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I saw Hirdy today down Toorak Road. He sometimes has a word or at least a quick chat in the park . Today he was head down and shutting out the ambient visual noise that follows him. Still looks like a Greek God, though the hair aint wot it used to be imo So determined/ driven to succeed you can see why he was a champion but in conversation / chat about general "stuff" it's an attitude that leads itself to superficial and banal cliches. Actually he might be a good coach ,but then you could have said the same about Buckley

Collingwood would have wilted? Too many David King numbers and not enough watching from the stands in that theory. The Pies were gone by several goals against Sydney in the home and away..watching them one would be excused for thinking it was nail bitingly close. Not a side for wilting..this year at least. You'd have to absolutely smash then and cut Pendlebury's head off,smash the Yanks glasses and nobble DeGoey to be sure,no matter what the numbers suggest

You're pretty safe regarding Zorko unless the Dee's folding when the pressure was applied has given the Lions supercharged inspiration.But even if they beat the Cats they may as well not turn up to play Pies or Swans

Cornes was closer to the mark , and the SA border,when he said that Hird surely can't get the job because relative to the other contenders he just hasn't done the work in the game over the last ten years. Not a big deal in his eyes, just that Hird isn't qualified for the job. And when Robbo is your main man you know it's nothing more than teenage emotion without a shred of sense

Surely His Royal Highness will be there to present the bog medal

I tell you what ..when the seasons over and they print the ladder for the 2020 season have a look at where MFC is placed and get back to me. It will be 5th. The test they failed was they could beat the 18th team but ,Lions aside,they pretty much failed to defend their Premiership reputation against the contenders And even the Lions at the G in a final sorted them out.Have Brisbane ever won a final in Melbourne before? I don't know or particularly care but you should stop being precious and accept a disappointing season I will acknowledge " fail" is a harsh label but then " failed to defend a reputation/ Premiership " represents a different judgement.

we can sure the Cats want an easy game against the Lions and are hoping that the other team in the G/F has survived a running, repeat effort collision mayhem of a contest

I said they never looked like a Dynasty in the making,I didn't say they weren't any good. Stop being precious...they failed the test thrown at them by the better sides. They didn't finish second they finished 5th! I am not a fan of Goodwin but I will bet he's not saying that's OK we came second!

Sad sacks Pies vs Swans should be a little better than excellent and outside of Melbourne will moderate the fan noise. BT is my biggest fear. The winner against the Cats is the inevitable favourite I reckon and if it's the Pies they won't die wondering. Anyone who actually enjoys elite sport would enjoy them winning that game. It would be like watching Gabelich running down to goal past the Northern Stand in fast forward and the Dee's not being in danger of defeat

Fair crack..they have never looked like a Dynasty in the making to me but they weren't far off getting to a Prelim anyway. However every Premiership team gets the kitchen sink and exploratory game plans thrown at them the following year. They failed that test comprehensively. It now depends if they are Footscray or Richmond

I suspect it may be as simple as that..flogging a fit horse to make it go faster doesn't work and probably means the horse loses interest or sense of reward. The other issue is whether Selwyn has the insight to know whether " playin' through injury " is always the best course. That was not only Trac in the last week of their season.

That's a reasonable response but I think the hogwash is the hysteria of the responses on here What we saw was par for the course, not some AFL vendetta and I don't neccesarily agree he should have been acquitted Players have got off when finals are in play for far more than a contested and uncontrolled scuffle I have no comment on Hodge nor the AFL in general. The charge wasn't eye gouging ...it was made before ...you claim the fix was in. If the charge was gouging it may have been a different result.. .

I will explain it to you then Pendlebury's opinion is likely informed by his understanding of what actually happens on the AFL ground. It is probably moderated by players generally wanting other players to get a finals game unless they are a thug like Toby Greene. It seems relatively common that Oliver falls over to milk frees outside of pack contests. He's not soft just a lousy actor. And the charge wasn't eye gouging so the decision doesn't relate to that. You don't have to like it but is it too hard for you to understand . Your response wasn't odd merely typically prejudiced and childish

Perhaps because he's actually played AFL pal..and also knows Clarrie is given to falling over and not being as tough in the clinches as he is in the contested packs Besides which he wasn't actually gouged in the eye.

I think that's true .. they said early days he was running them " harder " aka over training them it sports medicine 101 which is actually little troubling . But lack of plan B and game flexibilitu and was a greater problem .

Why would he want to come to the footy ffs? Maybe we'll be a Republic Much more better

You didn't notice that I refered to exceptions?....Gus Trac Max May and Vines..only May is an import ,which is what I was addressing. We need another big bodied mid ready to go, a marking KPF,a second ruck and a small forward...with AFL experience,not from the draft . We might need a new fitness guru from somewhere else as well.One that doesn't think more is better

Hardly anyone great seems to want to be here ( with a few obvious exceptions) We are hardly Pies, Cats, Tigers or Hawks and North probably looks good now since theyve got a coach.

At this rate that means unrestricted free agent

Watch the Pies play,ignore their fans and I dare you not to support them now we are out.

There is little similarity beyond this year. Brutally professional ,for which they are hated and very very successful over recent seasons

To say nothing of the fact that earlier on here here was a running debate about whether TMac was better than Weid or not. Short memories in the silly corner. BBB may well be finished but.. "What you said.." and wasn't he 2nd of the Bang Bang Bang...BBB!"

She butchered the song and was mentioned in a semi pun re Goodren/ Goodwin/ Delta. My response ( I wanted to reference how awful she is) was meant to respond to that post. My " bad" .Very confusing. Why is she so bad? If you can't sing " tonal" then at least be musical enough to know your limitations and sing the dreary song straight and let us get on to the reason we're at the footy. It's got nothing to do with nationhood btw

" IN HOUSE " and released AFTER the event...there you have it. Wall to wall stupid pr....while we're at it never let Oliver near reporters before important moments. AFTER the Brownlow maybe.. although he won't win it

Here's a request to go with your points Given Dogga Jackson is likely to go home to get one grab marking practice can we retire his LJ label and return it to the guy ,if it hadn't been for Gawn in China and the " coach" who will remain nameless , who would possibly still be the greatest indigenous player in AFL history. Liam Jurrah aka LJ! Thank you