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It's not particularly creative, but I'm just gonna leave 'Obak' here as a digital record of my potentially being the first in the door. Though his wild red mane is somewhat reminiscent of a certain Stars Wars character, so I'll add 'Obacca' just to cover the more creative neological bases. 300 × 299 - afl.com.au

Think you may have missed the optimistic 'cheering up' angle of LG's post.

NicNat holds the combine record for the running leap. But you'd have him easily covered with this effort.

I'm thinking that AFLHQ are softening on the issue - or at least wishing to be less pedantic and illogical in their application of the rules (I find it hard to believe that an idea akin to our red-back clash of 2017 was never floated before - but rather that it's just now been accepted). However, any attempts at logical discretion on their behalf will no doubt be accompanied by further cries of bias and corruption.

We have also already seen a marked steady improvement in Maynard - by some reports, right up until his final game in 2017. This is not the definition of a list-clogger.

I just don't recall this at all.

I always thought you'd be more of a 'good above the knees and below the waist' type of fella BBO?

Paging Simon Goodwin. As stated before, despite the understandable universal desire here for polish and speed, I believe this will be our primary precondition along with competitiveness when selecting potential draftees.

If by grassy knoll, you mean from behind the Viney household's front hedge with a telescopic lens, then possibly yes.

The first is a concern. The second, well I'm not sure that being left behind in Darwin for nearly three months without even a pillow can be really considered a holiday.

I don't have a great deal of energy to complain or get emotional about this, but my general feeling is just plain old sadness. Another quirky cultural trait soon to be abruptly sacrificed at the alter of modernity. I've spent an inordinate amount of time explaining our great game to foreigners, and this will be just one less opportunity for me to see their eyes light up.

So if AFLHQ introduce sword-fights to replace the centre-bounce we should be right.

Interesting that a number of potential draftees who have been advocated on here with a reasonable degree of passion have fallen immediately after each one of our Knightmare second-round 'picks' - Petruccelle at #30, Fritsch at #32, and Starcevich at #37. I'm of the belief that Knightmare hasn't concerned himself too much with club-needs on this occasion (with us hypothetically taking two more young KPFs) and that maybe the collective wisdom on here might be closer to the pin (although that doesn't account for Knightmare maybe also not accounting for other clubs' needs so much and then the availability of certain players at each selection). In the least, I can't see us passing up Fritsch if he truly is rated just one spot behind our pick. But above all, I think Goody will be doubling-down on last year, and the directive will be a) competitiveness, and b) some additional leg-speed and the capacity for quick decision-making/ball movement. Foot-skills be damned.

Now the amusing part where everyone has to show their failed workings. Classic and/or type of player. Trent Ormond-Allen (anagram-homophone). Thought the classic may have referred to the cliched MFC hyphen (also denoting or/and of a name). Given stern directions to finish up. Gary Moorcroft. Stern-directions - the rudder on a sailing craft (homophone of croft). Moor - to finish up sailing. It was surprising to hear he was good. Heretier (homophone) Lumumba/Harry-O (the Oh = surprising).

Michael Evans

Simon Godfrey

This game is stupid. I'm going home.

12. Heretier Lumumba

6 - Tom Scully

A shame Max isn't back yet. A certainty to rock up in his Under-15's junior jumper just for the yuks.

It was mostly tongue-in-cheek. But I do feel Lever is the wrong candidate if you want to enshrine the #4 as a jnr. fan fave. Spoils aren't the most glamorous aspect of our beloved game.

While other lodgements are pending . . . 3 - Trent Ormond-Allen. 6 - Gary Moorcroft

You've mentioned Dec has had a head-cold quite a number of times over this past year Drunkn. Maybe you could get him some echinacea pills for Xmas? Frequent whisky works a treat for me but probably isn't an option for the bro.

Was it Casual Friday or something?

Seems like a poor commercial decision. You want the kids to bug their parents to buy new merch with fresh numbers. Put J. Smith in the 4 and they can get 'em back out of he closet in a couple years time and not feel so cheated.