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Wow. Carlton fans are frothing at the mouth. Score review guy might wanna slip out the backdoor now.

Yeah then he was injured (ACL?) and out for all of last season and I guess we forgot all about him.

Followed quickly by that great Georgiades goal. 👊🏼

All 👀 on DH5 😁

Huge apologies, these are pretty substandard. At times I was filming when I thought I wasn’t and wasn’t when I thought I was. The sun was in my eyes the entire time and I had a couple of my teenage girls, aka my “footy daughters” talking all the while. Hashtag Kev, come back asap!!! https://streamable.com/ny6hod https://streamable.com/4sxzhb https://streamable.com/0j3knk https://streamable.com/szfawg https://streamable.com/gc3t90 https://streamable.com/76ap7j https://streamable.com/c02yyb https://streamable.com/grilvg https://streamable.com/enph42 LOL Max calls George Jorge 😂… https://streamable.com/gfpv7h And Tmac is really turning back the hands of time… 😂 edit: probs not a lot of Maxy footage so please take my word for it: he trained exactly as he always does… no problems whatsoever.

So, there’s simply NO TRUTH WHATSOEVER to the rumours about Clarrie. I talked to Chocco then Selwyn (they were there a while before the players came out) starting each convo with, “I understand if you can’t talk about this…” but they each said they had no problem talking about it because there’s no substance to any of it. And you reckon we go to town on these so-called journos? Chocco in particular had some choice words for them. 😁 Then I saw Clarrie coming over from AAMI. I met him halfway and we walked arm in arm to the tent coz ranga mum n son type dealio. 😄 I said “Claz I’m not gonna ask you where you’ll be next year, I just wanna tell you how very much we all love you, regardless. Honestly, us fans just want you to be happy, and healthy, mentally as well as physically.” He simply said, “I’m not going anywhere.” Just like that. I said, “I didn’t ask you that but now that you’ve said it unprompted I’m thinking it must be true.” He said, “It is true. I’m staying with Melbourne… if they’ll have me.” I said.”That’s good because all that cr@p I said before about us loving you regardless… I was lying. If you leave Melbourne, you’re dead to us.” 🤪 Anyways then I talked to Perty and he was even more emphatic about it than the others. He said there’s not much for “these people” to write about currently so they’re running with a “non-story.” Long convo but that’s it in a nutshell. After the session when most everyone had gone Clarrie was sitting in the tent changing shoes. I told him I had asked Perty if Melbourne still want him and he laughed and wanted to know what Perty said. I told him “Perty said ‘That lazy [censored]-er? We’re trying to get rid of him’.” 😂 Good times

You left out my personal favourite…spud. 🙄

You’d have to ask him. He’s the one who misheard it. I do talk fast and a lot so maybe that’s why. 🤷‍♀️

You can tell a kid til you’re blue in the face to not read certain stuff online and it’s futile.

He trained very well. Moved beautifully. No sign of any lingering issue with his foot/shin. Was in incredibly high spirits, as was everyone, well, nearly everyone. I made sure to film lots of Max action and will post the vids when I’m back home and my phone will have more than 12% 😭

If it was just reading that they’re playing poorly I’m sure they wouldn’t be so affected. It’s the straight up bagging. This isn’t me lecturing people on it, this is directly from someone who is offended. These are kids ffs.

Goody wasn’t there. He’s quite unwell but improving.

Vids to come. Had awesome chats with Clarrie. And with a few others and it was the best session I’ve ever been to as a result of what I was told. But the last interaction I had has left me rattled tbh. It was a conversation with one of our seconds players. Not gonna mention his name because it really doesn’t matter since what he said goes for ‘a few of the boys’ to use his words. The convo: Me: Hey _______! Him: Hey WCW! (hugs) Me: You’re goin’ great guns! Him: Says you. You’re my biggest fan (laughs) Me: Nah, not just me. Him: OK, besides you, who else? Certainly not Melbourne fans. Me: Of course Melbourne fans…everyone in the Demon Army for starters Him: (scowls) Ugh, the Demon Army, what would they know? Me: (shocked) Why do you say that? Him: Wait, did you say “the Demon Army”? Me: (sad) Yes Him: Oh nah, I love you guys, you guys are effing awesome, we all love the Demon Army…. Him: I thought you said Demonland. 😳 Me: You read Demonland? Him: Yeah a few of us boys do. I shouldn’t though, they talk a lot of sch!t about me. Some of the stuff we’ve read (shakes his head) Anyways, the conversation continued mainly with me telling him not to pay any mind to the people who bag him since they’re likely the minority and he’s got the love and support of the majority of Dees fans, etc. So yeah, now we know for sure that some of our boys read our posts. Not oppo boys, OUR BOYS.

I filmed the seconds coming out and the first part of their training. I’ll post it soon.

The usual: I’m here, I’ll take vids, I hope other DL-ers are here, my hands are numb, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera 😃

If you could truncate this we could put it on the banner 😃

I second that, Lex. We did Sleep at the ‘G a couple of months ago and there was a range of entertainment choices. I was outvoted (I wanted to go to the ‘night club’ since dancing in pyjamas and slippers is fun) but we watched Robbo and Phil Ceberano do a set (methinks some of the DA gals are still crushing hard on Robbo 🤭). Pub rock ain’t my thang but geez they were great. And that was without a band. I reckon they’d get the ‘G rockin’ 🎶🎸 🥁 🎤 🎶

100% DP, whether you like his music or not it’s perfect for the occasion. He has this insane energy, he bounces around the stage, the dancers are crazy good. The atmosphere is instantly electric. If that doesn’t get folks pumped for a grand final, nothing will, certainly not 🎶 I kissed a girl 🎶 🙄

Melky didn’t win the Round 19 MOTY nomination. 😭 But worse than him not winning it is the fact that Nate Caddy won it. It just had to be an Essendon player, didn’t it 🤮 *adds this to her roll of toilet paper-length list of reasons for hating Essendon* All good though, Melks will take a gravity-defying screamer in Round 24 over Maynard, knocking him out cold in the process, this footy act immediately ending the filthy thug’s career. Do I hear an Amen? 😏

I had to Google Chad Morgan. He’s 91 years old! He officially retired in February of this year but I’m sure the AFL could coax him out of retirement just for you. 🤭 BTW are they his real teeth?

Well they’re not my cup of tea but I’d take them over an international act. The thing is, it’s not as though they need a drawcard. The grand final is a sellout regardless of pregame and halftime entertainment, so why pay an exorbitant fee to an international act when you can have a local act for considerably less? And one whose music is appropriate to the occasion. The AFL are so out of touch. Perry would be rubbing her hands in glee.

Exactly! They secure a well-known American regardless of the suitability of the music. I’m not even sure who Katy Perry appeals to. The preteen fans when she was ‘relevant’ are now in their early- to mid-twenties. One of the biggest fails was in 2015 when the British singer Ellie Goulding headlined. Totally unsuitable genre and sang way too softly. It was so cringe.

You’re missing the point, though. They should source the talent for the AUSTRALIAN Football League here in Australia. There are overseas acts that I love but I’d be just as p****d off if the AFL paid them for the gig instead of an Australian act.

It’s embarrassing that we have to have an international artist when there are so many great Aussie bands/artists. Truly embarrassing. It’s like an event is devalued unless there’s an American big name headlining. Remember when Meryl Streep played Lindy Chamberlain while Australian actors weren’t even considered for the lead role? I thought those days were over. They should be. Way to insult our homegrown talent, AFL.

The remedy - giving the Giants a good ol’ fashioned hiding. ❤️💙