Cranky Franky

Yes he has - go and listen to them again - its hard to hear the reporters' questions. In fact in one presser he replies that he will not go into the backline ever and in another he says he will not go to the wing.

Wrong - Tyson was traded for Brayden Preuss. Brown was traded for a 2nd round pick.

Goodwin has made it clear at his pressers that Tom M is playing great footy up forward & is NOT going to a wing.

You are correct - he has effectively been on the list 1 year. I reckon he needs to show something by the end of the year to get renewed.

Pretty sure it was a common occurrence in bygone days. Mark Jackson had a season with Richmond ressies, topped the goalkicking in the comp but couldn't get a senior game. Same with Allen Jackovich early at Melb & I recall a Dees reserves player called Louis Tesoriero in the 70's kicking a swag but not getting a senior game.

The problem is that the coach just LURVES ANB & Melksham & they both get treated better than some of the other players.

Watched the whole Casey game & both Toby & Chandler impressed. Toby was a bit quieter in 2nd half. If they keep that form up both will be in the firsts before too long.

6 Gawn 5 Langdon 4 Lever 3 Tom M 2 Rivers 1 Salem

I thought Daw's ruck work was solid all game.

Ah SWYL - The Hanging Judge - predictable comments. Can you provide evidence that his offences deserved jail. No doubt you would have given Liam Jurrah 10 years in the slammer for his indiscretions. I happen to believe in redemption & 2nd chances. I have no reason to doubt his sincerity & am sorry he retired. I guess you never stuffed up in your 20's.

A shame for mine. He claims to have genuine regret for his actions. I would have liked to see him become a spokesman & educate young players coming into the system on how to relate to women properly.

No, no no no no. Dunno why Demonlanders keep on about this. If you had watched lots of him at Casey as I have you would know he is a natural defender. I doubt he will ever play forward again.

Almost perfect summary there CF. I would add his silly boycott of Caroline Wilson for her critical comments but generally has been a pretty decent Chairman.

Ridiculous claim. Only Tom Mc, Kozzie & Fritta have the potential to be elite. Our defence, ruck & mids are elite our fwd line is not.

Please explain ! Do you want equality of opportunity or equality of outcome ? They are very different things.

The majority of Presidents and CEO's I have seen at the MFC have been average plodders with a few complete farc ups and the very odd outstanding ones. If Kate turns out to be a competent plodder I'll be happy.

Finest ??? I don't think so. He could kick a long, long way when he got onto one but could be very wayward with his accuracy.

I think you're having an existential crisis so good luck sorting it out.

Dieter you are all over the shop jumping from one thing to another & always avoiding any question you are asked. Please go & look up epistemology, logic and the basics of providing evidence for your arguments. I just hope you never serve on a jury.

Well Pell isn't exactly on my Xmas card list. He is an appalling human being & my ex parish priest is Kevin O'Donnell who died in jail & was a convicted pedophile. The point is that we have a legal system which I think you'll agree is better than a lynch mob some seem to be advocating or a Countrytown Cameraman's Court. As I said one jury failed to reach a verdict. Justice Weinberg in the Court of Appeal and 7 High Court judges all said the verdict was wrong.

The issue is the continual demise of the lower competitions. It will have a lasting negative impact on the game. There used to be 20 VFL teams with reserves & junior teams. Plus the Federal league and lots of suburban & bush leagues.

Well Diet its a full time job for me trying to point out your continuous logical fallacies because you don't understand reason and logic. Your last para doesn't make any sense & is on par with some of your classic statements.

Agree a disaster for those players outside the 22 trying to get match fit & impress. And there are still 3 byes a year for teams. The VFL is continually degraded & it is our loss. Maybe Gil & the executives could take a paycut & divert the $ to the VFL.

Actually he got off because the High Court said the jury got it wrong based on the evidence presented. Don't forget at his first trial the jury was unable to reach a verdict. And finally lets not forget that the juries at the "Joh" trial, the David Eastman trial and the Lindy Chamberlain trial all got it dreadfully wrong.

Sorry to be pedantic Dieter but you continually make assertions without evidence or based on hearsay ie "a mate told a mate told an acquaintence". Nobody likes Pell & he is clearly a grub but to say he got off simply because he could afford better lawyers is cr@p unless u provide some evidence. The prosecutors in the case had excellent, high profile SC lawyers yet the High Court decision to allow the appeal was unanimous 7 zit. Evidence not assertions please.