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One of my mates was sitting three tables away

To add to Freo's woes Sean Darcy is dining with Clarko this evening.

Very very average last 10 minutes by the aints.

Would love to hear this discussed on the pod (as I am sure it will) as I thought TMac was excellent in his role despite the unflattering stat line. Particularly in the first half when our ball movement was slower he seemed to bob up all over the ground with important contests and marks. Many on here saw the impact of his absence last year and I thought Saturday night illustrated that further. To me his role is not so much to mark and goal inside 50, but to give us a target and contest moving the ball from D50. His inside 50 work is even less important given the potency of Gawn and Grundy as marking targets. I would also like to shout Tom Captain Jack Sparrow. Another who didn't have a great stat line but is a smart user and tackler. Even better is his kicking for goal. The dogs must be sick of him slotting goals from the 50 arc

Although a lot of the diehards on here will have already read it, I hope I am one of many who have got their hands on it this Christmas. Fantastic read so far. I am now counting myself lucky to have only witnessed the horror of 2000s and not been around before that. Wishing everyone a very merry Christmas, the only mark on today will be the significant drop in premiership memorabillia to unwrap.

AFL Central on Instagram has put this up as the Gather Round fixture. Not official but these guys are usually very good. Round 5, 2023: Thursday night - Adelaide v Carlton, 7:40pm, Adelaide Oval Friday night - Fremantle v Gold Coast, 5:10pm, Norwood Oval Richmond v Sydney, 8:10pm, Adelaide Oval Saturday - Brisbane v North Melbourne, 1:10pm, Adelaide Hills Essendon v Melbourne, 4:10pm, Adelaide Oval Port Adelaide v Western Bulldogs, 7:50pm, Adelaide Oval Sunday - Geelong v West Coast, 1:10pm, Adelaide Oval GWS v Hawthorn, 3:20pm, Norwood Oval Collingwood v St Kilda, 4:50pm, Adelaide Oval

West take a bow

Chandler also backing up after playing last night

On the train with plenty of others in their red and blue and I'm not nervous about the result!! Can we get this every week?

The points system doesn't explain it very well here imo. The difference between pick 3 and say pick 14-20 next year will be significant.

Any truth to reports Hore is looking likely to miss a few weeks? Few social media pages reporting this

Can someone explain why Preuss isn't back in???

@demon_fanatic feel you man, remembered at a similar time :(((( If we make it going to have to move heaven and earth to find tickets.

OH [censored]! Due to family commitments this arvo the ballot registration completely slipped my mind. Can I put my P2 barcode into the P3 ballot or am I properly screwed...

Viney to Ablett, imagine he still has nightmares from Round 1 a few years ago when Viney crunched his shoulder early on. Soft [censored] won't go near it with Viney breathing down his neck at stoppages.