Mazer Rackham

The Ox and "Marco" on Macquarie sports radio said that plenty of ex-Demons from the Neeld era have called them to back Green and Moloney. Among the off-the-record comments: within 3 weeks people could see it was a calamitous appointment ... it was hands down the darkest time ever ... destroyed careers ... (not news to we the faithful, but maybe to some outsiders, esp in other codes). But every one (including Green and Moloney) refused to go on air to talk as they say they don't want to disrupt the finals campaign.

Scalping is good. I'm after 4 scalps. Cats, Hawks, Pies and Tiges, in that order. Then I'll be at peace.

Yes, it's pretty jarring. It's like starting with Beethoven and then cutting to the theme song from the Flintstones. It's actually comically bad.

The song is based on ye olde George M Cohan (a very famous vaudeville performer back when vaudeville was a thing) song "You're A Grand Old Flag". It's about the stars and stripes. Hack ptuih!! Cohan was the Michael Jackson of his day, only difference being his kids were never invited to hang around at the Melbourne Cup on a junket. Original words: You're a grand old flag, you're a high flying flag And forever in peace may you wave. You're the emblem of the land I love. The home of the free and the brave. Ev'ry heart beats true 'neath the Red, White and Blue, Where there's never a boast or brag. Should auld acquaintance be forgot, Keep your eye on the grand old flag. It makes a bit more sense in that context. (Cohan also wrote "The Yankee Doodle Boy" which was adopted as a club song by a horrible VFL/AFL club which shall remain nameless.) Now for the replacement lines ... The premiership's a calkwalk now no ... doesn't scan Camry Camry Camry ... no f**k that. Give them the old heave-ho ... ditto Or .... While others quail, we will prevail... With tooth and claw, win lose or draw... Let others cower, we've DEMON POWER... The others fear the DEMON CHEER... OK not awesome but may serve as inspiration to others. Consider yourselves inspired! While fact checking this post, I came to the conclusion that the N Melb club song has possibly the lamest words ever writ. Christ!

Oh no, don't tell me Schwab/Neeld/Connolly/etc went and got rid of it! At a time when all other clubs put a huge premium on bathwater. That'd be right, etc.

"Ev'ry heart beats true, for the red and the blue, and we sing this song to you ... CRIMSON AND BLUE!!! ... should auld acquaintance, etc" or ... call and response ... "should auld acquaintance be forget?" "HELL NO! (whatever that means anyway)" Ours is a good song. Just enjoy that there are some humdingers, even if they are for oppo clubs. Enjoy and revel in the theatre of it, secure in the knowledge that our song is a cracker too.

Well, it stands to reason. I mean, every person in the universe thinks, feels, reacts, exactly the same as Tom Stewart. Don't they??

I think we'll blow them off the park, unless ... and it's likely they'll try this ... they pull some unorthodox coaching moves and we can't deal with it and go to water. It's as much a test for our game day coaches as it is our players.

At training. Goodwin: so unfortunately we're dropping Spartacus this week. Can you stand up please Spartacus? Spargo: *goes to stand up* Lewis: I'm Spartacus! *stands up* Jones: I'm Spartacus! *stands up* TMac: I'm Spartacus! *stands up* (etc) Now that's esprit de corps! I'm Spartacus

Even a flopped crock is right twice a year

I suppose on that lonely island for all those years, with nothing to do, all kinds of strange things ensued. Must be the tropical water. (Me, even at a tender young age, I always envisaged "crossing" with Mary Anne.) I guess you learned about MFC from distant 3UZ broadcasts. The professor must have got the radio working then?

Chelsea

No, don't waste them ... we need them for the prelim in Perth Dicky Bird Robin Bailache Steve Bucknor at least will be fair

Tom Bugg: "you rang?" Play Bugg for this job. He gets to play a final in his career. (Or 10 mins of one at least.)

Bernie deserves a life membership. Came to us at our lowest and helped drag us up by our own bootlaces.

That will make our victory all the sweeter. GO DEMONS!

No, no good summary. As you say, just hints. But it was a "Mankind Project" camp. tons of stuff on the internet about Mankind Project, but most of it is put out there the Mankind Project itself. You really want stuff written by people who aren't part of the Mankind Project. Best thing I've found is this, by a guy who attended one of their camps. I had also been tipped off by a number of concerned wives - who'd noticed disturbing changes in their husbands' behaviour since attending one of ManKind's UK weekends away. ... Deprived of food and sleep and subjected to the raging emotions of people around me, I am instructed to strip, put my blindfold back on and hold the hand of the man next to me. My (very) weird weekend with the naked woodland warriors who travel to remote England to 'reclaim their masculinity'

Because some idiot forgot to turn it off! And now it's wearing out the internet's batteries.

So there's the players award ... flawed The media awards ... flawed The umps award ... flawed Plenty of other things to waste time and energy on, such as ... why aren't more DEMONS in the AA team?

So, not Phil Scully then?

Scene: it's September (or near as dammit). Instead of studying the likely early draft picks, you are getting fired up about finals tickets. You are studying the AA team, alternately gloating, and groaning that MORE Demons were not recognized. You are studying the 22under22, gloating/groaning. You are wondering if Max will finish 1st or 2nd in the Brownlow. You are feeling remarkably at peace with the world. Now the question, true or false: ARE YOU DREAMING?

Yes they were. Nathan swatted them away easily. He said "Ah hear someone 'round hereabouts is saying some downright mean things about mah mag-pahs." And Gerry said "don't shoot me! I'm only the piano player!" Cut to ads.

This is a real match so they can just count the turnstiles and won't have to pull out their patented "GWS attendance reckoning" technology

Either way they won't be able to use their ticket themselves. Are you planning something OD?

Last year Bartlett was rating 4.6 and 4.7 This year ... first it was "he hasn't been there for the whole ratings period", and "he was off doing the gridiron" and "the world cup ate into ratings generally" ... but now there's nowhere to hide. Usually SEN ratings vary by noise but when other slots are going up or down by 0.1 and Gerry goes down by 0.7 ... it's not Hutchy's imagination any more. I think his "Jon Faine lite" format is not bad. It's his lousy nose for news, and his inability to engage with callers.