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Broad is not the only "cheat" to have stood his ground after obviously hitting the ball.. But a cheating pattern is emerging with that guy...he is becoming a bit of a devious sleezy cricketer.. He was also the player who decided to take off his boot and pull the innersole out , then readjust it and proceed to slowly re tie his laces 2 minutes before the belated luncheon break , in order to deliberately waste time when Australia was on an obvious roll, being only 20 runs off winning the game at that stage.. (the weak umpires did nothing to stop this unsportsmanlike act and should be condemned) The luncheon break most assuredly allowed England's no. 1 strike bowler, James Anderson to rest up during the 40 minute lunch interval as he was almost completely " spent" (and cramping) at that vital time in the game.. Result.... out comes Anderson after lunch , refreshed and ready to go again. He then proceeded to take the wicket of Haddin compliments of Hawk eye. I would suggest they dispense with human umpires in future and play matches with electronic only decision makers. All decisions could then be given by the "turd" umpire.. Doesn't matter how long it may take to confirm a no ball etc as the time wasted could not be longer than Broad's boot changing episode from yesterday....

If you read EXACTLY what I said I was in no way knocking you.. !!!

Shyte ... You must be well and truly focused on Jimmy to have made such observations... Have you been watching any other player ? Davey is still there .. wasn't he supposed to have "squibbed" it not so long back and was being hung, drawn and quartered by many DL Members at the time.. Give JT a go.. We could easily single out many similar acts each round if we really wanted to... Some by established , very good contributors... Should we start a "Squib" Club from next week and name them all .. Not just pick on ONE young 7 game "veteran" from the Melbourne Footy Club ?? B)

He is NOT a "squib" nor a "coward"....I know that isn't what you personally are calling him... Just Saying..

Have a look at the Hawthorn West Coast replay... Franklin did that at least twice ... Toumpas is young and learning how to handle the big time and as far as I am concerned is learning quickly... I call a "squib" someone who regularly avoids all hard contests and who takes a side step when confronted head on with a contest.. Ducking when a pack is bearing down on your head from behind is NOT being a "squib" as you call it... Give the kid a go.. He WILL make it as will many others in our team whom have been condemned by a number of DL posters. They will improve with more games under their belts.. It started to show on Saturday but don't expect it to happen overnight.. Let's play out the rest of this season and give them a mark out of 10 then.. Whatever the competition on Saturday and no matter how we all rate St. Kilda,, most of our players tried for four quarters and THAT is something we haven't seen before this year .. To me, a baby step in the right direction...

The best kick for goal in the Club ??? Hell !! another reason to sack MN this week... I believe he is playing Watts at half back (again) against Freo.... Bugger !! What a waste of the "best kick for goal in the club" has to bloody get it and have a shot first !!

Pays better than arguing with you on DL... !! Could be a good proposition.. Nah... more fun on here at the moment....Although I am getting a little dizzy following you around the circles you appear to be going around in.... time to move on from replying to your posts......

IN American Dollars ???? (now worth more than ours) What odds ???

Boy did you try hard to clarify your previous post ?? Perhaps had you put that much thought into your first attempt you wouldn't have received the response you initially did...AND if you believe G Ablett "may return to the cats BUT not before playing 150 odd games AND winning a flag", then I suggest you do not add further to your post because you are only digging a deeper hole... He will be lucky to achieve even one of those goals... ESPECIALLY Winning a Flag !!!! Quit while you have at least made a reasonable attempt to clarify your previous flawed post...

WE MISSED that train !!!

Shyte !! You wouldn't want to ask MFC Members to take a poll on the question "would you care if Watts left the club" would you ???? You say : "clubs with good healthy cultures do not lose players" Listing names to prove what a crap statement that is would take up a couple of pages on this topic... Ablett, .. just starting at the beginning of the alphabet.!! West Coast culture seems ok to me , but we could skip a few and go further down the alphabet to Judd !!.. if you need a few more names they can be provided.. You are right in one respect.. "we can not afford to lose any quality player" but sadly we do not have an abundance and WATTS is NOT a quality player !! (when he has proven it I will apologise)...I am NOT meaning to have a go at you personally, but I felt I needed to respond .

Neeld wasn't around when Schwarz had his knee problems.... Otherwise it May have been Neeld's fault... Just saying !! Lighten up ...

That's if you are making a decent contribution in the workplace , isn't it ??? If you don't SHOW character , then what do you expect in return ??

WE "sold" him a vision of the future when we drafted him at no. 1 !!! It didn't happen and it hasn't worked because we bought a brand new "car" and the bloody engine proved to be a "lemon" He now has to be "traded in" for a model that has a decent "engine" with a bit of "grunt" .... Sorry for the analogy, but why has he been "torn to pieces" by so many on DL and now suddenly when there is a distinct possibility he may go, some of those same Posters are squealing to keep him ??? What BS... Let him go... He will NEVER be a match winner as the other bloke (Nick Nat) we chose to pass over with a preference to Jack Watts is already a proven match winner ...Another great MFC recruiting decision... Watts was nothing but a glorified schoolboy footballer starring against kids of his own age but much smaller in stature... Now he has to face men older , tougher and more courageous he has proven to be a failure... I am sticking to my opinion.. !!!

If he goes he's "Gawn" ...just saying !