Mazer Rackham

Another close game, another loss to the pies ... ahhhhhhhhhhhhh ... what a start to the weekend. Could only have been improved by a dodgy late umpiring call but the bugg ers actually called a few late ones for the pies, correctly!

So are they all. All honourable men. However that McLachlan has a lean and hungry look.

This is young Xaviery trying to set the agenda. However, I would bet that "a lot of" clubs have said they'd prefer to get Hurley without giving up anything. They're not mugs and EFC have p!ssed off plenty at the trade table over the years.

All this talk about young Jaydeny Hunty reminds me of an old story about old Goughy Whitlam in parliament. Some MP was speaking and kept saying "I am a Country member! I am a Country member!" Whitlam sang out "We remember!"

I remember that game. Last kick was to a squib called Marshall who performed the most red hot dropping he ball you will ever see in your life. Called as holding the man. Just about ate the bean bag I was sitting on, my mind was blown so bad.

We are going for 3 in a row which is our next "bridge too far". We are just as likely to capitulate to a soft loss as to blow them off the park. Especially against Port who seem to be one of our "soft loss" BFFs. On paper we should beat them but the game is being played in Adelaide and not at the Spicers factory.

Creativity in nicknames seems to be a thing of the past. Coming up with "Hunty" seems to tax even the brainiest players creativity. Hunty Buggy Jonesy Frosty After adding "y" to end end of a surname, or if you're getting really off the wall, the first name (Matty, Jeffy), the highest level of achievement is to subsititue a former player's first name. Hence Hunt could be "Rex". But that's asking a bit much.

In light of the census web site meltdown the other night, can we please conserve valuable internet bandwidth by not posting unnecessary sentences like your last one. Thank you.

As we have seen before, clubs, players, and managers can be ruthless when it comes to players changing clubs. EFC losing players as DFAs is simply part of the continuing fallout of their drugs episode. Players suing the club, Jobe umming and ahing about whether they come back at all, a pres who openly posits the return of Hird, etc ... it's not over the day the CAS suspension expires. No club should feel guilty about pinching an EFC player as a DFA when EFC were quite happy to try to pinch a flag or three with their drugs.

He's also the best bikie in the comp and the best ZZ Top guitarist. Is there not end to the man's talents?

He reminded me of Gary Dempsey, if anyone can remember back that far. Just a wall. But a better kick than Dempsey.

How about a change of pace? Try something like this: “A most notable coward, an infinite and endless liar, an hourly promise breaker, the owner of no one good quality.” Or this: “Methink’st thou art a general offence and every man should beat thee.” Variety is the spice of life.

Well the magic recipe is obviously those 4 together but also Jesse not playing. Solution: keep Jesse on the list but don't let him on the ground.

The rule conveniently does not include the space BEHIND the man on the mark. What they're doing (and they did it all arvo) is obviously against the spirit of the laws. But is permitted.

I'm teasing, Saty.

I will never forget Moloney copping two weeks for not hitting a bloke!

Saty: Good game last week Jesse. Hoges: (thinks) this guy speaks exactly like that guy Satyriconimus or whatever his name is writes on that web site ... I bet it's him. Better not let on about the Freo contract or it'll be all over the internet ... I'll just bullsh!t him about staying at this garbage club ... yeah ... I'll f@ck him over ... ha! ha! I'll get his head spinning! Good one Jess! Saty: ... moving further up the ground to free up Pedo? Hoges: What? Oh, er ... yeah, nah. We're just taking it one week at a time.

That's exactly why he has been so exasperating. (And I'm pretty sure this is the point you're making jnr ....) When someone like Grimes or Matt Jones swaps their head for a pumpkin we all say, oh well, he's depth only, or something like that. It's annoying. But Tom has shown superior qualities. Someone who can take a pack mark deep in defence? Gold. He's shown us what his potential is and it's something to salivate over. So when he screws the pooch, it's doubly exasperating. He may have turned the corner or not, but that Hawks game was pretty much faultless. That's why we can't let him go and why it hurts when he slips on a banana skin that he put there himself and kicks himself in the nuts.

... is going to centre half forward. Weed parked inside 50.

That kick hung in the air for way too long. When Angus kicked it I went to the bar for a beer and when I came back it was only just coming down. Short and flat is better and we saw a number of those during the arvo that were too short and too flat, but it gave the kicker's teammate an opportunity to gather the ball quickly and keep it moving.

On the Rioli bump. At the ground there was a replay that showed him getting Oliver on the chin. Clearly head contact. I thought Rioli "should be" gorn based on that, of course always bearing in mind the chook lotto nature of the MRP. And that he's Cyril, therefore it was the best front on bump of the season and no-one can bump front on like Cyril, etc. But haven't seen that angle since. All the other replays have been from behind Oliver and it's not clear from that angle. So, lucky Cyril. I'm alright with him getting off on that one, it's a contact sport after all. Gotta accept some roughing up. But spear tackles and whacks behind play? The AFL have lost control of their game. Maybe they think it's ice hockey.

No, if he resembled Lloyd he'd be horizontal.

Peter Gordon, eh? I recall all the expert legal opinions that said Hird's original case invalidating the joint investigation had an "excellent" chance of succeeding ... and then the judge not only threw it out but bagged Hird for bringing it in the first place. Gordon has skin in the game and has continually swapped out his normal eyeglasses for the ones with beautiful rose coloured lenses. "4 out of 6 judges reckon they're clean!" or some similar distortion of the actual facts. Gordon saying that thing about "in accordance with Australia law" makes me think the Swiss said nothing of the sort.

Garlett needs to remember that he can be beside his opponent, or in front of him, or even somewhere not near him. He doesn't need to be behind him all the time.

Ha ha. Yes, I remember that. It was a national disaster. It was like being told that there could be no more barbeques, no more wearing thongs, no more tinnies or utes, koalas and kangaroos would all be culled, and no sauce on your meat pie. It was like having our collective national balls cut off. Hence the famous call of "gold gold gold" in 1980 when Michelle Ford won the swimming. She got it all back for us in one race.