The Great Pretender

Thanks for this. The link in the article to the coming week’s training is handy. Casey Fields Monday, January 20 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Players on track from 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM) Gosch's Paddock Wednesday, January 22 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM (Players on track from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM)

Who wants a training base in the middle of a rain belt?

Big wrap for Clarrie here - Track watch: Star Demon back to his best as electric forward continues midfield trial

Could be the AFL’s payback over the Mac Andrew fiasco but that wasn’t really the AFL’s fault. The public was calling for change after the Bulldogs got JUH on the cheap.

My mother used to say a half truth is worse than a lie. There’s a lot of that in the media these days.

You’re starting to sound like a broken record. Anyone can start a suit. Most of them don’t get to the hearing stage so why not wait to see how that pans out before adding fuel to the fire?

If there’s a positive announcement tomorrow then perhaps we might be better enlightened as to the roles of those involved. Let’s wait and see.

You mean we get a future first for him as well, surely?

Before we think of trading early draft picks we need to get a handle on the depth of the draft. According to the pundits this one is deep at the top end. We don’t have to trade picks up from 6 to 4 - we might get our player anyway.

Chadwick is such a celebrated person in the club’s history. Surprised that he bucked authority to get his own way with player positioning. My guess is the coach was no good.

My MFCSS tells me the most experienced umpires have been selected to bury us. Just like they picked incompetent maggots last week to miss that obvious 50m penalty and Toby Greene staging for a free in front of goal by dropping the knees. They’re always out to get us.

Wonder whose idea it was to draft a player we have no faith in to select as a ruckman in the circumstances where we have to put an injury prone defender in the position? Can this possibly end well?

This week’s team is going to look far different to that one

Watching Adem on AFL360 I noticed that his hair’s greying very quickly. Who would be an AFL coach?

If you look at the teams on an individual basis they’re pretty evenly matched. Who will dominate? Petracca (in game #182) or Neale (in game #250)? Love Steven May’s courage! Can the Lions stop Max? Will Melbourne kick straight for goal? How will Brisbane cope without the loudspeakers playing their favourite songs when they kick a goal (I anticipate they won’t kick many anyway)? Demons win because the Lions will simply suffer stage fright on the G.