Mazer Rackham

Live cam of the senior infrastructure engineer rescuing the web site.

Isn't that funny! I pronounce it as something starting with A & ending with E, that wouldn't make it past the automatic censor filter!

Only if you're American. Then again, I'm surprised his team nickname wasn't Why-zeddy.

I stand corrected, Orry-en.

Van Rooey, the famous number two-ee on debut-ee. Finally broke into-ee the senior crew-ee. Run through-ee, number two-ee! Put it through-ee the big sticks, Bluey! Now a lock in the twenty-two-ee! Your success will help with our gross revenue-ee. Glad you do not play for the team with the mascot of kangaroo-ee. Get ready for the Monday morning telephone interview-ee. The pundits will make an analytical review-ee. This has nothing to do with the university of Waterloo-ee. (Someone slap me please.) GO DEMONS!!!

Scott Campo-relly O-ray-zee-o Fan-tay-sha They only got Oo-zay right because their tiny minds locked up when they saw Y and Z next to each other, and so they fell back on copying the crowd going OOZE.

Best I can do at short notice.

I am sorry to break this to you, but as a result, you will not be permitted to play full back for the Demons this weekend.

I expect to hear David King touting this amazing statistical insight sometime this week.

Don't forget Frosty, General of the Hawk Defence.

The AFL ceded Canberra to rugby years ago, which was a massive strategic mistake and one they're not anxious to repeat. GWS and GC were/are a full frontal attack on RL in particular. The NRL has been infighting and not expanding ever since, until this year. This has bought the AFL years of penetration into youth markets. Another rearguard action as it has finally sunk in to the brains at headquarters that Tassie grass roots footy is under threat and some shoring up is required otherwise there could be a counter assault from some other sport. In Aussie rules heartland. That does not happen. The AFL does that to other codes!

Aesop wrote, "Pride cometh before a schadenfreude"

I have lain awake in bed at night, wondering when my kids will get the chance to see Hawthorn win a wooden spoon. There's only so many times you can tell them, "don't worry, it will happen ..... one day ......" before they start losing faith. I may have to start leaving games at 3/4 time just to experience the thrill of riding in trams and trains packed with brown and gold despondency.

TL;DR answer: it's the war against rugby league and soccer that determines where new clubs spring up. Yes to this, and to their King brother, and to Sam Day for when May hangs up the boots. Surely their true destiny is to become a recruiting ground for the mighty Demons?

It's like if MFC had at one point selected Steven Tingay or James McDonald as coach. Very very hard to prise out a favoured son. traumatic even. This could get "delicious". They have never had that undefinable something that winning teams have, and have never looked like getting it. The thing that separates a talented list from a side that has the winning habit.

Can we death ride Hawthorn too, even though there are no draft picks contingent on it?

and for their self respect

The only certain thing about this incident is that the commentators do not know what the rule is and have never read the rules.

I wonder what happened. Is it complacency? He rarely seemed to be anywhere near the ball and when he was, was out of position and unable to affect his opponents let alone get his own mitts on it. This is a player whom every recruitment manager salivated over and who looked like being a combination Goodes & Bontempelli rolled into one.

If they start winning, they'll suck it up. Winning cures all ills in a football club. But if they keep losing ... Imagine the twin-prong forward setup the Giants will be able to boast in '24 or '25. Hogan AND Jackson. Too late! (I see Demonland has posted a few of the comments being made.) Player manager: "SHOW ME THE MONEY! SHOW ME THE M-- what? Development ... ? Better ... for his .... devel ... SHOW ME THE MONEY!"

I think their team conversion rate last week flattered them and kept them in the game much longer than warranted. They were 16.1 at one point.

The censoring filter is based on an American word list. Some good old earthy Aussie pejoratives sail through unmolested. The "F" word in question might have some connotations in American history that we Aussies are oblivious to. Whereas to us it's on the same level as "drongo". (Now hoping that the "D" word has not somehow made it on to an American censor list!)

Most appearances in an insurance ad. Hands down.

"Lotta blokes running around out there. That'd be tiring." "When a bloke caries on cheering and pumping the air, it's usually because he's kicked a goal. See, there! Like that! And again! Oh hang on, that's a replay." "Is that a third team out there? In yellow. All these rules changes, can't keep up with them." "It's dark outside. I reckon it might be night time." Think of the awesome New York coffees he must make the commentary team at 1/4 and 3/4 time.

The game developers used a basketball game as their starting point, so it's natural they would favour players who throw the ball.