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I know its stretching things....but some recurring themes.... First Australian ( indigenous ) .. Oldest known peoples on earth First Aussie FootyClub Melb.....Aussie Rules.....Oldest documented football code in world First recorded game....played by Melbourne Grammar....same school May ends up at !! First Indigenous AFL capt. Bought his Mum a house. Its been impressed upon me , especially in the last week that this club, our club, is a club defined ( now ) by behaviours. It will go to some length to frame many of the ( recent ) actions by the MFC and how we intend to do business on, and off, the field. More and more as I see the club re-emerge it occurs to me we are far from being cursed by Norm Smith , we are being guided by him. It's taken this long to get to the core of who and what we are again. This lad, can't wait to put the jumper on and do it proud. I like this go Dees

There's a number of things which I must confess im really impressed by at the moment with the MFC. Despite the club rhetoric ( aka public spin for fast-fooders ) there was to Freddy and all of his game-observant footy mates a glaring deficiency in our defence. Ill give Oscar his due, he did his role quite well...but there was another role which we had no one for. And there not being a fully conscripted defence opened us up. When we bled we haemorrhaged ..badly for 4-6 goals at a time. Game killers So three things in this instance: Identifying, the role Identifying a player Getting said player Three for three !!!

already in the gym....he's keen as Mustard... First real opportunity to get some work into his legs too.

Jaded's comment had a context. One you plainly ignored or dont get. I.e The reference was to his Football. He IS after an AFL player of particular ability ( the realisation is another thing ). In that light he has decided he'd rather play footy at "home" with some "mates" in front of 'family" yep they're the three things I always look for in an elite player. The absolute irony is that the whole idea of ( Mfc ) Esprit de Corps IS ...playing with mates, who are your football family and the MCG is HOME. So his priorities are his and his in kind, but for us they're threes strikes he's out.

Please explain your version of reality...then I will mine.

I reckon in about 2 years we'll look back and think . The Dees were geniuses. Edit..I already do. Well done

A few changed tunes along the way. That's fine. Jesse's happy enough.. I'm happy enough. All good

He's knows jack.....( and not any player )

That was NEVER happening. You see that now ? He was ALWAYS going... In some respects he'd been gone for a while. Such is life. We'll ( MFC) be fine.

There's a sea out there. It's a mass of perceptions , of interpretation , of half descriptions. Careful where you fish .

The only angst anyone will have is of their own creation. The positive is we are Melbourne. ... And everyone else isn't. Am looking forward to seeing our noobs in red and blue. What others do ... . isn't us.

There's a very apt expression for all of this perhaps... That was then, this is now. What is ... is Can't wait to beat Fremantle again....but simply because they are just another team....and I prefer winning. This bloke that's gone ..just one of hundreds we play against. Go Dees

Boo hoo

I get that ..but May fills a void.. Preuss is a backup icing on the cake. We would still play ok without Preuss... We're back to so-so down back without May.

Not necessarily

and we can all celebrate cinco de mayo with endless tacos and burritos washed down with buckets of margaritas !! actually am not fussed what number he gets.... I can always have Mexican

He's moved on to the next chapter. I'm sure he'd always be welcome as a friend of Melbourne, if nothing else. We have our lives to live as he has his.

F.....d if I know

The club ISNT going with 3 talls in 19... therefore we aren't looking for one. The expectations are the forward 'group' will kick goals among them. We'll only be looking to develop other forwards should either Tmac or Weed goes down.

It's a bit like the Smokey hiding in plain sight

There's an aspect to this which I'm not sure if already mentioned. Leadership. We just poached a Captain. Someone with real leadership ability. We bemoan the lack of leadership at times...well.. here's some.

I've not noticed Pig take any backward steps either. We might scare a few teams with our list. Another summer in the gym... Won't be too many boys out on the paddock

He goes ok. Has a big appetite for the game...snacks on forwards I'm told