My old man and I were standing on the fence near the benches and Mick and his mate slid in next to us. We didnt recognise him until a bloke asked him for a signature. He was not a bad bloke, asking about some of our players, wheatley for example, daniel hughes (mainly because his son is a mate of his), he also said collingwood had a pretty good look at garland at the draft camp, and thinks he'll be ok.

A collingwood player that i was interested in was martin clarke, an irish recruit of there's who landed in the country from ireland only this year, and is now playing vfl seniors, and does not look out of place. Mick said he'll be good. I said how do you think he would rate against the other irish players, he said big jim probably still takes the cake then of course tadgh, and hopes clarke'll get close to em.

Both my old man weren't the biggest fans of the man pre sandy game, but he's not a bad bloke, he spoke openly and was just like another bloke standing on the fence next to you at the footy. He didnt pretend to know everything and was genuinely interested in the sandy players. He said when you go to these games you often only watch you're own team. We're all guilty of that.

Little surprises like that are the reason why we should all try to get out to the footy at sandy, and the fact that sandy win every game.

For me I thought Newton was head and shoulders above the rest yesterday. frawley looked very composed and clean. But Bizzell is gone, he looked very out of place and struggled. Neaves too looked ok.

The beauty of Newton is his second efforts and his ability to do the extraordinary. he missed a few, but his snap i think in the third was a beauty. ordinary plalyers cant do stuff like that. id love to see him in a dees jumper, but am prepared to wait.

Thanks for that. Wonderful insight. Keep 'em coming people.

You see? I'm yet to run into someone who regretted making the trip to TBO. EVERY demon fanshould make the effort when there's no clash. ESPECIALLY if you've travelled in for the demons game and have the other day free.

For me I thought Newton was head and shoulders above the rest yesterday....

This blokes name comes up way too often to be ignored. Won't be long before we see if in the seniors.