Cranky Franky

Yes definitely Greg Williams - lots of 40 possession games, deadly accuracy by hand & foot & a touch of mongrel 🤣🤣 I can't think of a player he reminds me less of. I wish him well but haven’t seen anything more than B minus in his efforts at Casey.

Yep agree totally with this. Half the side played poorly & only about 4 players earnt their pay. Max & Jackson got pantsed, Lever turned it over repeatedly, Rivers was terrible, Brown was useless & ANB had a shocker, Dunstan was a wasted space but hey lets make it all about Weid.

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Give up ! Not likely. I'll put it on the record that I reckon Baker has been treated harshly & deserves a run. If he doesn't get a go I predict he'll go elsewhere & make a decent career. If he doesn't I'll be happy to concede u were right & I was wrong.

You sound a bit cranky there Nev. I stand by my comments. Baker is a specialist winger & super quick & should have been the obvious replacement. He got one game last year & was fair but got dropped the next week. ANB & Spargo were very poor week after week yet the selectors stuck with them.

I fully agree but sadly Baker seems to be on the outer. Spargo, Harmes, Jordon & Sparrow were all given a number of consecutive games to get experience & confidence whereas Baker has received few opportunities. I hope he goes to another Club & makes a go of it.

Good review & generally excellent recommendations. My only comment was that re The Board & Club operations I was less interested in diversity & more interested in the skills & competence of those involved.

Sorry mate but you haven't got a clue. Its a tough competition & any side is capable of an upset on any given day. 10 wins straight this year & still you are having a sook.

I was wrong & you are correct his arms are free. However absolutely reckless to pile drive him 6 inches into the ground. Arguably even more dangerous than a sling tackle. If its not illegal it should be.

He pinned his arms & pile drove him into the ground. This is virtually the same as a sling tackle. If its not illegal it should be.

Yes Melk was pretty ordinary. Thought Bedford & Dunstan were also pretty ordinary & failed to take their chances.

That's pretty unfair. And its hardly bewildering as his form at Casey has been excellent playing on ball & fwd and he was solid when he filled in against Hawthorn. And I doubt they will drop him on 199 games.

Because he's the obvious replacement & in good form. Harmes is predominantly a tagging on baller who can kick handy goals.

I didn't say he was.

Having watched Casey all year I'd have thought Dunstan was the obvious replacement with Melk a close second. I'm sure the 200 games came into the equation.

Fair enough. However I'd rather be Grenada than a serial windbag who puts everyone to sleep by the 3rd paragraph. 😁

Ahem - I think you & Flaubert should maybe get a room.

Poor old HL made more in 10 years at the Pies than I earned in my working life but I hear lattes are very expensive in the US so maybe you & the Demonland woke brigade could set up a GoFundMe page to help him out.

Yes but fortunately the number of people that support or believe something has no impact on whether something is true or not. And I don't think decent people secretly tape a private conversation and then without consent leak selected parts to the public.

Are you trying for "woke of the year" or a PhD A Bible length melange of half baked assertions & crackpot theories. Are you Colin Flaubert posting under another name ? Can't believe how much sympathy this entitled prat is receiving. We dodged a bullet when he left the Dees early.

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Superior ruck work - you must be kidding 🤣 Sam's ruck work is woeful & at boundary throw ins he is probably the worst in the AFL.

I'd love to see them pick the best design over the last 5-10 years & stick with that permanently. Maybe they sell more by changing design every year.

Nah I only get cranky with the serial windbag, historical revisionists and chardonnay socialists that use Demonland to lecture to the rest of us.

Historical footnote. I was living in Darwin in the early 1980's & involved in the local footy. I wrote to the MFC to tell them that there were a lot of talented Aboriginal players in the NT & suggested that Melbourne should look at recruiting some of the local talent in particular the Rioli boys. Ray wrote back & thanked me for the info & said they were aware of the local talent pool & were monitoring things however nothing came of it.