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On a more poignant note I hope those that play tonight have some sense of occasion. My wish is that there would be some who would do well at siren's final sound to cast their eyes around the stadium and soak it in. This is the last time THIS team will take the field. It is the last time some will ever take this field (possibly ) , certainly the last time for some in red and blue. 2026 will be ( possibly ) a very different Team. ( on and off ) I wish all well. Go Dees

Im wondering ... did we ever really check in 🤔🤔🤔

Exactly. A reasonable preci given without coloured glasses. He's now more 'handy' than 'exceptional' . He has mates ....

Where's Wheels Biffo and Balls when you need them 😆

If only the Hansons were on our list 😉

Id "manage" him 🙄😉

Yayyy ... go us... yayyy Is it over yet

Id rather the AFL spent more effort on adjudicating the game as opposed trying to posture in society. Maybe it can try and sort one mess out first. Clearly the powers that be have tickets on themselves. No one asked the AFL to be arbiters of morality. They're hardly qualified.

I believe the Collingwood grub was so mortified he was laughing ( hope he's ok 🙄 )

Around the 20/21st Im thinking 🤔 Or 28th if a particular club involved...

They can promote him ...a la Peter Principle !! They're certainly unlikely to 'let him go' .. ( not this year ..... ) Probably reconfigure his role 😉

The "before" shot .. 😉

Should have listened to you then.. Perhaps they'll listen now 🎶

Needs bigger axe ...

Ahhh.. New Bloke ...

I have no doubt Jnr there's a difference. We sit outside reading the book whilst they are the words we read. Characters and plots come and go. I think even for them there are differences. Some are possibly more inlooking and mercenary. There will be those though that understand while they are transient through the Football Landscape they are the pageantry. Some might imbue a sense of occasion, a poignancy about the moment. As actors might understand their achievements and loss as a play reaches its final curtain does then it be as so with players . You may be right, I might be crazy.... Id like to think it does to some carry an honour to wear our jumper. Even that aside as being parochial there is no doubt in my mind that the type of camaraderie as galvanised during both success and failure , and possibly greater still as Premiers might linger if not momentarily but afterwards at times such as a 'last game' . I'll watch to see who stays that moment extra, to see who possibly scans the stadium . Some will move on, some move away and some will end as they cross the boundary and stride the race. Some will know it, some may not.

Irrespective of anything else I suspect many of the lads taking the field tomorrow night would do well to understand this may well be the last time a lot of those who were once the illustrious 21 GF team will ever play together again. Somewhat melancholy I grant you but once that final siren goes and players gather in the change rooms that will be it for some as Melbourne Players. Possibly it, as an AFL players altogether. There does indeed come a time. To those that made 21 possible I say thankyou. To those at more the start of careers than the end I wish you well and continued success. To those that have hard decisions awaiting or decisions alrrady made on their behalf I hope you take full advantage of whatever awaits. There is so much more than football but tomorrow, for those few hours when you don the Red and Blue be proud to do so and combat valiantly. The pages of a chapter close tomorrow. Another one will start regardless. Go Dees

Gday Chook... where are your thoughts going regarding all of this ?

Thanks Choco.. Good luck in the future. Thanks for your hand in 21 👍

I don't actually mind this... Bit of very left field thinking that if not "work" might certainly provide something to play with... Healy: How Melbourne can avoid the demise of a key DemonCould the Dees have a look at this?

You only ever need ask one question: Who benefits ?? All reasoning emanates from that core 😉

Mabo it is, mabo it isn't...

Sticks and Stones may break your bones.. But names will get you 5 weeks !!