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Hmm, for a pointless thread there's certainly enough posts to suggest otherwise. And Ghost Who Walks' post is atrocious. Why are less and less Indigenous players recently entering into the AFL? Not everyone of them has the same tragic backstory as Jurrah nor will all of them have crippling homesickness. I hope we're not missing out on some amazing talent (and proportionately there seem to be many that are so exciting to watch.)

It potentially would have been a good question but i doubt I'd find that many namesakes. (I'm sure there's a lot more than we realise but the John Smiths and Tom Browns would probably be only slightly famous and a player such as Ricky Nixon would be dead giveaways.) We had Bryan Martin. I just heard on the UK's Chase that a Jeremy Howe is a big producer. Of course speaking of Collingwood player it's possible Eddie Everywhere met his fellow Who Wants To Be A Millionaire host in the UK and told him how one of his players is also called Chris Tarrant. Mark Lee was both a player for Richmond and the same era played Mel Gibson's best mate in Gallipoli. Mark Maclure is almost another. But while the same spoken it's something like Mark Mcclure for Jimmy Olsen (in Christopher Reeve's Superman) Any others? It's amusing how Cameron Smith is a famous Storm player, but now the world instead would think of Aussie golfer Cameron Smith. (And two Steve Smiths have played cricket for Australia.) But who have I forgotten fron our great game?

Woohoo! I no longer feel stupid. League is okay ish but I can't get more than a passing interest in it. (Geez, there's already 18 hours of AFL more or less on the same weekends as NRL is on! 🙄) I must say I cant read the name Bryan Martin without thinking of the racecaller with the exact same name. Probably most famously he was calling a Cox Plate in which he part-owned an outsider. The horse, Fields Of Omagh , was leading in the straight and Martin called like a consummate professional showing no bias. At the line his horse had held on and won arguably the best race in the country. At that point he shouted out "he's done it!" and we were hearing the reaction of an owner. A few years later the horse won the race again.

Honestly this wouldn't be in the top 20 . 😂

Now there's a sentence i never thought I'd encounter! 😂

I sow what you did they're. 😉

Yes, but Trigger never got out of the Magoo's.

BTW it would've been so cool if Geelong's Kane had been Tenille rather than Tenace. 😂

Well done! Though admittedly though I surprise most with the breadth of my musical knowledge I absolutely have never heard of the Thompson duo. And on that even though I'll leave the musicals to my mother I know it's RoDgers and Hammerstein. Hell, even the Rodgers of Rodgers and Hart 😁 valued his D. I hope I haven't rained on your parade, Ms Streisand. I enjoyed this thread.

Well it's not quite Che Cockatoo-Collins or Steele Sidebottom. But we've gotta get him on our list for the name

Can someone confirm for me that either these delisted players get reinstated in their club's rookie list or nominate themselves in rhe November draft (or the supplementary ones) and hope they get another chance up against the young'uns? (Oh, and clubs have maybe 44 spots on their list so each is a big decision ?) Umm, also if Merrett or Humphrey decide that last week was untenable then what happens? Can they nominate for the draft? Would they forced to even go back to their old club if once again they pick them up in the draft? How costly to team and player would it be if any of this happened?

Yep! It would be tedious to read but i could write a long list of songs or artists I don't like. The silly thing is very few are at all relevant now. But at the same there's no point telling fans that their musical heroes are "awful" or wish their stuff never existed. Honestly it really doesnt matter if some people think AFLW is boring. Just dont watch it! If anything it helps create interest in Aussie Rules and for all we know it helps get a girl's younger brother into the sport and later the Hall Of Fame. It's incredible some [censored] like Sam Newman would choose sexism over helping his sport.

Probably not. He'll be 33 and now plagued by injuries. His inclusion would mean a potentially good young player misses senior games or even the chance to develop at Casey. Maybe if his attitude was incredible, he's a great mentor, a medical clears him of likely ongoing injuries that's seen him play only 10 games in 2 years AND he cost bugger all then maybe. But I suspect the only way we'd consider him is King coached him at another club. (We should be developing our youth anyway.)

Their first car was a Ford Fairlane? (Or are they all about to be the second player to come out?)

Tbh I can easily see it going either way. I just looked at a bookmakers market for next year. We're 67 dollars, as is Port, and four teams are priced longer. Carlton is a little shorter. Already that's 11 rather than 16 teams. Anyway I hope coaches and players have genuinely stopped falling for this complacency -inducing 'easybeat' nonsense. (And I doubt the yearly 'snakes and ladders' will suddenly stop.)

Surely West Coast. But while in the first month supporters and board members might expect their teams to beat WCE the same as with every club every year they may possibly improve a lot over summer. (It's plain silly to already declare a team bottom 2 so far out.)

It can't be overstated how much of footy takes place between the ears. Sure, players won't suddenly become faster, stronger or better with their motor skills cos of a few pep talks. But they might have better preseasons and be prepared to go that little bit harder and have more confidence in themselves and their teammates. THIS is where I'm really hoping to see change next year.

Yep, big difference between Swans, Eagles and Hawks.

Surely no team is already certain they'll beat us next year, especially this far out. I'm sure sometimes in May/June a guaranteed finalist sees a stretch in their fixture where they play struggling teams and decide to have a mini preseason. But often in the early rounds a lousy team announce themselves with a surprise win. It'd be frustrating enough for the opposition wondering theyre losing badly midgame without putting extra pressure on themselves unaware this easybeat is now their equal. (And as people have said we beat some good teams last, lost all the close ones and probably lots of unresolved issues behind closed. I'm not sure losing our underperforming stars can't at least be countered to some extent.)

Nothing groundbreaking - it's almost impossible to tell. Some players will improve - maybe some surprisingly so, some may regain form , some may lose form. It might be that our players skills, fitness and physical strengths and limitations are the same as this year. But the team will feel different and obviously it's a different coach. If players were (or felt they were ) being held back what's to say some of our players will have a new lease on life. All I know is every year at least 3 non-finalists go back into the 8 and sometimes it's a real surprise packet. All will be revealed in time

Seinfeld had the Big Salad. This was a big word salad. It kinda looks right but you just know it's as good as cliched and in reality it's not accurate right now and certainly won't be next year.

It's interesting how often our recruiters have tried to re-home top ten draft picks that haven't remotely realised their potential at their first club (such as Billings and Schache and plenty more). I've kept thinking it made sense doing this and we've just been unlucky. But if you look back over many drafts this strategy just hasnt worked for clubs. The recycled players that work either already showed promise or were later picks. Hopefully we stop this strategy. BTW this old article helps illustrate my point. It's also interesting how often a top 10 pick turns out to be ordinary. https://www.afl.com.au/news/1062048/national-draft-your-clubs-top-10-picks-where-are-they-now-history-picks-no1

I'm the Melbourne training soccer ball and I approve this message.😂

I kinda agree with you. But didnt Brisbane end up (only) 5th or 6th that year? Admittedly a lot of the footy media are there because they used to play footy well or wrote well enough to get into Journalism. Often , especially the past players, they can recognise talent. But, yeah, there are probably better prognosticators well versed in statistical analysis or armed with lits of inside information . We'll probably find out anyway but we don't know just how much some of our players havw been playing with injuries AND we certainly don't know how much Goody, Mark Williams, Tracc, Oliver, May or others might have been dragging down team morale or making it harder for individual players recently. At the very least next year will be interesting.

Would the circumstances that affected Jurrah's career be the same obstacle for his children? BTW while we haven't mentioned it if he has a daughter similar to him she'd be exciting to watch in the AFLW.