Timothy Reddan-A'Blew

Slow news week?

Bit of knowledge in here. Thanks team. And thanks Clyde.

Answers LOTS of questions. Good stuff. From the Club, too, and nothing 'cagey' or 'vested' that I can see. Liked the double positive of Melky's on-field return and Tracc taking his field-side place. (Also relieved to here him saying 'Bella' instead of the awkward repeated 'my fiancée' in the AFL360 'interview' (I use the term parenthetically advisedly...)

With you all the way, Mon, except for the talent pool aspect, which is often cited in discussion of additional teams. Each new team would take 2-3 players' worth of quality from each of the other teams. They would be replaced, effectively, by the best 2-3 players from those teams' 'seconds'. Would we really notice a difference in the quality of games?

Your source, @Redleg? On second thoughts, doesn't matter; let's just treat it as a source of fun. 👍 North Kangaroos. Seamless. And once Daddy AFL has sorted the Hobart/Launceston tensions, the NT/Vic challenge will be a doddle. All of the Pacific, Jib; we need a BIG ambit claim cos Daddy AFL will duly redistribute our rights to the 'Pacific' Queensland and NSW clubs, and leave us with (if we're lucky) Cook and Pitcairn Islands...

I must have missed the Rivers and Salem malignancy...

...which, back on topic, I guess/hope Tracc will be able to get into well before he's ready for footy (can't remember if he's one of the Club's little-ball obsessives...)

My reference, DP: surely there's a cohort of (johnny-come-lately) 'cheerers for the red and the white' there? I guess, though, with not enough history to make them obnoxious? Yet...

There's another, depressingly impressive, AFL story going on this year that possibly makes your Sydney reality of only one colleague a blessing?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/afl/article-11985155/Collingwood-star-Mason-Cox-reveals-innocent-looking-bump-saw-lose-three-litres-blood.html I post this cos it exists, for people to get from it whatever they want, on club medical team diagnosing, media witch hunting, bountying, Cox, Collingwood, etc. To be clear, after witnessing the Gus game and the overwhelming aggressive energy of the Collingwood masses that day, all Collingwoodness is dead to me.

He does do that rather well! Most recently, https://streamable.com/l/ry7byq/mp4-mobile.mp4

Thanks @Demonland. Now that you've started this thread, could you bump, to here, my earlier post on this on the AFLW: 2024 fixture thread? Ta.

What's this about?

Another step closer to Season 2024: https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/1586316/hore-and-hanks-to-lead-again I'm looking forward to it a bit more this year, what with the men's season not going quite as expected, but also because it's going to be yet another step up in standard. Also, the discussion of this group of leaders makes me proud of the people in this Club. And we'll get to see the red and blue being skillfully and excitingly showcased for weeks beyond the end of August (hopefully September).

I was thinking maybe just a 🤔 for this, W, but, what the heck... This muted, arms length response contrasts with your previous inner-sanctum reporting from the Fritsch camp. Should we be worried?

I'd like to think he is as enthusiastic about footy, and his place in it, as his dad is. However...? No pressure, son. None at all.

Landsberger's unlocked the secret! Players go to the club they supported as kids. Why didn't we think of that?! Of course, Tracc will be off to the Pies then, too, any day now...

Which is which, 58er?

And now, have a smile: https://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/1585947/haymes-paint-artistic-showdown?videoId=1585947&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1719388800001

Yes, that is rather relevant atm, eh! There's room on the wall for when the blue and gold is swapped back for the red and blue, in time for '20 things from 20 years'. 😄

Maybe, Adonski! Though the pronunciation and double N might call for a double S and different pronunciation? A pretty nasty virus results 😬

Yeah, I noticed Steven May referred to him as 'Andy Moniz' in his announcement. I also noted in his 'phone home' vid that his Dad is 'Mick Wakefield', so I presume his Mum provides the (Portuguese) 'Moniz'? I did note, too, that his Mum will be in (formerly 'Portuguese') Timor for his debut (🙁) But that'll be another nation now following the Dees! (🙂)

I thought all that, too, W, but Kate's and Max's presences then represent the present and near-to-(as I equally expect)-mid future, whereas the '10 things in 10 years' theme was about those 10 years, where Daisy and Max were generational presences and representative of one of those 10 things - three reigning premier teams in 2020. But all this is very much a sidebar to the sponsorship/s and the mural as an outcome of one of them. Nice to see it in the background of the AMW vids, too!

Looks good laid out like that. Encouraging 😊 It would be a little better, though, with a 'Twenty-teens' feel about it, if there was an obvious Petracca and Oliver, some Jackson height and, among the young Casey tall timber, a Gawn slow burner in it. Too much to wish for? Well, all at once, at least?

Probably a very short-lived thread, not being of great interest, and probably eliciting 'they're-only-in-it-for-themselves' reactions, but this was a nice story, about a sponsor that has attracted my loyalty (and also sponsors a nice weekly Club website piece - although it's a tad awkward when we lose and/or don't kick many goals!) It also made me reflect on the validation we get when entities want to align with us. So, anyway, thanks sponsors! https://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/1585650/10-years-with-haymes-paint?videoId=1585650&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1719338400001 (p.s. Curious that Kate got the gig, rather than Daisy?)