Demonstone

Wishful thinking, Luci?

For all the angst, wailing and gnashing of teeth, we find ourselves in second spot on the ladder at the end of Round 19. I'm confident most of us would have taken that if it was offered before the season began. Have faith, fellow supporters. Things are never as bad as they seem.

Gravity isn't a theory, it's a Government conspiracy to keep the people down.

Having first read the last three chapters of this book (covering the 2021 season) on the day it turned up in the mail, I have now finished the rest of it and would like to offer my praise to Ian for an outstanding effort. He has covered the 57 years in remarkable, well-researched detail featuring interviews with an amazingly wide range of players and officials that have been involved with the club during that period. Unlike many footy books, the author was able to unearth new information and facts that were previously unknown, as least to me. Should you be wavering in your decision to buy the book, waver no more. It's excellent and highly recommended, in particular for those of us who have followed and loved Melbourne Football Club for a long time. I'd rate it as 9.95 out of 10, only deducting the .05% for a very small number of spelling and factual errors.

Nailed it. We lost the battle but that doesn't necessarily mean we won't win the war.

Thought I'd leave some on the table for you.

The perils of dropping your bundle five minutes into the first quarter.

You're quite right. Some people don't think it matters. It shows. Others would say that anything worth doing is worth doing properly. Different strokes and all that.

Two draws in two days?

He's a Melbourne supporter. His team is Melbourne. I'm going to the footy. My son is coming too. The two of us will see you there.

Don't forget his contemporaries Bradshaw, Jordan and Bowie.

I would also advise that posters don't use a big word when a singularly unloquacious and diminutive linguistic expression will satisfactorily accomplish the contemporary necessity. At this stage, I should put my hand up and confess that I sometimes use big words that I don't know the meaning of in an attempt to sound more photosynthesis.

Here's a primer for new players.

Don't you mean players' names?

I'm not aware of any poster who has better mail than goodwindees. Thanks for the update.

Alas Colin, I think the battle for correct apostrophe use has been well and truly lost, not just in this example but also in the overwhelming number of nuffies who think that plurals (or any word ending in 's') require one. In addition to apostrophes and capital letters (as pointed out in another thread), a colon can completely change the meaning of a sentence. Consider the difference between "I enjoy eating my wife's cooking" and "I enjoy eating my wife's colon".

Working fine for me, Sydee.

I hate being bipolar. It's awesome!

I just drove past Whitten Oval and it looks as though we won't face much opposition today.

He does!

Who are the Two Noahs? And was one of them married to Joan of Ark?

Don't forget folks, it's West Footscray station, not Footscray. I clearly remember the jubilation at the station and on the train after we won that game in 1987 to make the finals!

Yep, Harry Beitzel was 3AW.

Greg Baum's take on the unseemly Daisy kerfuffle. https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/latest-rant-over-daisy-pearce-just-a-bad-call-20220722-p5b3sh.html

Sidebar: With all the mentions in trading threads of "steak knives", I wonder if younger posters have any idea what that unusual phrase is actually all about. I admit to not watching much TV these days, but surely it's been many a long year since we had ads like that?