Ghostwriter

No strapping on Luker’s leg 👍🏽

And so it begins, actually I’m surprised it’s taken this long. I’m telling folks what I’ve been told.

According to Pete the head physio. He’s confident too.

It’s AJ I almost hurt. He was coming out of the cafe as I was walking in. It was a close call. I know who’d come off second best. Clue… not AJ

Training hasn’t started yet but I’ve already got an update on Disco! Disco has a broken hand. He had surgery yesterday morning and is expected to be back in Round 4. This is from our head physio. I just ran into him at the cafe under AAMI.

Milestone matches on a Sunday are always gonna be tricky, and we have many Sunday matches this season. Usually we know the selections on Thursday while we’re making the banner but in round one for example we made the majority of it on the Thursday but had to come in again to finish it on the Saturday when we knew for sure Tmac wasn’t playing. Ideally Max and Tmac would have separate games for their 250th. It’s such a monumental achievement.

#Rude

A friend messaged Maysie on Saturday night saying “Any chance you could come out of retirement?” Joking, of course. Maysie replied, “That was hard to watch. We got away with it last week with no key forwards for the Saints.” He used the word “We” 🥹

Our boy is still in red and blue ❤️💙

That’s right, Ditcha. Also, the cheer squad will be up the other end of the ground, Bay M33 in the Ponsford stand. Booo!

We (DA) have talked about nothing else this week. Actually we’ve been talking about it since the end of last season but now it’s in overdrive. Rest assured he’ll be celebrated. Incidentally, seven years ago today Max played his 100th…

Yeah main training will be at Casey because we aren’t playing interstate. I’ve just had it confirmed that unlike last Tuesday, tomorrow’s sessions will start at the scheduled times, ie. the first session begins at 12:15pm and the second at 2:45pm. Each session will go for 45 minutes.

Last Tuesday the sessions were advertised as above but in reality there were three sessions with the first session beginning at 10:30am. Tomorrow may or may not be the same as last week 🤷‍♀️

I agree. A recently retired coach has insights to share. I like his manner and delivery of his comments. I also think it really nice that he was on the ground during their warmup as a “friend” as he put it.

Long may they languish at the bottom of the ladder.

The AFL Live app also lists the goals incorrectly…

I didn’t watch the game but when I looked at the MFC website this morning I noticed something doesn’t add up… The Melbourne goals add up to 12, not 10. Just wondering if Sharpie really did kick three goals.

I have no idea what this means, QD. I’ll be watching* the match from my couch tonight, really unwell. Missed out on going to watch Casey today at Whitten Oval 😕 I do think we’ll win tonight though. It won’t be pretty but we’ll grind one out. Us by 10 points GO THE MIGHTY DEES!!! *by “watching” I really mean not watching but checking scores regularly. I can’t watch our games live on TV, it serves no good purpose.

Hawks stiff. I’d be furious.

That was Sharpie. He can’t believe there are people who don’t like that song.

I thought Steeley’s goal song (Titanium by SIA) was a fitting choice but it turns out he didn’t pick it. He didn’t submit his list of songs before the cutoff so someone in admin chose on his behalf. It’s still just as fitting 👊🏼

Well he told me he’s now a Demons fan but maybe that’s because of how I framed the question… “So Eric, which team are you gonna jump onboard with? Lie to me if you have to.” He’s going to tonight’s match by the end of which he might be a Swans or Hawks fan.

It was just cramping. He trained as normal today.

That makes sense because I chatted with him when I thought he was a curious overseas visitor; he showed me photos of his front and back yards to show how heavy the snow is in Ohio where he’s from and we talked about his son, Zach. But then I noticed Kingy, Chappy, Richo, a couple of our physios and others were individually approaching him and introducing themselves so I realised he wasn’t just a curious overseas visitor.

Yeah Scotty is a staunch Blues man. Understandably he supports Melbourne but his heart will always be navy blue. I’ve talked to him about my two decades masquerading as a Carlton supporter and how I’ll always have a soft spot for them. It’s pretty much the first thing we bonded over. Fritta’s mum’s side is Collingwood through and through. His grandad doesn’t hide the fact either. 😡