Mazer Rackham

Yes, Carlton supporters!

Chicago Black Sox. A hundred years later, it is still remembered. Even in this country, with bugger all pedigree in baseball! EFC will never, ever live it down.

A Shaw playing for Melbourne? I wouldn't be able to handle it. The bloodlines. Urgh.

Kennett. http://embeds.audioboom.com/publishing/playlist/v4?bg_fill_col=%23ecefef&boo_content_type=channel&data_for_content_type=4074358&image_option=small&link_color=%230A5691&player_theme=light&src=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.audioboom.com%2Fchannels%2F4074358%2Faudio_clips%3Finclude_child_channels%3D1&max_height=500#TWTWTW%20with%20Jeff%20Kennett%20and%20Rob%20Waters It gets exciting about 1/3 of the way through when a caller asks about Prismall.

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Films, eh? Now you've fired my imagination .... They trained him his whole life for this job. And he did it, no question asked. No complaints. Even the dirtiest jobs. Especially the dirtiest jobs. He asked for no thanks, no rewards. He just did his duty. But then they pushed him too far. Stallone. Jobe. Or how about one styled after after the biblical Book of Job (after whom Jobby is named even if his parents may not realise it). He had it all. Wealth. Adulation. But it was all wrenched away from him. He was pushed to the edge. But then came his greatest test of all. How can a man hold on to his faith when his world collapses? Starring Russell Crowe as Job. The Book of Job. Out this summer. bookofjobmovie.com Or how about British style? Life of Jobe. "He's not the Brownlow Medallist, he's just a naughty little drug cheat!" Guest appearance by Fry and Lawrie as Wallis and Dank. Or: Carry on Vitamins. "Cor lumme, growf 'ormones? You don't need no growf 'ormones, darlin'!" "Cheeky beggar! I ain't seen my feet since I woz firteen! But you could use some growf 'ormones, if you know wot I mean!!!" "Na ha ha ha ha!!!"

Anyone hear Kennett on SEN tearing strips off the AFL? Boy he laid into them. On their governance. On their arbitrary stands on issues, sinking the boots into the soft targets, failing to do the right thing (until forced to) re Prismall. Leaning on clubs on the teat to not make waves while letting the financially secure clubs rock the boat. I didn't hear it all but he went on and on. Poor old Any Maher barely got a word in edgeways which is a rarity for him (he's usually gasbagging too much for guests to say anything).

Poor old Jobby must be deeply conflicted. Growing up as the son of a club legend, playing for that club, captaining that club, being told by that club "you've got nothing to worry about", "you've done nothing wrong", "you'll all get off anyway", his old man bagging ASADA on the radio. "WADA don't understand AFL", "You're going to get a whack on the wrist or maybe 2 weeks." Bang! The hammer drops and you realise it's all a tissue of lies. It's like a cult member who escapes from the cult. It can take a long long to come to grips with what actually happened and to readjust to normalcy. And to cope with the dissonance between the cult's "truths" and society's "truths". No wonder the bugger ran off to England to booze up at the cricket. He must still be struggling to work out how that club fits into his life, or not, and what his relationship with it is. But one day (it may take years), he will drop a hammer on it.

I have the feeling that the AFL are trying to provoke ASADA somehow. Or trying to work out where the line is so they can continually stand on it ... like going right to the edge of a cliff but not going over it. But for what possible gain? It's too childish to suppose they just want to irk ASADA. Are they trying to sniff the wind to see if they can ease their way out of WADA compliance? They've got enough issues in the game without wasting time and energy on something that they could easily take the right stand on. It doesn't make any sense.

When even Andy Maher recognises the problem and urges the AFL not to permit this, they have a PR problem on their hands.

Of course the Dealmaker will be trying to placate ASADA and work out some arrangement with them. I hope they don't buckle. What comeback would ASADA have if the AFL continue to thumb their nose? Re-visit AOD-9604 perhaps? Or push for enforcement of the "two players in a team" rule?

It's John Meesen all over again. He might be able to (still) play, but who would know coz he can't get on the park. Might have a Meesen-like end too. (delisted)

The AFL commission was formed to take decision making away from the clubs. Because they showed they could not make decisions on any basis than their own short term interests. Is the commish going to listen to this latest bleating? As if one year's exemption is going to affect the recruiting strategy. We can't run out and get another player AND fit Milkshake in next year's cap. Just recently, instead of making a decision on top-ups, the commish ran to the clubs. "What do YOU think???" The first time we wanted to play the Tiges on Anzac eve, Gil went running to Eddie for his blessing and benefaction. (Eddie quashed it. Thankfully the commish saw the light next time around.)

A true B is one that's added to your score no matter what happens. A false B is one that tells you it's true, but one day you turn around and there it is scoring for some other batsman.

They make an example of the soft targets. Then look the other way when a drug cheat takes a paying gig to support his clubs' sponsor.

Gil, the consummate dealmaker, will easily deal with this. He will talk to the player, the club, the stakeholders, any interested parties, and come to an arrangement that pleases everyone. From Round 1, bookmakers will be allowed to take bets on wizzing in a cup. Who does it, when, etc. But because of the kiddies, it will only be allowed in night matches, after half time. Can anyone remember when players would routinely do this in the huddle at 1/4 or 3/4 time and no one gave a rat's wizz?

To properly work out the level of impact and your intent, negligent or otherwise, would require you to approach this in the same way as the MRP ... ie with a set of dice.

At the end of last season, they were resigned to the need for a rebuild. That the old Carlton way -- buy your way to flags -- didn't work anymore. The last throes of that, the Judd years, brought them nothing. So it was long slow rebuild and they embraced that. Somehow over summer they turned that into a fairy tale that because Silvagni is a genius recruiter, they will will push for finals this year! Hawks v Tiges showed how seriously the Hawks are taking the NAB cup. They flattered Carlton the week before.

Let's play our best team, no experiments, and try to WIN WIN WIN as much as possible. These boys need the sensation of WINNING.

If we lose to Carlton we should voluntarily opt out of the AFL and become tourist guides at the MCG, or those people who fetch the footballs after they go into the crowd.

This game brings back nightmares from the Neeld era.

They were both awful in the first quarter. But Carlton in the second were so horrifically awful that Essitan got a run on. And what's with the fifties? Another "interpretation" of the rules?

It's not just the players who were mentally scarred during the Bailey/Neeld years.

That's what all the boys say. Is that a baseball bat in your pocket or are you just pleased to see Jesse Hogan?

This is the real sign of the Armageddon.