Timothy Reddan-A'Blew

I'm not sure how safe I'd feel in 20,000 at Casey, K! Still, the problem probably wouldn't arise: the ground would be emptying again by the time I arrived from my car park... 😄

He can keep #34 warm for a couple of years then pass it over to his young, other Sunshine Coast, protegé. Perhaps pick up #11 then? (may need to put Kalani in Max's original #37, as 'training wheels', till Max does retire!)

Disposal looked pretty good to me. Found some tight targets. Lowers his eyes.

Chances for bounces not huge there anyway!😄

Fremantle 'player to watch' in the MFC site preview is Mim Strom We had a kid called Campbell at school. Nickname, 'Soups'. Mim would be close to candidacy for the same...

Got any comparative stats (18yo or WAFL) for his bro, anyone?

Another Aine in the oppo, @WalkingCivilWar! Get 'em to the Dees, I say!

I wouldn't worry about that, OD. It was hardly discussed in the Merdeyuk media's coverage, either, before they used it as an excuse to launch back into every other thing they salivate about to do with MFC, circa 2023 😄

You mean use his 'natural' hand? (funny how some lefties use their right - Ooze for one?) Or do you mean that hand-cup over the front of the ball? He lowers his eyes nicely though. Something often cried out for here...

@WalkingCivilWar (or you, 'Old' or anyone else) do you know if any other 'viewing' numbers (than ground attendances) are included in the rounds-expansion metrics? I refer to TV, FTA and streamed, including the AFL app feed (which I use when I can't get to the ground).

Particularly stupid if it's $ for $?! Even if it's 'better' than $ for $, it's disingenuous calling it a '$1million' prize. It will be effectively less, possibly significantly.

The Ws are contributing 8 points a game. Without them we don't beat Brisbane. Or Collingwood! 🤮

Good to see Harry2 getting another couple of overs.

I posted the info below about 12 months ago, HTD; a timetable that would suggest the answer to your question might not yet quite be known. The big change, of course, is the Commonwealth games situation, and a further year of the State's financial situation. The 2027 Rugby World Cup remains as a timing factor.

if Caulfield's a thing: If Porz, Rennick and Roffey can't swing a deal, not sure who can.

May I join in? The problem being in Melbourne for this 'Adelaide' boy? The long drive.

Playing right into the AFL's playbook. 'Nothing to see here'.

For a moment there I thought, [insert plummy voice] 'And now we return to normal service...' But, Luci, thanks for pressing steadily ahead down the Lane.

Yeah, not many Buyers. But...

This thread has morphed into Memory Lane. Very nice; thank you, everyone (you all know who you are 😊 ) Guess it's good to get 'em out there before they disappear! Yoyos re-appeared every year through primary school and into secondary. Clever, Coca-Cola Company. Their annual return, along with that of marbles (in the myriad ways they could be played) was, for a child, actually more certain than death and taxes.

Possibly that last word, BBO, provided other deteriorating factors allow brain and appearance to provide the memory and opportunity, respectively, to attempt the second-last word...

Notwithstanding the other, self-deprecating responses, I must stand up for myself and say...well, and say...well... Oh, look, there's a puppy!....

He also heard one of his co(-honours)-cast had fallen in da water! (Shane Gould or Dawn Fraser, perhaps? Or Alan Bond!)

Fair enough, and 👏. But, damn; Eccles took me down a 'sort of correct' path - that of honoured people. I'm now an authority on Nobel Prize winners...

This debate seems to be heavily influenced by perceptions of how playing in ASP - most notably the travel, particularly if the following match involves a difficult game, standard-, timing-, and/or location-wise - affects the team's performance. In this - as in so many other issues! - we 'Landers are prone to 'project' (guilty as charged, Your Honour!) The players' actual views would be interesting. It wouldn't surprise me, I must say, if they enjoyed the change of scenery, figuratively and literally (particularly in and around ASP) and the stimulation that travel, with friends, provides. On the other hand, I can recognise the possibility such distraction or stimulation might negatively affect performance. particularly that oft-referred-to '1%'. This should be manageable, however. I can also recognise supporters' responses to a 'lost' home game, if replacement arrangements aren't equal or better for them.