Mazer Rackham

There are four hamstrings in each leg.

Funny, a lot of North supporters are also planning to desludge their bathroom u-bends, starting from just before 4:30.

I think with the retirement of Tippa we all need some cheering up. So on this topical note I bring you:

Well they did promise a day grand final to make up for the one we didn't get last year. So there may be some shred of integrity floating around headquarters that they haven't managed to expunge yet. I'm okay with the compromise that we win last year's flag in the twilight, and this year's in the daytime.

Umps / AFL. Which ones are the real amateurs?

What a [censored] joke. Maybe have them train on someone's nature strip? It's grass after all. Opportunity here for the mighty MFC to curry favour and invite them to train at Casey, or Gosch's when it's ready.

If I was a Bombers fan, I would want my team to emulate the awesome Melbourne team and play hard physical, but fair, football for 120 mins at a stretch. Win or lose. Set a benchmark. A cheap shot would most likely serve as a distraction than a spur. But when you're desperate, maybe anything will serve. Either way they can't continue on as they have been. Although it wouldn't bother me for a second if they do. In fact (brace yourselves for controversy) I would rather they did. But, they've missed the moment. They've given the message to the football world that Shiel is soft (he might or might not be), that the Ess team as a whole are soft and indifferent, and that they play bruise free football. It's a crisis of their own making. They've gotten ahead of themselves, gotten too fancy, and now their players apart from Wright have no idea what they're supposed to be doing. They need Tippa back more than they can imagine.

When you've gone from deadset certain premiers to cellar dwelling directionless rabble in 9 rounds, it probably is time for a line in the sand moment. This!

Extended 12" remix version

We're not looking for hit singles now. We're living a symphony. Enjoy the first movement, there are three more to come.

The wallabies down there are pretty hardarse. These soft city kangas will go extinct trying to compete.

v Hawthorn at the MCG 2016. Mate wants to go to see what Aussie Rules footy is about. V Hawthorn??? Gulp. Well, what the hell. Maybe we'll knock them off???? AND WE DID v Collingwood QB 2017. Well who knows? It would be good to steal a win.Just maybe ...... ? AND WATTS KICKS THE SEALER That's what we lived for. The occasional bone tossed our way glorious victory to make life worth living. But we're in a different era now, and a different phase of our support. This is what we have been waiting for for decades. Not the hope of the occasional good season where we "might" challenge for the flag. Or even the occasional upset of one of the "good" sides (of which we had pretensions of being). No, we're now in an era were we have a stable club, an excellent list, very good coaching lineup, and the expectation of victory. This era of strength feels like it is payback for all the years of demoralisation and failure. It's not the shooting star of individual wins that gets us hopping now. It's the slow burning wick of success, the continuous gratification of win after win. This is what we have been waiting for, and even though it may feel unusual or even out of character, get used to it. Settle in and bask in the warmth.

I don't recall any sympathy when we were at our lowest. Only scorn, contempt, slight regard, a desire for us to fold & go away, and anticipation of a percentage builder. It's our time at the top and we should exploit it to the fullest. If North are in the road, they get flattened.

Lead singer of "The Golden Threads", had a #21 hit on the Billboard charts in 1972

At least it will be close. A seesawing 4 goals to 3 thriller, not over until the last minute

Thank you. The balance of the force is restored. The gods are capricious, you know.

CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR

It would be the merciful thing to do. (Applies to both parts of your statement above.)

Not alone. It looked like the WCE were flooding, but you couldn't really see until the cameras were trained on our forward 50. I also suspected our forwards were being monstered off the ball, but same thing. Only the occasional glimpse. In the GWS game, the camera often showed the view from behind the goals to give a better idea of the positioning of players around the ground.

Yep. Their faces walking off said it all. "9 down, 16 to go."

To the D'landers at the game. Was the ground slippery? It seemed like the ball took many a strange bounce time and time again. Usually to our disadvantage as our boys were in the right spot for a regulation bounce.

They'll get over it. Nothing begets admiration as much as a winner, and if we keep winning they will turn.

Turn me on, dead man!

It seemed like the boys were a bit thrown by the crisp, accurate lettering on the banner (particularly the exclamation mark) and it took them until the last quarter to shake off their admiration and fully concentrate on football.

Pretty surprising for a premiership side.