Skuit

I agree, except all of Brisbane, Geelong and I think the Saints and Essendon have taken on our training colours this pre-season. Evidence to follow.

Not left or right wing: human beings and employees have the right to make whatever choices they want to outside of work regardless of how much they are paid. It couldn't be more simple. If they screw-up and do something that may impact their work performance, that will impact their future employment and work contract negotiations.

Bruce William McAvaney and friends have on multiple occasions refereed to Christian Salem as 'Slalom' in their commentaries, just to clarify and destroy the joke.

A normal Cristian Slalom pass is pin-point and shouldn't lead to a popped shoulder.

Except no such thing ever happened.

Pedant? Sure Saty, but can you explain me what a 'versatile playing moving forward' is? Or have you already taken him under his wing?

Matt Egan channeling Plapp perchance? Kade’s a really bubbly personality and he’s going really well. He’s really enjoying being a forward and he’s got some really good foot skills. He can mark the ball for a little fella – he really jumps at it. He’s really clear on what he needs to work on and he keeps chipping away. He’s played senior footy before and he looks really comfortable here.”

Meanwhile, this doesn't inspire a lot of confidence as to the coaches' grammatical efforts: Nietschke: “He’s joined the defenders group also even though he’s played a large part of his games as a midfielder. We see him as a versatile playing moving forward. he’s got some strong mentors already taking him under his wing and helping him out."

I'm looking forward to seeing young Tom Sparrow play for the Melbourne Football Club in the top-flight Australian Football League. But can someone outline the scenario in which this might happen this year? Without a massive dent to our finals/flag chances?

Tell me when I can finally vote these lame duck rookies out of contention.

Every year this same thread and I never know if its predictions, desires, a horses-for-courses best 22 as to round one, or just a list of each poster's favourite players squeezed into a team Here’s my hoped-for round one team, based on the sole criteria of being the players I most want to watch play and succeed put together into a single list. Hibberd May Jetta Salem Lever Frost Kolodjash Viney Hunt Oliver Gawn Brayshaw Petracca TMac Fritsch Garlett Weid Melksham Harmes ANB Jones Pruess Emerg (others I’m looking forward to seeing play this year) Bedford, Baker, Stretch, Sparrow Some of the players not in this team who played finals or more than 10 games last year and can provide back-up: Lewis AVB Omac Spargo Hannan J. Smith Notes: the above interchange is a pretty serious midfield rotational back-up. Also, I said it last year and I'll say it again, Goody will again double-down on our game-plan. That means even more of: a lot of frustrating quick forward thrusts, manic midfield ball-movement, and an exposed, leaky defence. The team above has the capacity to reduce leakage by two-to-three goals per game (which is top spot/premiership significant) while the half-backs and mids are all tough and instinctive with a a heap of dynamic weapons. This will be the most exciting team the MFC ever assembled.

You guys must be on pills. I've been promoting this bloke for the past two years, but his disposal in our second to last match was atrocious - by far the worst on the field. I'm afraid that can't ever be fixed. If we're to move forward, Vanders doesn't have a place in the team without significant improvement - despite his physical impact, which the majority are now bringing to the mix. Werridee, others inclined, show your best 22 and who Arron will keep out of the team in the longer course of the season if we are to approach and make our mark on the finals? Setting the tone is one thing, for a young immature team, but maintaining elite standards for a flag-challenger is another thing altogether.

Was the disparate font-size of this post intended as a before and after Megatron? if so, I'm SOLD, ALL KNEEL BEFORE MY GLORIOUS NEW BODY.

Lever not back till round nine or ten?!!! Viney being managed??! They were missing targets all session??? I prefer Saty's reports

The toe issue is obviously far worse than we feared. Tommy can't even use his legs to get around the gym.

So now that Tyson is gone, does anyone else feel relieved in not having to live in some unfortunately deep down conscious state of denial about the future?

Since we're lacking in opinion around here, here's my previously unexpressed one: I think Petracca became less effective last year in some core areas due to a loss of strength, specifically in shrugging tackles, marking one-on-one, and breaking through a pack up forward. Not sure if that's due to the opposition figuring him out or an already slimmed down physique, but I don't have any any concerns for the future as to Christian/the footy department arriving at his optimal role and then suitable matching weight.

Wait. Are you ragging on Petracca for telling the physio he was having pain in his knee, possibly the one he had reconstructed? While previously bemoaning his supposed immaturity? Would it help if we added a trigger warning to posts discussing Christian?

Didn't read the article. We have the best midfield.

Currently Northeast of the Dominican Republic. Doesn't seem to any Aussies here at all let alone footy fans let alone the any of the few of those still supporting the Demons.

Okay so here's the truth - or one of two truths. I use to live in the Kurringal Flats in Darwin. Known as one of the foremost slums of Australia as made famous by A Current Affair. My neighbours would quite often ask me for money, for 'lady in the boat'. It took some months before I realised that they were asking for cash for a box of Coolabah wine. Skuit (or lady in a boat as above) became my name thereafter. Or: I used to live in Cambodia, known as one of the sexpat capitals of the world. I would quite often go to girlie bars, where the female hosts would respond to my outrageous sexual requests by saying that I was ch'goot, or 'crazy' in the Khmer language. It took some months before I realised what they were saying, and then I took on 'skuit' as a transliterated moniker thereafter.

Sometimes a thread persists at the top of the list, a thread you reasonably expect would have disappeared into the internet ether at some earlier stage. But there it is, when you open Demonland, still at the top of the list. And finally you succumb, and open the thread again, and gain absolutely nothing from doing so. Long live Pedders.

Woman's suit with a skirt? I have no idea what you're talking about Daisy. A skuit is a type of boat in Afrikaans.