Wadda We Sing

Really think we can beat Port pretenders tomorrow. If that happens surely we can beat Norf and the Aints? GWS looks the only really hard one, but theyre very beatable. We should hit the finals running. The young team running out of steam as posted elsewhere is the great unknown..

Would be fair to say this is the strongest team weve put up against Port in years....if not, ever!

Think its great theres a lot of love for Liam around here still. Hope hes doin ok.

Ah i see....carry on..

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No doubt have been told by the AFL to take an extra whistle and take no prisoners from that ruffian, thug, jaw busting team ...The Melbourne Demons.

Ryder had his ankle strapped after fulltime last week. looks like hell get up. Max will have his work cut out.

From the sounds of it, Viney has been playing in pain since last year. I think hell be fine. The others havent been out for that long like Gawn and Hoges. Jack is the unknown.

Essendon players got the lot apparently...

Massive massive ins, selection never ceases to amaze this year, and no early announcements from Goody. Lets hope they all fire up! Good luck to JT. Massive effort by him to get back.

Its round 18 and we are still a chance. I still dont believe it. As long as we dont end up playing the Swans in Sydney in a knockout final im ok.

Its suddenly not looking that bad injury wise all of a sudden! Its been feeling like the roof was about to collapse lately.....

Interesting. In 1987 when the team was on fire, finals bound and had a few tough nuts, there was a total of 18 weeks and a further 7 citations. Guess it does go with the territory a bit, meaning when your hard at it, it doesnt always go to plan. At least they were consistent back then.

Spot on Ron. Its not a conspiracy theory..... it actually happens on a regular basis. I much prefer our hard at it attitude. Its footy. With this attitude is going to come the odd mistake, the odd misplaced bump or tackle, the odd fend off with a forearm. You only have to miss the intended target by a few inches and its weeks. Thats fine. What the problem is is the absolutely blatant inconsistency. The club not saying hey wait a minute....can you at least clarify, is sending a message to the competion that they also thought it was wrong. This is only confusing the whole issue.

So being an optimist we could have a more or less full squad to pick from as early as next week barring Bernie...thats not too bad really. It just depends how they come back and how long till the match fitness fully kicks in for the whole team. Feels like its taken forever....i guess in some ways it has..

I dint realize it was into the wind! Just wow. That is a true torpedo.

Nice post.

We should appeal based on the Schofield precedent, but we won't. Bernie is a tagger, its his job to niggle players, that's what taggers do. Nobody complained when he completely negated Sloane in the first game. Free Bernie...

Yes I'd never been there before. Great atmosphere. We were upstairs with the big screen and packed with demon supporters. I thought they would all go through the floor! Do they have something going with the club? Seemed to be demons raffles etc.

Totally corrupt or in with the bookies? Interesting that Martins brownlow odds didnt change between the incident and the MRP report isnt it? Youd think with a risk of suspension hanging over his head they might be suspended at least. If this was a cricket match, they'd be in jail.

Why? Thats what Schofield argued isnt it??

Cant believe what im reading re Martin.......high, intentional, contact to the head? Like how is it even defendable?

Thanks for posting DJ. The Sporting Globe Hotel in Richmond went completely bonkers.

Nice headbutt...not a Melbourne player tho so warning and fine..play on.

Good post. I reckon ditch it and would it be possible to get a deal somewhere else? Tassie? Etihad?? It doesn't work for us and has never worked. It's a hangover from the CSwb days. I think we would have done way better at the G. Somebody once posted a $20 membership levy would cover it. Well if the maths are right, that seems A way better option. It also costs us the following week! The Darwin game is 500k not 1m. I'm not so fussed about the Alice game. What's 500k v a finals berth? A finals appearance would boost the club in so many more ways. 500k is 1players wage for the year. Ditch it.