mauriesy

I thought when I saw this thread that the one person who would object to it was you. You never have a single positive thing to say about the club. Do you have any idea what an hour's prime time exposure on one of Australia's most popular television shows is worth? My son's restaurant has Masterchef film there every second year. They did it again earlier in the year. They will literally get thousands of calls in the week after it is aired.

All I know is that at the moment, I wouldn't want Petracca to be kicking for goal after the siren to win a grand final. It would only be marginally less nerve-wracking than Max.

Olivinaccashaw! By then Dangerwoodlett will be long gone.

"Charlie out of the spa and ready to go" (MFC website). Is that the worst pun of all time?

Either is smoking. Would we like the club to sell cigarettes to make some money?

Sometimes you just have to make the right moral decision rather than a purely practical one.

Schwab's might have been better without the trident and southern cross.

So there's no such thing as wanting to be a better player? You just do what you "bring to the team" forever?

Every footballer who plays a longish career these days should be a "millionaire" at the end of it. Provided they've made some good investments with their income and not wasted it. You're a millionaire these days if you own a reasonable house.

Long-term it's better to do a deal. It's possible we may want something Adelaide has in the future and we don't want to make d*cks of ourselves. It's not swap cards or some gambling game at the casino. We get a proven 21-year-old defender with a 10-year career projection for a couple of draft picks that may be hit and miss. And the better we get next year, the less valuable next year's first rounder becomes. And as soon as Watts was mentioned anywhere as a trade, even within the confines of the trading period, other clubs would know we didn't really want him.

I think talk of "superdrafts" is rubbish, but if it were a "superdraft", surely you'd get good talent well into second-round picks. Otherwise it's not a "superdraft".

How many teams now have a big-bodied gorilla? Richmond don't, they have Jack Reiwoldt and a whole squad of smalls. They didn't need a lurching gorilla minder to keep Taylor Walker or Josh Jenkins quiet. Sydney don't, they rely on a very mobile Lance Franklin roaming far and wide. The days of needing someone to push and shove with Tony Lockett in the goal square are long gone. Mobility, spoiling and pressure are far more important than a wrestler.

Robert Walls in the Age: Lever 5: Unable to breakaway from Jacob Townsend who hit him hard to cause fumbles. Talia 2: Looked slow, gave no attack, just three disposals, probably his worst game of the season. Brown 4: Good on Rioli early on but confidence shattered when outmarked by Dustin Martin in the second term. Kelly 5: Solid in defence but no flow in second half as all Crow defenders lost their nerve to attack. Laird 6: Great start but faded as game wore on. Hartigan 4: Solid but no attack, lost the dare to move the ball on quickly as game progressed.

TMac to play the rest of his career forward, like David Neitz.

AFL Rule 15.2.1 In Possession of the Football A Player is in possession of the football if, in the opinion of the field Umpire ... (a) the Player is holding or otherwise has control of the football. There is nothing in the Rules that says a player kicking for goal is not "in possession". AFL Rule 15.2.2 Remaining in Possession and Bouncing the Football ... (b) Where a Player is moving whilst in possession of the football, he or she must bounce or touch the football on the ground at least once every 15 metres, irrespective of whether such Player is running in a straight line or otherwise. I've counted Ben Brown's run-up to kick as around 23 paces. Give the rule, why isn't he required to bounce the ball once during his run-up? Or, alternatively, why is he permitted to have such a long run-up at all?

What makes you think Tyson would just want to pack his bags and move to Adelaide? He's already been Oakleigh Chargers-Sydney-Melbourne.

Gotta love SEN. Four hours ago he's bound for Melbourne, then 30 minutes ago he's a certainty for Collingwood.

Arnold Palmer dead at 87.

Better this year than next year then.

Learn to tackle lower, or learn to grab the arm a la Viney on Weller.

Meat and three vegs? He's a 10-course gourmet tasting menu!

So you applaud the WADA decision, except for the penalty they handed out and you want to add more? When every player has served their penalty, they are entitled to resume their trade, as far as I'm concerned. Melksham has been through a lot (and is culpable for it), and now misses a season of football with a new club. But that's punishment enough, and WADA says so..

And it tends to go a bit mushy. You can always make a banana cake from the bad ones.

Bananas. This thread was about them once, back in the good old days.

A blockathon in the India v SAf test. South Africa are 5/136 off 138 overs (85 maidens) at tea on the last day, trying to rescue the test. Amla 25 off 244 balls, Du Plessis 10 off 97, AB de Villiers 43 not out off 296.