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If the Easter weather is good I can’t see us getting close to 20k at this. Having been through the tortuous experience of watching both West Coast and Melbourne live on the same day it’s going take a lot of therapy to get me there.

I get all the scrutiny on the coach but how does Choco Williams, the guru of skills development, escape the wrath of Demonlanders? The number of times tonight a forward would actually provide a half decent lead only to have the ball sat up on his head was monotonous.

For those potting Sparrow have a look at Max Holmes's stats. Sparrow in our best tonight. At least our first draft pick is going to Essendon and not a club who will use it wisely.

Bit harsh on Bowey and Langdon Joeboy. I thought they were clearly our best two.

Titanic. Deckchairs.

That is me to a tee (alright, Time Magazine is a stretch). So much easier to ignore the lot. The only one I bother with is The Front Bar.

Add James Jordon to the outs.

It's got a bit of a Deckchairs on the Titanic feel about selection. AJ for Jefferson, Laurie for Sharp, Langford for Howes and put Rivers back where he belongs. A few big reputations on thin ice (Fritta, Salem) but with such a long injury list I reckon they're safe for a while yet.

Sam Weideman?

When does our list manager come under scrutiny? In 2021 we had May, Lever, Ben Brown, Langdon and Hibberd play in a premiership. Adam Tomlinson might have too if he hadn't done his knee. Also on the list were Melksham who has been more than serviceable, Majak Daw and Mitch Brown who were never going to be more than depth players. Since then it's been Luke Dunstan, Brodie Grundy, Lachie Hunter, Josh Schache, Jack Billings, Shane McAdam, Tom Fullarton, Tom Campbell, Harry Sharp and Jai Culley. I'll give the last three an exemption as it's early days (although Sharp has shown nothing in two games) but the other seven have collectively added absolutely nothing to our list. Did we just get lucky between 2017 and 2021?

Tigers will argue Lynch was pushed in to it by Weitering. Archer verdict will be divisive no matter the outcome. IMHO Cleary went to ground and Archer tried to go over the top of him. Very stiff to get three weeks.

Admin, please reinstate the facepalm emoji.

Peter Walsh

I think private schools go back after Easter!

... and most of his others post knee reconstruction. Tommo gave us a few good games when there was a suitable match up but he is very replaceable. Reading this thread I don't know how he missed Team of the Century (so far). Seventeen other clubs have had an opportunity to get him since he was delisted and nobody has exactly pounced. Having said that I really hope North or West Coast pick him up and he gets to extend his career.

For those of us old enough to remember, Barry was the doorman from the mid 70's. He formed a dynamic duo alongside Arthur Wilkinson for the best part of four decades until Arthur passed away in 2013. Barry continued on until Covid effectively made the role redundant at the start of 2020. Awarded Life Membership in 1995 he remained a devoted Demon (and Tasmanian) right up until his passing last week. Condolences to his family.

Swans have known for quite some time that both Warner and Logan McDonald want to go home. Apparently with Warner it's a matter of when.

Explains why Cox didn't go after the West Coast job.

Thanks Andy. Hope you're all well and have a safe and fabulous break. We don't say it often enough but you do an amazing job with this site and the podcast and it is hugely appreciated. Good luck Binman with pre festive season loading.

So have I. Didn't think to mention that answers were to be sent by DM to me. We'll let the weekday warriors have a crack!

I figure if subsequent quizzes are a bit lame the master may be tempted... B: Shane Heard Mal Michael Tadhg Kennelly HB: Luke Hodge Fraser Gehrig Conor McKenna C: Craig Turley Tim Watson Liam Shiels HF: Stuart Dew Paul Salmon Gary Ablett Snr. F: Nathan Ablett Tony Lockett Matthew Stokes Foll: Shane Mumford Chad Cornes James McDonald Int: James Kelly Marty Clarke Nathan Grima Jonathon Marsh What links them?

Clayton Oliver (someone was going to do it, may as well be me) Cameron Bruce

Jaidyn Stephenson says hi.

Absolutely ecstatic. Booked a holiday to NT several weeks ago, due to fly in to Alice Springs on June 1. Now I just have to break the news to the spouse. If this turns out to be my last ever post you'll know it wasn't well received. Seriously we can have no complaints. Last seven weeks in Melbourne is huge and we were always going to cop Geelong down there having missed out this year.