Mazer Rackham

Great God above. I don't know how this appeared as a post and not a DM, which was what I was attempting. I'm playing Demonland the way the Aussies play spin. Just as well my answer was wrong. My apologies for (nearly) wrecking the quiz.

Names all nouns or adjectives

Mistake #1. (Confession: I am a part-time Bigfooty lurker.) Little-known fact. At various times, Hawks, Brions, Cats, Bombers, Weagles, Blues, Kangas, Tiges and even Demons fans have been full of it. Probably even Roys at one time. It goes with success. The more prolonged, the more hubristic. Success begets success and specially-constructed bandwagons are required to fit on all the johnny-come-latelys. (Special note: Pies fans have always been full of it.) But ... (now read on) As they will again. So will the hubris of these pretenders to our crown. Let's show these phoneys what true obnoxious hubris is. GO DEMONS!!!

It doesn't look like he really guides the ball on to his foot with his right hand. More like he tosses it out in front of himself in a graceful arc that eventually collides with his foot. Less hang time than before and great when kicking tight goals at Gosch's under no pressure. Not so great when in a match and fatigued and huffing and puffing for oxygen. Needs more work.

He was on the ship, but in the dead of night escaped in a life raft which he then steered into a small iceberg and capsized. ♫ Near, far, wherever I are I believe that my career does go on ♪

Move the MCG to somewhere near Caulfield and all the boxes are ticked. There's a better chance of that than getting a training facility near Jolimont.

Next training report: three-way punchup between BBB, Melksham and Langdon. Club refuses to state why ...

Thezza few more Strayan 'B' words yez can throw in there, carn't cha?

It's going to be okay. Gawny is going to shave his beard, and Ben can glue that to his scalp.

All records & awards to suspended for the year that Lake Eucumbene was completed. Out of respect. Whichever year that was.

We should regard 1991 and onwards as a different comp. Happy to celebrate our VFL cups but IMO all records should have reset and started again in 1991 (or 1990 or 1987 or whatever date you want to put on it).

It's not "the AFL's" eariest era. It's a different bloody competition. Even VFL "premierships" in the early years are not what we'd call premierships these days. Let alone in the early VFA where they were awarded by opposition captains, based on who sang "for he's a jolly good fellow" the loudest. This guy.

The team does lack a bit of depth. I expect that will be fixed in time. But there are some very successful AFL clubs that would struggle to field a team at all.

The PAFC will end up permanently exhausted, with blindness and hairy palms?

Traditiooooon ..... tradition! ♫ Tradition! And who will make an annual ♪ thread where we can grieve and post about a player who we're convinced will leave D'landerrrrrrs ..... D'landers! ♫ Tradition!

With Kossie BOG and walking off the ground with the SA side before getting tapped on the shoulder and then half heartedly jogging back to the MFC boys.

Another weird one thrown up by this highly unusual and basically uncrackable conundrum ... Neil Balme could qualify as the coach of this side, but only while he was still playing for Richmond!

Here's a weird thing. I reckon Petracca was in this team before he did his knee playing with a skateboard.

His name is a spoonerism. Real name Duke Lunstan.

No, you won't need Excel for this quiz. (UNLIKE SOME RECENT ONES I COULD NAME.) It's a lot simpler than that.

I give David credit for attempting to answer without going straight to the back of the book to look it up.

In '22 we got too careful with our ball movement. Having no Tommy and a barely mobile Brown led to us being static and unimaginative up forward. Defenders were comfortable instead of panicked. If I can see these things then our coaching panel certainly can. GO DEMONS!

Italian, Spanish and French, mostly

"The new ground will surfaced with cannabis plants. The boundary ropes, gazebos, and gear bags made of hemp. Free hashish provided to all affiliated teams, minorites and the underprivileged. Also a new electric scooter to every MP who votes for this." You've just gotta think outside the square. (MLC, I know)

Yeah, they'd probably say "don't let the door hit you on the way out", rename us the Burnie Demons, and make a brand new club called the Melbourne Knicks or Jets or Yankees and set them up in a giant indoor facility built over the newly-razed AAMI and Gosch's precincts.