Diamond_Jim

we lead the inside 50's 31-18 but we are behind ... amazing

Much improved quarter ... if only that cross breeze was not so strong to the end we are kicking to !!! C'Mon Dees

It's that Docklands wind !!!

Need to kick the next two and go into half time in the lead One senses we are close but not quite there

regulation MFC quarter.... unimpressive

North are starting to remind me of the Black Knight in Monty Python's Holy Grail Black Knight: Come on then! King Arthur: What? Black Knight: Have at you! [Kicks Arthur] King Arthur: You are indeed brave, good Sir Knight, but the fight is mine. Black Knight: Oohh, had enough, eh? King Arthur: Look, you stupid bastard, you've got no arms left! Black Knight: Yes I have. King Arthur: Look! Black Knight: Just a flesh wound

Bunny Te Kokiri Miha Waahi Walters ... now passed as they say in formal circles .... says thank you with more thanks Scott English and apologies to Caroline, Mary and Adele Yandall, and later younger sister Pauline Yandall.

25 goals in a game... wow.. wonder what the official record is. .... Can recall some 100 goal wins but not the individual goal scorers After some googling sounds like it might be 48 or more... http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1509140

So... the out of contract youngster goes into the draft without compo to Brisbane at a gazillion dollars which means he probably ends up elsewhere anyway or they deal with Richmond. Sounds like what is going to happen to any lower club who cannot deliver the goods... money and success Mind you the Boyd example was different... take the money and then chase the success... just so happened he got the early success as well

Not much flowing football Hard to say what that game meant but because it was so close it was very entertaining Collingwood definitely closed down Sydney's traditional run. Sydney v GWS in a week or two will be a season defining game for the Swans. Still.... when I opened this post I asked for a close game and we certainly got it. Could not see that free against Zac Jones.... ball up at best

Ah.. there you have it Collingwood, Essendon and of course Hawthorn = Ratings Don't particularly like the Swans (they have had their success) but there is some inner happiness when Collingwood implodes....

Hi you need to go to the AFL website through your internet browser. You will then be able to access the "listen Live" button and then the raido stations. If your phone does not have one you will need to download a "media player." I used VLC and it worked in the main. Enjoy Vietnam ... a special place and magnificent street food

Brent Sanderson just likened Buddy to Nick Riewoldt. Got me thinking if they were equally healthy and same age which would you put in your team. I would probably go for Riewoldt because I perceive him as more mobile but I must say Buddy for his size is very mobile.

The reality is that it has been that way in employment contracts forever.... no one can force you to work for them and Football is no different. No way would you allow a player to remain in your club if he says he does not want to play for you. The question as I raised before is do you accept his retirement and get nothing or do a deal with Geelong and get something (albeit probably little in the end.) As a very important ancillary question should players be able to specify their destination club in this way. The potentials for abuse are obvious but there are of course precedents save that in this instance Ablett has made it even harder for the Gold Coast by threatening to retire if he does not get to Geelong.

Ablett is a great player and I would welcome him in a heartbeat but he is only going to Geelong. That last element is where the debate should centre. I can understand the desire to return to his "heartland" but I am undecided on whether such a move should be easily allowed. Perhaps there is something special in Gary and his father that tells me it is the way the "football gods" want it to happen. On the other hand should we be hard headed/hearted and say he took the money.. play to your contract etc

Might be a little harsher than I would have put it but in essence absolutely correct. Players have to learn that suspensions are simply not acceptable! We have effectively lost 6 weeks in total where we do not have our best 22 on the field. That is not the way to improve from where we are coming from ... which is a rather low place !!

Sydney v Collingwood Could be an interesting match. One would think Sydney have them covered but .... might be a close one Sydney by 24-30 but I hope it's tighter Light Winds and a maximum of 23 degrees suggest a great night for footy in the Harbour Town !

The most important aim for this year to beat the teams outside the notional 8. In our first six games we play five of those teams. Geelong is not one of them and we are playing them at Docklands. Would be nice to beat Geelong but realistically the following three games are far more important to our season.

Carlton .... in Judd.... Out Kennedy Who won To me Fyfe is similar The only way it works for me is if by some co-incidence we have some short term salary cap room that allows us to massively front load his contract. Let's face it he would not come to MFC because he likes the coffee so it would be big dollars in a bidding war. Hogan and a few others are likely to be asking for real money in a few years. It would be short sighted to say the least to spend it on Fyfe.

Pencilled in as a loss for the moment. Would be nice to win but far more important to maintain confidence for the following three matches. Geelong by less than 24 points is a win

That link to Power without Glory has disappeared by the look of it Tried another link and got Richard and Ana after sex ... fascinating world .... youtube ... if you go beyond the DIY videos which is my usual domain. The other old series I am looking for is Phoenix based loosely on the Russel Street Bombings. Got the first season from my local library but have never been able to find the second season. What did you guys think of the Young Pope?

The AFL are not going to allow challenges to medical reports in the absence of blatant manipulation bordering on fraud. To do so would complicate the MRP process dramatically and expose the AFL to criticism. Unfortunately this is what happens to clubs bordering on the irrelevant (half the clubs at least). If it was Eddie's club there would be outrage. Might sound like MFCSS but we all know its the truth. One wonders however as to how many more ways this club can find to shoot itself in the proverbial foot !!!

Well...... not many saw this coming and those who did were howled down Lucky Vince only got a week or we would be in serious trouble The first six games of this season are ultra important to us. No reason we should not be 5 and 1 thus providing an excellent springboard to attack a position in the 8. Will be very disappointing to say the least if these suspensions contribute to us being say 3 and 3. The MRP system is deliberately weighted against an appeal but I am sure the experts are looking very closely at just that eventuality

This gameplan has been around in a very similar format for years in soccer. Defend and counterattack. The way you break it down is patience and expert delivery. Bombing it in to the striker just means it comes flying back at you on the counterattack. To be honest I am not sure it can be sustained unless you have a few very good forwards who can get free and of course you have other players who are expert at delivery as mentioned by Maldonboy above. If you just put three defenders around the forty metre line the gameplan suffers. I don't profess to have an answer but the problems are obvious.

3AW reporting in their post match that Hogan and Lewis may be up for review Any thoughts?