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I sometimes feel 10 kilos heavier after eating Chinese too.

That's a very good point you've raised. I might not rate the importance of coaches as highly as most, but I do rate ones who can instill a good form of hive-mind type defensive zone.

The time for Cameron Bruce to do that was six years ago, and he did. In six years time, when Aaron Davey is reduced to one year contracts, it will be because his time has passed also.

Players, not coaches, make a good defence. I wouldn't worry too much about our back-line.

Joking. I'm not about to ask him to go barrack for Carlton, so don't worry.

No news on the signing. Just that it's "expected," whatever that means.

I think the fact that Channel 7 said it implies that there's nothing official to the claim. Since when has anything that two-bit organisation reported ever been official?

When told that Brad Green puts resin on his jumper for use during a game, WYL promptly burned down the MCG shouting "Curse Green and his black soul for using white resin." Mad fan pickets AFL Headquarters. "No more green grass," reads the sign. When asked of the meaning behind the message, the supporter cries out "For too long have our Red and Blue Jumpers been Defiled by green grass Stains. It's about Time someone made those AFL fat Cats accountable for this conspiracy."

"Captaincy now a two-horse race between Green and Davey" says Channel 7 News.

I still think Frawley into the midfield for a burst could be a Premiership move in the not-too-distant future. But to put a defender into the forward-line without notice probably won't work.

Part of it is that left-footers sort of have to do their own thing, since usually whoever teaches them how to kick is a right-footer. This causes them to kind of do what comes naturally to them.

He's got what I call a fat face, as if he's squeezed his cheeks together and had them stuck that way.

Brock brock brock.

The white adds contrast, which increases visibility. The fact that you noticed it suggests it's working.

Thanks a lot. Austin Wonaeamirri has got a body better suited to powerlifting than AFL. I think he's just a tiny bit too short to be good enough consistently, although I would love for him to make it. His team-mates just have to play to his strengths and not lob it to him in a two on one situation, where he'd have a snowball's chance in hell of marking it. Don't worry. You won't have to see that name much from now on.

WER IZ FOTOS?

Yeah, it's definitely a weapon that turns into a crutch with age. Lefties might feel like they don't need to get better on their right, because no-one expects you to kick with your left in the first place. I also read that left-handers' brains are more one-sided than right-handers', so it might actually be physically harder for us to learn a skill on our non-dominant side than the other 80% of the population.

I'm a left footer too and it's simply practice. It took me a while to get good on my right and can see how some might get discouraged from using it simply by how weird it feels. It takes quite a long time to get that "throwing a lump of meat at a ball" feeling to go away. I have the advantage that I'm pretty short, so my drop has less time to go wrong. I can imagine that the taller you get, the harder it would become to kick reliably.

Haven't you heard? The new Demonland slogan is "where Jayceebee fans come to worship."

Sorry to double post, but if you had a designated sub, match-fitness would not be such a priority. I think the biggest hurdle to overcome if you were a coach going down the path of a "designated sub" situation, would be cultural. Just as benching a player used to be seen as a punishment, having someone as a sub week after week because you viewed that as the best way to use them, might result in disenfranchising that player a little bit. After all, most footy players want to play footy, not watch it.

Even if we had such a person, I would imagine that would make him good enough to fit into the starting 21. Also, say Jamar goes down injured and we have Bennell as our substitute, we're obviously not obligated to play him in the ruck. We would most likely switch things up so that Newton/Spencer/Martin goes into the ruck semi full-time, causing some others to change their roles, which would likely put Bennell into the position he would have normally played anyway. Frawley injured: Frawley subbed off, Garland switched to Frawley's spot, Rivers switched to Garland's spot, Bennell subbed on and put into Bruce's spot, etc. Thus, versatility is not necessarily the key to being a good substitute, although versatility within the team is still important.

That blue is fantastic. It's, for want of a better term, "Carlton blue." Considering that's their only colour, they ought to know a bit about it.

Same here. One of the things I really regret about my parents splitting up when I was little is that I don't get to go to the footy with my dad.

Not working for me neither.

"I don't think they're be a club every who has done what we did." English fail. That's all good news, though.