The Last Post

RD 23 v Fremantle

So here we are at the end. The Last Post. Normally a time for remembrance but in this case I think it’s a time to forget.

To forget our win/loss ratio.

The racial allegations levelled against Mark Neeld without evidence.

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The racist, sexist, bigot CEO that destroyed what should have been a wonderful sponsorship with the club.

One star (yet errant) forward deciding that instead of cutting it up on the field he would wield a machete and have a go that way and our other star forward doing himself an ‘ouch’ while in great form, sidelining him for the second half of the season.

Alternatively though, through all the crap, there is one thing about the Melbourne footy club we have to always remember, the man Jim Stynes. From my uneducated opinion I bet he would be as upset with the season gone as all of us are (probably more so), but in the end he’d stick tough and do anything possible to build the club into a respected opponent once more. So I think that’s what I’ll do too. I’ll stick tough...again.

Hey, here comes Christmas. We have to wait for the finals to finish of course and all that ‘finals, blah blah blah, premier, blah blah’ stuff to finish as well and then Santa is coming to AAMI park. I spoke 3 weeks ago about how Melbourne is building a ‘war chest’ in order to maximise the trading period.

Here’s my wishlist, from most desired to least:

1. Hawthorn’s list.
   1b. Therapy for Hawthorn players who can’t beat Geelong.

2. If spending is to be kept in house then I’d like a cloning program for Nathan Jones, Jeremy Howe and Jordie McKenzie.
3. Tom Scully.
   
   

Let me explain #2. Enough Jones’ to win the midfield. Enough McKenzie’s to stop opposition midfielders touching it. Then kick every ball high no matter where on the ground you are and the Howe’s can take screamer after screamer in order to retain possession. I understand I haven’t got a defender in that mix but cloning isn’t cheap so I figure I’ve got to draw the line somewhere.

Contingency plan:

If Hawthorn refuse, which they might, we turn the thinking away from players and buy Geelong’s win/loss record from the past five years, including their premierships. At least doing this allows our young list a bit of a breather instead of them playing with a terrible recent history weighing heavily on their immature shoulders.

With any leftover cash we can buy Mark Neeld an industrial sized tub of hair gel. Has anyone ever seen him without that gelled hairstyle? (This question extends to his immediate family).

So it’s a goodbye from me for season 2012. I’ve decided against covering finals because with so many good teams playing such great footy I’d have to write about that instead of the useless periphery. Not interested!
A massive thank you to everyone who has supported me in the writing of this blog, there are many of you. I’ll never forget sitting next to great friends as they would read my latest post and hearing their laughs ring loudly. Were they subtly forced? It doesn’t matter.

Go Dees.

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