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You know it makes sense.

Umm, I think you're on your own there, Cards.

I thought the Celtics were a basketball team based in Boston Maldonboy?

Sod this. I'm switching over to the Rangers v St Johnstone game.

Based on what I'm seeing the GF will be a cracker. Hard to gauge how good the Dogs are though as Port just haven't turned up. Embarrassing for a side that haven't travelled at all during finals.

The Packers start their NFL season early on Monday morning and Rangers begin their Europa League campaign early on Friday morning. Otherwise I'll be working from home and landscaping the western side of the house.

Morning Demonlanders. Well, what a night. I recommend watching the replay whilst playing Sweet Georgia Brown on a loop in the background.

Same here Hardtack.I had it in mind to post if we rolled the cats tonight. Meh.

First game attended: Round 1 in 1981 at the MCG. An 8 goal loss to Hawthorn in Ron Barassi's first game as coach. I went to all games bar one that year which we played in Sydney against Geelong. I listened to all our games on the radio in 1980, our first full year in Australia. Best game: Nothing comes close to Round 22 in 1987 at the Western Oval. The preliminary final win against Carlton at Waverley in 1988 was a bit special as was big 'Billy' Bennett kicking six to beat the Bombers at Windy Hill one year. Worst game: The 1987 preliminary final & 1988 grand final are obvious standouts. One other that sticks in my mind was Round 6 in 1985 at the MCG. The umpire failed to pay three consecutive holding the ball decisions against North along the members wing in the final passage of play late in the last quarter and they squeezed the ball out to Wayne Schimmelbusch to kick the winning goal just before the siren to beat us by a point.

I hear last Friday's pitch included a #positivelingers keep cup and t-shirt as well as the free muffin offer down at Olive at Loch. No wonder his manager was impressed.

Is it just me or is anyone else getting tired of the same repetitive media questions about the 2018 preliminary final? That said if we don't get the right result on Friday I'll be counting the minutes before the first post saying it was because we didn't review that same game.

I've always been a bit of a U2 nuffy. I used to buy / trade / sell a lot of their rare vinyl which included numbered copies & the odd test pressing. I visited the joshua tree (it's nowhere near Joshua Tree National Park) long before it died and fell over and when living in Dublin used to end my morning runs at their recording studio on Hanover Quay. I'm aware that they aren't everyone's cup of tea however so am adding a great little tune by Manchester band Elbow called One Day Like This which they played at Glasto a few years ago.

Without someone breaking down in the half forward / half back flank position over the next fortnight he's more likely to receive a farewell card than a farewell game I'd say.

Good comeback by the Dogs that quarter. Completely closed down John Denver.

I'm torn. As much as I'd like to see Brisbane win I've already exceeded my limit of hearing John Denver for this century.

It's a pity that Geelong didn't get a harder contest last night but that would have required them to have played Sydney and not GWS. The second quarter of our last game against them will be the little wake up call we needed and I'm expecting our boys to be fully focussed on their jobs next Friday. If however we have an off night and as a result miss out on a GF I'll take solace in the fact that I couldn't have been there to see it in the flesh anyway and will have saved the best part of $1,000 in category 1 finals tickets over three games.

What a rubbish game. I'd sooner watch Cowdenbeath play Albion Rovers on a dreich winters night.

Doesn't look like it WWS. I must be ten episodes in and they haven't started a project yet. It's very funny though.

If this doesn't get any better soon I'm going back to watching season 2 of Utopia on Netflix.

With the prospect that Mumford might be playing his final AFL game (again) tonight lets hope for a bit of carnage on his way out.

It's a shame things didn't work out for him at North. I've seen him a few times at the Cherry Tree down in Cremorne and the Denis The Menace cafe round the corner. I think he has a golf apparel business with his brother that should keep him busy post AFL.

Nice to see you recognise Frankie Boyle in your side Demonstone, albeit on the bench. Personally I'd be building my side around him. As for the answer to your quiz however I have no idea unfortunately.

If our boys stay healthy and on what I've seen this weekend we could be a just a Jeremy Cameron hamstring strain away from a flag.