Chook

Old mate should know how to wear a mask by now!

I expected the players would be remaining in WA for longer to holiday post-season, given the mess Victoria is in. Have only some of them come back or all of them?

Also I'd say they were only in the game for an hour, so perhaps it worked.

If more were done than said, the people who get things done wouldn't be so valuable. The MFC got stuff done this year - on that we can all agree.

Angus Brayshaw. Never has my opinion of a player shifted more dramatically in a single year. I wanted him shipped to Freo and actually thought he was a culture killer last year. The way he has embraced and led that team-first ethos from a wing (the position we needed to fill the most) is possibly the single biggest thing that got us to this point. Future captain if he wants it.

A Youtube rabbit hole led me to the 1992 GF last night, and the first 15 minutes especially from Gary Ablett were unlike anything you could possibly see these days in terms of illegal hits. Not sure how a modern team would respond to that, and I could see it winning a flag out of the blue (with major controversy coming from it). I think a player or team will go full 1990s one year and cause a red card or something similar to have to come into play in future years.

Hey how did Jacko get early access to that 2021 Premiers Tee? They're not due till December. Some folks get all the luck!

If this weren't the biggest game of my life and I had not had bigger things to worry about going on at the time, BT's call of "Frothies May" would have sent me into overdrive.

I think it's the raw number of supporters that people point at when they say Melbourne is a small club. Our conversion rate of supporters to members is huge, but again it costs money to be a member. It costs even more to be an MCC member or AFL member, and that's the group where all this merchandise is coming from I reckon (or a lot of it anyway).

You don't get a reputation for being private school going, Bulla skiing, Range Rover driving, grange drinking, Brie scarfing snobs without a bit of cash to back it up. Demons fans might be smaller in number but when we really get going the money is there no doubt.

Can't say I'd be particularly flattered at the likeness if I were Max, but hey it has a premiership cup in his beard so that earns it a lot of points.

That this video is a bizarre mix of small forward magic and "umm no you'll not get past me" small defender godliness is so unique, but the defender portion of Jetta's career was just so good. Imagine Nev from 3-4 years ago in this defence. The other team would never score.

And there it is, the first post-flag controversy!

I filmed myself for the whole game, but that ain't seeing the light of day! This one goes alright though. Caden MacDonald, professional footy nuffy but still pretty raw in his reactions:

Clearly this is a cunning and targeted recruiting strategy by the Saints after seeing the dearth of Jacks that cost them a premiership during Nick Reiwoldt's time (his cousin Jack going on to be a triple premiership player for the Tigers).

Trac early days.

Now that's a ladder I'm very happy to be at the bottom of.

This is something that has been dancing around in my mind thinking of ways the dogs could have stopped the run at the end of the 3rd. I think there is still room for a GF underdog (or overdog) to go the biff and pinch a flag from it. There are limited opportunities for the umpires to do anything about it, and I think we'll see a sin bin come in at some stage after a team does this.

Just preparing nicely for next year. Wine has less carbs you see.

Imagine this flag with Nev and Jones in the side. I don't think I could have contained myself, and that says it all. I thought Wrecker was great, but peak Nev was the best small defender in my time.

Sometimes it's nice to have the certainty. Vanders can now celebrate as close as he'll ever get to being a premiership player knowing everything. There's positives in that, and what a player he was for us especially in that defining 2018 run to the Prelim. It all adds up to where we are now.

Nibbler's preparation is elite.

This mindset gets you this result:

Never seen a man more determined.