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Hawks making Brisbane look very koschitzke.

Damn. Just when I was enjoying Hawthorn beating Brisbane they show Jeff Kennet in the crowd.

Is that Hugo Weaving in the coaches box with Sam Mitchell?

What’s going on right now is a bit like the vaccinations we’ve all been getting lately. A little sample of the latest variant to try and beat us from a side that’s not very good will immunise us if the better teams try it. We could just refer to them as the Alpha (Hawthorn) and Delta (North) blueprints.

Our only real risk of losing a game right now is if we kick this inaccurately against a much higher quality side.

Right now our best set shot kick in the midfield group is probably Jack Viney. Who would have thought.

Ah. They said GWS on the scoreboard near the end but of course that’s their next HOME game.

If North keep racking up the losses they could start playing AFL games at Arden St again. They won't get 8,000 through the gates against GWS next week.

Keys, phone, beanie, wallet, sunglasses, deckchair. Just making sure I've got everything for today's game.

Really missing the David Teague era.

Not a big surprise it's a record attendance between these two sides. Neither Princes Park nor the Lakeside Oval would have held 45,000 and during most of the years Carlton dominated the competition South Melbourne sucked and vice versa during the Sydney Swans era.

Sydney just need to stay close enough on the scoreboard until Carlton fall off a cliff in the last quarter.

Carlton looking good. Sadly.

Bosh! Just booked my flights for ADL. North v Hawthorn at Blundstone will be lucky to get two guys and a thylacine through the turnstiles.

All about getting Melky to 200 games I'd guess.

I think the only way we're going to kick a cricket score against anyone this year is if the opposition just give up, which hasn't happened to date.

Tim Watson is a F-L-O-G-G.

All I know is that come Saturday night I want to be sitting on top with 40 points and 170%.

Of all the 'firsts' we've ticked off on our 16 game winning run we can now add underwhelming 74 point win away against WC to the list.

I didn’t watch Footy Classified this week. Did Ross Lyon say “ I think the Eagles can get it done” in his pre-game analysis ? It’ll be the first time this year he hasn’t said it about our oppo I think. Almost 300 days and counting since he was last right.

Hi Nasher. I'm just getting my head around the intricacies of it all but I think in NSW there is something called a green slip which only covers injury to another party but doesn't cover the cost of repair of their vehicle, which I think a lot of people don't understand. Yeah, I've come across a lot of people who's current life situation doesn't allow them to prioritise motor insurance as a necessity.

This might have been the most relaxing week as a Melbourne supporter I've ever had. This coming week would have been too but will now be offset by a Europa League final taking place in Seville early on Thursday morning. It's a gorgeous autumnal day so I might take the short train ride down to Arden Street to watch the magoos before the main event starts.

Hi Deanox. I've got a bit of a side hustle doing some work for an insurance company until I can get back to my regular gig in travel full time. The work is dealing with other drivers that are at fault in incidents with our clients but who are uninsured. The amount of money that has to be written off because we can't prove the other person is at fault / can't find them / financial hardship is off the scale and a contributing factor in why premiums increase each year. I was told that only around 25% of drivers in this country are insured.

I've always thought Daniel Rich looks like he was recruited from some backwater town deep in the Appalachians.

Just an observation DD. I'm well aware we have far bigger fish to fry.