Avid Essendon supporter David Thurling tackles the topical issues in footy in his weekly column - Thurling's Thoughts. He filed his second column for the season today.""In a football competition governed by a socialist doctrine that would make Karl Marx look like a capitalist, its somewhat bemusing to see the emerging dominance of a single team. The AFL has applied so many measures to even up the 16 team competition that we should all be happy to win a flag just once every 16 years. That would be fair and equal comrade."" Click here to read Thurling's full column.