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I don't actually have a barcode but I'm pretty chuffed with your even-handed response. Best of luck Elegt. Have faith.

This is where you - as one our most constant detractors over the year - may struggle to get communal support. Tell me what you currently think of Angus Brayshaw and I may just lend you my barcode . . . depending of course on your response. Just so I don't seem like a complete [censored] - July 21 - Elegt on Goodwin: "would be pretty happy if they held a press conference tomorrow announcing his sacking. totally incompetent." 2

Meanwhile, return flights from Amsterdam to Perth are only $2,400. But I'll probably also need to employ a body-double so my Portuguese girlfriend doesn't cotton on that I've flown nearly 15,000 kilometers to watch a bunch of men kick balls around. All up, with a fake Skuit and beer and accommodation overheads - or at least a taxi to McQueen 's pad - I reckon we're looking at around $3000. PM for account details. EDIT: I'll also paint me and my body-double in Dees' colours, as well as my innocent cat, who has already copped an unfair dose of species' abuse since our win against Geelong.

Equation is simple Cards. Your daughter turning three is a once in a lifetime event. Melbourne qualifying for a grand final however has only happened twice over several lifetimes. Free pass to Perth. Plus kids are idiots and don't remember any display of generosity until they're at least five. Bring back a lump of coal and the scalp of Shannon Hurn and invest it in her future.

Thought the umpiring in general was reasonable. That bald [censored]-head finally showed us some respect. Complaints about the obvious errors I think can be forwarded directly to AFL HQ.

Received one mention before this post and figures in almost every poll thereafter. Demonland voting is worse than juries.

Pretty straightforward: no change.

Woop woop. So satisfying. No super-stand-out performers but a massive team effort overcoming the grind. Go Dees.

You're a champion Cards. It really does look like an evolving role - maybe not just for AVB but in terms of our overall set-up? .

Same start time for me CHF. Are you in Europe?

That's crazy. So we solved our issues with pace on the wing by adding Vanders? Kudos to the big fella. But?

Can you elaborate low flying: what are the conditions in Melbourne right now?

Bugger the emotion-free alternative thread this weekend. I'm pumped as fu(gazi). 15 hours to go - and somehow I have to sleep before now and the match. Four goal Demon win. Yee-haw!

Would be highly amusing if it turned out it was @Sir Why You Little who had calmed your nerves. Did the caller happen to mention our loss to Collingwood in the final round of last year?

Just on Vanders - do any of you Telstra subscribing folk have access to his heat-maps over the past few weeks? I'm curious as to where he's been spending the bulk of his time and if there have been any tweaks of late. His ToG% has been jumping up and down quite a bit since his return and he hasn't really been in the goal-scoring frame the last couple of matches.

Well played Melbourne. Give the young-uns a sniff of success and then low-ball them with the threat of Gold Coast hovering in the market.

I admire Hawthorn and have enjoyed watching them play during their most recent era of dominance.

But is it a common practice?

Anyone - is this a thing or have we just invented it?

I think you slightly missed my point Deemania. While I would love to see Fritsch released with the introduction of Smith, our back-line depends heavily on cohesion, and last week we kept a team which had scored a combined 300 points in its last two outings to just 46 points. The possible gains are outweighed by the potential disruption. Same with Spargo. He doesn't offer a great deal right now in terms of goals, but, while I'm not as down on Garlett as others, our forward line and overall game-plan is dependent on a concerted all-round effort to apply pressure - and if Garlett doesn't go when it's his turn, the one weak chink can undermine the whole operation. Ditto my other points. I've been calling for a settled line-up bar injury since around our encounter with Fremantle - where I felt we'd just about got the balance right - and even though I care very little for JKH, I would have been happy for him to have retained his position had Hannan not come up.

I'm not liking the Collingwood colours in the omen mix. Can you stick the white pair in the wash with some red socks?

I would love to see Fritsch released from the back-line to give us an extra dimension on the wing and half-forward. I agree that despite his contribution Spargo is still a little bit undersized and slightly out of his depth. I think Tyson remains one of our poorer performers and is possibly superfluous to our midfield mix. I'm disappointed that Garlett, our ailing but still classiest finisher from nothing around goals remains sidelined. And I'm concerned that with Vanders, Jones, Tyson and Lewis in the team that we could be exposed for speed in the packs. No change.

Looking forward to seeing Hunt in the team alongside Lever, Frost, Salem, Hibberd and Jetta.

I'm pretty sure this has been previously documented.

Gary Lyon badge and a 10 year member pin? It could have been ditched as part of a ceremonial cleansing.