Uncle Fester

He's done that for years. Says it before it has hit the boot. He really should have stuck to horse race calling.

I have. The 87 - early 90's teams were full of some seriously hard players. They'd beat this team by about 5 goals. That said this team is full of babies. In two years I'd expect that to be reversed.

If the kids are going to grow up and support AFLX, then maybe they need it.

Unsociable? Pfft! If those flogs don't want to get hurt then they shouldn't have tried to steal our ball in the first place.

What the...? Did someone drop acid in Gil's coffee as a joke?

I thought that too. He looked pretty happy that there were suddenly a bunch of team mates between them. I think a lot of Bulldogs have been found out this year. Not bruise free, per se, but not unhappy to see the team mate take the hit rather than themselves.

Scum sucking pigs covers the other 17 pretty well. 'We beat the scum sucking pigs on the weekend!' Or "I can't believe we lost to the scum sucking pigs!'

Geez that QB win must have rocked AFL house!

Crickets...

Like any rule change the smart teams will adapt and use it to their advantage, and the rest will play catch up. I'd like to think we have the nous to use it to our advantage.

Nope. The bolded is a cold, hard fact. Agree on the rest. I now assume that we will keep who we want to keep, and think that we will be a good chance at landing those we really want. It's an odd feeling, to be sure. On Salem... I think we have someone better than we possibly realise. To be silky on the outside and hard as a cat's head on the inside is a rare thing. And I also agree with the poster that said they think he has another level. He might even have two.

I like you akoo. Hints for the game: If a Saints player is tackled then yell 'Ball!!!!!' at the top of your lungs If a Demon player is tackled then yell 'He didn't have it!!! (once again at the top of your lungs) If the Saints get a free kick then yell 'Are you blind umpire?!?!?!? (top of lungs etc) If the Demons get one then yell 'About bloody time!' (lungs again) If a Demon supporter talks to you tell them that Big Max is a hero in Russia, then you will have a friend for life. If a Saints supporter talks to you pretend you don't speak English... if they insist then say 'Tracca should have gone number 1' then laugh. OK. Joking a little bit here. I hope you enjoy the game and the visit to our land, and that you can go back saying 'Those Aussies are mad. What a game!'

It does. It tells me that if this team played the other team of the last decade our percentage would be better.

Thanks. Yeah. I remember the heap. For one brief and glorious moment my team was top of the tree for the first time in my life... Then we fell out of it.

06 I think we were actually on top for a week or two

Mine seems to have a bunch of them. I mean probably 20% of the population of around 5K. I wonder if some local lad played for us way back when, but haven't found out the answer to that question.

Etihad is our biatch!

Fair enough. I can only go by what I hear on the radio up here in NSW. I'll no doubt see it later.

I don't mind your input. I see your point... but we need mongrel and pricks like that. We were pushed around for a decade. It's good to see us push back.

I always thought Maxwell was just an average player (but an above average thug), but in 2009/10/11 he was a superb general. He might not have been able to do it himself, but he was bloody good at making sure the young talent was in the right place at the right time. We've complained for a decade that we have had no older leaders, and now we have got one almost for free some think that we've lost in what was pretty much a gift. We will play finals. Of that I'm sure. And when we do Lewis will pay back his paypacket in the first game - and every young talent in the side will learn a million things from him.

I remembered the time in 2011 when Jack ran into the goal from pretty much the same angle, bounced the ball, and... It hit the ground like it was flat. He fumbled around, couldn't get it back, and then it went down the other end for a goal. Heart in mouth doesn't even get close.

Are they still doing that? I had some moron sitting next to me yelling that out all game one QB. I just kept saying 'Josh Fraser' I thought he was going to punch me by the end of the game, but I can handle myself and I guess he saw that. So sweet seeing Jack ice the cake. I hope my moron mate from long ago choked on his methadone watching that.

[censored] off back to Punt road you bloody fifth columnist

Had a slab on the result with a pies mate. Got a text at half time... 'How is that free beer looking, mate?' I replied 'don't count your beer until it's hatched' Hehehehe Got them to send $50 to MND. I can buy my own beer.

I guess not