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Clayton Oliver Age newspaper player of the year 2022👍Christian Petracca came third!

Tom McDonald: Batman Jake Bowey: Robin

6: Oliver 5: Gawn 4: Petracca 3: Brayshaw 2: Viney 1: Salem

6: Pickett 5: Petracca 4: Langdon 3: Jordon 2: Viney 1: Salem

Does Goodwin pick the team himself? Just asking!

I don’t like the indigenous round jumper, far too busy! However if they wear it in Alice Springs it certainly won’t harm our relationship with the indigenous population and that can’t be bad for the club. And I notice that it’s been quite cold up there in recent days, getting down to -2 overnight and just a degree or two warmer than Melbourne during the day so at least they shouldn’t suffer from heat stroke!

6: Oliver 5: Petracca 4: Langdon 3: Brayshaw 2: Viney 1: May

6: Brayshaw 5: Viney 4: Oliver 3: Petty 2: Jordon 1: Petracca And 👍 to Salem and Hibberd

Thanks for that info Spirit! I’ve got my seat booked for Mondays game and shall attend much to the annoyance of my wife. As I’m a member of the over 60’s demographic the thought of getting Covid is never far from my thoughts. However I’ll wear a mask and stay clear of all bars. (And I’ll yell and scream from behind my mask in a gentlemanly MCC way)!

I didn’t go to the game! Raw, freezing conditions here in the Macedon Ranges and an up to 2 hour car trip to the ground then the trip home in the dark: getting home after midnight - no way! I’ve been a passionate Melbourne supporter for more years than I’d like to confess, but Saturday night football in this kind of weather is best viewed (for me) at home. I’ll see you all at the G next week👍.

I was sitting on level 2 MCC yesterday and there were quite a few children in Melbourne attire nearby, made me feel quite good! However the 4.35 pm start on a Saturday afternoon was not great and I know a few supporters who gave up on the idea of attending and sat home by the fire with drink in hand and watched on Kayo! Bring back Saturday arvo around 2.00pm and see attendances increase.

I suppose Viney was OK and Oliver but too many were just not good enough.

6: Oliver 5: Lever 4: Spargo 3: McDonald 2: May 1: Sparrow

6: Pickett 5: Viney 4: Brayshaw 3: McDonald 2: Jordon 1: Jackson

6: Brayshaw 5: Langdon 4: Oliver 3: May 2: Brown 1: Pickett And well done Harmes, Hunt, McDonald.

He’s certainly had an up and down career but 200 games (so far) and a premiership medal are not to be sneezed at. But I do wish he’d smile a little more😄!

6: Gawn 5: Oliver 4: Bowey 3: Petracca 2: Viney 1: Ben Brown And with a nod to Hunt, Jordon and Brayshaw.

Behinds, behinds, behinds, a real worry! One day we are going to be beaten by a team scoring 5 goals: 0 behinds to our 0 goals: 29 behinds (or similar).

6: Oliver 5: Langdon 4: Bowey 3: Gawn 2: Sparrow 1: Petty

6: Gawn 5: Petracca 4: May 3: Oliver 2: Spargo 1: Petty It was such an all round good performance that I feel bad leaving out just about the rest of the team.

Over at the cricket ground they use rolls of turf sourced from a nursery in (I think) central Victoria. This allows the ground staff to fix/repair sections of the ground quickly. Rather more expensive I imagine than broadcasting a few handfuls of seed around and waiting for it to grow. What they do at Gosch’s I suppose depends on time, money and flocks of hungry pigeons.

Gee I almost forgot! While not as influential as Lewis or Cross we also benefited from the services of two time Geelong premiership player Shannon Byrnes. He’s sort of flown under the radar I believe having gone back to Geelong this year after nearly ten years at the Dees as both player and coach (of some sort)!

Martin Flanagan wrote a beautiful piece on R. Flower many years ago in I think The Age: does anyone have the skills to find it and post it - a very poetic essay indeed!

I’m not sure that the comparison to Caleb Daniel is warranted: Daniel is 165/166 cm tall and Jake is 177 cm tall (stats on both players do vary depending where you look). However that’s a good 4” difference in height and not much shorter than Jack Viney but quite a bit taller than Charlie Spargo* or Kossy Pickett. Jake seems to play a different game to Daniel as well, being more inside the action than standing back and mopping up. I saw Jake live for the first time on Friday night and was very impressed. He fits in beautifully - what a find! *173cm, a very sensible height 😀

6: Langdon 5: Oliver 4: Brayshaw 3: Bowey 2: Harmes 1: Weideman