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Hilarious! Which clubs and what do they do?

You have an internal comp. The goal kicking ladder. Every week, every player takes X shots on goal. Highest score wins. Lowest score suffers a penalty, to be decided by rest of team. Shout the others a meal, or some such. You can do it in groups too. Groups of 4. Highest/lowest within the group, same deal. Groups can challenge other groups to see which is king of the mountain. Winners get a prize, losers a penalty. Put something on the line, that means something to the players, but also helps with the cameraderie. Footy clubs should ask pro golfers for ideas on how to practise goal kicking. Eg you take 10 shots from various set angles/distances. You can't leave training until you have dobbed all 10 in a row. If you miss one, you start again.

What happened was, Hoges was going on about wanting to travel, and the FD played him some episodes of "Getaway" and told him he could end up like Dermie. Ten minutes later the deal was done.

People following this thread for actual Hogan news are like pokies addicts. Maybe the NEXT push of the button will bring in the BIG ONE

What's the difference? It's trade period, nothing is real until it's happened.

Fair enough but they were scarred. You have to go back to Fitzroy, maybe North in the 50s/60s, and before them University to find anything comparable. This is Beveridge's greatest contribution to the modern "art" of coaching. He is the myth buster. One myth he busted: when you get a whole stack of injuries you have to batten down the hatches because the season is gone. The greatest myth busted: there is a thing called the "premiership window". What happened to Richmond's "premiership window"? They should have finished higher on the ladder this year if it was a real thing. What about Freo? They plummeted which doesn't happen in the "premiership window" view of the world. They're supposed to go down to 5th or 7th before their plummet. Bevo has shown that you're either good enough to win it, or you're not. You don't have to "serve your time" in a progressing series of losing finals, and what happened last year has no bearing on this year. (And what happened this year has no bearing on what happens next year .) In the "premiership window" model, we will finish higher on the ladder next year, maybe 8th or 9th or higher ... based on what? Based on anything that happened in 2016? Our ladder position in 2017 will be based on what we do on the ground in 2017. Nothing is handed on a platter based on the "experts" saying "MFC will be in the finals", "get ready for an extended run of finals", etc. It's up to us and we can learn from the Bevo method. Go and play your heart out and see what happens.

Sorry Crank but this is all just like some kind of omen bet. It's all ancient history and doesn't mean anything and thinking about it doesn't accomplish anything. Maybe a giant comet will strike the earth.

Oh. Well, let's just give up now then. Maybe we should petition the AFL to allow us to drop down to the EFL or the SFL. That's the nicest thing anyone's said to me in decades. Thanks, faultybasil!

It could work the other way. They may overdo it and get too emotional and exhaust themselves. So let's smash the c-nuts and rub their faces in it, and Gil's too.

Not only first round of the season, but possibly first game of the year, prime time TV, and against their bunnies. Ask and ye shall receive, indeed. It's enough to drive a man to religion.

The natives are getting restless at Pie land. Not in any big way, but it's bubbling under. Eddie has been there 21 years, no succession plan, directors aren't elected (they are appointed shortly before an AGM and then get "elected" unanimously because it would be unfair to turf them out so soon), directors are yes-man, the handover from Malthouse to Buckley bungled because Eddie panicked, jobs for the boys. Lots more stuff. It's growing, but wins on the oval can take away a lot of pressure. More losses, on the other hand ...

Why not? It was spelled beautifully.

There is. You watch channel 7 news every night and wait for Tim Watson to say either "Hogan has re-signed" or "Hogan has been traded". That way is best for your mental health and your longevity. Hanging around on this thread ... well, if you don't stop it, you'll go blind.

I want to see the "Welcome to MFC Steak Knives" thread.

Or is it? It could be that Jesse has a preferred way of being addressed. Check out this ... He, she or ze? If Jesse doesn't identify as a Melbourne player then ze has a right to be addressed in the way ze feels comfortable with. Maybe zir wants to play at an AFL club that is more embracing and respectful of differently-pronouned key forwards? (This is a real thing in America. A growing movement. Beware.)

They both carry the same amount of weight, that is, nothing

We have to sign him or trade him before the end of this trade period or our 2017 is up the spout. (And he's gone.)

All shenanigans. I'll believe it when I see it.

1960s FM radio ... it's clear the author wasn't around back then to hear 1960s FM radio.

Dems was in them days when it was two umpires and they both gived the votes. Nowadays the umps are locked in a room after the match and are not allowed out until one prevails in a greco roman wrestling match. That winner then decides on which midfielders will receive the Brownlow votes.

His decision making is quite woolly. He's always bleating to the umps. And there are those persistent rumours about his consumption of grass.

Yeah, some chick wearing a blue and yellow beanie.

I think out of the top 20 in the count, only two are not midfielders (Goldstein and Kennedy). (midfielder = old fashioned centre/wing/rover etc)

Is it Gil reading out the votes? CarltonJBloggsonevoteFremantleFNurk2votesAdelaideBSmith1voteGeelong ......... P Dangerfield ...... 3votes It's like he knows something.

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