Timothy Reddan-A'Blew

Footy Classified just had a piece highlighting the 2021 improvement in his kicking, both choice of targets and delivery to those targets. The already 'wow' getting 'wower'.

We are becoming news! The music program host on my very un-sporty local rural community FM radio station, in her Happy Birthday segment, just wished the Melbourne Football Club one, for today's anniversary of the club's incorporation in 1859 (after it's formation in 1858) ??? !! ? ??

Now it's 9 games. Does anyone have the stamina to fully look into the 'afltables' source material for TPF39's post to see whether anyone ahead of James played their winning games from debut in the firsts consecutively? I looked at a couple of the other 9s and they didn't, and I checked ahead and Mumford didn't.

Not just yet DA (it's your fault having those initials!) Props to you, WCW, and Lucie and Mr Stone, for your 'encryption' of MFCSS. I got as far as 'Spooner's campanologist...' then my brain caved in... I'd actually only meant to throw out a challenge for an 'antagonistic or belligerent' alternative for 'Supporter'. May I contribute 'Skyisfalling'?

Any suggested cryptic crossword alternatives, WCW??

Haven't ventured into here for a while. Noting recent streak discussion. Football talk? How did that happen?! While I'm here, what's all the banana talk? Not knowing is giving me the 'Banana Splits' (cue references, video of cult '60s/'70s 'children's' TV)

"It will be a great venue for Storm to train (at)". This, and the modest $17m cost; I don't think they're moving there. Just a 'community contribution' to local grass roots, and potential talent pool maybe. The Casey Fields 'makeover' was $8m.

52,421 was the final tally announced by the AFL in August 2019. We crossed 50,000 some time in May, so we're tracking OK, I guess, particularly if there's a COVID effect as is apparently affecting attendances. Interestingly, at the time, Pert noted our target was 60,000.

Doin' it again, Craig? From the country, I'll have to be with you in spirit on Sunday. You'll Never Pat Malone.

Demonland's most esoteric ever thread? But props for the passion, Craig-Soon-To-Be-Someone-Else!

My old-fart memory somewhat different, Sis, and just youtubed Bobby Skilton's career to confirm it was red and white hoops. Then went further back to find ditto in Bob Pratt's time. So... ...they should have hooped it!!?

Mods, in this wonderful year, leading to severely increased 'Landing and, consequently posting, for Me, I'm finding quite a few threads that I want to like, haha and/or thank post after post; herein another example! Can you introduce a thread reaction bar??

Kudos to everyone for the foregoing amazing, detailed analysis. Beyond my range, and I dips my lid. Anyway, two coaches (one a loser and one a winner) have put centre clearances at the top of their agenda in preparing for their match next week. Should be something to watch!

I wasn't able to see the game (but am now enjoying this read!?) so in case they don't feature again anywhere, could someone post 1. RDB singing the Song, 2. The post-match Tom MacDonald.

Got her Aussie rules chops playing at ANU. Good on her - my (post grad) footy alma mater, early '80s in the Monaro Australian Football League. But no girls then ☹

5) Embrace diversity and inclusivity.

Goodwin very bullish about him in his weekly presser.

(First, Likes, Hahas and the odd Shocked to everyone on this thread. Then...) Reckon it was the big fortune he turned his back on; he got the small one...?

Bummer for the hopefuls, but the Ones will play so uniformly excellently on Sat night that there'll be no place for them next week anyway...

From the 'comfort', at last, of where we sit for the moment, I've braved a look back at 2013, Colin, and I agree. But the corpse (sorry, Mark) was prepared in round 1 then desecrated in round 3 and rounds 5 to 11. Excluding our GWS win in round 4 (involving our best-ever quarter of 12.2, which we needed! - I sat at that city end amongst the GWS supporter (sic) and strangely this quarter is what I remember clearest of the year...), our percentage was 42% and, worse, the opposition had had 363 scoring shots to our 167 - so it could have been worse! Every team, including GWS, kicked 100+. With '148' in round 2, Essendon got their biggest-ever win against us.

OK, one more appropriation? DATrippers is my weekly lifeline, WCW. I usually finish, often over several days and usually with several trips to Crosswordsolver, Thesaurus, Mr Google and occasionally Danword. Rarely do I not need explanations from the DATrippers of answers I've got! David is a fascinating bloke, isn't he!

So I see, Stone, and, with 7 pages of activity over several days, quite some interest created and quite a few familiar names! I think I remember it but it was before I'd built up courage to be a poster! I see you left it hanging with Engorged Onion's request for full 'parsing' - I hope he's 'let it go'... Time to stop appropriating this thread, so maybe a 'bump' some time, with new material from we closet (no more) cruciverbalising Dees?

I beat you to it, Rab (11.40am) but you provide the solid precedence! And we all know how much regard the AFL takes of precedence... p.s. You're all wearing out my 'Haha' finger - from adversity, great humour?

On the serious side, though, if the competition were to return to the horrors of last year, with hubbing, etc, by all accounts we would be one of the better adapters to it. Last year's hubbing seems to get a lot of credit for where the team is now as a bonded unit.

Someone has to say it, then: We are Premiers