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The world’s worst kept secret is now almost official.

Brown is not on the AFL site’s Casey Demons team and, as stated above, Jack Bell’s name is now on the interchange list.

If Brown is out because he’s been elevated to play for Melbourne, then surely he’s replacing Tom McDonald.

A butterfly flaps it’s wings at a VAFA B Section game and it’s effect is felt at the highest level of the game!

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    4 hours ago, Deeoldfart said:

    After the ‘downer’ against Freo, there have been a few very early signs of the re-emergence of MFCSS amongst some Demonland colleagues.  It’s a horrible ailment, and extremely contagious, but fortunately, a win against the Swans will put that to rest. Dees in a hard-fought 19 point win, to curtail an epidemic for at least another week.

    The  premiership is a great vaccination against MFCSS, but I would like a booster in late September ...

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    48 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

    On those rumours about TMac being out and replaced by Mitch Brown from the Casey team, I can say that one of the emergencies for Casey, Jack Bell who was selected to play for Old Haileybury in its VAFA B Section game today, didn’t take his place in the team. Could it be that he’s been called up to fill in a vacancy for the Casey Demons caused by Mitch’s elevation to the AFL Demons?

    Top shelf detective work right there.

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    1 hour ago, Lord Nev said:

    How do you know it's a 'regulation twisted ankle'? Or do you think it was worse than we all initially thought anyway? They only reported it as an ankle injury/soreness which leaves it pretty open.

    He seemed to tweak it a second time during the game and if it's a higher strain they can take a while to get back near 100%.

    I only thought it was regulation because he played the game out against North and didn’t seem to be in horrible pain. But hey I’m not a doctor, much to my parents’ disappointment. 

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    Having a crap day? Could be worse: I’m at the ‘G now and just realised I’ve lost my purse. I messaged my son to have a look for it in my bedroom. He messaged back ‘what does it look like?’ I messaged ‘fair question since I have thousands of purses in there.’ 🙄 Silence for 20 minutes. Then he messages me ‘is this it?’ and attaches a pic of a huge biscuit tin full of junk jewellery. 😑 But it gets worse, he says, ‘hey, I found these dope big jangly fake gold earrings. Can I have them?’ 😳


    2 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

    I only thought it was regulation because he played the game out against North and didn’t seem to be in horrible pain. But hey I’m not a doctor, much to my parents’ disappointment. 

    Haha I hear that.

    Ankles can be tricky though, they can be one of those injuries that ends up way worse the next day or so. I did mine a million times in both footy and basketball and it would vary from being able to pay out the game after a few minutes pain to not being able to play for weeks. My experience was the higher up the strain the worse it would be, which is why i wondered if that's maybe what happened to TMac.

    Any further word on Mitch Brown?

    I like M. Brown for his Cam Pedersen like work ethic and present up form

    Gives us a different dimension to the predictable Bomb-on-Head approach of recent weeks

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    Big game.
    Sat'day night free to air.
    Time to show the comp why we're a game clear on top.
    May all our kicks be straight.

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    Just now, dees189227 said:

    I think trac owes us from last week. I know he had the flu but he chose to play & didn't really contribute

    He will as have him as my SC captain. Go Trac and go Dees


    6.18pm on the MFC website

    no late changes 1 hour 7 minutes to go

    9 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Looking for big games from Jackson and BBB.

    Brown and Brown purveyors of fine ale. Trust the batch will be hatched during tonight’s match. Otherwise it will be down to Young (&) Jackson(‘s).

     

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    If Benny is a teetotaler 0.0 Heineken

    Mitch Brown is out there warming up 

    1 minute ago, DeeZee said:

    Mitch Brown is out there warming up 

    Yep...no sign of Macca yet


    I've just got out of the pool.  How is the weather at the G?

    Thommo and Mitch Brown.

    Good mates off the field who be absolutely rapt to be in the seniors together.

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    4 minutes ago, Jontee said:

    How is the weather at the G?

    It feels like it's about 30 degrees outside.  Fahrenheit, that is.

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    1 minute ago, Jontee said:

    I've just got out of the pool.  How is the weather at the G?

    Effing cold!!!! Bring blankets! No rain, and the VFL game showed no signs of swirling wind. Both Browns warming up. Nibbler’s already run a half marathon, Tracc kicking to Greg Stafford along the line of the centre square. Maxy just hacky-sacked the footy 8 times before losing it. Tracc just squeezed a goal 45m out on 45 degree angle! Bowser did same from boundary line, didn’t deviate, didn’t flutter, split the goals perfectly. 

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    JJ just landed 2 torps from the Telstra 5G logo on the 50. Both went through mid-post high. BRING BACK THE TORP!!!!!

    Hey guys!! Got some inside goss

    hearing T Mac might be late out for Brown

    cant reveal sauce!

     

    TMac out makes things tougher for sure. Also is interesting that if the Brown/Weid twosome Brown got the call up. Hate to say it but this looks like curtains for Weid at the Dees, really wanted him to come good but it just doesn’t seem to be happening. 

    As for M Brown; play your role, that’s all we ask. 


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