Earl Hood

Oh can I also add I forgot the behaviour of the US in Central America and South America. You know the USA support for a gallery of blood stained tyrants in Central America and their murder and oppression of local peasants. Then there was the Chile coup, the murder of Allende and the rise of Pinochet. But then how much blood must be spilt to maintain a free market economy? Megalitres of blood it seems as long as it is not American blood.

DC what are the boundaries of Borewood? The Burvale to the east, the Mathew Flinders to the west? In the middle is your dry, God fearing Methodists or Salvation Army types holding back the tide.

Agree and history says the set shots are harder at times because we see players slot ridiculous running shots from odd angles when they don't have to think about it but then next quarter miss a set shot from 30 metres in front. It is in the head of course. Jeff's banana from the boundary was extraordinary and important at the time and deserved a nomination.

Ah yes BBO I had forgotten about our Leo with the long blonde hair and broken nose, the bouncer of bouncers. Even though he had taken one too many punches to the head in TV Ringside he was still the local intellectual in Borewood in those days. Never took him on but I can remember one night we could have used his help in the car park when some drunken thugs turned nasty. Dangerous place Borewood!

DC don't knock having a purve at the Burve (ale) I mean. Although maybe things have changed since I was last there in the 70's and early 80's? Gee I can remember some big days at the Burvale, rocking up for a counter lunch,hanging around for a few drinks and ending up buying supper tickets to hang out till midnight, listening to some cover band that usually played Doobie Brothers. And then driving home or to someone else's home for goodness sake! Those were the so called good old days, just wonder how I am still going around sometimes, really!

Biff could do well in Borewood, there is a surfeit of women I am told around those parts and he could catch up regularly with DC down at the Matthew Flinders or even the Nottinghill if they want to hobnob with the Uni Students.

Colin Sylvia says hello. I don't think cheap shots to the head of Demon players count with the MRP.

6 Vince 5 vandenburg 4 Pedersen 3 Hogan 2 N Jones 1 Toumpas

DC are you boasting about or bursting with the over supply of women out your way? There is something not quite right about the wording but gee good luck down at the Matthew Flinders, plenty of likely types down there as I remember.

Let us see who is fit to play first. Today's group I'd very well, who knows those we think are automatic 22 may not be?

He did have that brain fade late in the third where kicked backwards to Stringer who slipped through an extraordinary goal that would often be a game changer. Thankfully we fought our way back but really a clanger like that from your captain is unforgivable. But yes he worked hard to redeem himself.

Hey I was there that one hand pass from Boyd was all class before being subbed in the second half. That is what they paid for.

DL don't you know the world is divided into the Good Guys and the enemy. Since 1945 the good guys have managed to fire bomb Tokyo to knock out all the grandparents and children of their enemies then drop not one but two nuclear bombs just to make sure they work then go on to wars in South East Asia carpet bombing North Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, destabilising the ruling elite to usher in The likes of Pol Pot and from there onto The Middle East to destabilise the power of the strongmen of Iraq, Syria, Libya and increase the power and influence of Shite Iran and Sunni Saudi Arabia, to say nothing of rogue militias such as IS that are wreaking havoc in the area. Well done USA I say and we will follow them wherever their next folly may take them.

Interesting game for me today. I was a guest of a Bulldogs player (who had a stinker really)and his family. Saw the Rev having a drink at the bar in the Tom Wills Bar. He looks his normal self and said hello but of course we know the battle in front of him. Loved the game but had to be at my diplomatic best surrounded by the Bulldog fans, as their guest. They left at the 20 minute mark of the final quarter so I could let it all hang out then for sure. Thought as many others did that Grimes and the Toump really had good games. Yes it is just a start and the Dogs were not at the best but then we are the ones with all the injuries so it is interesting. When our midfield can compete our whole side can compete and keeps on competing. When our mids get blown away early we drop our bundle as a side it seems. Special mention to Fitzy, the experiment may work, let's hope so. He is big and fast at ground level so if he plays to his strengths who knows and it seems he is reading it well down back.

Nah there will be a Bog average young midfielder for a winning team who got 25 cheap possessions up for it. Oh hold on we won, you might be on the money. The nomination usually goes to the team who plays us, not this week.

Zoning 1965 style I am all for. A policy designed to destroy the dominance of the top teams of the day, yes let it rip. Back then it was designed to cripple our dominance, let's now cripple the Dorks, the Cats and Sydney and usher in a period where the smaller clubs dominate for a while.

Bump I just got a message from my sister with photo showing our Jack Trengove in Singapore at the Australian International School today with my great niece. The local teacher is trying to recruit the Aussie kids to MFC apparently. But interesting that Jack is in Singapore. Wonder why? My sister is trying but is not confident that she can convince the grand kids to follow MFC, generation naught tends to follow winners, not big on loyalty or tradition apparently. Now that I think about it, that is pretty smart thinking.

Hundreds of genuine Refugees adrift at sea without hope. We could help but what is Tony's response and strategy is the old Nope, Nope, Nope A Dope rather than the old rope a dope trick. Tony the Nope a Dope. I just felt l needed to record that thought.

Spelling issues BBO (there, their, they are)! We must maintain our standards in these dark times when the natural order is under siege from all fronts. If we can't do that, all is lost surely.

QD I was at school with the evil Brother Best and other Christian Brothers of ill repute for 10 years but was oblivious to what was going on. The abuse must have been happening all around me but I never knew. There were teachers pets then there were problem kids like myself who were always in trouble. In retrospect the teachers pets were the ones being abused, some have since committed suicide. The problem children like me were eventually expelled and I went off to a High School. Isn't life a lottery! And where is Cardinal Pell by the way?

DFrog what is it about you and bananas no matter how they are presented?

Huh? We got Nat Jones at our first pick at 12 in 2005 we didnt miss on Pendles. The 2003 draft was a dud lets face it. The 2004 draft was full of talent and guess who was all over it oh yes the tanking Hawks but really what is your point Hogan?

Bazaar as both didnt play last week. Newton not at all and Fitzy for 10 minutes then off to hospital. Going by the VFL form guide by the coach Riley comes in for sure as he and Watts were deemed the best performed. Toumpas stays, Newton back in and maybe one of Fitzy or Gawn although not sure why. Stretch isn't ready so goes back.

HT where has Max Gawn? Or is that what he looks like these days?

Sorry to take issue DC but how many frustrated depth players are there at the Dorks, the Swans or Freo? What we see is the depth players choosing to stay despite offers from lower teams. Fringe players out of contract can go wherever they want. The Dorks aren't going to hold onto a player who wants to go. The AFL/AFLPA have again conjured up a solution in search of a problem. The problem they first identified to justify FA was that fringe players were stuck at clubs so they introduced FA to help out those journeymen. Of course what has happened is the elite players have taken the chance to move to equal or better performed clubs at twice the price or years of contract. All this at the expense of the majority of journeymen players who are now being paid less or are on limited contracts. And of course the other losers are the lower clubs who are losing experienced players to the better clubs but at least there is some draft compo at present but that is always under scrutiny. There is a huge equalisation elephant in the room problem but all we hear is this sort of Shyte.