bush demon

Early re-union of the/Melbourne midfield.

BTW the way, l wish him well but he is definitely a different version to '21. It was on the news.

After seeing him kitted out today in Sergio Silvagni's old shorts l think he could now fairly be labelled "Traccta".

So many parallels with Barassi, who left without saying goodbye. Fortunately it only took 57 years to snag our next flag.

It's a load dice to get the rugby states on the mcg in September.

Nah.... The '21 flag was sublime, especially the part after Bontempelli's victory goal. There is no entitlement to follow-up premierships, just ask StKilda. We are living in times where AFL head office are trying to force-feed a flag into franchise rugby states. At least there is the fig-leaf of compensation, not like the old days when Barassi, Alves, Wells, Keenan etc could just walk out the door.

CP5 and CO13, two sides of a faded, yet highly collectable penny.

We let Barassi go in '65, now we are (possibly) letting Petracca go in 2025. I smell a rat.

We need to snag a few midfielders.

Petracca to Melbourne, Humphrey to Playschool.

Elegantly framing this as a one-off situation in order to prevent a stampede.

Absolutely. It's a high-stakes game of chicken, with our premiership superstars being dangled out the window to "turn heads". Wouldn't be surprised in the slightest if ALL these three greats return, somewhat chastened - to the demon fold for a "fresh start". At the end of the day, it's the only way to prise back some of the Victorian players from the Nepo baby clubs. StKilda and Carlton (Curnow) are doing the same thing in their own ways.

It doesn't matter how much, as long as you have a flutter.

How would Geelong Bayley Smith fit into this new governance, one wonders.