Timothy Reddan-A'Blew

Check out the Gary Lyon pre-GF interview with Simon on the Club's website. Is he the right guy? Hell, yeah! (p.s. Don't mind the nature and delivery of 'Gaz's' questioning either - very respectful and intuitive of what SG has meant to what has unfolded...)

Check out Lauren Magee's day in quarantine on the club's website. Enjoy the insight, Lauren? Sure did! Dedication, good humour, and remarkable tolerance to lukewarm styrofoamed sustenance. Looking forward to you smashing it this season, Lauren (our women's Jake Bowey!)

My 👍 is soooo tired...

This was his second goal, I think?

I'm inclined to agree, Jontee (and others) but I realise I'm seeing it from the perspective of an old fart whose work life was generally one of obligation. It's entirely likely the boys are doing what youngsters, used to being very fit, would be doing anyway while 'on holiday' (at least when the tempting alternative of 'seeing the world' is off the agenda!)

Mods, could the beer brand battle go to another thread? (maybe No T$ No B$? - give the bananas a shake!) Whenever this thread comes back to the top I think an announcement's been made!

Did it work, old dee? 😉

The Club is evidently publicly happy with it, given the 'Training Gallery' on the website (though you could be forgiven for thinking only Fritsch and Smith had 'permission'...)

I'm looking forward to this moving from annoying to just wannabe at their trek to the mystery that is Casey in 2022.

Words that are unfolding for me as these Tales unfold are quietness, humility, respect, wonder, embrace. What have others got? Maybe it's the 57 years - we'll see how they are after next year's premiership😉 - but I can't help thinking these boys stand apart for the character of their reflection, from the other teams who have been able to reflect on a premiership.

Snap, Brother! (see my post on the '3 goals in 32 seconds - the quickest 3 goals ever?' thread in Week One of our 'Bran Nu Dae' (aka 28/9)). As I incorrectly observed then, it was 'a beautiful tableaux', which I now correct to 'tableau'. Mind you, 25/9 held 'beautiful tableaux' aplenty!

MCG? Non-negotiable.

Source? (Indeed; GO DEES)

Another 'sliding doors' moment: Had it reached Brown, would he have converted, from the tighter angle? With the benefit of (much-rehearsed!) hindsight, Angus was never going to miss. While Ben...

@binman, @daisycutter, @John Crow Batty, et al, Just watched Haymes's 'All Of The Melbourne Goals' again (just 'cos we can, can't we?!) I'm now calling 'Mark'. Split-second thinker that he is, I reckon he turned and saw the then empty goal square, knew he had momentum in the right direction, looping around on his right, and knew he could at least bounce it through. (As to the possibility of 'touched', the Dogs player 5m from Salem certainly was trying, with an arm upwardly very outstretched, but the lack of umpire and Ch.7 response is telling) And on his other goal (re my query on behind-the-goals vision of it) I see now that he turns away from the kick and to the crowd before it's even half way to the (dead centre of!) the goals. Maybe a glance over the shoulder but, wow... Finally (yeah, right...) I've thought Bowey's kick* to Brayshaw was doubtfully 15m but I've come to realise that might have been the case as the kick was released but, during the camera angle change, Angus made, then dived, a good extra 5m. Ditto, wow... (*Also, I've been thinking Bowey's was another of the shortfall kicks in that passage; I reckon he was trying to spot up the mismatch between Brown and Daniel just past where Angus marked?)

@CHF (c.c. @Jontee) I missed it originally (you leave Demonland for half a day and this thread is half a dozen pages closer to 2022...) so belated thanks for your observations about the 'bottom (hah!) six'. We have such a Team!

Apologies, good sir, but it's yet another gift of this amazing team/year that we can make cheeky confident upgrades to others' posts. finish

Half mark @binman? Agree. Remarkable.

And this from the ABC, upon Oliver's dagger: 'Oh, and the Demons; they're seeing what Paradise must look like!' ☝️💪

Been meaning to ask: has anyone seen any vision of Petracca's dribble goal from behind the goals relative to where he kicks from? (like the vision used to debate Gawn's non/goal) I'd love to watch Christian's eyes and see the look/s on his face, as he bursts, assesses and releases.

'Twas indeed, Binman!🙂

The club has been doing a nicely spread out series of 'All The Calls' of some key plays. Makes you focus very pleasantly on stuff you missed in the 'All The Calls' of the whole game. I like 6PR's "Sparrow has taken flight from 50!" 🤘🤘

It won't be Collingwood or Richmond - we'll only get them once in 2022! 😄

Before anyone else says it, 'Junk time'. But oh what glorious junk 🤩

I second that! (worth more than just a 👍, dfa) We can write to Membership as well. This address gets a personal (though I don't know how influential) response: info@melbournefc.com.au You could also mount your 2021 membership card on your window!😉 I am particularly pleased to have this memento of this wonderful year!