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That's the closest we've had to a sage post. About thyme, too.

Don't be a Dill. He's Oregano. I'll see myself out.

Says it all:

Expect that a contract extension, adding 1 more year to his existing, is very close to being announced for Vines 👏

A few weeks ago I stopped in at the IronClad Hotel in Marble Bar. Here are some pictures. Apparently Kosi brought the cup to the pub.

I attended training and said to trac "trac I hope that you get better soon." He replied thank you. Chin, Petty, Salem, and Lever were doing rehab on boundary. Steven May was training, but wearing a hat. The training was an easy session with a lot of kicking soccer balls, goal kicking from angles under control of Mark Williams, and kick to kick. I assume this to help with recovery from in the heat on Saturday. It is easy for me to get to training as I live in Richmond, and can walk there.

Coriander? He’s gone Tom Morris reckons the Pies are clean out of Coriander Bad signs

This is such an important point. One of the (many) things that really frustrates me about how footy is covered by the media is the thread of blatant hyprocicy that runs through it. Take the way clarry's situation has been covered Media people love to bang on how great footy clubs are in terms of 'wrapping their arms around' players who are experiencing personal issues. But then all season they get stuck into clarry and the club because it's great for clicks. And give the club very little, if any, kudos for how they have wrapped their arms around claz and support him through what is probably the most difficult period of his young life. And, similarly don't give claz kudos for his commitment and the work he is doing. It's particularly galling when it's ex players who are being hypocritical given every one of them would understand how challenging the whole thing us. Even more galling is the completely disingenuous coverage about all things players struggling with mental health issues. Actually, disingenuous is being kind. The media is a huge part of the problem and rarely a meaningful part of the solution.

You are a national treasure. I will tune into channel 10 news for the first time in a decade to see Adrian quivering as he delivers the news that the MFC is the happiest place on earth.

Absolutely beautiful man on and off the field. Thanks for helping us achieve the ultimate and thanks for always being a fantastic teammate and clubman. You can be incredibly proud of everything you’ve achieved in your career.

After all he was talking to Kale Chandler

Short but sweet, what a man!

Would have thought Kentfield would be given more than 6 months

Melbourne fan threatens reporter for saying bad things about her club. Coriander was exchanged. Things got nasty. Tom Morris over and out.

[censored] off Tom Morris, we have WCW ❤️

Imagine if this was all just an elaborate scheme to embarrass Tom Morris..

What a great get for our club. On and off the field. These are the characters that make a club great. Loved what he brought on the field. Really straightened us up and sometimes forced the oppo to play an extra tall and go outside their usual 'preferred' line up down back. He also drew plenty of frees just through worrying his opponent as he would attenpt to mark the ball at its highest point on the lead and did so quite often. There were the little one percenters. A hand in here. A fingertip there. An outlet relief mark down the line to help out Maxy on occasions. Sometimes he'd even drift right down to the last line for the odd intercept save the day mark. His accuracy was also up there, which meant if you could get it into his hands he would goal more often than not. Who'll ever forget his mark from behind and goal as apart of the bang bang bang bang passages late in the third. The Dennis Lillee run up! Thanks a million Benny boy and enjoy the after life.

Cumin guys. Enough! Micro herb joke above

Mint!

I shall never forget his 3rd Quarter Goal in the GF. The Big Arms went up together…. Thanks Benny Demon Legend

His goal in the 2nd Quarter of the GF when nothing was going our way was so clutch. Blessed to have him in the Red and Blue for 45 games. All the best BBB - forever a premiership Demon!

I suspect WCW you have provided us with the most significant thread/contribution from you for the year with the focus on and breaking the Trac story and accompanying content. We're all sleeping better tonight. Now a lead story online in the AGE but with interestingly no leaking of meeting content, just that it occurred. Much appreciated.

The two longest consecutively serving coaches in the AFL, Chris Scott and John Longmire, have two and one flag to their names respectively. Clarko and Hardwick have three apiece but they’re nowhere near it this year. Flags are a ridiculously tough metric to measure a coach on. Literally every single coach there’s ever been has been a dud if that’s the metric. We’ve only had one year under Goodwin where we’ve been uncompetitive, which was 2019. We’ve had four seasons (2018, 21, 22 and 23) where we’ve had a flag shot. He is 7 from 8 on competitiveness, 4 from 8 on flag shots, and 1 from 4 on flag conversions. That is comparable with the best in the business.

Thanks for popping over and helping us to a flag Benny. Legend!!!

Thanks Ben

Benny was unbelievable during that '21 finals series. He'll be a much loved figure in retirement. Hopefully we find a role for him off field so we can keep him around the club.

This is a great insight into training and your interactions. It has made me smile

This makes it sounds like we have one moonboot at the club

Is he the Wright person for the job?

On radio this morning Morris played two grabs from interviews Viney gave last week. The first was given on Thursday but wasn’t aired until last night. He was strong about loving the club and said “I love the Melbourne footy club…no plans to not be a one club player”. The second was the post-match with Lynch where he says “nah” straight away and then the “we’ll see how the year plays out”. Morris argued this shows a change in Viney’s thoughts. I disagree. I think it strengthens the argument that the “nah” was his true answer and the rest is contract negotiation talk. Two days earlier, which was well after the North target story broke, he sat down and said he has no plan to leave. I might be wrong but I’m not at all concerned.

I've locked myself in for another year of cringe.

We could simultaneously acknowledge Brown, Hunter and Schache for their part in the 2021 premiership.

A huge thank you to our Big Ben Brown who joined us at a super critical time in our history and helped us break our 57 year drought, which has bought so much joy and happiness to all Demon supporters. Enjoy your retirement Ben and good luck for your future.

Sad to be losing two very fine human beings in BBB and ANB. Both exemplify that footy clubs are about more than footy.

if his body had held together in 2022-23 we would have another premiership

Straight into coaching our forwards next year. ;) Thanks BBB. What a ride 2021 was.

But not forgotten, he stood tall when it mattered. I still remember JB’S call, Benny Brown after Fritsch kicked back to back goals. Bugger it, I’m going to watch the GF highlights now.

Does he live on the second floor?

I hear he’s asking for a mint

Don't go shy on us now @WalkingCivilWar? Door stop him. 😜

Don't need to find a backup ruck if your main ruck never retires.

https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/1633042/gawn-inks-new-contract/

legend.. essential that the dees try to keep him involved in club activities as much as possible. would be a great wellbeing officer.

Thanks WCW...have our training reports ever been more wholesome??

But but but we have negative one ruckman on our list beyond Gawn, so how is giving Gawn another 2 years bad for our list health? We are not exactly brimming with ruck talent. Does anyone seriously think that Gawn wouldn't be able to contribute, even as a backup, in 2 seasons? Look at some of the absolute NQRs that have rucked in a premiership after the age of 30. If Gawn drops his output by 50% in 2 years time, he will still be better than half the rucks in the competition. Besides, it's ridiculous to suggest we signed him as a PR move, he didn't decide last night to take George on a bike ride, then call Tim Lamb and say "George finally learnt the words to the song, let me sign a 2 year extension".

Did see him in the Melbourne change rooms on Saturday so here’s hoping!

Ben Brown should run out with the Side on Friday, go through the Banner and then jog around the Boundary He certainly deserves a Send off…

Absolutely tone deaf clueless thread