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Thanks. Interesting. Maybe he'd have been the "dud brother" in the tradition of Jay Viney, Tom Flower and numerous other good but not quite good enough footballers.

WE'VE MADE IT!! Quiz in the Age this morning wants to know if demonland is a fan forum, tattoo parlour, seedy nightclub etc

Riak was already gone a couple of picks earlier.

What a great team that was: White, Neitz, Schwarz, Viney, Lyon, Febey X 2, Shanahan, Ingerson, Tingay, Woey, Yze, Doggy Brown on debut and even the little remembered Craig Smoker was hot with some great tackles and handy goal. And Jeff Farmer absent.

Three games in Adelaide. Must be some kind of first. And of course, Geelong, GC, Gabba, NT...plenty of frequent flyer points.

Did the Blues tank that one? Did they fear an in-form Dees? We'll know soon enough.

Only if you say it quickly and don't dig in to the detail.

Not that I was a Pert-must-go, more a Pert sceptic, I offer you Josh Mahoney. Favoured for the job once before. Now at the AFL.

Interesting. Will dd36 return serve or has Ttacca just fired an ace? (Me, I'd like to think so. And this also accords with one of Michelle's social postings.)

I think it's important to understand who these people are in the context of sports journalism. It's struck me this trade period how the more serious, or perhaps I should say responsible football journalists mostly avoid the speculation about potential trades. At The Age - a much diminished product but nonetheless the one I read most closely - Jake Niall and Michael Gleeson are seen nowhere near these trade talkfests. What passes for a responsible person at the Herald Sun so far as I can tell is Mark Robinson (I know, I know) and I don't see his byline attached to anything like that linked to the usual culprits. These journos you talk of operate on radio, social media, and internet/TV. The expanse of radio/internet/TV airtime they must occupy to justify their existence seems to force them into endless verbal garbage. Usually around trade time I bury my head in the sand and wait for the period to end and then see what comes of it because in my experience 90% of it is bull dust. This year for obvious reasons I was sucked in. Trac in particular was an issue but in future I'll be leaving lightweight flibbertigibbets like Morris and McNoClue to their own devices. If someone like Niall starts to write it, then I'll give it credence.

Not in my experience. Its housed in part of the G opposite the MCC members' reserve. It's a 10 minute walk from the MCC area to the MFC offices.

Since neither the Blues or the Pond Scum have a 2025 first round draft pick who else thinks Trac's prospects of moving just diminished significantly? And that is before you think he has ahead another year of shared commitment, sacrifices and achievements to restore the bond with his Demon brothers. But really, with no first rounders on offer how could they deal?

You'd need to widen your social media universe but be assured there are pictures of Trac (as opposed to the kids discussed here) working on some fearsome strength building machines in Salzburg, Austria currently on instagram. He really looks to be working incredibly hard at building - or restoring - leg and body core strength. Go Trac!

Prior to Pert's appointment which was massaged by the AFL, the front runner for Melbourne CEO was then footy manager Josh Mahoney who was the football department's preference. If Pert departs I hope Mahoney, who is currently at AFL HQ, is at least given the chance to be heard should he be interested.

We didn't win the Brownlow. Peter Moore did. And his heart remains at Victoria Park.