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Same article as the one in the 2010 Heartbeat mag I got in the mail yesterday!

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    That is Schwab's blog.

    We are lucky.

    I look forward to watching them grow in 2011.

    But if they don't win X amount of games I am going to have the blowtorch out! And questions will be asked! And we will complain to afternoon radio!

    Grr!

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    If we dont get at least 19 wins, I think I might just spontaneously combust.

    Cos you know, that's how many we had in 2010, but we just didn't completely win all of them.

    Look, its a complicated concept, ok?!

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    If we dont get at least 19 wins, I think I might just spontaneously combust.

    Cos you know, that's how many we had in 2010, but we just didn't completely win all of them.

    Look, its a complicated concept, ok?!

    You're a [censored].

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    The first thing I'm doing is praying to whatever deity cares to listen, that we don't suffer any major pre-season injuries... once we are past that hurdle, then I'll start thinking about how many games I want us to win :-) Have to feel for Freemantle who appear to have lost Morabito for the entire 2011 season with a knee injury; he is an enormous loss for them.

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    You're a [censored].

    I have to work at it.

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    WATCH THEM GROW

    What an article!

    Co-incidentally I've also written about Thomas Wentworth Wills for the third part of the Indigene series which looks at the co-founder and the role of Aboriginals in his life and in the formation of the game.

    However, my story of Tom Wills is of a tragic figure and there's not much bright side in his life apart from the fact that he was a champion sportsman. His grandfather Edward Wills was convicted at Kingston-on-Thames Surrey of highway robbery and arrived here on the notorious convict death ship Hillsborough. The family reputation suffered further humiliation when Edward's son was later elected to Victoria's parliament (er, just kidding). Things get worse but you'll have to read my article. Also, while it's true that Wills was secretary of the MCC but he played most of his football with Geelong in the early days of football so the connection with our club is not that great.

    Moreover, whilst it might be a romantic notion that young Tom developed the rules of football from the games he played with indigenous youngsters around the Moyston/Ararat area, most historians consider the roots of the game came from Wills' experiences at Rugby school in England.

    That said, I agree with Cameron Schwab's sentiments in the bulk of his article. Our club is rejuvenated and I'd like to think of it as a stayer in the vein of Wills' cousin and co-founder of the game HCA Harrison who lived twice as long as Tom and was around in 1926 to see the club win its second premiership flag.

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