dieter

I am always grateful for your training reports and insights. Thank you.

I know what you mean, my mother was born in Serbia!!!

Great photos.

Didn't he write 'Death on the Installment Plan' and 'Long journey to the end of the night'?

Also, between you and me, I get excited when we have Indigenous players on our list. I loved/love watching Colin Graham, Les Bamblett, Sean Charles, the greatest Farmer, Mat Whelan, Andy Lovett, the mighty Davey, Mr Byron, Jay KH, Mr Fabulous Jetta, Harvey Bennell, and the very great Liam J. And I am the biggest fan of Jeff G. In fact, watching magicians like Eddie Betts, Syd Jackson, the Riolis and their like is one of the great glories of Aussie Rules.

Not to mention Bee Gee Falsetto singers!!!! I'm so glad we signed him. God be praised.

I understand now: the descendants of Logie winners make great Demon Footballers, right?

Jimmy who?

No training reports mention have mentioned one of my favorite Melbourne players, Jeffie. What's the word, Bros?

What a sad outcome. There was a 'something fish'y odor about this from the start. How ironic we swapped him for Clark. I recall that it flashed through my tiny mind when Dawes was in the Casey trenches in his Demon tracksuit encouraging and coaching the Casey players as they interchanged in the Box Hill game late in the year. I wondered why Lumumba wasn't there as well.

That is very funny, made me laugh. However, I also feel for Yarran, I wouldn't wish his situation on anyone.

Agree.

My man from WanG His name is Chron About that player Oliver He wasn't wrong. Psycho, he said, not one brain cell in his head.

Also heard from a Wang man who was on North's list in Barrasi's time that Mr O had a 'psycho' reputation with trainers and staff and coaches up north, that he needed constant affirmation and attention. I love the man's skills, apart from his Maloney-like bombs, and I'm just wandering why nobody but us rated him as a draft pick.Sounds like he might have a bit of 'shock therapy' to deal with before he becomes a real player.

I thought any mention of the noble taitie was banned on this site???!

As an Irishman, I want to know if he is a connoisseur of the Noble Taitie?

This was not directed at Spud Jack, it was directed at all the spuds who have masqueraded as Melbourne footballers for so may years and made us weep and howl.

And Plan B?

Yes, Nikolai Raskolnikov.

A spud is a spud is a spud. I shall ignore the ad hominems from sanctimonious men who no doubt took part in the pagan orgy called The Cup who woke up feeling worse for the ware, their wallets empty, and that will be my last word on the matter until I discuss this further with my Russian Physiotherapist/psychiatrist/spud namer. ( You know the saying, scratch a Russian find a potato.

Melbourne has a history of Juice Newtons. need I mention Hugh Bromell and John Tillbrook?

I agree with you. In the end this is a Demon Supporter forum. I've been a supporter since 1959 - 10 years in the Western suburbs of Melbourne, Jungle land - and have watched them play like spuds from 1966 to 1975, 1977 till 1986, from 2006 till 2014. Many 'great blokes' have been shredded though the spud machine in that time. I last played in a final at Under 16 level where I rucked against Laurie Sandilands and kicked two goals. After that footy just became too rough for me. I am, after all, a gentle soul.

No, he's Russian, probably a Sputnik.

The trouble is he's not my Psychiatrist. His function is to fix my arthritic knee...

Plenty. Especially the ones that whinge about how bad we're going and then get sentimental when we're finally able to say goodbye to the spuds that kept making the same mistakes, time and time again.