Timothy Reddan-A'Blew

It was to his family and friends, A. But your last sentence still holds! 😊

Is there a case to be made for quality over quantity in this post-St-Kilda, Docklands-vibe instance? Two things: Standing at the exit from Spencer Street station (I'm an oldster) for a quarter of an hour or so just before the start I was struck by the variety of evident Demons streaming past, particularly youngish people, and very particularly families with young kids, all very happy to be decked out in the red and the blue (in some degree of answer to those who last week saw a generation of Demons lost to ridicule and bullying during the week). Something of a resilient future there? Per my earlier post, the noise was not a 16,000-level noise. Fair call on the raw numbers, though: in 2025 the Eagles are 4th on the 2025 average attendances (and Freo are 3rd - so maybe there's a bit of a WA 'footy starvation' factor there?) But we're not too shabby in 8th place, ahead of Hawthorn and Geelong, notably)

Streamed on the Club's website, 11.30. This team's worth a look - although the talls carnage from last week puts a dent in ☹️

If you want to be positively distracted from what the crowd might or might not be, sit with the Demon Army. You'll always feel like you're at a 'biggie'. Kudos, as ever, to Our Army. p.s. Noticed a couple of apprentice chant leaders. Succession planning appears alive and well in this department of our Club. p.p.s. Singing the song before the final siren: both neck-hair-raising and slightly awks when it's a team of the calibre of WCE

The last time Dees and Dogs met after thumping wins in their previous games...

Maybe hope their bathwater is tastier than ours? There's certainly a lot more of it!

I thought there might be some earlier calls on Harry P's game, at least relative to his recent ones. AND as a forward!

In a week like this, particularly; so many posts, so little time! Sorry if I've missed this being posted by others... Zero HangerNorth Melbourne "weighing" up move for premiership defend..."They've discussed him and are weighing up a possible move for him in the trade period."Author duly noted btw - credibility factor, then, as previously established.

THIS! I haven't trawled the countless pages, but I feel the umpires own confusion and poor (confiicting?) communication with eachother, and the players, has not been recognised in the blame laying. At the ground, it was drawn-out, back-and-forth chaos. The other 30 minutes, however; well...

On the (fairly accurate) evidence of your first para, rjay, we kinda do?! 😉

ABC TV 7 o'clock news report stated that Brad Green had written 'a letter to members on behalf of the Board committing to bringing the Demons back to their glory days'. Well, no, the letter 'only' said that the 'Board and [he] are committed to doing everything required to have our AFL program performing at the level we all expect'. The latter could be interpreted as the former, by those expecting a return to the glory days (1950s/60s? 2021? 2021-23?) but it's just not what the letter said. Where and why does the media choose to apparently wilfully misrepresent? It's particularly surprising from the benign ABC news.

4 talls. Oh dear. Goldrick's final at 4.15 local, Sunday 3 August.

@Age was responding to my somewhat lightheartedly hopeful request, dg, not offering it up. I think it's now confirmed it's next to useless, and the slop should now finally be able to leave via the nearest drain! (though @danielE288's comparison suggests Club office bearers should stay away from said drain...)

Thanks, @Age. Wow... On balance: a) As it can't 'know' what it's saying, it's not surprising it doesn't; b) It needs a 'currency of information' algorithm; and, most relevantly, c) It seems locked out of Demonland. I was hoping for a neat synthesis of the myriad thoughts herein! Oh well... Thanks for trying.

Here as well as anywhere... Is it possible for AI to have too much source material? Anyone care to check by asking 'it', 'Why is the Melbourne Football Club so bad'? [hopes post is an appropriate balance of light and heavy heartedness...]

How to react to this morning's mail, after my <cough> 'contrasting' experiences at Casey and Docklands on the weekend?!

Anything this morning we can rail against? Or do we have the unicorn moment when they're all absolutely correct?

Thank you, 'bub! Thread back on ('off'?😄) track!

...however, tempering the awfulness of this new record tonight, it's sort of arbitrary, established between the arbitrary markers, within the whole game, of 3/4 time and full time. A Reddit poster notes (subject to checking, someone?) that the 'biggest “turnaround” in shortest time might be Sydney vs St Kilda, Rd 7 1994. Saints were down by 41 points with only 9 minutes left on the clock in the final quarter and came out 1 point winners'. The Saints took much longer to melt us this time... We may have the 'biggest' full-final-quarter meltdown but not the 'worst' final-quarter meltdown. That's as nice as I'm prepared to be tonight.

Arguably we own 'first' AND 'second' - a poster elsewhere noted our lead in the 1992 Bombers game stretched to 47 points at the 4 minute mark of the last...

Nothing perceived by the crowd, other than 'Baaaaalll!' for the Saint's tackle then 'Baaaaallll! for Bowey's. Hopefully Michael's at the game and not watching his TV...

Looks like you came in the wrong side, 'Numbers'? I did have to ask a couple of times where they'd hidden the 'vertical transport', but otherwise OK access (albeit arriving after game had started...)

With my slightly dodgy eyes from the level 3 gods, it looks like we're spanking the Pies. Nice, in my dreams.

My 'down on herself' comment arose after she 'dropped' a contested mark near the goal square. She followed up strongly, kept the ball in, got it inboard, and a teammate's goal resulted. But as others celebrated and the ball made its way back to the centre she was shaking her head and punching her sides. However, she showed a much lighter side joking with the Dees-staff goal ump when the ball was away.

That's a good 'Good lord', I presume? I particularly liked her team-oriented efforts -her worm-burner to McNamara was a gem. She still gets down on herself when she thinks she's stuffed up (she shouldn't, and she generally hasn't anyway!)