Hogan, $cully and Watts are just misunderstood, Viney's disposal is good . . . his teammates just don't know where to run, Jackson is all potential, probably won't make it, Neeld should have been shifted into a head of coaching role, Daniher and Swooper under-achieved with rich talent and unlimited resources, I've got a soft spot for Eddie, Alan McAllister and Ranald MacDonald, Footscay's premiership wasn't a fluke, I'm really happy for GWS and the B#ms, The sooner Melbourne play more home games in the Territory the better, Collingwood should have beaten us in 1964 Granny.

As far as i know Dieter, Matthews has never made amends to Bruns, and Bruns can't stand the sight of him.

Matthews was a complete thug. Kennedy and Jeans condoned it. His reinvention as some sort of wise old father-figure in the AFL is pathetic. Says so much about the nature of institutionalised brutality and abuse that runs like a cancer throughout the industry.

Look . . . let's face it . . . DR is right. He won't make it as a ruckman. We'll have to settle for 600 career goals, three B&Fs, a Brownlow, three premierships and half a dozen AAs playing a Bernie Quinlan type role across half forward. He might get the occasional tap out to a running Tracktor, who slots it from 55 metres on the boundary into a five goal headwind, but it'll be a sheer fluke rather than skilled ruck craft. Dwayne reminds me of the Executive at Decca records in 1962 upon rejecting The Beatles . . . "we think guitar music is going out of style". Absolutely clueless (on a good day).

I remember all these arguments for and against teams being established in foreign territory in 1980 when South moved to Sydney. 40 years on and the jury is well and truly in. The same will apply for the Bums and the Greater Waste of Resources. The AFL will have a timeline that is measured in decades, not years, for them to work. So far as Tassie goes, see george_on_the_outer's post on page one of this thread.

It continues to be somewhat of a relief that Melbourne's chronic ineptitude of a decade ago has rivals as we head into a new decade in the form of Norff, Filth, the Chardonnay Sippers and off course the gift that keeps on giving, Essenscum.

Think you might be giving "shambles" a bad wrap CDP. The Filth and Norff are an example "shambles" this year. We were the dictionary definition of diabolical ineptitude bordering on the criminally insane.

If Stevens said this, then I definitely know, without a shadow of a doubt, it's a certainty that the 'AFL coaching fraternity' probably have never heard of Egan.

She was also the first person with the title Prime Minister/Chairman/Premier/President/Chancellor (i.e. Head of Government) to use the term 'global warming'.

I humbly admit I was wrong. For 47 years I thought Melbourne supporters were different to those of other clubs. Although we have been, in the main, inept for those years, I thought we had the capacity to show some dignity, respect and, for most of us at least, unconditional love for the institution and by implication, its players. But I was in denial and delusional. What I have learnt from this thread is that many are just as egotistical, righteous, ignorant, envious and insecure bully(boys) as other clubs' supporters and those in the broader community. Oscar is not the enemy, just the mirror. It would serve some to cease projecting their own inner demons (pun not intended) on a soul who gave his best and take a deep look inside their hearts and take stock of their own defects of character. The MFC would be better served, and by implication, the broader society, if we appreciated people like Oscar who's been nothing but a demonstration of grace, decency and commitment.

You're a genius Lampers. wanna come and work for me?

Don't worry about the Filth friends, they're clearing salary cap space to come after Oliver. Anyway, I wouldn't be too smug. We signed a coach for four years who can't get us into finals, a centre half forward for four years on 700K who runs around in the 11:10am game and we've just signed Viney, a player who can't consistently hit a target from 25 metres, and with a questionable medical history, for five years. Watch that one turn to sh&t.