ProperDee

And just when Nate Jones was thinking what fun he was going to have playing off half back!

It doesn’t matter who made the comment. The essence of it is correct. A lack of unity led to the cancellation of the boot camp. My information is that there were very heated words and an attempt at physicality, between an older and a younger member of our “leadership group”. That has persisted and a division still exists. This has created three groups, one pro the older, one pro the younger and the fence sitters. Not united? Yep.

Wow. Sitting on your hands for nearly 5 months to say that? Hope you feel better now legend.

God bless this years fixture. 2 games at the Gabba and me being not only a Gabba/German Club/Piney Hotel member but also live less than 2 kms from the ground. Yiiiihaaaaaaa!

Meh. It’s footy. Anything can happen and predictions are useless. Forget what has happened in the past or what other teams have done/are doing. Just support our blokes, keep fingers crossed that we stay relatively injury free and with our progressive natural improvement we will be there in September. 2018 Premiers? Probably unlikely but the next 5 years or so will be great fun for Dee supporters regardless.

Still a B grade mid. I have Harmes ahead of him. If Alex can learn to mark above his head his stocks will rise considerably.

I took off immediately the game finished so still daylight. The pub was in the main street too so at least SOME decorum was maintained!

For the 88 GF I was on an end of season footy trip in Tasmania. We all went to a pub to watch the big game. Several of my team mates were Hawks fans and I made a number of, upon reflection, ridiculous wagers. I ended up jogging back to our hotel in the rain wearing only jocks and runners and seriously affected by alcohol. My team mates travelled alongside in a minibus yelling, laughing and discharching various missiles in my direction.. I got lost and ended up spending 4 hours in the watchouse where I was violently ill to the amusement of some of Tasmania’s finest. There is more to this story that makes it even better but I simply cannot reveal that part of it here!

He has that trait of great players, he appears unrushed and looks like he has more time than others. Looked very cool under pressure too. Flower-esque in build but being skinny didn’t do the great man any harm.

THREE Brisbane fans thank you!

Unless there is a reversed onus of proof......just sayin’

I am sure some of you lot sweat on stories like these breaking in the media to seize the opportunity to: (a) hang sh!t on the club, a player or players, the leadership group or whomever or, (b) just fill in the blanks to any story with whatever BS you make up. I don’t give a rats what happens outside of my control as long as my footy club is raring to give it a red hot go come Round 1 2018. Anyway, compliments of the season and all that.

Yeah, there is no place for that BS in our game. Completely unnecessary. This is a footy club, not a paramilitary organisation. There are many alternative, modern psychological development strategies available today. As an aside....Danny Frawley is a f log.

Billy Stretch looks to have muscled up a bit unless he is flexing for the shot!

Petracca guilty of drinking his own bath water and gets told to pull his head in. Mitch Hannan to become more consistent and takes a MOTY contender Jack Watts really targeted when we play PA Dion Johnstone to be a surprise packet Declan Keilty to debut

I’m not as enthusiastic as some. His endeavour is very good but I have a question mark over his decision making ability and his marking skills. I think he is just inside our best 22. But of course would love to see him him continue to develop and become a valuable player. It seems as though he can be but just needs to step it up a cog in my view.

Evening fellas, I am also going Marmelo and Humidor but also having something each way on Ventura Storm with G. Boss steering. Pulled up sore after the CC but galloped strongly since. My youngest daughter (29) who only ever has a bet on the Cup, apparently liked the name Cismontane a couple of weeks ago so she got her husband to put $5 each way at fixed odds at....$301 & $76! I offered her $5 last night for halves but she knocked me back! Kids today have no respect.

I have had a bit of a study today and come up with a few at Flemington. I am not a fan of favourite runners (although there is great value tomorrow if you are). Race 1 - 12 Almighty, Race 4 - 6 Vengeur Masque Race 5 - 6 Jukebox, Race 7 - 11 Ocean's Fourteen, Race 8 - 9 Shillelagh. I will also have a go at Lola's Diamond on the Gold Coast, Race 3 - 6 and Monteaux at Doomben, Race 3 - 3. Good luck fellas. Cheers PD

Hi Macca. I have owned 5 racehorses over the years. 4 in Melbourne and 1up here in Brisbane. My punting days go back to the time when the ladies in the TAB’s around Melbourne hand wrote the tickets! I really don’t have a bet very often nowadays but do enjoy lashing out at this time of the year. Gee, those First 4’s are hard but as you said, the potential dividends are huge. I have a good mate that boxes 2x4xFxF but only for a low percentage. He often jags a decent return because he leaves the favourite right out of selections 1and 2. What I have noticed over the years watching Spring Carnivals is that horses that finished 1st or 2nd at their most recent start, regardless of where that may have been, figure prominently in most races. Moreso than at the average race meeting. Of course, often there are quite a few runners in a race with that form, sometimes not so many. I have had some good results by basing trifectas and particularly quinellas, around them. Off to get my copy of the Sportsman now and will drop some selections for tomorrow in later. I already like Shillelagh in whichever race it goes round in. Huge run last start. Cheers PD

I couldn’t give a rats about the draw. We can’t change it so why whinge? Just get out onto whatever ground it is and play the game and try to win about 15 or so. The only good thing is the 2 Brisbane games. I can walk to the Gabba in 10 minutes. Seems like years since we have played in Brisbane.

Like that former famous Essendon player Bundy Riewoldt-Akermanis?

Same old Ron. Looking to shoot people down at every opportunity. Hogan had more than one reason for "smoking darts". There was ONE photo of him smoking ONE cigarette, right? Current AA forward line player is well know to have a puff. Hasn't done him any harm. Anyway, doesn't matter because JW is gonski. Maybe we can offload you to Richmond in the draft? You've always loved 'em.

Watts was on thin ice early in the season with his lackadaisical attitude. Him choosing to fly off to Byron Bay for a week promoting Skwosh when he was essentially directed to remain in Melbourne and rehab properly was the final straw. He was gone from that point. From my POV I am very pleased to have a coach at our club who isn’t scared of setting standards for all players and then enforcing them when they don’t comply. If players don’t want to have a team first mentality then the team doesn’t want them. See ya Jack. I hope the door didn’t bruise your arze on the way out. NEXT!

Gee, you could make a case for a truckload...Tilbrook, Malloy, Stretch, Steve Smith, Fowler, Giles, Zantuck, Battiston, Icke, Jarrott, Moore, O’Dwyer, Lovett, Rhode, Lovell, Bennett, Davey....

Caulfield Cup Day 2017. Inference - Harlem - Humidor - Bonneval