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The urgency now is to come up with more grounds for an appeal. I didn't watch the hearing so I am not sure what we brought up, other than common-sense. We need legal people and biomechanists on steroids to come up with something. The AFL want this to go away; they don't want an appeal…which will keep it in the media. In terms of new grounds, the club only has 2 possible avenues. 1. The puffer-fish exhale. Clearly, the footage shows Viney blowing out his cheeks ala Louis Armstrong as he "braces" for impact. If we can find footage of Viney executing bumps without this "bracing mechanism", this can be clearly used as new evidence IMO 2. The sudden drop in Lynch's head height evidenced by a few observations (eg. pelvic drop). Club could time it to nanoseconds.

We need line-breakers, so Swan is a no-no, particularly with his age and baggage (Cougar bottle downed in limo on way to St. B's formal was the start). Danger would command a mil. Brad Scott suggested Nat Fyfe is the best u/22 year old in the country. He is the complete package, but might not be classified as pure-line-breaker, but I wont quibble here. Question... do many stars under Ross Lyon leave? Kozi last night said Roos/Sydney offered big money in 05. Sure there have been many more that have refused big coin.

As I said in the sharemarket game, I sold PA cheap in the preseason. "The sceptic would say "they won 5 games by single digit margins (4 by less than a goal). Their wins included GWS twice, MFC once, Gold Coast twice, The JMac drive wont be as high in 2014 either, so I expect them not to make the 8 in 2014"

"Several times during his first pre-season in charge of Melbourne, Paul Roos made a point of identifying percentage, rather than wins and losses, as a measuring stick of the Demons’ improvement in 2014. It was a smart move, leaving scope for some positives even if Melbourne wasn’t to match the two victories it managed in 2013." Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/defensive-unit-doing-the-job-for-demons-20140505-zr514.html#ixzz30uL1SmtR Here comes the media 8 months down the track.

Abraham Zapruder took an 8mm film of it as well. We need as a side-show to accidentally add Long-on-Simmonds into our bag of reference points. Old precident, but the 70 year old tweed-wearing lawyer wants the lot. I also read that we can replace Viney with Clisby. In current footy speak, you lose a player, and another "warrior" comes up and plays the role. Well this guy is your Ben Hur Sparticus General-before-during-War whatever. Sorry, "you can never replace Jack Viney". I assume that no coach at Ashy, Echuca, Adelaide, Casey, nor Melbourne has/will ever truly think it. Guts, enthusiasm, will, thrives on contested footy and takes em on when he gets it.. The outcome of Grimes and Trenners (my original choice anyway) cost this guy 3 years. Would have been Captain at 22/23 surely. Some guys (not many) wake up for the biggest challenge that life can throw at em. This kid is a one-in-a-generation MFC footballer. Better stronger actions than Marc Murphy, and doesn't look like a rabbit in headlights when speaking either.

The only game on in Melbourne this weekend. Soccer finished. AHG should give away a car. MFC supporters should be banned from watching Fox/Seven this weekend. For once lets give the players a roar they haven't heard since Brock McLean sealed the game and Grant Thomas in '06.

Saw more vision of it today and my confidence has diminished slightly. When the game can lose 2 absolute bonefide ball players in Fyfe & Viney, it is poorer. Roos was confident we can defend it, but then again he said the same with Barry Hall in GF week 2005….who should have got a fortnight. So many factors in this one. Lynch's goes down in the split second before impact. Viney is going for the ball at speed and has no time to weigh up "I'm gonna bump him"…unlike Fyfe. His shoulder does touch his left jaw. Did Lynch break it then; or did he break it when he was pin-balled into Georgiou. That will be the deciding factor. If he goes, he will get a token penalty of 1-2 at worst. St. Gerard Whately thinks he should get off without doubt…. so its fitty fitty.

With a 70 year old tweed wearing pipe-smoking MCC member lawyer in our back pocket, Viney will get off surely.

Will be amazed if his misses games.

