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That thread at 'ology is an absolute bonanza for defamation lawyers.

Is Montagna the name you're looking for?

Are you suggesting the club wouldn't deal aggressively if a suitable player became available in the PSD?

Hot off the press: Peter German has been appointed coach of Casey and will have a Melbourne Football Club developmental role.

My guess is that the AFL needs to kill off one existing club to make way for GC17. In the circumstances of the global monetary crisis and the apathy of the Sydney public, the West Sydney team will never get off the ground so the only way to overcome the problem of a bye is to make one of the clubs a sacrificial lamb. We have been chosen.

I think back to the time when Brett Lovett was let go by Hawthorn at a young ge, came to Melbourne and became a star. Sometimes players deserve a second chance.

Good advice and don'tforget that injunction's still in place!

LOL

Pure Gold

My reading of the article that quotes the CEO's email and Melbourne's response through Chris Connolly doesn't suggest that at all. I don't envy Connolly having to deal with municipal officers and town planners in finalising the agreement. There's so much politics and double tal always going on and Chris is such a down to earth honest bloke. He's no doubt tearing his hair out having to deal with the situation.

Surely wouldn't be much younger than Green. Add Carroll into the mix and give them # 51 and it's a deal.

Well Green is reported in the Australian today to be looking for a new home with Port Adelaide in the mix. Find it hard to believe that he would go but that's life I suppose!

Why? Most of what he says is pure and unadulterated drivel.

I didn't know these guys but what a wonderful tribute!

Absolutely not!

There's a snippet in today's Sunday Sun suggesting that we might trade draft pick # 1 to Fremantle for # 3 (presumably as part of another deal - Warnock?). We would still get our preferred choice of Jack Watts and they would get Naitanui. Interesting?

And if we were to win 82 - 54 there would be a tie between Melbourne and West Coast for last place as the percentages would be identical. Interesting.

PKF chartered accountants re about to terminate their $1m sponsorship of the Cronulla Sharks as a result of charges against player Greg Bird who has been charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm on his girlfriend, Katie Milligan. Perhaps they might be interested in supporting the Melbourne Football Club because our players are such nice guys!

Don't feel so guilty. Your uncle gave to save the club. Enjoy your travels.

Water under the bridge. Let's move on.

Apparently they have filled the quota of 150 participants for tonight.

The more I see Franklin dominating a game like that playing as a KPP, the more I like the idea of Jack Watts in the draft.

Funny that we've been grooming Stef Martin for the CHB post at Sandringham and yet when the opportunity arose, we played PJ there. This suggests either that Martin isn't ready yet or that Rivers' injury or illness was a late thing or both.

The Hawthorn folk said much the same about Al Clarkson back in 2005. They should have kept playing guys like Mark Graham and Jonathan Hay.