Timothy Reddan-A'Blew

And what sort of house do you live in Malt family? Sympathy. But, on topic, in the "Can we make the 8..." thread I nominated Brisbane at the 'G, Port in Alice Springs, Collingwood QB, Suns at the 'G, Freo in Darwin if they are sufficiently demoralised by then, and Carlton at the 'G as ones we should believe will be wins. I felt St Kilda seemed like an 8-point game: if we won, you could think the return match in Rd 17 at the same venue becomes similarly winable, with possibly the reverse being the case if we lose. Which, since then, we did. But now I think we're less fragile for that return. So add St Kilda Part II as a possible. The remaining 9 games were Suns on The Coast, Dogs, Hawks (twice!!) and Crows at the 'G, Swans at the other 'G, the other Coast in the west, Port in Adelaide and Geelong at Kardinia Park, and thought the other most possibles were Port or maybe one of the Suns, Dogs or Adelaide games. We've now achieved the Suns game so my possibles now represent 4 games: the St Kilda return, Port in Adelaide, the Dogs next week (BIG game) and Adelaide at home. So my fortune-tell was between 11 (more likely) and 15 (less likely) wins leading into a mouthwatering Round 23 at Kardinia Park.

Your pension admission also qualifies you for a position, dp, in the geriatricity ladder I'll be putting together once 20,000 has been passed. And quite a high one at the moment, too!

An SEN chat last week with a recently retired umpire canvassed the need for the skill of centre-bouncing as a problem for getting the required additional umpires. The umpire responded that an umpire who couldn't bounce could be 'covered'. So I guess this could also be applied to the ability to make decisions?

(A quiet announcement that the minor prize, for ticking over the 800th page, goes to the old(ish) devil himself)

And this consideration of moving to four umpires: it is for improvement in what areas, exactly? (I'm not aware of any of the current issues - well canvassed above - having arisen from the officiators being too far away from the matters officiated upon...)

50 VAFA C grade games then 2 years in a 'second tier' territory league for me (My identity creeps slowly now to revelation to my nearest and dearest!)

The first must still be a possibility (look what the loss of one player did to them last year - mind you, we are vulnerable in almost exactly the same way!) The second may not be as bankable as you'd think, particularly against young, no-fears, no-baggage, confident teams, such as we are becoming? The return Saints game on 17 July and the Weagles at home on 23 July may be a pivotal fortnight.

And back to the Casey guys: Are King and Weideman in any sense competing with each other for a spot? Max has the pinch-hit-ruck capability on his side (and, as a forward, is also a Darcy Daniher clone, as I've surmised on other threads).

Redpath seems the 'muscles' and Stringer the 'athlete'. Is this, then, dealt with by these match-ups? Other way round, possibly?

Time to Cement it? ...a longer contract, that is.

Well done, you old devil! Once we (i.e. you all) pass 20,000, I'll come back and do a 'ladder'. Three qualifiers so far. Keep 'em coming!

Anyone else? (Respect, OD)

It's late on the Sunday of a GREAT and PROMISING win, and a very pleasantly celebrated Mothers Day meal, so indulge me, please. And I promise (having raised it) that I'm not jockeying for the 20,000th! But, if I may, can I take this wide-ranging thread off on yet another tangent for a while? I have oftened wondered, Old Dee, how 'Old' you actually are and, by extension, how old the oldest of us are (in stark contrast, by the way, to our youngest-of-them-all team!) So, I'll start: 61. I stand ready to be beaten, and significantly.

If you can find it, have a look at the highlights reel of the second half of his 2015 season. I only stumbled on it in the week leading up to the draft, but I suspect it contributed to cheers going up in quite a few living rooms on draft night.

Where did you get that emoji, Tut? Loik it! Needs to be the opening for each winning 'Post Match Discussion'. Though, depending on who gets in first, there'll need to be Red (both cheap and quality), Single Malt and Party Drug Of Choice versions. Please research.

...and it's the Pink Lady game. Reflecting, on Mothers Day eve, that our club carries itself very well in this regard, get on to your social networks to get people there for that reason, as well as for the cracker game it should be.

Frenetic. I hope that's taken heaps out of their legs! (probably means nothing these days, I guess)

I'm not sure if this is what you meant Mr Leg, but I wasn't meaning to criticise the thread. It was just my ham-fisted way of pointing out the huge milestones that were approaching (and, I guess, the human nature that kicks in when milestone opportunities present themselves!) Nothing but respect (and fascination!) for the threadies here.

Totally off topic, What You Will, but your profile photo is EXACTLY the one I wanted to load for myself but I can't work out how to do it (the photo explaining why, btw!) How did you do it?? Meanwhile, everyone, keep the longsleever candidates coming. And are there any who had the red cuffs? (Did the red cuffs survive into the post-wool era?)

...And by the way, are its regulars jockeying to become the 20,000th poster, shuffling in the queue to win the choccies? And will it be on the nice round 800th page? Place your bets, ladies and gentlemen (and posters)

A while since I've looked in on this thread. How on EARTH did it become a FOOTBALL thread - AND in real time!? Aghast I am!

(Good luck, RBF. Hope you get an answer to your OP. But meanwhile...) Pop quiz: Who has worn the long sleeves in the post-wool period (which is when, btw?). Let me start with (at least on occasions): Paul Hopgood? Jeff Farmer? Cam Bruce? David Cordner?....

Impossible to measure and record but the degree of clangerness correlates directly with the force and emotion with which faces of supporters are buried in hands. I've been pulled up elsewhere for mentioning this weakness of Tom's (though acknowledging his many offsetting plusses) but his clangers do have a high Facebury score....

Nice sentiments, with which - of course - I can but agree, Mr Barrie-Vagg! On topic, ditto re all the love for Bernie. And the sentiments re Jeffie. Both are in the 'bring-people-to-games' class, I reckon.

Didn't see / haven't seen the game yet (away, and no access).Sounds like it will need the passing of either a few days or a few reds, or both (though if the first happens, the second will have been more than a few. However, just wanted to say I'm looking forward to the OP of this weekly thread being something reflecting good and sustained winning, as opposed to the here-we-go-again-it's-spleen-venting-time "Fire away". What will that new and improved OP say, and what sort of sustained performance will allow it to happen?