Demonstone

The AFL has just issued this official press release regarding their involvement in the Hawthorn affair.

Tom Hickey has already been to the barber.

They were taken in the 2022 Rookie Draft.

A syndicate consisting of several former Melbourne players have bought a racehorse and called it "Big Jimma" in honour of Jimmy Stynes. The horse will have its debut this Saturday in the first race on the card at Flemington. Go you good thing! In a nod to Jim's Irish heritage and Demon career, the jockey will wear the following colours.

I don't know that this latest development proves anything one way or the other apart from the AFL being very keen on sweeping potentially embarrassing matters under the rug and protecting their brand. Suspect we haven't heard the last of this and there is still more to be played out.

I'd be wearing the thickest socks I could find if somebody was biting at my ankles. Maybe even two pairs.

Makes a change from "danger" I suppose.

Harry McKay, you say?

Jake Melksham has been suspended for two matches (reduced to one for an early plea) by the VFL Match Review Panel for a striking offence against a Werribee player in the fourth quarter of the match on Saturday.

Ok "KIcking the dew off" is a classic old footy saying that refers to the first match of the day, usually in the morning, when the grass is still dewy from overnight. I wasn't impugning your footballing talent.

Odd time for a reserves game to be starting!

I remember hearing that TDK would do amazing things for our system. edit: In case you're scratching your head ...

Sad to say he was indeed booed in his return game at the MCG. It was obvious that he was hurt by this.

That seems a high price to pay for a 33 year old Ed Curnow.

This whole "Mum" shtick is really stale. Is Ed Langdon a "Mummy's boy" because he elected to come home to Victoria?

For Fremantle?

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.