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I thought MFCSS died on September 25 2021, but apparently not.

And Sydney haven't beaten us at the SCG since 2016. 😉

We haven't played North Melbourne at Marvel since 2014. Not like we've had the opportunity lately. And we've only played them there 8 times in total, six of them over a period of 5 years when we were hopeless (2009-2014). We've just won a premiership. All those other piddly records are history and meaningless.

Sack that red backline group, they're hopeless! 😁

Most of those are borderline ridiculous and beyond my caring. Not like 57 years.

Players who get the most possessions in the heat of the game make the most mistakes. Who'd have thought? 😁

Reading some of Knightmare's rankings on previous drafts, he never seems to like taking risks. He is not alone in that regard. And he is a pundit, not an experienced recruiter with access to a lot more information. So a large majority of his top dozen or so picks in every draft are midfielders. He hardly ever sees a key position player, ruckman or small forward as worthy of top-10. Maybe he thinks of Brownlow medal votes, or he's been burnt by previous experience, as we all have. Hence he thought Jackson at 3 and Pickett at 12 were "reaches". He thought Green would be a far better pick than Jackson, and preferred Weightman over Pickett, listing "marking superiority" as a reason. The problem with never taking risks is that you are always "safe". Being "safe" can mean that you miss out of the players that will make a dynamic difference to your side, if the other building blocks (e.g. power midfielders) are well in place. In the 2019 draft, Melbourne didn't pick one midfielder. And what a draft it was!

You can't lose if you accept the bet. Either you win a million dollars, or Melbourne gets a premiership. Seems like a no-brainer to me!

Well, just a question. How are the bettor and the bettee going to stop any team winning a flag "in their lifetime"?

It feels weird being the same age as old people.

We might be the hunted. But a lot of teams will be "quaking in their boots" when they come up against us.

It was 10 years ago. Just like 190 was 42 years ago. The current team doesn't dwell on the distant, and neither do I.

Lucky Hibbard's first name isn't Jordan.

Yes, it was on Number 5. Go Number 36!

Maybe he's getting them sharp.

There were at least two goals in the GF that came from his play or pressure. Spargo's in the first quarter, and Langdon's in the last following the passes by Pickett > Fritsch (boundary) > Langdon

I don't think you can even program ring tones like that any more, can you?

I have close to 100% reliability with Kayo on a Sony Bravia Google TV connected to 7Mbps ADSL. Even in HD! A Samsung phone on the same ADSL is also good, but if I use mobile broadband instead it buffers some of the time from evening congestion. Some evenings my mobile broadband tests at 3Mbps. ☹️ I also had a few problems with Kayo when I used a Chromecast, but ditched it when I bought the Google TV.

He doesn't miss too many, but it's interesting how many of his goals just sneak through close to the left-hand goal post.

Just some long-lasting satisfaction and a hint of quiet smugness. 😇

Same old, same old. Just another year older.

There's no way after his grand final effort that Tom Sparrow plays at Casey.

The usage of "ton" in this context most likely derived from the old measurement of tonnage in shipping, where a ton was taken to equal 100 cubic feet of general cargo space. Anything that reached 100 (e.g cricket score, vehicle speed, number of pages) became referred to as "hitting the ton".

Good old Dr.D. Always the pessimist. Where's he gone?

Tom S****y West Adelaide/SA Ruck/key forward, 201cm, 83kg Tom S***** is yet another tall prospect from West Adelaide to watch. He worked alongside Barnett in the ruck, but the strong-marking teenager proved a strong target in attack this year, booting 23.10 in 10 matches. Highlighting his potential, S*****, in just the second under-18 match of his career, tallied 18 disposals, 12 contested possessions, four hitouts-to-advantage, two contested marks, two goals and 135 ranking points.