Bluey's Dad

The photo of Viney driving him into the ground a few years back is one of my all time favourites. I think it started the 'Jack Viney Made Me Cry' thread. Would love a repeat.

So round one we face the most intimidating lineup of midfield A+ graders I've ever seen. It reads like the mid line of a fantasy football team. Anyone else worried about getting pantsed here?

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Don't be too miffed. A good 'fantasy price' or 'fantasy score' in general will correlate to better players. However there are so many factors involved that you can't draw a conclusion that just because Melbourne has few expensive/high scoring fantasy players that it means we're down on talent. Tom Rockliff is the the epitome of the fantasy/reality divide. He has been for some years one of the best scoring and most expensive players in fantasy footy. But as we know, his high possession count doesn't always result in a great overall effect on the game. Nev Jetta is another example in the reverse. Horrible fantasy scores but often wins those vital 50/50's that a team needs to win a game. Then there's the whole 'KPP' issue - where someone like JJK or Franklin will kick a bag of 6 and score 200 or something incredibly high, and then the next week kick 1 and get 30. KPPs are 'roller coaster' players in fantasy, incredibly unreliable. But on the footy field, even if they don't kick a massive bag they often add significant value in other ways, and you wouldn't drop them if their stat sheet said 1 goal 3. In fantasy, you always take a risk when you pick a KPP. However, just so we don't feel totally left out, Clayton Oliver was the #7 ranked overall player in Supercoach last year (by round average score, excluding Jacob Townsend who played 1 game for 118 points). He averaged higher than Zorko, Neale, Sloane, Duncan, Crouch, Murphy, Adams, Merrett, Pendlebury. Those are some MASSIVE names, and Clarry was only in his second year. Source: https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/supercoach_scores?p=&min_salary=0&max_salary=800000&sort=2&order=D Fantasy footy are fun games to play, but are not a true reflection of talent of real world value to a team. It's more like the stock market than footy.

I agree. It wasn't the NUMBER of people on the MRP causing the issues. It was the people themselves applying rules inconsistently and often arbitrarily (some might also say corruptly if one was wearing a tin foil hat).

Saty's insta is the best. Keep up the good woork @Satyriconhome, love the photos! Edit: forgot to say, nice guns Saty

I thought we traded Fitzpatrick?

I had a poster of Andrew Obst on my wall when I was a kid, and a jumper signed by Gary Lyon. The 90's were a great time to grow up as a demons supporter, even if we didn't win a GF. We've been so bad for so long sometimes I forget how much fun I used to have watching those games when I was younger, and how good those teams were.

lol glad some of you got it

lol, don't tempt me mate. I work with them constantly. It's an... interesting experience.

Just going to pop back in here to say: 1 - yay 2 - Regarding the left/labor thing above - I identify mostly as 'left' nowadays but certainly do not align my politics with the Labor party. Many of my 'leftie' friends are in similar positions, where the party that is supposed to represent our interests doesn't actually resemble our position much at all. I wonder if this result indicates that this is a societal trend, not just one I've observed within my immediate circle of friends. If the Libs can get it done, more power to them. I'm also a big supporter of their recent super changes, and hope that a financial royal commission occurs under their watch so that the industry (read: union) super funds are also in-scope. If the royal commission happens under Labor, it will only focus on the banks and maybe AMP & IOOF, and the huge union funds will escape scrutiny. That ended up in a different place to where it started. Yay marriage equality!

Jabby McJabface?

Very good Skuit. I was hoping to modify a certain internet favourite to "Hird did nothing wrong" but alas, their prefilled list has foiled me.

Aw they're only offering 3 options: The Flight Deck The Hangar The Bomber Base And you have to be an Essendon member to vote. I guess people learned from the Taylor Swift and Mountain Dew 4chan incidents after all. That's a shame.

Would really love to know what these standards were that he didn't meet. Until then it's hard to judge, but from the outside looking in, 31 feels like too little.

(Obviously) I don't know these guys from a bar of soap. Which would be your preference with our picks? Great post. Thank you.

You're a piece of work Biff. Go pull another conspiracy theory out of your butt.

Ah yes, because people can only get angry if there is a truth to get angry about. No one ever got angry over a lie right? You see a pattern where there is none Biff, I think Jung called it synchronicity.

Sshhhhh! Millennials who make good life decisions do not exist. Now come join me for some smashed avo and a little destruction of out-dated and inflexible industries.

only spuds would think that. ya spud. (I don't really think you're a spud). Spud.

Yep. I took a pay cut to eliminate a 45 minute commute (each way) when I was starting a family about 5 years ago. Lifestyle and family are absolutely factors when weighing your employment, I imagine footy clubs represent a similar situation for players.

lol, a bit rich of Tex to say that after his GF effort. Didn't scream "success" to me.

My kids are at Berwick Lodge. I can't afford the local privates either. I think Haileybury started at $18k a year and St Margaret's at $16k. Even if I had the money, I can think of better things to do with half a million dollars.