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It's important not to sully the Demon colours with drool or dribble. May I suggest red and black?

Every day is game-day WCW. Or at least game day.

I thought you ate two Red Bulls and three coffees for breakfast?

Surprised you haven't been issued a gag-order yet from the Demon's Army about posting online.

Who wants ginger snaps?

Larry Page has said that he now feeds filet mignon to his his dogs in the hope that once AI takes over he will be treated in the same regard. He also thinks it's his profound duty to usher in the next major wave of human development on earth: i.e. handing over to artificial intelligence. This is one of the guys who holds a major key our collective future, almost without any oversight. If that doesn't give you goose-bumps, you're basically foie gras already. Stuff like this thread is just an easy distraction to what is really unfolding right now.

For those disparaging AI:

Is Clarry the most hated player from our current crop? We need some better [censored]-stirrers.

But Jordan wears lady's reading glasses. Loved by all.

I meant to say Gary Moorcroft . . . dammit.

I should have written toasted sandwiches.

Raising poles, beltings, taking the reins and not leaving other cheers squads in a bind (won't mention raffling giant head): this thread has some serious double-entendre S&MFC vibes going on WCW. The very best and worst of times?

This is like suggesting the Queen of England fly on AirAsia and eat ham and cheese sandwiches.

Thomas Bugg. Oh, wait.

My pointless prediction: Gawndy to kick a combined five goals: forward-line problem solved (not actually solved, just adding to future selection dilemmas). Also, MFC vs Carlton to have many wild momentum swings.

Chatting to a (Collingwood) mate and he thinks the AFL are demonstrating a massive, somewhat patronising blind-spot in the opposing manner they've responded to men's and women's soccer. The silliness in trying to divert attention from the Socceroos, to then fully embracing the Matildas. He wasn't arguing that that the AFL shouldn't accommodate multi-code fans, but suggested women's soccer is a far bigger threat to the future of the fledgling AFLW than what men's soccer represents to the AFL. I have to agree with him on many levels, including specific issues as to gender and parental concerns. Not sure what it's like in the US or Ireland (the latter I am a bit familiar with though), but the jingoistic cross-code rivalry in Australia is quite bizarre, albeit driven by traditional state parochialism and other factors. However, both the men's and women's domestic soccer comps have never quite functioned properly in Australia. So why not then embrace rival codes, capitalise on our tribalistic nature and have the domestic soccer clubs derived from traditional AFL and NRL teams? It makes so much sense to me, from both a cost and development perspective. I have little interest in local soccer, but may be piqued by the Demons playing the Broncos. If we had an in-house professional soccer and Aussie Rules program, we may lose some talent to the other code, but that is happening already. At least in this scenario, we can get sporting potential through the door and identify the best pathway fit from an earlier age. Ramble over. TLDR: love, don't hate.

I just got an advert for Duursma's Air Conditioning on Demonland. They also have lines in drive technology and hoisting equipment. While disappointed that I wasn't offered the opportunity to meet singles in my area, I'm sprinkling those tea leaves on a muffin.

That's all part of my reasoning dee-tox, but Tim Lamb must have been a clairvoyant to have worked out that Zane would fall almost exactly at Fremantle's eventual future first! I'm guessing we would have been prepared to trade up to snag him if we had lower picks and saw the potential, but the options and variables have opened up a bit now. Fancy discussing all the permutations over a pint sometime? I'm presently back in the neighbourhood.

I'm still in the not trying our best camp laysie. Take a leaf out of your handle's book, I say. If we can win by playing lazy then we are almost guaranteed a premiership. Win this one with zero effort and we can loaf our way to another flag and still be cherry-ripe for a fresh, relaxed tilt next year with a Bali sojourn in between.

How do you feel about Duursma, as that's how I see it tracking?

Clarry sounds like he is slurring quite a bit. Has he swapped out cocaine for Cointreau? I wonder which tonic is best for weekend preparation? Maybe we'll see him swap out his ultra-hyper handballs for looping laconic Caribbean ones?

This week's medical learnings on Demonland: A) The Lisfranc injury was named after some French general whose solution was to amputate half the foot. B) The Persian army invented high heels to save their cavalrymen from gruesome stirrup injuries. C) Future MFC F/S captain George Gawn may one day take the field with a portion of my ankle. What a website. I will endeavor to stop wearing high heels to give George the most robust tendon possible.

This is undoubtedly true, but just to be clear I'm not a consultant. I just write about the various conpeople and swindlers in the industry, along with the decent folk who also genuinely try to make a difference.

Special request to please reference Max almost single-handedly ruining Cory Enright's 300th with a break-out performance. Gawn had notched up less than 30 appearances by that stage in his career.