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.... and when we hit the 47 point margin, thousands of Essendon supporters streamed out of the G and missed their revival. Unfortunately I stayed to the end!

I've been watching Trac's dribbled goal in the third quarter and noticed that, in the marking contest that led to the goal, Tom got in front of the 2 WB defenders to prevent them from marking or spoiling effectively, and may even have palmed the ball down in front of Trac, resulting in Trac's amazing goal.

At the Carlton game a bloke a few rows behind me was calling him 'Spartacus'.

The Blair Campbell Ramble!

At least we're not over-hyping this magnificent AFLX Premiership triumph!

Demon Disciple - Be more specific!

.... and 2 losses to 'Clarko' in one thread! (see 3:35 on the 1987 video)

Whoops, I spelt his name incorrectly. Should be Peter Rohde.

I thought Peter Rhode was great for us after crossing from Carlton. Should be on the imported list.

I'm in Greece at the moment, 3 weeks so far and 4 to go. I've been able to watch all MFC games for free on http://vaughnlive.tv/afldude on both my laptop and the Smart TV in the apartment where I stay over here. The internet is VDSL at 46 mbps so it is really clear with no lags. I was also here last year and used the same streaming site using mobile data (with my laptop connected to my phone) which was a bit laggy but basically OK. The only problem will be when another game is on at the same time and they broadcast the other one, but this hasn't happened yet. Other streams are listed on https://www.reddit.com/r/AFL/wiki/streams.

I was a teenager and had high hopes for Glen Swan. He was a tall forward with a monster kick. He was a good mark and his kicks were long and high, most likely flat punts and torps (not many drop punts in those days). One day at Waverley against Essendon he took a mark between wing and half forward about 70 meters out. I announced to those around me that he would kick it and some Essendon supporters laughed. It went through easily. A few minutes later he marked in the same position but missed. I may be wrong but my recollection is that he was close to Sheffield Shield selection and gave up footy. I think a back injury also had something to do with it. .

Salem hasn't had a lot of game time and shouldn't need a rest - I think he just struggled with North's hard-running, pressure and physicality which is part of the learning process. He'll feel under less pressure against the dogs. Could be the emergency again and ususlly does well in that role.

Well done to Juice! It is good to see him playing well - and still in red and blue!

I started following footy in 1966 when my family arrived in Australia and a very popular kid at school told me to follow Melbourne or he wouldn't be my friend. So I went to a game, was hooked, and probably went to about 12 games that year. We finished 11th (I think) and only won a few games despite having about 15 players still in the team from 1964 and having a great side on paper. We even lost several games by big margins. It was a similar fall to 2007. It is amasing how a team can lose its 'mojo' very quickly and how A grade players can suddenly look like C graders. I know that the political in-fighting in '65 had some effect but, apart from Barassi, did we lose any other real 'stars' between '64 and '66?

The Demonland clock is an hour fast. Must be double daylight saving.