Timothy Reddan-A'Blew

Your fertile brain, @Demonstone? Regardless, thank you for the multichuckle! I'm curious as to why you chose to reveal this week's opponent's card. Do you feel we are in particular need of straws to clutch?

I copied this to post on one of the other Simon Goodwin 'discussion' threads. Thanks for giving it its own, D Team 👍

Kids, 'bl**dy' is a big person's word for special occasions...

The Mousepack is steadily signing up for roughly the remaining careers of Gawn, Petracca, Oliver, Viney, May, Lever, etc., etc. - I reckon recognising how valuable that will be to them, both in the moment and for their futures. And then, hopefully, they will become the group their successors want to sign on to continue to play with!

That's the floodgates opened!

'Yes, Tom Morris was telling the truth; Harrison Petty has signed on for two more years!' #WILTY

...and, 20 hours later, ditto. 'Tom Morris; are you telling the truth, or is it a lie?'

Very interesting thoughts and reasonings herein, both for and against. I hadn't thought of many of them (though I'm in the mildly enthusiastic camp). Thanks all. As to its likelihood, today's Age report of the CEO mutual cuddle in Perth notes that, 'To the surprise of many, there was enthusiasm for...(it)...'. Curiously it reports the 'spectre' of 19 teams '...enthuse(d)...' the CEOs about the prospect, and '...the shot in the arm it would give the game in the final rounds.' Notably, the article also references '...possibilities...including...re-seeding teams for the last five or six rounds.'

At least with the recent performances of our growing 'Mouse Pack' it's becoming a little bit easier to face the various realist and MFCSS-ist 'Life after...' scenarios ahead of us - Max, Jack, Steven, Clayton, Christian, Harrison, etc. Well, maybe not Max...

Here's a couple for you, Jimmy! Oh, sorry, I misread your heading 🤦‍♂️

...but there is quite a bit of it!

So, he's an a**e, honest!

Appreciate the memories @Flower Magic. Perchance, from your Nom De 'Land, you have a special attachment? You probably won't get far here linking 2024 to 1987, but, hey, any excuse to remember, red-and-blue-ly, goes well here anyway.

Instagrim, Facebreak, ClokTok, Xer; I'm sooooo glad my only social media presence is on here. Still not great but, yeah, so glad...

The SANFL's assessment (shame about the Lobb comparison...) And still growing?! https://sanfl.com.au/draft-pick/tom-scully/

We have, actually, in the context of this year's carnival. A bit underwhelming, it has seemed. I sometimes wonder if 'his footy' has been less about Kalani and more about Jeff...

Yes, although wasn't he less effective 'around the ground' than our boys?

I 'called' this, too, after seeing his BOG effort in their 2022 GF win, noting he was a VIC (Shepp?) boy, too. But I also think there's been some critical reviewing of him on here since then?

Here's some more contemporary fun with Jako, too. Multiple reasons to enjoy! https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DBsvJw6coz5s&ved=2ahUKEwiLsaOPoq2HAxVQsVYBHSkOA3w4ChC3AnoECAQQAQ&usg=AOvVaw37G8mJoU2OCvQluGXrW0Nj

Yep. A very successful career, long and even into coaching - maybe even still, I think.

Sorry if some or all of this was in the OP article; not unusually, I couldn't open it. But here's that day: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.afl.com.au/video/194710/dees-freak-allen-jakovich-dobs-11-goals-and-an-insane-bicycle-kick-1991%3FvideoId%3D194710%26modal%3Dtrue%26type%3Dvideo%26publishFrom%3D1563440400001&ved=2ahUKEwi69b3rhK2HAxUd6zgGHVm7CEMQtwJ6BAgeEAE&usg=AOvVaw2MtvSapfNkT7WGnrzCFybi (I've noticed this before: it's a shame so much of Jako's work was seen and is recorded against the crowd-free background of a new Southern Stand worksite. And speaking of forward lines, Jakovich, Bennett, Lyon, Spalding, eh?)

Can someone get the jumper and the white boots on this, please?

Oops. Embarrassing. Someone really has. My deepest apologies, now, @Fritta and Turner

Re the '50', I agree with you all (apologies for not quoting you all individually). I've always assumed it came partly from the measurement reference provided the 50m square and 50m arcs (so it'd be nice, btw, if the umpires used these, consistently and accurately!) So a reference convenience would be retained with 'half 50' - 25m. 15m provided a gain of a minimum markable kick; the 50m change took it all the way to a 'full' kick. I like the idea that a 'middling' penalty would disrupt the set-ups. Re Saturday's game (surely this has been jumped on already, so apologies) I loved our forwards getting the job done, tradesman-like. You know who I mean; Fritta and Turner?

Oh. You mean when half the French attack? 🙂