Mazer Rackham

The ACT would probably have a team now (instead of Gold Coast) -- it was Aussie Rules territory -- but a previous AFL admin dropped the ball and now it's firmly rugby league. If the AFL ignore Tassie, at grass roots level at the least, the pipeline of support to the top level (players, supports, $$$) will dry up. But that's the way it's looking.

The AFL don't give a flying rat's tossbag about areas that already play Aussie Rules. They're in a war against rugby league (which RL has only recently woken up to) and are hellbent on infiltrating enemy territory. Hence GWS. To a lesser extent the Gold Coast as North screwed up their carefully laid plans there. That's how it will happen, if it happens.

His brother is the brains behind the entire McGuire outfit. Eddie is the front man & used car salesman. Frank is the thinker.

This is talking the house down in preparation for training the house down. It's like a pre-season for pre-season. Actions, Max. We're not interested in any words, unless they involve me winning Tattslotto.

This could be the first time in his career that Dawsey has been compared to Buddy.

Chris Dawe used to get to the right spots too Hard to think of a top KPF who can't hold a mark

If Eddie's there, Buckley will be there. The players have memories like goldfish and might champ at the bit to play with the mighty pies, but as long as the current admin is in place, the managers will be cautious. They have memories like elephants.

An Englishman, an Irishman, the Pope, and Eddie McGuire walk into a bar. On the counter is a huge stuffed polar bear. The Englishman says, I say, barman. Did you know there's a huge stuffed polar bear on the counter? The Irishman says, Begorrah. That little turncoat lied to me. Him and his dorty fadder. The Pope says, Petracca, he a good-a Catholic-a boy. He no-a go to the *hack-ptuih* Mag-a-pies. Eddie McGuire says, anyone know any good King Kong jokes? The barman says, so did the last bloke who came in here and tried to use his 2nd amendment rights!

The really exciting part is that Pies fans were very hopeful that Robert Harvey would get the job thereby removing him from the C'wood coaching panel. No such luck, Pies!

"Unfair" means an exec missing his bonus because crowds are down Channel 7 find the whole thing tremendously exciting, case closed

I have a theory that the AFL knew C'wood had a severe cap issue and told them, fix it today unless you want a multi million $$$ fine and X years of no draft picks. Eddie had thought they could bluster their way through it and they panicked.

Let 'em. As we learned to our cost, when you practice losing games, you become expert at losing games. It's a long long haul back.

MFC read the writing on the wall. It said "get out while you still can!"

For every Wagner, Matt Jones, Magner, Jordie ... guys who bust a gut to maximise their talent, break in to an AFL list, play a handful of games, but are not quite up to it ... well, take 10 of them ... for every 10, maybe 20, there's a Hogan. More talent in his little finger than the rest in their entire bodies including their nearest relatives ... but who doesn't bust a gut, isn't driven like a borderline psychopath for on-field success. Hogan will be happiest playing in whatever comp is one below the WAFL, where he can rock up on Saturday, make dills of his opponents, kick an easy bag, then get out on the turps with his mates. And good luck to him. Not everyone's cut out for AFL. (Exhibit A: Liam Jurrah.)

Yes, why the panic? They might not do it until round 3 or 4.

No, he is running a reality show loosely based around a sporting competition, for ratings!

His future is in a lower level competition. Huge talent, but not meant for AFL football.

Gil thinks: "what would Andrew Demetriou do?" He'll be all over this. With a carpet.

In Soviet Russia, State edits you (In Federated Russia also ...)

May it explode in their face

Correct! What is this hypothetical group doing while they are chalking up 70 games together? Learning an effective game plan and how to execute it? Or just marking time, waiting for the magical 70 games milestone to appear, and then blammo! Automatic premiership cup. Games as a group, and good football .... which one is the cause and which one the effect?

They and their stooges picked out a few early examples (eg Buddy leaving a big club for a not-big club) to show that we weren't heading for an EPL situation. No-one bought it though. Yes, it should cut both ways. Players want to pick and choose? Let clubs pick and choose too. The "free" means movement, not money

My god this club is literally disintegrating. Viney can't stand Oliver to the point where he will leave the state. It's obvious from the body language Max & Clarry are both off to the Suns.

The Brownlow is not the "best player" award. Nor the "best and fairest". It's the "fairest and best", which is why dark horses having a good season, like Woey, can win it. It's why guys like Matthews and Carey never won it (although that doesn't explain how a Dipper could win it). It's somewhat flawed, but in no way is it an "MVP" award. Anyone who wins it deserves to, even if arguments can be made for other players in any given year.

No. But even 15% of "clinically recognised" pregnancies is high.