Little Goffy

I don't have vision but I'm piecing together the following; The offensive momentum isn't happening because of simple errors like fumbles and poor kicks and dumb handballs. The disorganised defence is being doubly exposed because of the frequent turnovers, fast opposition movement, and Treacy just being too big, strong and good for any given one of our defenders. We're not quite dropping our heads, it is more like we are just mentally overwhelmed and stalling. Does that sound about right?

The tragedy, and impracticability, of the closet banjo player. Stunped would almost make the team.

CONSENSUS REACHED ON FOOTY FORUM Unaccpetable. I must break it. Mango chutney is the best condiment for pan-seared salmon, and I've just now had a gutful!

@JOHNNY DEE if you started watching at the 11 minute mark I'm going to have to ask you to switch off again.

I think I remember a scene like that from early in Breaking Bad.

Presumably Trac will be back to full fitness on monday 6th April. In the meantime, plenty of crabbing and sunbaking to do. Also. Ben King. Free Agent. Lols. Also also, Ethan Read out of contract at the end of 2028, right after Gawn retires happy with his second premiership. Also also also, Suns have now beaten a lacklustre Geelong, last place and second last place, on their way to their best start to a season since 2016 - in which season they lost their next ten games. The death ride is not dead. Never give up on a death ride.

Finally it clicked. Took me a while. Studio Ghibli makes an unlikely appearance on a footy forum. I think the character's name is A****aka. One of those arms is cursed, I think? But how do we get Princess Mononoke for the women's team?

Guys, guys, don't be too harsh on mocking Fremantle. They had the same excuses for their first-up loss as we did. Oh, wait, nevermind. Actually, I do find it a little interesting the way that has been portrayed. Freo came out and kicked 8 goals to 3 in the first quarter, and then Geelong steadily reined that in with five goals to three in each of the 2nd and 3rd quarters. In fact, coincidentally Geelong had the same number of scoring shots in every quarter other than the first. Even in the first, you would think an 8-goal quarter would signal pretty full control of a game, but Geelong still managed to snag 3 against the flow. Fact is, Fremantle can be scored against. Just keep attacking and even if they have a big quarter you will be able to mitigate it by getting a few goals yourself. Also worth noting that Freo had an incredible 30 scoring shots from just 46 inside 50s. That makes them them a top-4 team for shots on goal a the same time as a bottom-4 team for inside 50s. It's a freakish 50% higher inside-50 to score rate, whether you compare to lower-scoring teams - West Coast had 10 goals 12 from 39 inside 50s. Essendon 13 goals 5 behind from 40 inside 50s. Or the highest scoring teams - Gold Coast average 19.11 from 65 entries. Melbourne(!) had 18.12 from 56.

That stuff was almost before my time, but I was in fact a home water birth in a spa filled with just such premium Australian sparkling plonk.

In a start to the season which has been defined by many both current and former Melbourne players being at the top of their game, this will be a game with some 27 total Demons on the field. Tom McDonald is going over as an emergency. Would we be so cruel as to put him in to play directly on his brother? Now, I don't think anybody is going there 'expecting' we will win, but gee it is possible a bit. And wouldn't that have us ringing bells and banging pots together in the street. Anyone familiar with the Vietnamese tradition of 'storming'? "Đi bão"

Maybe he meant wine casket, which is where you fill a bathtub with wine and lie down in it. That is true class.

Good on him. Plays his strengths and once in a while gets a magic moment which you just know he'll appreciate cheerfully.

I've figured out the forward line. If you take the inititals of the three players you get the sound my son makes when he sees a pigeon. "Jgjdjg".

Yep, I'm going to need a clue on this one, I'm going into numerology territory and that is never good.

Sometimes you just gotta trust an old geezer's instincts. That arricle is a really nice bit of personal, human reflection and I'd be quite happy to see five of them a week.