Mel Bourne

Who’s the umpire who says “staaaand”? Could he staaaaand down too?

Hunt - Lockhart. Sick of saying it, but give this bloke a match. His consistent efforts at Casey and past performances with Dees warrant a late-round match against the 2nd-bottom team, at the very least. Hibbo can come in against the Cats. AVB - Jones TMac - Jordon

To be fair, it's inevitable when you umbrella an entire state's supporter base with one team (I realise there are two WA AFL teams, but eight years of only having one was enough to galvanise things). Imagine if there were only one or two Vic teams. We'd have no choice but to cheer along with people who would otherwise be Tigers or Pies supporters. I do think they should show a powerpoint presentation of AFL Rules on their scoreboard before matches, though. Particularly one on "prior opportunity". It's astonishing to me how many "supporters" still don't understand this incredibly basic concept.

Tigers - Tiges Kangaroos - Roos Bulldogs - Dogs & more. Bit of a long-standing tradition to shorten your club’s name, no? At least we’re not the Magpies. Imagine constantly referring to your team as an oven-baked pastry dish.

Tigers - Tiges Kangaroos - Roos Bulldogs - Dogs & more. Bit of a long-standing tradition to shorten your club’s name, no? At least we’re not the Magpies. Imagine being unfamiliar with the game and thinking that a club had named themselves after an oven-baked snack.

That game looked incredibly sapping, and we have sweet F.A time to recover. Little worried about the next two.

Dome Cafes don’t count as whiskey bars.

Yeah I’m far too adrenalised to contemplate sleep.

Give it a rest.

We still have to field a team, boss. Quite a few “good” players will have to take part.

If Joel Smith gets a game before Lockhart I will…be fairly annoyed.

Ah, that feeling when you grew up in Preston, chose the Dees as your team because the rest of your siblings were Bombers fans and you wanted to be different, then the talk of Brighton Grammar comes up. ?

"It was more a show of defence. I didn't want to get rolled over and him be on top of me. that was the position I was pulled into and that was where my strength was." He’s a bit special, our Jack.

Yep, we finished ninth on the ladder last year. It’s a vast improvement. This is all anyone can reasonably hope for, and I hope next season keeps heading in the same direction. I was proud to be a Demons supporter for the first time in a long time this year, and whatever may happen in the finals, I’ll be grateful for this alone.

Do people ever say these things “don’t matter”? I think you’re conflating that sentiment with “not much point sooking about it ad nauseum on Demonland”.

I’m gonna make the call that WC will not be playing finals. Giants to win 2 of 3 Eagles to lose next 3 games Giants in. Eagles out

A big issue is that Viney seldom gets dropped. If he's fit, Goodwin and the selectors generally consider him an automatic in.

Man, if Viney keeps being owned by Suns opposition players, what hope does he have against the finals opposition?

I mean, you could be describing any aspect of him there.

Oliver set shot on an angle....hmmmmm Whoa.

It's owned by a moribund [censored]?

Commentator: "Jake Bowey has been described as 'a little Caleb Daniel' ". Wow. That's small.

Who do you think closed the AFL app live streams? Those streams were the godsend. Kayo is what happens when “godsends” are banished.

He does spend a fair amount of time playing video games. Often that pursuit is paired well with high calorie snacks. But he looks in pretty good shape. The only extra weight he seems to be carrying is a moustache.

Interesting. It’s strange to me that a player who’s in form would be overlooked for such a thing, given the amount of general overlap in lockdown/rebounding. Lockhart has good skills and is a reliable kick, so it’s odd to me that he couldn’t be viewed playing a rebounding role when the need arises.