Tim

Quirkily, four of our 18 that played that day against St Kilda ended their careers playing for St Kilda - perhaps the Saints boys were responsible for the “pleasant” atmosphere of the match mentioned by umpire McMurray, and that impressed our boys? Only four of that team made it onto the field for our GF win only two seasons later, which is quite a turnover - from reigning wooden spooner to premiers in two years. There would have been five, but infamously Bob Corbett had his jaw broken early in the 1926 PF and was unavailable - but still a big turnaround in playing personnel. And @Whispering_Jack, it was Ramsay MacDonald who was “the big fellow up forward” for the British Government at the time, becoming the UK’s first Labour PM in January 1924.

Casey played a praccy match against Carlton at Princes Park on Friday evening. Lachie Hunter played and Taj got some more miles into his legs after his brief Adelaide cameo on Thursday night. Sestan not playing. Well done to Max, Rick and Petts for turning up in the cold gloom to support the lads in a “crowd” that was comfortably outnumbered by the players on the field. Kynan Brown was excellent, as too was the Kolt. Taj and Bill were also good.

I know they didn’t exist then, but it’s gotta be a core value of ours!

And our very own MFC won our first GF at the old East Melbourne ground in 1900.

Now that’s taking one for the team, Slarti. Enjoy the evening!

Harsh on dogs, TJF….

Wright played 3 times against us for 3 losses, including the 1964 GF - good result! Amazing photo from the time of him standing hands on hips watching the play 80 metres away while Somerville is flat out on the ground next to him. One of the Filth players goes over to near where Somerville was lying and mouths the words along the lines of “You so-and-so…”, but not aimed at the victim.

Yep. This is what worries me. We are comparatively a boutique club, but still should be able to make the best of that by being more proactive about fan engagement.

Troy Davis?

Reckon he might have put on a bit of weight since the 91kg was measured, and looks to be moving with a bit more assurance at training as he starts to readjust to a code he hasn’t played for some years prior to last year.

My memory is that Walls hit the post from an easy set shot, giving a draw and Footscray held their spot and we missed out.

Kenny to Towna’s right, between Dicko and Bluey I’d say.

Laurie: AFL-level attributes displayed

The potential sub provides some familial possibilities around the CHF choice - our own Tony Campbell under the father/son rule or Glen Swan to join his brother?

The first book that I read! (At least I’ve read more books than I’ve written, unlike some sporting heroes.)

Fwiw, someone told me today that Peter Adams is a Dee tragic. Second-hand info, so don’t know directly.

On my way to game, and realise from The Red Fox that it’s the ground we were at for the weekend after Norm was sacked - the only time Melbourne played at North’s then home ground. Ominously it was round 13, and we were well beaten in front of 8,312 hardy fans. We did at least salvage a League record out of the rubble of that round, and one unlikely to be beaten: temporary coach Checker Hughes was the oldest person then to have coached an AFL team, and remains so at 71 years, 148 days. Dunno whether that qualifies for the “embarrassing records” thread or not, but it is what it is.

Yes, although appointment of Hardwick may also have the effect of players wanting to stay under the “master coach”.

I thought he did well.

The mob that installed Peter Jackson to steer us from rock bottom to premiers? ”Apart from that, what else has the AFL done for us…?”

Col Sylvia also has an asterisk on his place in that team, as I recall that it took him till his second game before he had that first kick - that’s gotta be a rare achievement!

Cheers ‘Stone, it’s long been my goal to win one of your brain teasers!

We can but hope!😁

We are the current league record-holders of the lowest percentage at the end of the season since 1966 (leaving aside the disintegrating shell of Fitzroy and the start of the GWS and GC franchises), with 54.1 in our reverse-stellar year of 2013. I note that the Eagles currently are at 51.4 and will have the job in front of them to not take this particular unwanted crown from us.

Harmes, JJ avoiding scrutiny, Joeboy? (Admittedly JJ little game time)