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A few of us from M9 will be at the Barwon Club. About the closest pub to the ground.

Rance's knee - ouch.

The Godfather (III I think).

"It's not personal. It's strictly business". Michael Corleone.

From Bigfooty: Since 2007 when we beat Melb by 5 Pts at MCG Rd 6 and 89 pts at Footy Park Rd 17 we have played Melbourne; MCG........ 3 times 1 win (2013 79 pts) and 2 losses (2009 11 pts and 2017 23 pts) Darwin..... 3 times 1 win and 2 loses (2010 1 pt and 2011 21 pts) Alice........ 3 times 3 wins Footy Park 3 times 3 wins Adelaide O 4 times 3 wins and 1 loss (2016 40 pts) For an 11-5 record They don't like playing us at the MCG. Not sure how the poster has drawn that conclusion. BTW they're going to be missing quite a few key players incl Dixon, Wines, Ryder and Hartlett. Mooted there'll be four debutantes.

Not sure if it's been mentioned elsewhere, but Jake Lever is on AFL Tonight 700pm.

Where do you live - northern hemisphere, or I am expected to turn my laptop upside down (nah, that wouldn't work either)?!

I'm glad to get your report. My mate Pete (a Crows supporter) taught Tom a few years back (in SA) and asked me yesterday how he was going. Pete reckons he spotted Sparrow as AFL material very early on. Said the Crows were bound to grab him had we not,

This new learning amazes me, Wadda. Explain again how sheep's bladders can be employed to prevent earthquakes.

Mentioned in today's Age that Neitscke did his ACL last Friday and will miss 12 months.

An apology if it's been mentioned: according to KB and Doc the EFC is offering a 2-ticket, 1 game membership for $25. That should see their membership hit the 100k. I could do the maths, (but won't)and calculate how many of these mships Paul Little could purchase with the $6.5b he reaped from the sale of Toll.

Round 2 we play the Cats on Sat night (March 30) at KPark. https://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/sport/afl/afl-fixture-2019-geelong-cats-to-play-melbourne-at-gmhba-stadium-in-round-2-blockbuster/news-story/8d5bc68bca9409e675f077cf5f7889d0

So Crows in the Alice and Freo in Darwin looking most likely.

Kade may be a favourite with a select group of our members: https://global.k2skis.com/en_AU/homepage/

Hogan to CHB (as Roos suggested). Frost FB. Oscar - Casey?

Given that ANZAC eve 2019 is a Wed, I'm wondering if a Thurs night game may come into play for us.

Maybe North see Daw as being Goldy's successor (the next NicNat)?

I'm not sure if this has been posted, but it's a summary of his 3 seasons prior to 2018. I get the feeling that coming from a rugby league background he may not position himself all that well as he rarely gets into double figures for disposals at any level (3 from 8 AFL games) AFL http://www.aflplayerratings.com.au/Ratings/Player/121035/Braydon-PREUSS

Er, just a reminder that Paul Little sold Toll to the Japanese for $6.5 billion.

I got it. But it's spelled Prius!

Trust me, if you're a surfer, as I am, you'll stay well away from a surf spot that has ideal waves day in, day out, if you can't surf.

Aside: Hogan is in Bali primarily to surf. That means his foot is 100% or close to it. Hogan may not be the sharpest tool in the shed, but he wouldn't risk a $million contract (from either club).

I recall when the biggest banner was unfurled, but I can't remember the wording: " .... the Magnificent Masters of the MCG". Can you complete/correct? One of my funniest moments was sleeping out for a GF ticket (club allocation) in 1965 with my Dons mate. We were warned that officers would be patrolling Yarra Park so we scrambled up onto a ledge on the old Northern stand above the ticket box. We both slept in and awoke to see a queue 100m long snaking up towards Jolimont station. We meekly scrambled down and took up a spot at the tail of the queue.

Mal, do you remember Mick Pearce? I thought there was a black and white clip of him holding a run-through circa 1964. I remember Mick sitting with the cheer squad in the 1980's. He worked up at Buller and didn't get to many games. Re the (fence) banners: from memory they were 'assigned' to cheer squad members as they were taken from ground to ground. I know I had charge of the "Never say die Demons" for a short period of time.

Jesse and new team mate Andrew Brayshaw.