Tony Tea

Yeah, I knew that. But Jack being a Hawthorn fan kind of complicates all the blarney about Jack getting around in a Demons jumper.

Nice pic, but I didn't know he was a Hawthorn supporter. Last paragraph:

Bump. Speaking of touch wood. How did the Demons go on Mad Monday?

Will Ratten Target Warnock? Maybe... if Ratten's still there. Carlton are on a hat-trick of finals chokes and you know what happens to unsuccessful coaches the Princes Park. The Blues tolerate failure even less than Essendon.

Melbourne was shopping Jones around last year, and then the Brock trade emerged. Every player has their price. If Carlton said you could have Judd for Jones, you would take it. So, just work back from there until you get to Jones' value. I tip you'd be working for a while, because Jones, while a hard worker with ever-improving disposal skills, is a long way short of top line. Melbourne have concluded that Jones, while limited, has value. They would be mad not to consider trades.

Touch wood.

A friend of mine, who played for South Adelaide when Don Scott was coach, has a shed load of funny stories about Scott's tenure, none of which can be told here.

Every player has their price, including Bate. If we get offered overs, we take it; if we get offered evens we think about it; if we get offered unders, we pass.

I wish I didn't. Have I mentioned already today that I hate McPharlin more than any player in the AFL? No? Well, I do. On top of being an appalling flat track bully, he is yet another beneficiary of the time honoured AFL tactic "Ease 'em back against soft Melbourne."

Melbourne should consider trading Cam Bruce to the Gold Coast Schoolies. If we are going to lose a player, it makes sense we would trade someone coming to the end of a career (GC want experience), is coming out of contract (Bruce is on a juicy wedge), and who carries some value (more since the AFL have upped the compensation). The main question: would GC want him?

Question as curiosity! How come Josh Fraser was playing in that 2001 match? One) he was drafted in 1999; and two) he was born on 05-Jan-1982, which would have made him Over-18, not Under-18.

MUSCLE! SIZE! BULK!

Watts was alright. What do you expect him to do when we rarel get the ball forward, and when we do it is haphazard?

We are soft because we are small. Put our players up against any other good side in the comp and you will see they are much bigger than us. Until we get some beef onto the field we are kidding ourselves. League footy is a weight game. We need bigger blokes. Simple as that.

Well done, Bater. Hold your head up.

There is not an experience known to mankind that matches the pain generated by watching Melbourne play interstate on TV.

Sucked in, umpire. Why are you maggots so pathetically gullible? Oh well, a soft 50 to Adelaide was never in doubt after the one not paid to Melbourne in the second.

We must have set a record today for short passes that have been directly cut off by the opposition.

Well, it had to happen sooner or later. No sooner had Vince jagged that goal out of a scrag of players and after Davey had blown a move forward, than my mouse bit the dust.

That is not a free.

Sometimes.

Dunn misses these.

The quarter has started more Carlton match than Collingwood match. Adelaide jag a goal. Carlton match.

I predict a draw.

Bruce goal! End to end. Coast to coast, if you are a w@nker. Bring out the witches hats.