Demonstone

More fun facts about Fred Fanning: - His 97 goals that year were the highest of any Melbourne player before or since. - The game where he kicked 18 was the last game of the season in 1947. - His next game was for Hamilton in the Western District League where he was offered a coaching position for an amount of money four times his VFL pay and Melbourne couldn't/wouldn't match it. - He kicked 22 goals in one of his games for Hamilton.

I could understand that.

@Deemania since 56 why the laughing emoji for my purely factual Fanning post?

No.

Fanning's first 18 shots were all goals. He missed his 19th late in the last quarter.

Wouldn't it be lovely to hear a slow chant of "Colleeeeeeeeee Wobbles" ringing out around the MCG midway through the last quarter as despondent Pies fans file out with their heads hung low.

Maybe we need to learn to get our retaliation in first.

Just had a look. I think it's the lead up to the 3rd quarter Hunter "rain dance" goal. That is, of course, unless he grabbed at it twice.

They probably consoled themselves by getting stuck into the boooooze on the flight home.

St Kilda showcasing the Belgian national colours. The Saints actually switched to those colours during WWI as the German colours were red, black and white.

"Could be sidelined for up to a month" says Ralph. Let's wait for something a bit more definitive from the club. It might not be the catastrophe some are fearing.

WHY ARE WE SHOUTING?

At home games, their fans just go with the first three letters.

And there's my new word for the day!

We'll ... all ... be ... Runed ... said ... beezlebub.

What happened to Bowser?

McQueen stuck in heavy traffic among all the other disenchanted fans checking out from the AFL.

The North bench stuffed it up and paid a massive price. What a rotten way to lose a match. Look on the bright side. The win edged Sydney above Freo on the ladder.

Judd McVee would have strong claims for our most improved since last year.

In a crossover from the puppy thread, I'm led to believe that the pooch on the left is named "Yartapuulti".

Looks like this weekly thread hasn't been started yet. There's some difficult games to tip. But I really just wanted an excuse to post this picture of a young Harry Sheezel with one of his childhood heroes. They'll be playing against each other this weekend!

He's been named in the starting 18, which is usually a sure sign that he's playing (not sub).