Tony Tea

The ice bucket challenge.

Yes, I know that, Biffo. I get confused by Rasputin and Moscow too.

Junior players coming into the AFL can pretty much all play footy. They are also better than their fellow juniors, so they do it easily in U18, etc. First thing they need to learn upon joining an AFL club is that strength is a huge part of senior league footy. Coupled to strength is defence. So, on entering the AFL the players should be taught defensive skills, tackling, defensive running, how to give and take hits and generally how to bulk up. Once a group of players become seasoned adult footballers, they are then taught attacking strategies and tactics. Currently the Dees are in my first paragraph, and probably several line breaks away from my second paragraph.

I loved* how the umpires decided to even up the frees AGAINST Melbourne late in the game and ignored prior opportunity. * A lie.

"Players who never won a flag but never stopped putting in for their clubs." How you could apply the bold section to Ablett senior is beyond me.

For the record: I always confuse "The Morning After" with "We May Never Love Like This Again".

Nice tassels.

I would not put Gary Ablett senior within a solar system of that list.

When Mal Michael was picked up by Essendon after he had retired, Brisbane had no claim on Michael, so Essendon was able to pick Michael up in the pre-season draft. Brisbane just had to suck it. There was talk after that happened that clubs would in future insert clauses in player contracts which would tie up players to stop them coming out of retirement and swapping clubs. Maybe the AFL also altered the rules.

Any confirmation on whether the cheer squad will turn up?

Speaking of Clark. There was a comment on the radio this morning that he was looking at whether he could be able to play for Freo. Should that happen it would be the most Demonesque of outcomes. However, his manager denied it, which means there could be something in it. Footy IS lies.

If Melbourne is going to shut up shop I hope they do it quick so so I can get a life before I'm too old to enjoy it.

I just want to know why we keep drafting timid stick insects and not competitive animals.

People who say booing is a disgrace get right up my goat's nose. It's every fan's sacred right to boo.

How many of those are currently worth a top 20 trade?

This Emma Quayle, right? Demons' form defies need for priority pick

Well, at least we now know the AFL's secret formula and can compare any future judgements against Evans' reasons for knocking back Melbourne's application in 2014.

Moving Frawley to full back proves we tanked.

Look out West Coast. Nothing more dangerous than Demons on the rebound.

Calling Human Services Victoria! (Or International Rescue.)

I hope not. We don't want to overburden the psychiatric system.

@antsharwood

Let's wait to see how Stef goes in both big games against good sides (finals) and after the rest of the comp has gone to summer school on him.

The Red Sox weren't around in the 1870s.

I loved him for being a hard core Demon fan. But he had limitations as a player - rarely played well against a good side, bombed the ball into the forward line, couldn't win his own ball without team screening. This last thing is why Neeld had him in the gun.