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8 minutes ago, Redleg said:

I am a 60's man absolutely, with a penchant for the 70's and 80's thrown in.

Northern Soul 👍

We’ve only had 2 x 100 point victories this millennium. 
Both against Carlton. 

First in the naughties 

Second in the teens 

Get the twenties locked in. 

What about Murphy “dacking” the kid Cadman in front of 50 000?

Consensual? 
 

What if Carey/De Goey etc  did it to a girl outside a nightclub at 3 am?

Apart from Footscray and Lions (L1W1) everyone we’ve played (beaten) is bottom eight. 
Didn’t beat Essendon. 

Look like Liam Jones had twin playing for Carlton tonight

Spargo had great game - picked up the pace 

15 hours ago, ElDiablo14 said:

I was so looking forward to attending this game, however I have an emergency travel overseas to see my family in June. Oh well will try to somehow watch it live (does anyone know about a trusty VPN).

I’m in Luzon Philippines and use AFL.com

$44 month or $15 a week I think. 
I’ll be back for KB

1 hour ago, The heart beats true said:

West Coast are legitimately entering Fitzroy territory. What the hell is going on there? They have an obscene amount of resources. You can’t just wipe out 3 seasons of footy because of ‘injuries’. It’s bizarre.

They sulked during the Covid time and being locked up in Qld

Havent got over it

3 minutes ago, Nascent said:

Just another funny quip from the blog writer.

Picture a narcissistic person announcing their senior job title to someone they meet as some affirmation of their authority and importance.

If you have to claim pre-eminence, you’ve  lost it

Can anyone explain fairly why Chol was overlooked?

Crackers

Grinter

Schwarz would all get 6 weeks

IS it IG or LG?

no idea….

I thought UNIQLO was Qld Uni for years

LG as in Sony and Panasonic?

Life’s Good?

Lived in Darwin six months during Covid. 
Too hot. Barely survivable now. Predicted to get hotter. 

On 4/19/2023 at 8:54 PM, JimmyGadson said:

Best available is always how they go with club's putting a premium on certain attributes over others. 

I'm sure we'll see a mix of players given how well positioned we'll be at the draft. I'm just excited about the potential of having two picks inside 10 given the depth of high end talent there is this year and I can't see us going wrong whichever way we go. 

Our program is humming, so whoever we bring in will be given every chance to reach their potential. And the higher the talent, the higher the potential. 

I like Watson because what he brings is multifaceted. I think our club needs more excitement factor both in the way we play but also personality. Watson is like Papley. He will bring supporters and kids along for the ride just like Pickett and the MFC need a couple more of those players. Last year our crowds were so quiet it was baffling. Part of that was our boring predictable game style, but another part of it is personnel. We need players who will bring excitement and an edge to our crowds. Collingwood have several of those etypes, Carlton the same, Brisbane etc. 

Excitable small forwards can do wonders for a club and because we aren't the most polished midfield unit going around, I think we need another highly skilled and polished small forward who brings an edge. Spargo, ANB and Chandler play a role. But this guy will create opportunities where there are none. Like Pickett. 

I want him. 

….we aren’t the most polished midfield…

Really?

Who is?

ABC commentators lamenting draw with Tigers, Pies, Druggies not going so well after 5 day break. 
 

We got North. 
Maybe we should play Essendon and Pies v Tigers either side of Anzac Day short breaks. 

I reckon Weid looks better on the Wing  at Essendon. 
Didn’t mind him there with us. Less pressure/contest. 

22 minutes ago, Big Col said:

I'm in the multiple picks within top 10 category rather than the all-in for #1. Here's an experiment I did looking at drafts since 2012. Yes, lots of flaws in my methodology and on any given year your picks could bust, but here goes...

Would you rather have pick #1 and #40 or #4 and #10? (3429 draft points)
#1 picks

Most of these are pretty good players - in particular Walsh and Rayner atm.

#40s

Tom Stewart is the standout with Neale-Bullen the next best. Most have been delisted after less than 50 games or are only just starting their careers.

#4 and #10

Imagine a team with Bontempelli, Oliver and Daicos kicking it to Coleman medallist Mckay or maybe Max King? LDU is having a breakout season this year and Tom Green is pretty handy. Phillipou is on track for a rising star nom this year.

And to top it off, this team could be captained by Jimmy Toumpass /s

4 and 10 all day. 

Saw a list of top 1 -10 selections since 2000 v the 11-20 picks. 
 

First list is a galaxy of club captains, Norm Smiths, AAs and champions. 
 

Few gems in second list but would get pantsed everyday by the top tens. 
 

JT well beyond Luke Moylan and Carl Morton

RIP Troy. 
Petty kinda reminds me of him. 

49 minutes ago, Little Goffy said:

Fair point; Hibberd's 2017 season was a masterclass of the mid-sized defender.

Mind you, even that was only an incremental step up from his time at Essendon where he was an extremely promising young player. 4th in Essendon B&F in 2013 and 2014, and 8th in the 2015 team slump (Year 'off' in 2016, of course). Remarkably only 6th in our B&F in his All-Australian season.

I should refine my point to say that even when the numbers and the fanfare dropped away dramatically after that first spectacular season with us, he continued to be an immense contributor by doing a difficult job extremely well.

I mean, the poor guy has spent years being the go-to match up for Charlie Cameron and I'd argue has done as well as anyone at that. Actually, I looked through some figures and the interesting stat that caught my attention is that CC averages just one mark inside 50 per game against us, and I think that would be substantially the Hibbo effect and the culture of defenders working for each other which Hibberd has so greatly contributed to.

..and Dusty. 
Believe the media and some other teams referred to it as “Michael Hibberd role” to quell Dusty. 
Similarly Demon supporters never saw much of the “great” Royce Hart. 
We had Gary Hardiman. 

Remind me about Matt Rowell. 
Wasn’t he similar? 
9 Brownlow votes first 3 games then injured. 
Only a “good ordinary player” now. 
Please correct me if I’m wrong. 
 

All in on an unproven kid.
Sheesh - I go back as far as John Tilbrook. 

I hope we have two in the top ten and take the best two when our turn comes. 
 

Colemans, Brownlow, MCLellands, AA etc etc - the only thing I care about is Max holding another Cup

Learn  from it.
Get it repaid to us in a BIG FINAL.  Against  a team bonding at Hoyts last night.   

7 hours ago, Uncle Fester said:

In those days (11-13) I often wondered if I’d have a club to support the next day a la Fitzroy.

I don’t mind seeing things about the bad times because ‘bang! bang! bang!’ made the flag so much the sweeter. 
 

We could win the next 10 in a row, but none of them will ever taste as good as the one we got after so many years thinking that that joy only happens to others 

Yeah, watching it alone, Covid; think it was ANBs goal - put us 62 points up, I realised MFCSS was done and not even WE could lose it from here. 
 

The boys were chest bumping and those last few minutes I knew there’d be red and blue streamers and glitter as the cup was presented. 
 

Thought it only happened to others. 

If Kozzie goes no chance of recruiting Bedford back from GWS?

Was only 2 years I think.