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And Mark Jamar's wife Dulcie gave birth to a baby boy this week so the production line of father/son ruckmen continues!

And Jimmy Stynes' lad will be available at about that time too!

This basketball league is absolutely clean. It caters for Under 12 basketballers and young Petracca scored two points. And note - he wears #5.

Fairly sure there was nothing wrong with his toe. He was running around the court full bore. Showed a bit of talent as a basketballer.

A funny thing happened today. I saw Petracca playing basketball.

Please keep on topic folks - this thread is about Clayton Oliver. Thanks

It's finally happened ~ Chanderpaul retires from all forms of cricket

From the sound of things, you were probably sitting on his knee. You need to get a grip on yourself.

Did you ask him how the knee's going?

That could be because it's his wedding anniversary today. We need to cut him some slack today in recognition of the occasion.

Somebody's obviously ghosting for you Doc.

Very sad news but I must say, I was never into Bowie. The other big news of the day came as a bit of a shock. Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall - wow.

We knew it was a risk and we accepted it although I can say very clearly that we might well have underestimated the risk involved:- See my comments in http://demonland.com/forums/topic/38382-the-saga-continues-wada-appeals/?page=148 I regard a 12 month enforced holiday from the game a "major" sanction.

Landing in Devil's Island tomorrow. With a bit of luck, I might be able to import the entire banana crop to send to Demonlanders.

http://snpy.tv/1TowcXK

Are you certain? Next year happens to be a leap year.

Where's Redleg with his updated count? Isn't something major happening very soon?

The Weideman family and Melbourne go back a long, long way. Grandfather Murray was one of Collingwood's all time greats and his relationship with Melbourne was particularly firey. There's a story to tell here (and I will tell it) but in the meantime, this is how Knightmare sees the next generation-

I'll admit that I had Parish ahead of him all the way ... but I hope Knightmare who had him second in the overall power rankings got it right.

Murray Weideman looks gobsmacked.

Agree. I would have been happy to go with Parish and Mathieson to get a good mix of midfield talent with 4 AAs between them. I wonder if the reluctance to pick Parish has to do with the nightmares endured in the wake of the decision to take Toumpas ahead of Wines three years ago.

Parish might not test elite class for pace but he's quick. By that I mean everything he does is in super quick mode; his reactions, his thought processes and his decision making. They're all uncanny and instinctively move him to where the ball is so he appears to have more pace than he actually possesses (but he's not slow over the ground anyway). He's a footballer and my only reservation is whether he can bring that package with him into the AFL game. Toumpas who was a different type in many ways, couldn't bring his particular game to AFL level and before him, the same could be said of Blease.

Hey Redleg - was it Curnow who we were told was "leadership material"?

Never impossible - one of the candidates might blow it (and be replaced on the list) ... then again, he might not.

However, if you were in Jason Taylor's shoes and knew who your first pick was going to be, there are only five possible combinations possible. It would take some luck but the odds are reasonable for you to achieve the best case scenario i.e getting your two most preferred players from the six into the club. Remote.