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Would ordinarily attend but Casey is too far for a 9.00 am start. In any event, Picket Fence's reports and commentary are valuable alternatives. I look forward to them.

For what it is worth. After 2018 we had an outrageous run of injuries and subsequent operations to many players that severely affected their pre seasons. After 2021 we now understand the value of a proper, full, injury free pre season so I am prepared to overlook 2019. In 2020 we had a great pre season but all that work was undone by the covid induced delays to the season so that our advantage was lost. Two games in Cairns with 5 days between hurt us but we finished the year in good style and were perhaps undone by the truncated season. Given our form at the end of the year, playing another 5 games might have got us into the finals and then who knows? This year 2022 is then the first real test for Goody. Sign him up (a premiership cup is worth it) but let us hold our fire until the end of the year.

And it was BBB who got the free kick up the ground that fell off the pack for Tracca's goal to start Bang! Bang, bang, bang.

The boy's only 20 years old. Plenty of time to make big dollars after success at the dees. No rush. GO DEES

After Robbie, the order does not matter so much as all deserve to be in the top 100. Good choices. GO DEES.

Your suggested scenario could never have happened. Fritsch's opponent leaves him alone near the goal square and heads out to where he thinks the next contest might happen. Fritsch wasn't playing behind, his opponent left him alone, lost contact and paid the price.

This is sacrilege. Robbie can never be displaced from 1.

The quality of delivery into the forward line will, more often than not, depend on how well the receiver makes position to receive. Think Harmes to Fritsch - perfect lead in front into space and perfect kick to advantage. Think also the next play - Tracca to a contest where Fritsch was behind but, if not for Maxie's hand, Fritsch would have taken a perfect hanger from behind. In both scenarios, the delivery was spot on but the second might have been called a clanger. GO DEES

The top 11 (inc Wines) are a who's who of the best players in the comp. Any player would be proud to be included in this list. And note the small difference in numbers - excluding outlier Adams there is less than 0.50 average between 2 and 11. Stats like these stink.

Grand final day should have put an end to this pointless statistic. Trac and Clarry burned them. Winning the ball leads to victories, not purported perfect passes. GO DEES

Dunstan, Tomlinson, Hunt, J.Smith, Melksham What would any other team give for one of these proven AFL players, not for depth but as top 22. And we are fortunate to have a list that is so deep that they are classed as depth. If there was a gap due to injury or loss of form they could slide in seamlessly. That is the result of top quality drafting and top quality development. GO DEES

There's no rush. Who cares what someone said last year. He's a young kid. Give him time. 2022 or 2023 or even 2024 if that's what it takes to develop to fulfill his potential. GO DEES.

No obvious gaps or weaknesses for others to exploit. As good a start to a season as could be imagined. GO DEES

Kevin did that often - my son in law also had the thrill to wear the medal. And for those too young to remember, Kevin was a champion of champions. He was that good.

Even though he is not yet a ghost, his spirit is alive and well at the ground.

Would have been nice to see Woey Jnr in 22. Perhaps he chose not to.

Hope it means that players get only one shot at a disposal - no 360 turns or pretend handballs. In order to be fair, umpires should be lenient to those players who, while complying with this rule, cannot avoid putting the ball out of bounds due to the tackle.

I think they also played at Coburg for at least one year. And WJ, you forgot to include the greatest Lion of all who until recently attended some home games - the still living legend Kevin Murray. Agree on the atmosphere - they are a great club.

It was built in 1937 so by the end of its life the facilities were primitive. No AFL/VFL members - sit or stand anywhere. Hard timber seats and smokers everywhere. Glad it was demolished. Go to see the last game (GF) and attended the first test match in the new stand.

Started going to the footy in the early 60s. Have been to every ground in suburban Melbourne (no Geelong) when they were all much the same mostly standing room in the outer with poor amenities. Sadly (or not) they are all gone. The old MCG (DEES only), Junction Oval (sainters before before Moorabbin), Lakeside Oval (South Melbourne before Sydney), Punt Rd Oval (toiges), Glenferrie Oval (dorks), Victoria Park (filth), Princes Park (lollie blues), Windy Hill (bummers), Western Oval (bullies), Brunswick St Oval (lions before ground sharing with others), Arden St (roos). Waverley Park came later and was was cold, ope,n difficult to get to and barren but we won the 1987 night grand final there so has sweet memories. The old grounds were rough and ready but, so long as the footy was good, we didn't care. We were watching the greatest game on earth.

How did this thread get a title change? Kitty litter?????

Or more likely from hoisting the cup multiple times. Lifting my arms to celebrate Bang! Bang, bang, bang leads to chronic soreness. Long may it last.

Even if Roos did nothing special to improve the club and the playing list, he at least stopped the rot and lent his prestige and reputation to lift the club's profile if not its playing style and record of success. He also brought us Goody. For this we are grateful.

For those of us who waited every day for 57 years, it is not just all, but it is everything. This time with my family. Bang! Bang, bang, bang still chokes me up and Max and Goody lifting the cup does it all over again. This feeling will never go away. GO DEES

Less than one half of football. Greater rate than 186.