Leopold Bloom

Trouble aplenty right at the top at Ikon Park with Michael Warner getting his teeth into this sordid story that will clearly impact on the culture of the Blues. Carlton boss Luke Sayers’ d*** pic scandal under AFL investigation Blues, AFL probe president after lewd social media post There are already rumblings at the club about the coach after the team fell apart in the last two months of the 2024 season and went from premiership contenders to falling out of the finals with an insipid first half against the Lions in the elimination final at the Gabba. On top of that, players are falling over like flies. Runner up best and fairest Nic Newman ruptured a patella tendon at training today and will miss the season. Season over for important Blue after serious knee injury This comes on top of a bad hamstring injury to midfielder Sam Walsh at training on Monday which will keep him on the sidelines for at least the next month. Charlie Curnow is also on a modified training program after undergoing ankle and knee operations in the off-season. It’s a familiar scenario for us Demon fans, a reminder of what we went through last year. Wishing Carlton fans the best of health in the months to come.

Doesn’t really matter because the link is fairly tenuous and there’s no tie unless the player in question is an NGA or in the father/son category or the family comes from Samoa.

I reckon they had to squeeze the article in to ensure it qualified for the 2024 Pulitzer Prize. Apart from going into Steven May’s background including his 2020 altercation with Jake Melksham at the Entrecote restaurant and his 2013 off-season clash with Campbell Brown outside a Los Angeles nightclub, the reporters finished with this classic zinger that should install them among the giants of investigative journalism - “Prestia appeared to be enjoying some down time on the Mornington Peninsula over the weekend, lapping up the sun at Eldridge Estate, a popular Red Hill winery. He posted a photo of wine glasses and a cheese board overlooking the vineyards on his Instagram story on Sunday.”

First squad members announced and Kozzy is in!

Kanga the clown at the MRC is making himself look stupid with his ill-conceived comments about dog walkers at the racecourse. The vast majority of residents want this redevelopment to happen and happen sooner rather than later.

The pair who trialled at Melbourne and some other clubs in October were Eoin McEvoy (County Derry) and Davy Colbert (County Dublin). Bith tested well at the combines and are elite Gaelic footballers while McEvoy is a top line young rugby player. Both tested well at the draft combine but as yet, have not signed on to play AFL in 2025. You are thinking of two other Irish players. Geelong signed Cillian Burke of Kerry as a Category B rookie in late October while St Kilda similarly signed young Gaelic prodigy Eamonn Armstrong from County Meath last week.

Up and about in Mansfield.

Is there no insurance cover for a situation like Brayshaw’s?

If that’s right then we play our only Thursday night and our only Friday night game for the year against Richmond. This at least is an indicator that we play this year’s (and likely next year’s) wooden spooner twice. One benefit from finishing in the bottom third of the ladder is a notionally easier fixture. If we win games, then the fans will come in the long run and if we stay fit and healthy as a side then we have a much better opening to play finals football which is what it’s all about.

Surprised to pick up the paper this morning and not find an article on the back page blasting the club for the absence of some of our top players from training and speculating that there are open rifts and cultural issues connected to anonymous tip off the writer received from a bloke in the toilets on Oaks Day.

Anyone else sick of Michael Warner’s style of agenda journalism and the way he’s gloating today about so-called arrogance from the MFC. Pot. Kettle. Black.

Rough to get suspended the night we played against Port in the rain in 2023. Was doing well until then and slipped in form after that game.

The first night of the AFL Draft promises to be an exciting one for the club. This is the order of the first round as it stands before the final day of haggling.

While talks for a number of trades continued, the Demons maintained their composure and snaffled a late trade welcoming Harry Sharp to the fold.

With picks 5 and 9 we virtually don’t have to worry about the second night of the draft. Just do your thing in the first hour of the first night JT!