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Off the top of my head 1) 1987 2) It's an open AFL secret.

Also appreciate your game-sense Jaded. Thanks for the run-down.

Hey Gonzo. I actually really appreciate your game-sense. I expect that you are frustrated but where did we lose this one?

That's a given.

Me usual or the Demons?

Lol. I spent the whole day waiting for footy and got too drunk and fell asleep just before first bounce only to wake up with one minute left on the clock. Who wants to explain the game to me in one hundred words or less?

I should have mentioned I'm averse to cold and fond of water. But whereabouts in Russia? Is it easy to get a visa for an extended stretch (I have dual Oz and Dutch citizenship)? Georgia is intriguing.

I'm scouting time-zones where I can wake up at a reasonable hour, make coffee, and then watch the footy. Turkmenistan here I come.

Damn. Even if we cleared Nat Jones and TMac off the books it wouldn't add up to Cameron.

Until getting trapped in Oz I've spent most of my adult life living in time-zones west of Australia. I thought getting up at 5am in Europe to watch the football was a drag. But having to wait until after 5pm is much worse.

I reacted to this decision in a realistic/non-realistic attempt dichotomy. Started pondering whether such a decision could be made based on the aptitude of the flyer (Pickett is relatively unknown but if it was Howe? Koz would have also put in a contender for mark of the century if he landed it). We have a beautiful unique ridiculous game we all love and a part of that is subjective umpiring. Deliberate out of bounds? Tried to genuinely release the ball? This takes an umpire determining the mindset and intentions of a player, and as such a lot of it is based on instinct. What other sports have this burden to the same extent? GWS defender fluffed his lines in the goal-square yesterday and was adjudged holding the ball. In reality he was tackled for a half a second and dragged over the goal-line. A point. But it looked bad. Free against. I didn't remotely even consider that the only player Pickett impinged on was wearing a Melbourne jumper until someone on here brought it up.

I like when I don't have to refute a statement because a poster proves themselves an idiot within that statement.

Plus 'epically' is a pretty impressive adverb.

Melksham being so high might be a clue together with Hibberd's rather elevated status. I would say Spargo and Jones are the real anomalies.

Was 50-50 at Blundstone - plus all the added effects of travel. Now 80-20. Makes a big difference in an 17-round season.

Surprised by the lack of celebration. The Tasmania-border-closure will probably be season-defining.

The exercise in compiling the rankings was the definition of a complete waste of time but the numbers aren't totally random (like derived from numerology for instance). A box of McDonald's cookies in the mail for whoever cracks the code.

I ranked the players using a more objective method: Christian Petracca 2280 Jack Viney 2666 Clayton Oliver 2248 Max Gawn 2200 Jake Melksham 2213 Jake Lever 2072 Angus Brayshaw 1888 Michael Hibberd 1741 Tom McDonald 1635 Christian Salem 1402 Charlie Spargo 1229 Harley Bennell 892 Sam Weideman 869 Bayley Fritsch 755 James Harmes 753 Josh Wagner 734 Aaron vandenBerg 687 Alex Neal-Bullen 689 Nathan Jones 685 Jayden Hunt 651 Mitchell Hannan 642 Oscar McDonald 611 Steven May 496 Joel Smith 474 Kade Kolodjashnij 335 Mitch Brown 313 Neville Jetta 274 Toby Bedford 235 Adam Tomlinson 181 Braydon Preuss 170 Ed Langdon 112 Corey Wagner 104 Tom Sparrow 95 Oskar Baker 76 Marty Hore 66 Harrison Petty 65 Kyle Dunkley 65 Jay Lockhart 61 Kade Chandler 49 Kysaiah Pickett 39 Luke Jackson – Trent Rivers – Aaron Nietschke – James Jordan – Austin Bradtke –

The footy is hard enough to watch this year without adding a series of four- and five-day breaks across the entire competition. If our post-Anzac fixtures vs Essendon of the past are anything to go by it will be an excruciating slop-fest - and I'm not certain that shorter quarters will make a difference. From memory and perception at the time, it was generally our extra day break against Essendon which seemed to be the deciding factor. I really do hope we're not rolling with just an 'anywhere, anytime' attitude but planning the bejesus out of this stretch - the coming month could be the making or breaking of teams in 2020. The cramped fixture and travel and accruing injuries at the back-end of 2017 derailed our season and ultimately delayed our development.

KPF with contested-marking chops is essential.

How come in the middle of a global pandemic and massive budget cuts the AFL can suddenly manage to organise a microphone to capture the reporters' questions?

i have a real question though. As it stands the MFC and Essendon are on a minor crash-course for a spot in the eight. There was talk at some stage of slotting us in if necessary the week before the finals, if needed. Clearly not fair - compared to other teams which have already qualified and played the one less 'elimination' match. With all the provisos in place, what is a fair outcome?

The public declaration that I would attend three games a week was one of those grand statements you make when you think there's no actual chance you'll ever actually have to follow through on the commitment. 'Baby. Leave your husband and we'll run away to a tropical island" "Oh. You actually left your husband?" The above is a joke. Attending a Fremantle vs. St Kilda match is not.

Even if Gus didn't have a clanger-fest yesterday he would still be in our bottom-end players. Needs a serious rocket.

Hey Swizzle. I respect that you can't burn your supposed source but maybe if you gave some insight into what was said then other posters wouldn't be so critical or disbelieving. Like a rough outline perhaps? Right now it's that the 'coach was spoken to'. About what?