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Fell asleep at quarter time so I don't really know but perhaps it was because the umpires decided to be spectators as well.

Thanks all for your good wishes. I know where to take him if he ever wants to see an alpaca or visit a home for derelicts As for the name, it hasn't been announced but it's entirely up to the parents. If someone kicks the winning goal tomorrow against Port Adelaide, I will strongly recommend their name for consideration. I rather fancy something like "Heritier".

Last year the junior footy team one of my grandsons played with trained on an oval next to the Sandringham Dragons so when I was down there, I would occasionally take the opportunity to watch Angus Brayshaw at training along with Tyler Roos and a couple of others. One of the "others" turned out to be Harley Balic (187cm/80kg) who happened to be a bottom ager by only a handful of days. Later on, he was one of two players who did work experience training with Melbourne so he's definitely already been under the watchful eyes of Paul Roos and our recruiting staff. He's also in a similar mould to Brayshaw in size and is an all round sportsman (he was a star junior at basketball). He has some special, almost freakish, talents which will make him very highly sought after at draft time. He's more of a half forward at the moment but can also go into the midfield and if he develops properly, he could become a Nat Fyfe type in the AFL. I know that's a big statement but, already in this year's national champs, he's been named as Vic Metro's best (27 disposals) in their opening game last weekend. I think he's relishing being in a quality team at this level because the Dragons have been a bit ordinary this year. Definitely worth keeping an eye on this bloke and I hope he follows in Gus' footsteps and finds his way to Melbourne.

Such as us losing to Carlton by only 76 points in the first game after 186 when Dean Bailey was sacked?

I'm running early with this thread to assist those who are hanging out for a Friday night televised Carlton game. By some strange anomaly, the Blues are playing the Swans up in Sydney in that one this week and Sportsbet's really tempting punters to p1zz their hard earned down the toilet with odds of $18 a Carlton win. Their team has some handy "ins" in Carrazzo, Henderson, Walker and Graham to balance the following players who will be missing from last week's near record 77 point loss to Geelong - Warnock (hip), Marc Murphy (calf), Bryce Gibbs (back), Chris Judd (knee). The Swans have made one relatively insignificant change. Because the odds are so extraordinarily one sided, I've emailed Sportsbet and asked them to run a book on what time I fall asleep during the telecast. At the moment, quarter time is even money.

In that case, Tyson would be lonely out there because the Scorpions have a bye.

From what I understand he's definitely not Andy Lovell's son. At best, distantly related.

Tomorrow night.

TAC Cup Wrap: Round 8 review

We have now.

I suppose Mick Malthouse's own goal today doesn't count?

Well ... if everyone is going to stick the boots in, would this not be a good time to re-open the whole Carlton tanking issue which was conveniently shoved under the carpet despite some interesting comments from former assistant coaches and the like. Although he wasn't at Carlton when the Blues performed the grand slam of tanking back in 2007, perhaps Mr. Prendergast might have heard some tidbits about what was going on at the time?

VFL player review: round six

Thanks Bingers

I wonder if there's a way in which us Melbourne fans can get together and brainstorm some ideas to help a fellow club out in its time of need? Perhaps we can organise some player trades to improve their lists or some other act of kindness?

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He might be unlucky playing his best game in the VFL last week when Jake played so well for Melbourne.

A tragedy for this thread which started with Shiv stonewalling against the Aussies. We finally get him out

SA's Luke Partington stars in close loss to WA in U18 Champs WESTERN AUSTRALIA 3.2 6.3 9.7 11.7 (73) SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1.2 5.6 7.13 9.18 (72) GOALS Western Australia: Jones 4, Ridley 2, Waterman 2, Bennett, Powell-Pepper, Smith South Australia: Haysman 2, Milera 2, Dew, Hewett, Francis, Partington, Quinn BEST Western Australia: Hackett, Bennett, Watson, Jones, Waterman, Florenca, Petrevski-Seton South Australia: Partington, Francis, Haysman, Markov, Milera

U18s: Vic Country stuns with after-the-siren win over Vic Metro VIC METRO 3.3 5.5 8.6 10.8 (68) VIC COUNTRY 2.2 6.5 9.7 11.7 (73) GOALS Vic Metro: Gresham 2, Hardwick 2, Kerbatieh, Balic, Houston, Crocker, Parsons, Silvagni Vic Country: Ainsworth 2, Schache 2, Berry 2, Maishman, Cole, Holmes, Simpkin, Skinner BEST Vic Metro: Balic, Crocker, Collins, O'Kearney, Parsons, Gresham Vic Country: Ainsworth, Weitering, Mennen, Mathieson, Rice, Schache Vic Country v Vic Metro Report Vic Country steal victory with goal after the siren

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