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Paywalled article Alastair Clarkson, Chris Fagan and Mark Evans were accused by a fellow Hawthorn coach of running the football department like the “Russian Mafia’’, the club’s review of its handling of Indigenous players reveals. Two pregnant partners of players lost their unborn children...

The comparison to be made between Brisbane as Tampa and Gold Coast as Miami here is fairly fitting (Heat aside)

They have been given almost every concession possible, across their entire lifetime, and have not been able to achieve. Sporting clubs on the GC die there. Every time they've struggled they've been given draft picks, list size concessions, and do stuff all with them. Need an off field overhaul...

Yeah, no-one ever left Melbourne in our dark days for money or flags. They all stayed at the club.

Mental health agencies changed their tact in recent months/years surrounding this. Initially they based it all on some research that said reporting on this stuff only further creates copy cats and to never report. They've started to think more about the conversation and the impact of suicide...

I always find this absolutely painfully difficult at this time of the year. I still remember thinking Port would get real close to a flag this year and then, well, you know what happened. The top 4 could come from a bunch of teams, but it's that 6-12 mark that is really difficult to pick. Is...

No home games at Etihad, very few games at Etihad in general, no 4.40 Sunday games, please.

Where's the - 'goes to the fridge and attempts to drown himself from the inside in alcohol' - fan? That's generally me after a devastating loss. My wallet's taken a pretty hard hit in recent times.

186 killed Bailey to be honest with you. I think the fact that Melbourne hadn't delivered on the promise that they were supposed to have (through a combination of poor recruiting, losing culture, inept football department staff and an inability to develop young players) meant that those in...

In comparison to Bailey's, it's definitely a slower, more defensively minded, kick it around the boundary style of play. Bailey's was way more exciting to watch (when it was done well), but left a lot of holes when we'd inevitably turn the ball over. Guessing that through time, effort and...

I dunno - haven't seen any of the 'sillyness' from Mitch as of yet. Seems to have adapted pretty well to the lifestyle down here. I think Moloney had stagnated at Melbourne, he had been around for too long, through too much of the so called 'rebuilding' and needed a change of scenery in order...

You realise, prior to injury last year, he had an amazing start to the season, right?

I'm too hungover, have no one to go with or I can't be bothered making the hour long trip on public transport.

Can it really get much worse?

Port @ MCG - going by our inability to win a Round 1 game in the last 8 years or so, loss. Essendon @ MCG - surely Essendon can't lose to us again? Loss. WCE @ MCG - no reasoning necessary. Loss. GWS @ MCG - Win. 1-3. I am an eternal optimist obviously.

Hence - 'one of the highest'. Dandenong is generally the initial destination then they branch out into Casey once they have settled in Australia. First hand evidence from living/working in the community tells me that there's a lot of young Middle-Eastern/African immigrants in the area who get...

Casey has had a HUGE influx of Afghan immigrants over the last 10 years, basically when new arrivals get to Melbourne they gravitate towards Dandenong as their first home, then when they have settled they generally move towards Narre Warren/Officer/Pakenham because it's the most affordable area...

Casey's got one of the highest rates for immigration in the state, there are plenty of new arrivals in the area who have no team whatsoever that Melbourne can/are targeting. Melbourne also runs clinics at primary/secondary schools in the area so they are definitely hitting the right areas...