Timothy Reddan-A'Blew

The right stuff, LH. Thanks!

Subject line of email to me: Melbourne Football Club <[email protected]> Should we be surprised at yet one more layer of confusion/difficulty/stress induction????.....

The email from the Club says Ticketmaster. I'm guessing this 'members pre-sale' is them and the public sales are then Ticketek?

Before @Demonstone gets in: That's the approach they should take. Then they can try someone new each week. Demonstone is letting me out, thanks...

Not many players have an immediate impact when they first step up to a senior level of footy. Kicked 6 in one match at reserve level... Doesn't find much ball? ..quality small forward don't need to find alot of it and tend not to a la Jeffy, Cyril etc to make a quality impact. How often have we heard the phrase "give me 15 quality touches vs 30 that are mostly rubbish or result in mostly turnovers anyday". You can't compare him to anyone at AFL level at this point (statistically) ...he hasn't played. Rediculous comparison. What attributes does he have well let me name a few... > Has a great leap ...equal 9th in the running jump at combine. Can take an awesome specky and also alows him to keep the ball alive in the air at times (eg; tapping a high bouncing ball or one off a pack to advantage) or defend from behind if needed. > Doesn't lose his feet easily > Fierce tackler > Great follow up second efforts including repeat tackles > knows where the goals are (sixth sense off one or two steps) and clever at reading / waiting off the ball and crumbing. > Bides his time just outside the main scrum sweating on the spillage or loose ball without getting sucked into the contest. If he already has all this at his tender age....imagine how much further upside there is with a few pre-seasons and experience at the highest level. Edited November 7, 2019 by Rusty Nails 1 Kudos, DD. And, hasn't the hair growth made him even better!?

@The heart beats true, @Demonstone, @Demons11, @Jaded No More, @binman: I'm afraid - and somewhat surprised at the mildness - that Where's Wendy might have been saying, 'That sucks!' Headed for Memehood, I wouldn't be surprised...

OR, for some weird reason, it didn't come through to my feed until just now... Well done you other smartypantses.

Jack Riewoldt and Shane Edwards move into equal top spot, with 3 others, in most draws played in (7). Hah hah!

Thanks @layzie! Rex and Dermie. You can close the thread now, mods.

Simon was questioned in today's presser about 'the commentary on Daisy's commentary' (and - good on him - dismissed it eloquently and forcefully. And absolutely correctly imv - she is head and shoulders (metaphorically!) above her colleagues). I wasn't aware of this; nor is Demonland generally, it seems. Can anyone fill us in?

Thanks @Little Goffy and aren't they a great read, Bim? Scrolling further down, it turns out Sunday's team was the most experienced ever fielded by the MFC, with a total 2705 games. Thanks Bowser>Tommo / Clarry>Melky? 😉 (22/23 players vs the old 20 also helps of course...)

Express-posting the gold back to you, DS.

Sorry about my obtuseness earlier, @Neil Crompton and @DeeZone. I was being a smart**** by obliquely linking @Demonstone's Latin shorthand to his conundrumming, claiming a gold and throwing to others for the silver and bronze (compounding my smart****dness). I then edited a Caro reference in as a lame afterthought to be on topic i.e. would Caro know 'QED'? I'll stop myself there (having shown myself out...)

I'm claiming Aurum on this one, Mr Stone! Who's up for Argenti and Aereus? (are you there, Caro?)

Well done! Crikey!

@Demonstone, see above

And @Demonstone, I presume including Messrs Brown, Hibberd, Langdon, Lever and May would have made it a real dead giveaway? Would 5 be a record too, btw? In the AFL era at least? Would Tomlinson have made sure of it?

Me too. Grandkids my excuse. And you were all too quick!

Just lifting the Cone of Silence for a moment: Did Dogs n Dorks do 14 goals 1 behind in the last quarter? Some kind of accuracy and/or volume record? (would you believe?)

I'm afraid I place myself at the end we're kicking to each quarter, so I don't fully appreciate the work of the backs (though Sinead Goldrick is a quirky fave I keep an eye on at a distance!...though I was on the 'grand'stand wing near the toilets for the last 5 minutes!), so the following includes some of Mick's post-match observation. The 5 for Alyssa B starts with her gut-run off half back to put herself at the end of the coast-to-coast chain for her first goal. Bannen D.Pearce Heath Lampard Mithen HM to L.Pearce; I love the way she throws herself at everything, belying her size

(Back again, briefly) Just watched the replay. Good stuff! But, point of order, Your Honours: if the siren has gone, and the ball comes off hands, isn't it 'dead', i.e. no score? If so, I hope Bodey's point doesn't come back to bite us...

Didn't look to have changed much when I drove along Punt yesterday. Maybe trees will overhang, à la the Traeger Park gum?

Did anyone else get taught to swim by his wife Wendy Mithen? (I think my ageing memory is serving me well...)

So, Sandy Primary, tiers?😀

Here you go mono, 14 paragraphs in: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.hawthornfc.com.au/news/747589/fifty-years-of-marvellous-hostility&ved=2ahUKEwjk45ORtuP1AhU273MBHfETD0cQFnoECAUQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2InivANvCtaVSqntIIhhF2