Undeeterred

See, this is exactly the point with domestic violence. 'Mates' just 'joke' with each other about it and 'don't mean anything by it'. Except that this is exactly what fuels the attitude that it's ok. And I'd argue it's a hell of a lot easier to attend some stupid event and give lip service to a cause (any cause, that is) than it is actually back it up with consistent words. What you call a 'slip up' I call 'their real attitude'.

Oh, go on. I'd have to do some actual work if I didn't have yours and Stuie's posts to read!

You have got to be joking. This makes the most sense, I think. From the king of arguing about things that don't matter.

Nope. First stories, including opinion pieces, all appeared in a rush yesterday afternoon/evening. His 'apology' came in response to a number of stories, including an interview with Caroline Wilson. Seems incredibly odd.

I have one question on Eddie's comments during the Freeze MND event. For comments that were made on radio on Monday, why has this story just exploded yesterday and today, almost a week later? I don't want to discuss the comments themselves - just genuinely wondering why on earth it has taken this long to become a story...

No, we don't. Yes, there will be a spot. Do you really think they'd put all of this time and effort in and then cut him? And 'only' 20 touches a week? Come on. Is that really a problem? What I've seen so far is consistency, effort and fairly solid output.

They have tried to trade him at least once, and possibly twice, in the last few years.

Is that a serious question or are you being sarcastic?

Umpires killing another game. Such a shame - Essendon deserved that win so much.

Lol that they let about 4 frees go, then give one to Jamar!! Be lucky to get a goal out of that one.

Essendon are getting rogered by the umpires too - still only 8 points down.

I reckon their pressure would have got them out the back far more. We would have tired anyway and I just think they would have schooled us even more.

Roosy should have had a peek at this thread, amirite?

Arguably only the rain saved us from a similar fate today.

Not unexpected, really. Move on.

You could fill up another 15 minutes with footage of all of our one metre handballs today.

To be fair, this is the first time it has happened all year.

We could lose by 15 goals here. Plenty of time left.

It's pretty clear that there is a core of about 24 or 25 players that they want to play at all costs. They are never going to come out and say we are sacrificing games to give Goodwin the best handover possible, but that's clearly what is going on.

Quite. I was being a little sarcastic.

Dunn and Morton snagging multiple sausage rolls. Those were the days....

You are being impatient as well as a bit naive. They have to work out how much they need to pay Hogan before they do anything else. Also, you're assuming that the club has made them decent offers. Maybe they aren't signing because the money on the table isn't good enough.

It's just really awesome always getting a running total on your betting account mate. Thanks for sharing.

Grimes won't be able to hold his excellent VFL form forever and I think, if he can't get in this week, he's probably missed his chance. Barring injuries, I think his form has to drop off sometime and he will fall from the front of the queue.

They're just under so much pressure. Most of their shots on goal are either hurried or from miles away.