Mazer Rackham

I wouldn't worry. From memory, it was only Trengove and Mitch Clark who might have had some questionable stuff, before the club woke up and gave him the bum's rush. Plus, for any really important stuff (ie criminal), there are people out there ready and willing to put the frighteners on, as they have done in the past. There is much more return on capital for the footy media to put the spotlight on late-noughties Geelong than on us. And that won't happen either.

Yeah, sorry about that. But there are standards to uphold. Not just on this web site, but in society. We can stand repeated egregious spelling, grammar & above all, apostrophe errors. We can stand threads getting derailed within 2 posts (like this one). We can stand the massive carbon footprint from continual litigation of the "it was injuries/no it wasn't" post-mortem of 2019. But there are some things that simply cannot be permitted to stand. Perhaps you will bear that in mind next time you post.

Incredible. Must be a first offence for this bloke, from what I've read in the past.

"Your mission is to proceed up Punt Road, pick up coach Goodwin's path at Gosch's Paddock, follow it, and learn what you can. When you find the coach, infiltrate his team by whatever means available and terminate the coach's command. He's out there operating without any decent restraint, totally beyond the pale of any acceptable human conduct, and he's still on the field commanding players."

"It was love at first sight. The first time Yossarian saw the co-captain he fell madly in love with him." Yes I know it's 2 lines

"Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was given an MFC membership."

They finally reviewed that PF and saw what a team can do it it gets an hour's head start. What if WE do that, they thought. Train as you play.

But ..... I was just about to panic! Now what? Jeez this team breaks your heart.

WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN FOR THOSE WHO HAVE GRANDKIDS OF DRAFT AGE? YOU YOUNG WHIPPERSNAPPER

It's a rite of passage to first note that you can't be THAT old because there's still one active AFL player older than you ... and then see that player retire ... it's your official decent into old fogeyism. You are then allowed to use words like "whippersnapper" and "when I was young(er)" and "these kids today".

They'll put fewer ads in at half time. The pre-game will mysteriously extend by 10 minutes, and there they will jam in as many ads as humanly possible. Because mugs suckers viewers don't turn off pre game but they do at half time.

OMG. What if one of those young teams is GCS? Or Carlton? Does Gil understand what he's doing? All this meddling could kill the very thing he loves.

May I inform you that Kerry Stokes has never once mentioned this "kids footy" thing so how important can it be

Imagine if a small kiddie ate a bad chip and got sick. Better for them to stay home and watch on the big screen. They can then be shown ads for healthier chips. Or, non-healthier chips. It's the consumers choice! Win-win-win! They've been trying to make the live thing more like the TV thing anyway. Loud music to keep our tiny minds occupied, ground announcers to tell us who's playing (in case our feeble concentration has drifted) & the score that we can see right in front of us on multiple big screens ... it's time for Gil to bite the bullet and answer our subconscious cries for help and ban live attendance completely (without consultation, otherwise it just wouldn't be right).

Why don't they simply computer generate the fans in the grandstands and get it over with? You get full houses every time, all the noise (not only roaring for the teams, but for the sponsors too!), you don't even need the stadiums. Gosch's paddock and a computer can replace the MCG.

At this time of year, all kinds of crazy notions are posted on footy forums

Gil "Rubber Stamp" McLachlan is supposed to be the custodian of the game but in fact he is the custodian of channel 7's interests. But cheaper pies.

No need. John used to gripe about the missed opportunity every time I hung out with him. Wouldn't shut up about it.

And still couldn't hide from you? After that I suppose she just gave up.

I sort Spike wuz a Irishman

It was pre internet and didn't really exist. You can read about it in Pepys' diaries.

Old age does things to the memory. You're probably remembering futuristic horseless carriages you saw in some moving picture show.

So your friend taught you to hate C'wood and Carlton in one fell swoop. A friend indeed.

OK boomer. We know this is made up. Cars weren't even invented 50 years ago.

OK bummer