Elusive Tunbridge

My attitude to the "No T$" thread, exactly. So I don't read it, and I don't go on there urging anyone to close it. So the calls to close this thread are pretty suss, IMO.

I gather from this that you would like to see more being done to reduce racism in Australia, if only by others. Or am I misreading you?

Sorry to break this to you, but Bob Menzies is dead.

Paedo, you beauty!

You'd know.

All sorts of very good reasons why the booing might possibly not be because he's Aboriginal. Of course it's not about race. It's never about race.

Waddaya mean, "subliminal"?

For precision: "Indigenous" covers Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander. "aboriginal" refers to the original inhabitants of any land - aboriginal Canadians, for example. "Aboriginal" with the cap is accepted usage for the aboriginal people of mainland Australia and Tasmania. Accepted usage, of course, always rests on shifting sands, and any of these terms or their variants can be demeaning in the Right hands.

Hard to believe he'll play there. I'd have expected him to start on the bench and rotate through the backline.

I was about four seats away from him when he started up. Perfect expression of my feelings. I hope to see him again on QB.

King is still only 19, and it seems the club are not trying to hurry his development, but given our numerous NQR rucks the prospect of him becoming a genuine forward/ruckman is pretty heartening.

Exactly why is King on your list?

I understand the argument you're putting, franky, but what I saw from the Ponsford on Saturday made feelings of gloom and doom almost irresistible.

Yeah, I forgot that. But we do still have an LTI unreplaced.

I wouldn't be surprised if both Riley and Harmes come in this week. I'd like to see Max King get a run with Casey seniors - he needs to be well dug in there by the end of the season.

The thing that makes me think you're just doing a bit of vicious rumour-mongering is that you call Watts a FIGJAM. For all his deficiencies, he's not that. I don't know the real story behind his dropping, but I'm pretty sure you don't either.

With trolls like that, you need a BIG billy-goat.

In Dangerfield, Sloane, Shiel. Obviously.

Last night we were inept, fumbly and lacking in teamwork, particularly in the first half. I think this was mainly due to failing to respond to the Swans' pressure. Roos permitting McVeigh to run around unmarked didn't help. I didn't think we were timid at all, and I didn't see the Swans easing off in the second half. Next week will probably be discouraging again, but we're still well ahead of the last few years.

Plain, weedy nobody like Jesse would have no hope of finding a partner himself, especially in a small town like Melbourne.

It's a very big list - I wonder how many are part-time, or even casual? But I'm very pleased to see we have a Head Doctor.

I don't believe Eddie Everywhere would fancy becoming Eddie Irrelevant.

Perth is a very nice place to visit, but after six months the walls start to close in. And they don't have the G.

Sign of things to come, sooner rather than later.

Should be able to get a 40 goal first quarter, then lock it down and save ourselves for Sydney.