Timothy Reddan-A'Blew

Please don't 'bite', folks. Let it stand as a view - possibly with a personal story attached, as you (and I) have in the thread's subject matter - and move on with the thread's specific purpose on its (strong) merits.

Something about Hurricane Tracy?

...forcing them to call their jelly 'jello'!

Attaboy!

This thread is like 'barley', or parliament with its privilege, isn't it, layze; you can safely say stuff that would elsewhere be roundly slinged and arrowed! 😄

@old dee, @Redleg; you are vertebrae* in this thread! How could you inject the slipped discs of actual football talk into it - and with nerve pinching negativity at that! Back to inanity, gentlemen, please! * (at least part of) the backbone

And this - another player reflecting positively on Greg Stafford: 'Staff's been huge'. I guess it could mean they like what he gives, rather than it necessarily being effective in games, but... https://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/1581845/demon-debut-hear-from-kynan-brown?videoId=1581845&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1718866510001

https://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/1581913/father-son-debutant-calls-dad-kynan-brown?videoId=1581913&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1718877408001n 'Go and be a great little teammate' Love* it. * Speaking of; fathers and sons expressing love for/to eachother. The world is sometimes getting better.

Shall I?... I reckon Max'll go 3. Door. Me. Out.

That's what a swingman can do, I guess?! (funny old language, English, innit?) Re the OP article, 'closing in on', as opposed to 'inks' smacks of Club (via AFL) media trawling for good news about us. As to DT himself, goodo!

D****d Autocorrect! (Though I did look it up: the record for his work is $270,000, apparently)

With this weeks 'ins', joining Chin and Kossie, and when that Casey beanpole clicks, all we'll then need is the other young White to join us and 'K' will become the new 'J' at the Dees! (...though oh for the sensible days of Ken, Kevin, Keith, even Kit)

Some elasticity, I guess, yes, though the 2020 environment was beyond what any masterplan could have allowed for... https://www.afl.com.au/news/617093/without-a-nibble-dee-alex-neal-bullen-goes-from-trade-bait-to-first-rate

Fascinating the threads that get preferred ongoing attention to ones like these. Thanks, @DeeZone, and go Pup!

A draft* or two'll get us out of it... *Yes, I know!

'...nor will the Demons repeat five posters and a shooting accuracy of under 30% in two games running...' June 2023 says hullo: 8.13, 8.18, 8.15, 5.15. September 2023 also gives a shout-out. 😉

( 1. Pls excuse my edit, DD 🙏 2. Midweek frivolity alert 😏 ) You reflect a concern widely expressed across our forum, along with the one about the four northern-state teams being favourite/favoured sons (and daughters) of the AFL. Is it possible this is all the AFL tackling the fixturing mess by stealthily engineering AFL seasons into a best-of-25 Collingwood v The North series? (possibly with a feeder comp of Carlton v The Centre/West?) The phantom of a 'Tasmanian team' being, meanwhile, the AFL's 'look-at-my-other-hand' conjurer's sleight? (For reference, D'landers - and D'luders? - might find the following, as representative of Dr Google's many such articles, of interest. I find myself to be (selectively) susceptible... https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ps.202000348 )

Club taking the no-news-is-good-news approach this week: https://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/1577370/inside-the-four-walls-our-property-manager?videoId=1577370&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1718521200001 (Good on him, and all the behind-the-scenes-ers, though!)

So, it's 'Bye-bye, Blake'? 😏

He's PMd me, folks. I'm off to find a good book now...

Thanks, D 🙂 Though I do agree with @Demonland: What freakin' (first) clue?! 😄

Goody comes close. #scandalsoftheturnbullera

Thanks as always, @Demon Dynasty 👍👍👍 'Stats' are always 'in the eye of the beholder' but surely your latest post and interpretation above should allow us to calm down a bit. I will.

Thanks. And that's OK; I know my plaice.

I'll fish a bit further, @Demonstone; I realise there should have been four categories (with examples now): 1. Football related and related to the selected players e.g. 'Scored goal with first kick' 2. Football related but not related to the selected players e.g. 'Share name with Brownlow medallist' 3. Not football related but related to the selected players e.g. 'Born in same month' 4. Not football related or related to the selected players e.g. 'Share name with famous guitarist' Ready, set, go again...