Bloody oath. Great that we are competitive. Great that our defence is stiffer. Great that Roos has us in the right direction. But gee wiz, Adelaide had 19 fit guys and with Tex may have converted a few more inside 50s. Let's enjoy the journey of going from cr@p to competitve. A percentage of 80's this year will be a huge step. Competitive to finals is a completely different ball-game.

And I can't work out why MFC supporters have a go at him for taking the deal-squared of a lifetime. He would have been an absolute and utter fool to say no to that offer. Yes, he could have been more honest, but the system won't tolerate honesty. I am going to buy shares in him btw.

They went up after the game obviously. Good call if it was before the best game of his career. You can still have them, but the price is cheap now, not dirt-cheap like last week.

Jetta - Pantsed Edward Betts Jetta - Proving me/us wrong JKH - Reads play well Vince - must stay goalside (of Danger) Jones - Great captain's goal Dawes - Straightens us up Salem - Plays much older Sanderson - Hopes Hardwick loses MFC - 3 in row? Grimes - Spoil of year Howe - D50 marking defender Frawley - shocking final kick Jamar - Impacted the contest Jamar - Needs to clunk Stafford - Earning his money Cross - Does it again Cross - B & F Tyson - Silk, silk, silk Watts - Owes Roos bigtime Watts - Pushed through pain Viney - Love watching him Viney - Plays like leader Viney - No Jay genes Tom Mc - Could be anything

I reckon he will get off. Viney's bump was OK. Don't know if the rules go as far as an indirect ricochet.

And the ridiculous play-on love-fest of the umps. Wayne Campbell has told them to enforce a couple of things this week which has just resulted in chaos.

Umps killing us; but 2 fresh men at ¾ time. We gotta run them off their feet. Good value at $2.15 at ¾ time. Go dees.

I agree. Razor Ray has backed them. Watch this 3rd quarter again and the umpiring is one-sided. Thank Christ for the Dawes softy.

I reckon Robbo bites his nails.

Interview OTC last Monday. 10 seconds worth if that. Actually praised Scully's job on Ablett despite the 31 possessions

I will see your Damien Barrett's assessment of Scully on Ablett; and raise you Brad Scott's assessment on Scully's job on Ablett.

Roos' public statements this week suggest Watts will not be dropped. I like Matthew Lloyd's idea. Give him a heavy workload of an assignment (eg. tagging Betts). Blease's downside must be massive. How a line-breaker with decent skills cannot get a game in the worst line-breaking team in the AFL speaks volumes about his other flaws.

An old ology foe Phoenix ran this Sharemarket game. Was good. He was loud and smart...when he had funds. Haven't heard much from him since Morton plunged from $8 to 8c. Last seen selling at 22c after the dead-cat-bounce when the Eagles got him at pick 88. Buying - Nik Nat Cam Guthrie Collingwood (bought them super cheap after round 1) Jack Watts (because MFC supporters are giving him away, and I hope he has Chronic Fatigue Syndrome now) Brodie Grundy (bought these a while ago) Jack Viney (price is still cheap because many here think he can't kick); McEvoy Matthew Lloyd Selling - Richmond (I sold them after our NAB Challenge game) Liam Sheils (I will take what you offer), Phoenix, you can still play with $8.64 Bomb Thompson (I sold him a few weeks ago), Luke Breust (good goal assists, but soft and overrated), North Melbourne (still too hot/cold), Neville Jetta (sold after his first game of AFL footy, and now selling the gains over the past week); Bernie Vince (stats sheet looks better than his output) Dermott Biggest losses over the preseason Port - I sold them too cheaply Freo - I bought too much

I'll purchase all NikNat shares. The guy hasn't had one uninterrupted preseason for a few conditions. He shouldn't even be playing now with his groin. One day AFL clubs will work out that you can take 3 steps forward if you are prepared to take 1 backward one. Melbourne should have taken one backward one after the last training before the Geelong NAB Challenge game. The new radical treatment option of the future might be an adequate rest phase and aggravation avoidance to the main pathology.

His fast. He aint blistering. He came on fresh in that Richmond game, and Rance basically got him after a 10 metre start. But he makes up with it, as he has more courage, and aint scared inside.

"Here it is".