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Did the foundations of our past really create the 'Demon Spirit', or was this concept recently created by our marketing dept.? Never heard of it - but it seems like we're trying to ape the Bloods Culture or Shinboner business.

Dr Georgie Bruinvels: “The menstrual cycle is an inflammatory process and excess inflammation can result in an injury. It’s not solely down to high levels of oestrogen, but tracking the cycle is also very important in terms of bone-injury risk.” Is it that hard to read an article before commenting? (Exceptions granted for those who prefer to avoid the Murdoch press).

The full moon was last week so there goes that hypothesis.

.So that's what Tomald was doing at that angry man conference - brushing up on his exclamations for a vice-Picket role.

I was just playing around in my last post. But seriously, everyone has biases, so if any given captain has x number of favourites, then wouldn't two captains dilute the overall levels of favouritism?

Fixed according to his 1997 grand final stats.

Oh, what could have been in the 2000 grand final if only we'd held onto premiership great Clay Sampson . . .

Que? Wouldn't sole captaincy be the definition of selecting a favourite?

Doesn't have any trouble kicking it beyond 50, but it's the smooth technique which stands out for a ruckman. Dobs one on the siren from outside the arc in this package from last year (1.02: Assist to Dom Barry): https://norwoodfc.com.au/news/five-best-goals-of-2019/

Baulderstone at peak fatness weighed more than Langdon and Lockhart combined.

Just when I thought all hope was lost, my long-standing Sam Baulderstone campaign is given a fresh breath of life. While right on the verge, Max Gawn was last year cruelly robbed of becoming the tallest ever AFL captain with the promotion of Jarrod Witts to co-lead that sham Gold Coast Sun franchise. Pruess's off-season slim-down has meanwhile seen him fall out of contention for the AFL's chunkiest player accolade. Why not right these obvious wrongs by recruiting what would be the fattest ever human being to later play top-flight Australian football, a record unlikely to ever be eclipsed? Forget the supposedly feel-good story that is Bennell, preternaturally skilled beyond we couch-dwelling mortals with crushed MCG dreams - this would be literally huge. Beyond that, there's also a decent football case to be made. Runner-up in the Redlegs best-and-fairest last year, ahead of all of Alex Georgiou, Lewis Johnstone, Dom Barry, Michael Talia and Mitch Grigg - all of who you may note were given their chance on an AFL list. Was also named as the SANFL's 22nd best player last season, after averaging a huge 37 hit-outs per game. Seriously, big-bodied mature tap specialist who can genuinely kick and comes for free as a pres-season sup for a few games coverage.

A friendly reminder to my fellow Dees supporters: you're not responsible for the club's failures over the past sixty-five years. By some random quirk of fate, you support a team which has had limited modern success - due in part to many other twists of fate. Although I'm sure that it has been disappointing, that lack of success is not your personal lack of success. The majority of you probably chose the MFC when you were innocent children, many without having had any actual choice. I'm bewildered that so many of you seem so sensitive to social ribbing or criticism from the idiotic media. Your Collingwood mate wants to mock you for Melbourne's performance? Good stuff mate, well done for having watched a TV. Who cares what we title a documentary. It matters not one bit in the scheme of things, and makes absolutely no difference.

Aaron was the best player at my club.

Sweet - we found a way to back up our glorious AFLX trophy with another pre-season triumph.

I'm not sure if my OCD is going to cope with the ball being bounced slightly outside of the 'o' in Coles - albeit with a brief ANZAC Day distraction when Collingwood and Essendon are neatly aligned either side of the 'l'.

The latter may be true - as I'm currently in Morocco where Ahmit is a perfectly acceptable name.

Fancy being 201cm at 17 years and still not the tallest teenager named Deakin Pereira living in Melbourne . . . I thought we were being cat-fished - but I think that dude's name in the link is Dau Akol and the photo has been mixed up. And that Mrs Pereira was incorrect in stating that Deakin P wasn't pictured above (overlooking the wider shot). Now I can sleep peacefully. Except for the remaining question of why everyone is now named Deakin . . .

This isn't a business case. This is you simply highlighting the fact that business operations tend to be worth more than the people heading them. They wouldn't otherwise be businesses. The bolded bit is a highly flawed assumption, which is why people are paid to make actual business decisions in the first place. A business case would outline why replacing Goodwin would stem the bleeding. And then there are further factors beyond that again. What you describe as a sunk cost, others may view as an investment. Ditching that investment would then be a truly sunk cost, which business leaders would consider when mulling over that option.

MFC: Pleasant fluff-piece about new recruits eating some marshmallows with some senior players. Demonland: We're firing all our captains and have already ostracised Bennell from a playing group!!!

Why would anyone bother with this (bolded) if your scenario is in fact the case? And what was so apparent that gave rise to this rather detailed speculation? And what's this familiar path you speak of? Lumumba? Or another instance? Also, what's a manual agreement? Sounds like a (censored) in the parking lot.

On that note AmDam, do you know anyone in the hunt for temporary accommodation? Next week I'm heading to south Morocco for a couple of months. Hot-weather conditioning.

I can't fully contribute, as outside of the MFC I barely follow the football anymore. But can you show your workings Fifty-5? I would have thought Gawn is both our best player and the best ruckman in the league (at least best tap-ruck). First picked. Then you have Moore ahead of both Grundy and De Goey for the Pies regardless. Is it that you rate Moore/Witts so highly? Or you're not sold ruck impact? I think pairing Gawn with breaking mids such as Danger/Dusty would be phenomenal. Surely there would be another sufficient enough player from GC and CHB/back-pocket cover to avoid the Gawn sacrifice? I appreciate that it's a balancing act but Sexton could take the GC spot. Billings goes out. The Saints are then the problem?

Mystery injuries of the week resolved: some silly bugger must have erected one of these at Gosh's . . .

Given Bennell's previous poor attitude, it's likely he was invited to the camp but told the club to get stuffed.

Not certain it was from Monday, but I recall someone mentioning he walked off the track 'grumpy'.