Mazer Rackham

"I'm not pro-drugs in sport, I just wish to undermine all the agencies who protect us from drugs in sport." Just remember .... he's SIR Bradley. That makes him half Aussie to start with. The mother country! Now take those Chinese!!! swimmers. And those Russian!!! weightlifters. You can see from just the look in their eyes and see they're drug cheats. You don't even need a tribunal or an investigation. It's clear someone in Team Sky went rogue. Just look for the person for whom everyone looks the other way and pretends they don't even exist, while attacking every other person or institution involved.

We already know. He "went". If he was still at the club he'd be the guy driving to the supermarket to collect the sausages and bread for the family day barbie. Putting out the bins on Thursday night. Putting up posters along Swan St about the office lady's missing cat.

I think they'll leave him out for WCE whether he's completed his homework or not. Then unleash him, breathing fire, in round one.

What we are seeing with Tommy is a sign that our team has improved out of sight. And what were idiosyncrasies of players are now viewed as glaring deficiencies. Yes, Tommy does have a deficiency -- has always had it -- his ball drop is too high -- leads to some shocking kicks. Clean that up and his dashing moves will have him looking more like David Dench and less like Zac Dawson. It's like when you weed the garden. You see a bunch of big weeds. You pull them out and suddenly there are a bunch of smaller weeds that you hadn't even noticed. Pull them out and behold! there are now even more smaller weeds that you hadn't seen. We are now focusing on the small weeds. We're seeing it with Vince too. Our steady hand in defence these days looks occasionally shaky. This is good -- it shows our definite improvement. Our garden is thriving. Where three years ago VDB would have looked like the future of our midfield, now he looks like handy depth. Ben Ken, JKH, etc.

Were there two teams out there? Listening to commentary only, it was like there was only one. Even Dwayne had to talk us up! Had a check on bigfooty and Talking Carlton. Some oppo supporters are going to get a crash course in getting to know the MFC players this year. Who is this Petracca who has come out of nowhere? Did MFC find him in a cornflakes packet? Some diehard MFCSS practitioners here on D-land are going to be severely disappointed with this season.

As an ex-gun player, Goodwin recognises what is holding Watts back from being a gun player, and is determined to make him fulfil his potential. Too early to assess outcomes, but Neeld's approach was an iron fist in a velvet glove, minus the velvet glove.

I'm sure they will. The leaker thinks the Hun is their friend. They are wrong. The Hun will do this to sell papers. If it helps the EFC cause somehow, well and good, but selling is first and foremost. This is an abjectly pathetic attempt to throw mud at primarily the AFL, followed by ASADA, followed by WADA, CAS, the ALP, the coalition, ANZUS, the EU, ASEAN, APEC, G20, and the world in general. Whoever is doing it is sadly misguided in their belief that this is gaining them something. It will go nowhere and simply drag the sorry affair out for longer and prolong the misery. For schadenfreude aficionados, it's all good, but overall it's pretty sad.

Ha ha ha! Get f***** St Kilda! (Damn.)

Goody wanted some board shorts at a discount and Watts said you have to pay full retail like everyone else. Join the dots.

Sydney Swans, Lance Franklin, Luke Parker fined for breaking drug rules Phew! Talk about tough on drugs. Don't cross the AFL when it comes to drugs or you won't know what hit you. It just shows, the AFL are determined to penalise any infringement when it comes to drugs in sport. Even the smallest infringement!

Dammit, we've been dreaming of this for years. Finally, a list where every player has to battle to get a game. A footy department that won't pick favourites "just because". And people are griping about it?

Pet peeve. Radio callers: tell us who has the ball and where they are on the ground. Every so often, the scores and the time. Don't "Monkee" around, it's not entertaining, it's tiresome. TV announcers: you're not on radio. We can see it too. We can see that Viney marked it and has turned around and is running and looks around and takes a bounce and now kicks it to Jones. Tell us something we can't see. Such as ... why did that bloke kick it there and not there. Why did that bloke run over there. What are team A doing tactically right now? Seeing as the media are all over this web site, these simple messages should have some impact.

It's the one percenters that go unnoticed. He solved one of Hilbert's 23 problems at 3/4 time. Of course it didn't make the papers.

Make your own noise! As when kids. Raaaaaah! Raaaaah!

The experts are saying 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 11 and 23. Supplementary 9.

The H-S have a sophisticated computer system to generate the next day's back page, called "coin toss". "Heads" = scandal* at Collingwood "Tails" = those brave Essendon boys (* = otherwise known as "storm in teacup" or "outright invention")

I wondered where they got their brains from. Computer implants. It makes sense. Old Dougie Hawkins could have used some of that.

The first 8 questions were about Watts! Max handled them diplomatically. He must have been thinking WTF!? However ... he could have said "Goody wanted to take a look at some of the other blokes and see how they're travelling." Or, "he's got a bung hand." Instead he said stff like, well, he didn't make the squad of 24. He is fit and ready to play, he just wasn't picked. Which sounds a lot like there is smoke, and maybe even fire.

Oh, hell. I didn't get mentioned in the end of game presser either.

Does he want to go home to Perth?

Well, this is good. Time was when we would have played him anyway because he's a Number One Draft Pick, and who could replace him in any event? When your best 22 is more like a best 6, you can't be too choosy. Now, every player has to earn his keep, all the time. Such as: playing Spencil keeps Gawn on his toes. This is what a good club does. Go Demons!

Yes indeed ... 'twas she that gave to time to many fruits and nuts on her show, including the infamous Bruce Francis, and ran the hard hitting interview with Sir James (at the "Ethics Institute" no less!). Peake ... if his legal practice is anything like his spots on SEN and his ads for the car dealer, the Justice for the 34 are likely to be sadder and poorer at the end of this. The guy makes Robbo look like Abraham Lincoln and Mahatma Gandhi rolled into one.

We were much closer to full strength than the Dogs. But they are still a well trained, well drilled side who should be able to put away most teams even without Bont, etc. There's nothing but good to take from this game. We more than matched it with them. Our guys now know the magic hasn't left with Roos. We can take it up to anyone. Next challenge, Carlton. (We owe them.)

After the ice age of the last decade, I will be rapt with one (1) finals win.

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