Mel Bourne

Would be a great get, but contracted till end of 22 (not that contracts seem to mean what they used to). The talk of him coming to the Dees seemed to begin and end with Brad Hardie’s “scoop” back in June. Have there been any further rumblings?

Yes, was going to edit to include Marty Hore as a possibility.

Lockhart’s been let go. Or do you mean a shot at another club?

With the sad departure of Neville Jetta, Hibberd’s fast-approaching 32nd birthday, the letting-go of Jay Lockhart (which I’m personally a bit bummed about, not sure how others feel) and - whether or not you have the faith in him as a player - the injury-susceptibility of Joel Smith, we are forming quite the cavity in the back pocket. What’s the next step here? Start preparing Hunt for the role? Seek out a dedicated back-pocket in trade time? If so, who?

Funny how this panned out. Charlie Spargo deserves to be a lot higher, when you see it listed like this. At least higher than James Jordon!

Me too. Given Nev could potentially depart this year (edit-has departed!), as well as seeing the early signs of Pig slowing down (though he played great last Saturday) I would have thought we'd be getting Jay ready for more game time in 22.

Really bummed about this. Hope he finds a spot in the AFL somewhere. Good luck Jay!

1. Trac 2. Clarry 3. Brayshaw 4. Gawn 5. Jackson 6. Lever. And Salem

I’d just be ok to get my members scarf. What the hell happened to them?

Next week is a danger game.

Hunt was very much a part of our winning formula this season, much more than JJ was. It should really come down to had the better season this year, and that was Hunt by a stretch.

Oh man. My place doesn’t have an antenna, so I just use Apple TV and that, it seems, is not good enough for whichever thickheaded turkey decides these things. Don’t really mind missing this red-hot, entertainment extravaganza, but as other have said, it would be great not to find the same thing out on GF day.

It would, but if anybody’s gonna get an unexpected call I reckon it will be Hunt.

Is that official?

Watching the prelim for the 5th time. May has just come off with a hamstring concern… I am absolutely [censored] myself about next week (the two are unrelated - I know Maysie’s good to go). Man. Two weeks is a long time to make any supporter sweat. But a Melbourne supporter?

Amazing! Will check. Will dig. Cheers, BM.

Picture of a smiling Stephen May out on the track, just posted on Demons social media. No way he’d be out there if there was any genuine concern. Great, great stuff!

I only know three Dogs supporters and one of them is Bob Murphy. Annoyingly, he’s a very lovely chap who makes it difficult to dislike his mob.

Anybody just see that power fan giving Dixon the middle finger on the boundary? Absolutely horrible.

Just noticed that as soon as May was subbed off the trainers immediately began working his lower back area. Perhaps this bodes well.

Thanks for this insightful comment. I’m curious as to whether the risk of a re-tear (should it reveal itself as one) is a risk that May and the club will take.

Can I nominate myself for tenth-in-line medi-sub?

This is, and other bangers of it's nature, are all I'll be listening to in the lead up to the 25th.

Don't actually listen to this please

Agree with this. That's the only change.