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What's with the narrative that all this round's games are sold out? Carrara is half empty. Don't they realise we all have eyes?

If this were another era I’d be making sure the run through on KB had a large caricature of Gus with the words Never Forgive Never Forget writ large alongside it. Hand drawn and painted of course, not a big photocopied picture.

Because he’s be down the pecking order?

Swallow and Bowie both say hello.

Love they guy but there's a lot of ifs, buts and maybes in that article. Will be crossing my fingers for him as we'll be flying as a team if we can keep him on the park this year.

Gutted. If there wasn't already a special place in hell reserved for that charmless grub Maynard surely there is now.

It’s only fair that Freo should be made to give us his brother.

An annual Devils v Demons blockbuster over Dark Mofo weekend sounds pretty good to me.

Richmond played much of the game as if there were four points up for grabs so in that respect it was good to get a serious hit out but for a quarter and a half we were bit of a rabble I thought.

Ah, true! Although up until the first bounce it's pretty sane. Completely toxic thereafter.

How nice it is to have a game day thread again. I'll be watching this one on Kayo.

This must be the longest we've gone on this thread without someone saying we should move to Fisherman's Bend.

You mean you don’t like the videos of players trying to roll a coin into a fork or stick a clothes peg on a singlet without getting caught? 🙄

Yeah, I'm looking forward to it. It's always been my favourite away day destination on the football calendar. Not sure how you go about adding seats to a roofed stadium though?

Hi again Ouch! Although Green Bay (Go Pack!) has a population of just 100,000 the state of Wisconsin, including the city of Milwaukee has almost 7 million inhabitants with a big expat population of loyal Cheeseheads living in other states that regularly fill opposition stadiums. Whilst Lambeau Field seats around 82,000 there are still almost 150,000 people on the season ticket waiting list. That said, with a greater Hobart catchment area of nearly 250,000 people it's probably not much of a stretch to get 10% of them to commit to a season ticket.

A fair share of that increase would have arrived from places that haven't necessarily engaged with AFL football to date but it's still a good point you make.

Not strictly footy related but whilst we're discussing BBB here's a link to the quirky house reno he had completed recently that popped up on the Green Magazine insta feed. Not sure if the polished concrete floors would be good for that dodgy knee of his. https://www.kuzman.com/kiddy-kitty-court-house

Very much so PF. There were also rumours that they found his wife Hester to be hard work but she seems to be as altruistic as Ben so you'd have to wonder at their accuracy. That said, that hub brought out the best and worst of people.

I just read an article about Michael Owen over the weekend. Apparently his 16 year old son has gone blind due to a rare disease. https://www.bbc.com/news/disability-68076555 As for BBB I think he actually knocked back a long term offer by the Roos then got crocked in the Queensland hub shortly after. North then lowballed him perhaps half hoping they could move him on.

And you're right too about BBB. It took a 4 year deal to get his signature. I've got my fingers crossed that he'll still be able to make a meaningful contribution this year as he's such a quality person. I just hope it's not to the detriment of his long term mobility.

Hi Macca. I seem to remember that T-Mac's existing contract, rumoured to be around $750k per year was one of the stumbling blocks in him being able to find another suitor prior to the 2021 season. At the end of what turned out to be a successful year for both him and the club it was agreed to extend his time with us by spreading out that money over a longer period, possibly with triggers and incentives added. Happy to be corrected on that of course.

BBB was on a podcast recently called Four Burners. He's had eight knee surgeries (prior to the latest one) starting with a torn ACL in his teens.

Apparently Disco Turner has put on (censored) kilograms over the summer so far.