bush demon

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.

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

https://youtu.be/TcOyoDIoQFQ?si=CQ_5mwO_mcJ9KUbY

"Gettable" are the AFL proxies for killing off the middle tier Victorian clubs and establishing phoney franchises in the badlands

Naah, The Fitzroy/Brisbane combine will entrench Aussie Rules in the heathen states.

Many parallels with Barassi, except that Barassi left in the dead of night, with no compensation. No doubt Christian is holding off before deciding whether Steven King can lead MFC back to the promised land.

One of only the very few times Collingwood has beaten the MFC in a finals game.

Liverpool have scored in the 10th minute. Everton 0, Liverpool 1.

That's awesome, and for peace of mind you should follow this through with some sort of deadline in mind. (Otherwise you will never do it). If it was me, l would choose key games through VFL/AFL history, and how those games turned on strategic decisions made by the coaches in the lead up to the game, or half-time/three quarter time player addresses. Or changes in fortune brought about by pre-season campaigns, or plotting undertaken by key figures to restore a club to greatness ie George Harris/Carlton in the 1960s. / Percy Cerutty, John Kennedy and Hawthorn in early 60s. North in 70s. Checker-Hughes in the 30s. To save time l would use TROVE for deeper in-the-moment background info regarding those games, or campaigns. Best of luck!. PS If you could persuade some retired football "thinker" of the merits of your project that may further inspire you.

James Podsiadly?

Was that the guy who did his shoulder in a final? He was a mature-age, pack marking forward.

He just wants to play for a team that wears headbands.

https://youtu.be/VlZO6Fccr9Q?si=1U-HBA9x1no0_Yh3

I forgot to include in my list that he always dominated in The WOS handball competition.

My stand-up memories: He could bounce the ball with either hand He could take pack marks and even played CHF, I think in a state game against Ross Glendinning He always excelled in The Big V He couldn't be caught. He came alight in the '87 finals series. He was humble.

The kids of the rusted-on parents are not going to want to keep going to the footy if years of cellar-dwelling destroys the winning culture of some of these clubs. Lucky for the Dees, we are still dining out on our 2021 premiership, and still derive a level of status from this. Hence the arrival of Steven King, lauding our (shrinking) list of premiership stars.

Add the chorus of talking heads saying that these same players would be "a good fit" for these same rusted-on finalists. Add the AFL'S "gettable" propagandists employed by the league, to undermine this same pool of bottom-finishing teams.

I would recommend a Queen, a castle and a couple of bishops.

How useless is final 8, top sides unrewarded. 8th gets armchair ride into preliminary, despite finishing 3 games and twenty percent below 1st. Same way we were dudded in '98.