Demonstone

And if your Aunty had wheels, she'd be a bicycle. It is what it is. Let's just beat Brisbane and go from there.

My ex told me we'd have less arguments if I wasn't so pedantic. I told her "I think you mean fewer arguments".

It's pretty obvious that Sam Weideman is the whipping boy du jour, IRW.

Back on topic (Dire Straits) - this was posted here in December 2020 after it was announced that Josh Mahoney was going to Essendon and that Mark Williams had been hired as an assistant at Melbourne. "I know we've been in dire straits, but I didn't expect to lose Mahoney for nothing and get Chocs for free."

"Brown Sugar" was definitely NOT about coffee! It's also not the original working title of the song which I wouldn't dare post on a family forum like Demonland. They no longer play the song in concerts given the belated backlash to the lyrical content. Ripping tune all the same and one of their all time best tracks.

Fair point you make there. I've taken the two terms to mean much the same thing. Unless every team plays the other twice (not feasible) or just the once (more likely if the number of teams expand to 19 or 20) or unless the AFL have a crystal ball, the fixture will continue to be both unfair and unbalanced.

You leave me alone, hardtack. I have a stereotype to uphold, you know.

* pedantry

Sorry Mr. Bombay, but it's could HAVE not could OF. You'll have to forgive me picking you up on this oft-repeated grammatical howler. I suffer from CDO, you see. It's like OCD but the letters are in alphabetical order as they should be.

Damned if you suspend and damned if you don't, hey Dan?

If I was Ben Rutten I'd be saying "Armageddon out of here".

The latter I believe, dc.

I reckon we all knew what you meant, Dwight. Don't mind me!

You can't blame the fixture for the fact that 17th placed Collingwood has zoomed into the top echelons and that 9th placed West Coast has ridden the elevator to the basement. Nobody could have foreseen those two things happening. On that basis, the draw/fixture is not unfair. The way the cookie has crumbled has worked in Geelong's favour.

It's not as unbalanced as it might appear. Of the five double-up games, both Melbourne and Geelong play Port Adelaide and Bulldogs so that's equal. Based on ladder positions at the end of the 2021 H & A season, we play sides finishing 4th, 11th and 17th. Geelong play sides finishing 9th, 10th and 18th. Our draw is only marginally worse but, as the reigning Premiers, it's meant to be. Geelong, of course, still get the massive boost of playing at Kardinia Park but that's not a function of the fixture.

If (when) Jackson leaves, I'd be keen on Rowan Marshall. However, he's recently re-signed for a few more years.

My player name would be "Captain Google"! Incidentally, Fitzroy also did the back-to-back twice in the early days of the VFL.

Carlton won it in 1906/07/08 so there are five teams who have achieved the threepeat.

I understand that and I wasn't having a shot at you. It was more a comment on poor journalism based on incomplete and misleading stats.

That only tells half the story. You'd need to include the first 12 rounds to get a more accurate picture. We had a fairly easy run in the first half of the season, but people conveniently forget that.

I've just phoned the club and asked if the boys could wear the redback jumper this week in a gesture of support. One would assume that @Webber might have something to say about this.

That's a very healthy list with only one regular senior player unavailable. Is it mere luck or do our medical/conditioning staff deserve a pat on the back for their good work?

Sydney/South Melbourne and West Coast have never won back to back AFL/VFL premierships. South did in the VFA in the 19th Century before joining the VFL. Geelong and Carlton have both performed the feat in the VFL era.