Demonised

Kenny Frencham went on to coach West Brunswick, VAFA D grade, 1979.

Geez I hate seeing a full-time score 44 to 47. It's like it's 1870.

The only PP who comes to mind is Paul Payne.

It'd help if our midfielders kicked more goals themselves. Throws a cat among the pigeons if they storm to fifty and bang it through a few times.

No love for Jacko?

Glenn Swan, 1973. Kicked eight goals in his fifth game but only played thirteen in total. Another coodabeen.

There's some doubt about its continuous status from foundation until today.

Let's just go multi-ball - two footies on the field at the same time.

No injuries.

Carlton.

I'm puzzled by the strange game plan - players lowering their eyes and kicking to a leading forward who goals. Weird.

Two Brownlows don't get Ivor Warne-Smith a mention? It's the cult of recency.

Having a year where we end up with a stunningly positive free kick differential like the Western Bulldogs did on their premiership year.

One way for us to have a better year is for other teams to have a stinker. Any idea on which club could plummet?

I'd like to be in a position where we can look back on 2020 as the first leg of our premiership threepeat.

The AFL site has changed recently. You used to be able to watch the 2018 finals there, but I went to view them this week and couldn't find them anywhere.

'The horror! The horror!'

Not a first line, but a last line: “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

Back. Line breaker.

Such a two-sided player, kicking off both right and left, gave him so many options.

I have a feeling that he's one of a number of our players who's overthinking it during the game - going through all the game plan details, required positioning, set play sequences and so on, and he gets a bit of of paralysis through trying to do the right thing, the thing others are expecting of him.

In 1964, as a very young footy fan, I saw Melbourne triumph (on the TV). I hadn't chosen a team, thought I'd get with the strength, kick back and enjoy flag after flag. 55 years later ...

I have an awful feeling that we actually had a very small premiership window in 2018. A couple of close losses meant we ended up in Perth for a Preliminary Final instead of the MCG and our window shut.

And how's 666 gone? Remedied the low scoring?

And Drew Morphett doing a lot of the commentary.