dieter

If anyone mentions Jed lamb again I'll put them on ignore.

I was quoting Tania Plybesek. But you make an excellent point, for once.

I was sick. FMD, Australia is meant to be a mature country, Just goes to show you.

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.

It simply stupefies me how often I agree with your football assessments. Balances out my incredulity about your other views on the state of things.

An incredible genetic leap means sfa because he hardly holds any marks: much as I love the guy.

Keep in mind, though, that Hawthorn and the Cats have aging lists, all they've done is supplement their here and now deficiencies, while the Demoon List, apart from Jones and Lewis, is young and full of promise. I understand that Mahoney and his crew saw that what we need is a ready made back up for Gawn, another classy, tough proven backman and another running defender. Why would he need to tinker more?

darrel baldock?

Surely you'd prefer a Schmidt?

There is/was only one Peter Marquis.

They're using the current government with it's conga line of temporary 'leaders' as an example.

Do you mean Mackie Messer?

I'll call the Fire Brigade.

Pending lobotomies, I presume.?

Probably a bit high brow for the Demon hoi polloi. ( Proust is boring anyhow. As boring as Gerald Murnane.)

My ex North player acquaintance rang me in a panic this morning and said the worst thing he could imagine had happened: Tyson to North.

SHH. Fritsch is our secret weapon. And, please, VDB is Dutch. Call a Dutchman German at your own peril. I made the mistake when I was 15 and got a lecture about the bombing of Rotterdam. I had to point out to the demented Dutchman that I was born in 1950 and had nothing to do with it.

All for this. The Demons looked awesome when the Germans ruled: Schwartz and Neitz. We now have Weidemann and Preuss. Watch us fly.

Personally, I believe May's girth is evidence he's a spud muncher, to say the very least.

An ex Norf player when Barassi was de Bwana rang me this morning and said, Oh, shite, we're getting Tyson. We spoke about him earlier in the season. He said, Tyson is useless: he keeps turning the ball over. And it takes him forever to make a decision about which opposition player is going to hurt Melbourne the most...

Great News. I love the way he plays. Look forward to a fitter version wreaking even more crashing plunder.

A very unfortunate state of affairs. Imagine his hygiene plight after going to the loo.

Is a faux pas like a pas de deux, I.E. a golfing term? Re build a gallow? Make a gallow great again?

Sign of over oaked whisky. John Grant from Glenfarclas taught me this....

Hopefully no miners were involved...