The Panglossian

TheHeraldSun had Adams in the best players!!!!!!!

On 06/04/2026 at 10:34, binman said:

I'm sorry picket, but as a card carrying member of IPS (International Pedant Society), I have to say that makes no @$%@&^ sense!

The Nova? Sure. The Astor? Absolutely. Village? OK.

But Home Theatre System as a play on Cinema? Nup.

I mean a home theatre is almost literally the opposite of a cinema!

What about “Flicks” as a nickname? Do some people still say “ let’s go to the flicks “. ( cinema”)

3 hours ago, Temporarily Hopeful Demon said:

If you've paid any attention to what's been happening over the past three years it's not rocket science why we 'dispensed' him. I highly doubt that GWS are laughing as we're getting just about the same output from Steele for a much lower price.

And I highly disagree that he's right up there with the very best given that we have Max Gawn in the side right now.

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Thanks so much…. I’ll attempt to pay more attention in future.

What a great player Clarrie is!

I watched Barrassi, Dixon, Spencer, Flower ,Petracca, Schwarz, Adams( not Jed, I’m anfraid!) and Stynes, representing our club. Clarrie is right up there with them . I don’t understand why a club would dispense with such a star. ( I know there must be reasons that we fans aren’t privy to)Apparently he was much loved by team mates.

GWS must be laughing.

I wish Clarrie all the best at GWS.

7 hours ago, Bobby McKenzie 2 said:

Another speedy Adams! Must be in the name. RIP Bluey.

I’ve been hoping Jed Adams would develop into a good AFL player.

Every time I’ve watched him at Casey , he’s been soundly beaten one on one.

He played ok in his only AFL game, and he’s a good kick.

I thought he was poor for Casey last week.

TMac has a proven record as a defender. Please replace Disco with TMac.

Am I correct in saying that we delisted Omac and Wagner way back, and got nothing for them?

They both looked like good AFL players today.

Well done, Timothy!

He realised that all the players have an “n” as the third letter of their surname.

Too obscure?

He deduced it with a couple of vague clues.

Sorry I missed your PM’s Timothy….I’m not very familiar with the PM link.

There’s a hell of a lot of chips in a bucket!

Freo have 4 exDees…Jackson, McVee, Wagner and Omac.

Normally I wish these guys well, but tonight I hope they have ‘mares!

Hint….you could make the team, Mande, if you,d played AFL/ VFL.

Man Dee is on the right track!

Have a spell…then try again.

I’ve had very little satisfaction in trying to solve Demonstone’s and Timothy R’s footy team quizzes, so I’ve tried to devise one that will baffle them.

I’ll be disappointed if (a) someone gets it straightaway , or (b)people say it was too obscure when I finally divulge the solution.

The players all have something in common, but it’s not footy related.

Backs. Andy Moniz- Wakefield, Chris Langford, Brenton Sanderson

Half Backs.Jack Sinclair, Kenny Hunter,Xavier Tanner

C. Ed Langdon,Scott Pendlebury,Jack Henderson

Half Forwards. Geoff Tunbridge,Jacob Van Rooyen,, Caleb Windsor

F.Jack Gunston,Jason Dunstall,Jack Ginnivan

Rucks Damian Monkhorst, Scott Wynd

Rover Jack Viney

Coach Ken Hinkley

Interchange,Nas Wanganeen Milleara,Josh Jenkins,John Ronaldson,Peter Sinclair,Austin Wonaeamirri,.

PM ‘s please , if you want to have a go.

ps…..they’re not all little known banjo players for obscure blue-grass bands…or anything like it!

1 minute ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Games 212 Goals 202

Honours: 3rd Brownlow Medal 2020 (equal); Norm Smith Medal 2021; Melbourne best and fairest 2020, 2023; Melbourne 2nd best and fairest 2021, 2022, 2025; All-Australian 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023; leading goalkicker 2019; AFL Rising Star nominee 2016; Melbourne premiership 2021. Brownlow Medal: 2025 votes 16; career votes 130.

Let’s get rid of him !

Try to make it 186, Suns.

On 21/02/2026 at 08:51, Demonland said:

If Kozzie did that, he’d get a life suspension.

Has Luker grown? He’s supposed to be 195 cm, but is competing with 204 cm Heath in the ruck. With no Gawn, Campbell and White , we’re pretty light in for rucks.

I’m glad they’re not burdening Roo with Rick work. It helps his forward play. He looks stronger.

Jeffo goal in accuracy resembles a true Dee forward

Were they calling Van Rouen “rooter”?

That’s poor Jeffo

I presume they’ll have proper umps, and I hope the new “stand” rule is strictly enforced. Hopefully the players will learn from it.

I don’t want us to be giving away lots of 50 m penalties this year.

I’m struggling, too! ( no need for a PM !)

On 09/10/2025 at 14:53, Hellaintabadplacetobe said:

Agree re Adams. I've not seen much to be enthused about even at Casey but hopefully he gets solid game time next year. I'd rather he get games than May who we look likely to retain.

He’s a terrific left foot kick….I’m enthused about that.

On 04/02/2026 at 14:15, Lord Travis said:

You might perceive their supporters as annoying, but they have 30,000 more than us, so that's a positive as he gets to play infront of bigger crowds and gets more exposure for post career opportunities.

A guernsey is not a factor in what team you choose to play for, so I assume this is a joke.

They're a premiership contender - we're a bottom four contender.

They have newer, better, more accessible training facilities than us.

The only positive we can potentially offer is more money, and even that is an unknown.

I love my club, but there are very few actual reasons to want to play for MFC over most other clubs in 2026 and the near future sadly.

I can’t handle the truth.

20 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

That was a heart breaking loss.

Steven Clark had to kick a goal from 50+ metres out after the siren to draw the game with 5,000 Essendon supporters on the mark.

Darren Bennett kicked 1 goal that day.

Was that the day Joe Rugolo bagged 4?

On 20/01/2026 at 12:39, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

How can I resist an appeal like that?!

The general connection is their first names are all Australian-region cyclone names.

The specific connection is that these names for cyclones have all been 'retired' due to the high human and/or economic impact of the cyclones so named.

Are you a meteorologist?