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I've heard he had coco pops for breakfast....

I'd say so, why else did they let him go?

No, ODee, just intuition.

For what it's worth, there has been chatter about Hogan for a couple of years now. I was heartbroken when it looked as though he was gone, but I've come to the conclusion that the 'Brains Thrust' behind Melbourne's recent success felt the Melbourne Football Club was better off without him. I can only assume their knowledge and insight is keener and sharper than ours, I also assume they had their reasons for brokering his decision to terminate his contract.

Used to be a great cinema, the Ravioli. Camberwell junction, I believe. I recall negotiating it before traffic lights, when men were men and women wished they weren't.

Me too.

I've just sprayed this site with Dettol and an Anti Fungoolie Cream.

A biffhead;nothing more nothing less.

h He looks like Charles' real father.

He wrote the soundtrack for 2001 apparently...

Good, another German.

Oi weh, now we're - or some of us - are judging players by their facial structure. next we'll have a Phrenology department.

You'll be surprised at how well Weidemann will mark when he's truly up and brim full of confidence. He is an awesome pack mark.

I wouldn't like to marooned on a desert island with any of you. Maybe Ernie, at least he could write...

Klep was there after my sentence was served. All I can say is we had a good cricket team, lost one game in 5 years and in that time we beat Assumption Kilmore twice in 3 weeks. They are about the only good memories, oh, and making my debut in the 'Firsts' Footy team in my last year - 1967 - when I heard we were going to fly to Tasmania.

It's now a co-ed school, unbelievable from the point of view that when we were there we were taught that apart from the Blessed Virgin Mary and your mother, women were the enemy. What's the latest scandal and what's your association with them?

Not surprised. Not long ago a former 1st Eighteen Captain rang me and said he would organise a lunch with some of the Brothers ( sic) and Priests( sic) but I haven't heard from him since, mainly, I believe because they know I have campaigned against their rule of terror and infamy on social media. It sounds like you know of their misdeeds, perhaps first hand?

Sounds like a soundtrack from 'Lunatic Asylum 1'.

i'VE HEARD THAT'S WHY HE'S BEEN TRYING TO KICK WITH HIS LEFT FOOT FOREVER. IT'S CALLED ARTISTIC PRESCIENCE.

Our Capricorn Fundamentalist daughter will simply not countenance the addition of one lentil to the Bolognaise sorce (sic).

Yes, I try to avoid lentils myself.

Anyway, Beel - I am one of the few literary trypes (sic) on this syte(sic) who knows you are really DA Devil! Emmanuel K, eat your heart out. And that Dalai just keeps getting fatter from Tibetan Takeaways...

I fail to understand why you'd think that. It's as though an assistant coach is not allowed to have an opinion, or, even worse, such an observation must not be made public. It's as plain as day that the Melbourne brains thrust had no qualms about his imminent departure so there must have been issues. If there weren't the 'issues' rumours would not keep bubbling to the surface. His dummy spits when umpires failed to reward him surely must have been one of the issues, an issue which Jesse seemed incapable of addressing. Or, maybe it was his 'Kicking 'Coach who despaired Jesse would ever lose that convoluted inclination to hold the ball as if he was going to kick it with his left foot...

I was at that game in Box Hill: he kicked 5 of them in the first half, he kicked some from a long way out, and he was marking everything that came his way. I also know someone who has known and followed Sam from his junior days and he has told me we ain't seen nothing yet. He is also full of praise for Sam as a human being. This guy is not a Demon supporter either...

In the scheme of things, Mahoney and Co have delivered what the Demons - on paper - need. Barring the unforeseen - injuries etc etc - we are in good hands. Also, a prediction: Do not write off the Oscar next year. The lad is about to blossom.