Waltzing St Kilda wrote: Quote: I don't care who voted for who Neither do I, but that's the problem -- Nick clearly cares who you voted for. A smart footballer would have deflected the question: "Yeah, it was interesting result, wasn't it? We'll see what happens." I just don't think footb...

I don't care who voted for who Neither do I, but that's the problem -- Nick clearly cares who you voted for. A smart footballer would have deflected the question: "Yeah, it was interesting result, wasn't it? We'll see what happens." I just don't think footballers, particularly cpatains, s...

Unnecessary. A lot of us follow the footy to get away from politics. Pull your head in, Nick.

Settle down.

There's still time for an Essendon/Collingwood/Carlton player to leap half a metre off the ground, take a chest mark, and win the car.

A good summary.

INDISPUTABLY BETTER:
Gwilt
McEvoy
Peake (coz we didn't have him).
Stanley (coz he wasn't playing).

ARGUABLY BETTER:
Gilbert
Schneider

INDISPUTABLY WORSE:
Kosi
McQualter
King (not playing)

Also according to the Herald Sun : * A St Kilda player ate Azaria Chamberlain. * A St Kilda player assassinated JFK (a flash of red-white-and-black was glimpsed on the grassy knoll). * A St Kilda player's intimacy with monkeys led to the AIDS virus. * Explosive documentary on St Kilda player Ben Cou...

Yeah, WCE lost their first final in 2006, the Swans lost their first in 2005, and Brisbane lost their first (to Collingwood) in 2003. Not forgetting Adelaide getting walloped in their first final in '98.

Doesn't mean a team is out of it. Might even run them into form.

On the contrary, the players seem to thrive on distractions. Galvanises them or something.

It's probably no coincidence that during our winless stretch recently there were no scandals.

Great.

Now we've got Sportsbet against us as well.

Just one example: Port Adelaide in 2004. Beaten by North (by 91 points) in Round 7 or so and beaten comfortably by Essendon (at Telstra Dome) in Round 17 or so. Still rallied at the right time and won the flag. The Saints can still do it. Then again, all this is just hot air at the moment. The boys ...

Which part is indisputable? As a No 2 ruck would Kosi be better than Ben? The part where Matthews says Kosi is slow and cumbersome (and, by implication, not appropriate as a full forward). I agree with you that Ben is a better ruckman option. But I can't see that Kosi is going to improve. He's a li...

Leigh Matthews is stating the blindingly obvious. RL's one major flaw is a stubborn, defensive mindset that sees him throwing up barricades against the pressures of outside opinion, even when it's virtually indisputable.

Needs Heath Shaw to drive him home.

Has all the finesse of a Bunning's sales assistant.

It was on Ten news.

Re Baker-like tagging, said there was no room in the game for scragging and sniping. Said it was from a different era. I'm sorry? Did his team not scrag and snipe Barry Hall just weeks ago? Was the man himself not one of the game's biggest thugs? Did he not hurl Lenny Hayes into a fence? And purpose...

Sorry -- my post above is about Brad Scott -- mistakenly put it in this thread.

Re Baker-like tagging, said there was no room in the game for scragging and sniping. Said it was from a different era. I'm sorry? Did his team not scrag and snipe Barry Hall just weeks ago? Was the man himself not one of the game's biggest thugs? Did he not hurl Lenny Hayes into a fence? And purpose...

Bewildering comment from a complete oxgen thief.

The AFL should fine the tribunal for throwing the code into disrepute.

Two days ago I started the "Eight Weeks for Bakes" thread. It was supposed to be a joke.

Even going on the precedents, I thought eight weeks was at the far side of absurd.

Breathtaking.

Just going on the existing precedents: 2003: Flat on his back in the centre of the ground, Baker has his foot stood on by Essendon ruckman Steve Alessio. To dislodge Alessio, Baker gives him a harmless kick in the ankle. Result: 3 weeks suspension. Even Mike Sheahan said it was the most absured pena...

From the reports anybody would think that the police force was staffed entirely by St Kilda supporters. I dearly wish that were true, but logically the percentage would be under 10%. So that means that there's actually 90% of the force that would love to see charges laid , and St Kilda's season dera...

The Herald Sun. I tried using it as toilet paper once but my ar$e rejected it.

Milne Round 5 versus Franklin Round 13. Forget about the quality of the actual goals -- a packed MCG Friday night game will beat a rainy, poorly attended Port Adelaide match in the buzz-stakes. Plus Buddy is more fashionable than the Tiprat. Sadly, I think Milne will miss out yet again ... and to th...