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And, Daisycutter, I feel so sorry for John Crow Batty because you have labelled him an Anglophobe. How do you know he is not directly descended from Sassenachs? Which, in itself, is a quandary, because if he was a Sassenach then he may well be an Angle Phobe, because the Sassenachs was the Scottish term for Poms, i.e. Saxons. Therefore, if he was descended just from Angles, the other German tribe - which it delights me to say was what England was named after, ha ha, just as France was named after another German Tribe - the Franks, well, ya gotta get some pleasures in life as a German immigrant, then he wouldn't by definition be an Anglophobe. See how complicated all this can get?????😋😍😎

No, no, it's not my brain function - that's been zero for years. However, I have checked Wikipedia and, yes, it confirmed that they do not nor ever have played AFL footy in the countries you mentioned. Tru Dinks!!! And, what's more, Wikipedia is AWAYS right: it has, like the BBC now, independent FACT CHECKERS.🤩😎🥰

Oh ppllllleeeaaaassseeeee! This is not an 'a mano' job, young man. JCB is describing OUR 'footy culture' as it was in Lethal's time: what does 'Anglocentric colonial/settler culture' have to do with the Japanese, just for starters. Ottomans???? 'russians, germans, romans, mongols', that's a long list of irrelevancies, my friend AS dey might say in Ireland, I didn't even know dey played footy there!!!.🤣

He was too talented as a footballer to just be another executioner...plenty of them in his day...

I've got a really bad cold - I've checked for Covid till the cows come home and it ain't - and my wife who has about four degrees - north south east and west, all covered - does semantics wid me, just a peasant, all the time. Not to mention we've both retired and now give each other ruggery 24 hours a day...Woe is me. So, please, when it comes to Lethal Leigh, no semantics please...per favore, bitte....

He literally almost got away with murder, week after week. I'll always despise him and everything he stands for.

I should also have Hudson at FF for the Saintly ones And, I certainly should have included the son of Mal Brown, maybe he takes the place of Ayres. And, Toby Greens? yes, well. I have deliberately left out Muir because of the racism he faced.

Rodney was molto tuffo, but actually only committed one crime - against Wallace. I left Ditterich out because I'm sentimental as anything, ditto Danny Hughes and Ray Biffen. Then again, if I had to choose who was the most cunning sniper between Ditterich and Don Scott, Scott wins by a mile. Scott's specialty was picking on the little fellas...

'Garfield"? He was a squeaky clean cricketer...

Yep, I had him in the team at 3am but at 4pm today he had slipped my tiny moind. He's a definite IN, instead of Goodes...

Yes: one of my remaining 3 brain cells is too clogged up: The Big Dipper, indeed.

During my illness and consequent insomnia - just a bad cold apparently - I have picked 2 teams of my favourite 'Fair and Talented' players, and a list of the players I considered brutal thugs. Saints: Alan Johnson, Silvagni, Roos F,. Davis Knights, Barry Davis Grieg Petracca Flower Davey Hart Rioli - either M. or C. Farmer Quinlan, Daicos- dad. P.Farmer, Goodes. Garry Wilson. INt: Alves, Jeff White, Woewodin, John Shultz, Wanganeen Thugs: Ayres, Andrews , Wallis Granger ( Port Adelaide) Jess, Hardwick Rhys Jones, Williams, Dimma Brereton, Merret, Hodge Hocking, Lockett, Hall Scott, Byronia Pickett Matthews Int: Balme, Selwood, Mclean, Mal Brown, Sheedy, Clarkson

And Adelaide yesterday...

That was Nero's fault. He fiddled instead of calling the fire brigade.

Just watched the start of Goodwin's Conference and I basically agree with everything he said. The bottom line is that we lost the last 2 games by a kick and, unlike some respondents on this thread, believe Carlton aren't a bad side. They have obvious deficiencies - I feel sorry that for Silvagni, what. as a ruckman opposed to Gawn????but I don't think they are that far off from becoming more than competitive. Also, had we kicked straight... I'm so happy they've persevered with JVR - played a bloody good game yesterday, way his best. Good to have Salem and Hunter back... May, Lever, Rivers, Bowey, and McVee were superb. Gawn was good - his best game since injury.

6: petracca 5: Gawn 4: Fritsch 3: may 2: Salem 1: Rivers.

Hear hear!!!!!!

Yep, dived straight into or onto Rozee who was also trying to get his hands on the ball. Have you ever played footy? Because if you had, you'd not make such a preposterous statement. For the record, I doubt Gleeson has played footy, other wise he would not have suggested to Hunter that he simply should have stepped aside ...

Gleeson has simply re-affirmed he is a dictator.

Wow. More Disneyland.

Even more to the point is that Jonas gets a free kick for assaulting McDonald, then gets suspended. Like I say, the AFL Industrial Complex is becoming an even bigger joke.

Fruit.

I'm on the brink of unfollowing the game period. It's become a farce: inconsistent umpires, different rules for different players, different clubs, corrupt fixtures - we always play Geelong at Geelong, for instance, how often does Collingwood play interstate, etc etc.

Has anyone watched the Franklin tackle I alluded to above? Like I say, he pinned his arms, dumped the North player whose head hit the turf. Nothing !!!!!I think Melbourne should change its name to Geelongcollingwoodsydneycarlton.