Michael Thompson
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Pipe Dreams - The AFL In 2030
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Earlier in the year, regular AFL Record readers may recall that there was a Short Story competition held which asked the reader to outline their vision of what the AFL would look like in 2022. Whilst a bit far fetched in suggesting that a fully-blown AFL World Cup (in the style of FIFA's own World Cup) would start in 2018, and even more so Japan becoming the first winners, some aspects of this 'World Cup' could yet be introduced to the AFL by 2030. However, there are other key aspects which are...
Should "Top End Tanking" Be Banned?
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And so a dilemma arises. You know you have sewn up top spot on the ladder, you have the finals series ahead of you, and you do not want your best players injured. Oh, and you are also playing your main challenger for the 2011 AFL Premiership in the final round. What is a club to do?For the Collingwood Football Club, this was the situation facing them against the Geelong Cats. Although they had played (on paper) a very strong line-up, and started well enough to jump out of the blocks to a 19-...
Would The Demon "Leaders" Please Stand Up?
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Quite obviously, Melbourne have endured a horror two months ever since beating Richmond in Round 14, which has only seen one victory in that time, that being a hard-fought victory over lowly Port Adelaide at TIO Stadium in Round 17. However, in between that win against the Tigers, and the loss in the return meeting in Round 22, Melbourne's average losing margin has been 73 points in this time - including that horror 186-point demolition against the Cats at Skilled Stadium in Round 19.A...
Loyalty In The AFL Still Exists
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I heard the news not long ago that Jack Trengove, Max Gawn and Luke Tapscott had decided to pen new deals with the Melbourne Football Club, Trengove to the end of 2015, Tapscott to the end of 2014 and Gawn to the end of 2013. Finally, some good news after two weeks of turmoil.Let's not forget here that these three are second-year players on the list, and have publicly stated their future will remain at the Melbourne Football Club. Yet there is another second-year player who has attracted all...
Watching History Unfold
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I'm probably the first Melbourne supporter to admit this: I was at Skilled Stadium yesterday.I'm still not sure what to make of the game. I can't even be sure that this will be a one-off performance - in fact, we might even lose to a similar amount against the Blues or the Eagles.Certainly, as I turned up to the ground in the morning, I expected at least a competitive performance - that being a six or seven goal loss against a virtually unbeatable team up at Skilled Stadium.Not even the Casey...
The Ultimate 2011 Melbourne Preview
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There is an air of expectation at the Melbourne Football Club's Family Day at Luna Park in St Kilda. Thousands of Melbourne fans line up, eagerly awaiting a glimpse of their heroes. The fans height of expectation is one of great magnitude, one that is matched by the MC on the day, football operations manager Chris Connolly.The joys of trying to break a premiership drought stretching nearly 50 years with a young team. In the meantime, fans are trying to preview their season for their benefit -...
Why Melbourne May Benefit From Losing Tom Scully
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Many fellow Melbourne fans may disagree. But I believe Melbourne may just benefit from losing Tom Scully to Greater Western Sydney, who will play their first game in the big time against the Gold Coast Suns and Sydney Swans next week.I do not say that lightly of course - he is, after all, the 2009 #1 Draft Pick and achieved second place in last year's Rising Star award. There is also THAT game against Footscray in round 7 showing us his talent. However, it's what will be gained out of the draft...
Bombers In Jumper Clash With AFL
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Last night, I attended the Melbourne V Essendon match. Sitting at the Coventry end, about six rows back.Unfortunately, despite the wonderful game that ensured, fierce controversy has also surfaced - mainly as a result of the jumpers both teams wore. Melbourne in their home strip - and white shorts, and Essendon, also in their home strips, and black shorts. Now, having been a football supporter for many years, I seem to recall correctly that under the revised laws of the game (since the clash...
Is It Time To Take West Coast Seriously?
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This season may be one of vast improvement for the West Coast Eagles. In previous years, we were promised a lot from this same team and they embarrasingly failed to deliver, culminating in the club's first wooden spoon in their 24 year history.Yes, it is the first round of the NAB Cup, and yes, the first win against Hawthorn was one against their B-team, one which was unconvincing after half time despite a good start. It was the second game, against a Fremantle team that is rather close to its...
Fantasy Disaster - Young Superstar Injured
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It is every Supercoach and Dream Teamer's worst nightmare - a young, cheap player who looks like scoring big points in fantasy footy going down with an injury.Which is precisely the case for those who have picked Fremantle's Tendai Mzungu.Mzungu, recruited only this season, is only worth $110,200 in Supercoach and $97,600 in AFL Dream Team. However, he has been Fremantle's shining light this pre-season, exciting fans who believed he is as much a bargain as Michael Barlow was in his sensational...
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