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Football clubs all over Australia have this problem, not just Collingwood or AFL clubs. Drug use is absolutely rampant in Metro footy clubs all over Melbourne, to the point where it's more the norm rather than the exception. Club administrators at this level are almost always from a different...

Gee, quality argument! That's gonna happen every week isn't it? :rolleyes: If a shortage of pies and coke are what the Murray FL's finals allocation premise is about... well, it's sad really.

Well, considering I live in Melbourne... Congupna!! FMD!! Is that a thumbs down for me not mentioning it, or a the MFL?? Really hope the latter. Can you please provide an argument as to why they 'should' be shared? I honestly do not see any issue that could not be reasonably overcome by...

Could be a Carlton onslaught, or Essendon may fall over the line. Formline goes out the window. Although I think the true measure lies in week 2 of the finals. Carlton could be a handful for West Coast, whilst Essendon would get hammered.

The allocation of finals to the various clubs in this comp is a complete and utter farce. What is wrong with simply playing the finals at the best grounds? Surely something can be worked re gate/bar/food takings, and manpower. No offence intended to either club, but Tongala...

But... he is a coward. As proved by all his bravado shown early in the game, particularly against a goliath in Milne, then followed by his mysterious ghost like effort when the game was there to be won. That's a coward in my book.

Pav would have been handy in a forward pocket too... but I can see how you'd take Fiora.

Re: Fevola coming to the attention of the wrong people! Dwight Shrude?

Fev urinated on Nathan Brown.

McBurney is a disgrace. One of those blokes who simply has no feel for the game whatsoever, and umpires straight out of a rulebook, paying the most trivial free kicks which have no bearing on the game. If only he'd let the game go and pay only the obvious free kicks which actually affect the...

Lucas/Lloyd package?? I kinda doubt that either of them would be too keen on the rotten culture that exists throughout the EDFL... and it's not like they'd be mercenaries that needed the cash.

Well, maybe not 926... but a healthy percentage of them. Very surprised he hasn't played on to get closer to 1000.

Yep, let Supercoach decide the Brownlow winner. :thumbsu:

Anyone playing themselves pump up music to go and watch a footy game is a f*ckwit.

Craig Bolton. Had a stinker of a season... didn't even finish top 10 in Sydney's B&F.

On a per capita basis, they have less supporters who actually know the game than any other club. Go to local footy clubs around your city/town... (ie people who actually play the game, know what the game's about and have a clue about footy club culture), Collingwood supporters are much fewer and...

Sorry Dad.

Gibbs needs to realise that talent alone will only take him so far. Being under Judd's wing will teach him the meaning of hard work. As it stands, he will struggle to get a kick if tagged.

Ahhh the game that Leon was christened 'Doughnuts' Davis.

You need look no further than the bottom 6 players in Carlton's 22 to see where their list is at. Arguably the worst bottom 6 in the comp... Melbourne and Richmond included. The top echelon isn't the problem.

They can, but it's traditionally rare. Mark Thompson definitely hasn't.

I've watched the clip 20 times and still can't see a gouging action. Not sure what Judd was thinking, but the fact that Rischitelli didn't really remonstrate tells me it wasn't that bad. Might get 1 week for unnecessary contact to the head/face.

It is a misconception to think coaches all of a sudden find the key to success after 7 years at the helm of a club. Coaching is far and away the most over-rated caper in the game. You can set structures and a game plan, and analyse issues to the nth degree, but unless blokes have the will to get...

Why do supporters lose every shred of common decency based on what colours a player/coach wears? Shallow. Clarkson clearly has some issues.

This says a hell of a lot more about the state of the Carlton list in recent years than what it does about Houlihan as a footballer.

He also gets the perks of plugging Jeannie Pratt on the side.

Jeez they do a good job the Dogs recruiters. Best still yet to come from early picks Cooney and Griffen as well. Ward has got GUN written all over him... and to think they effectively got him for an imposter in Jordan McMahon!

I reckon this could be a 100 point flogging. Adelaide were like Grade 6 kids playing against grade 4 kids on the weekend, such was Carlton's lack of competitiveness. If a side chooses to put any semblance of defensive pressure on them, which Essendon can, they might cough the footy up a bit. But...

Correct. They have compromised the game from what we all grew up loving, in order to sell the product to parents and kids. They can afford to do this because they know that supporters like your traditional footy fan, no matter how angry we are with the fabric of the game, will still follow it...

Rules do not allow for common sense, or footy smarts, to be applied. The bad part about it, is if the umpire makes the 'right' call he would be lambasted by Geischen and Co. If he makes the 'technically correct' call, which in the scheme of the game is wrong, he is patted on the back for...