Little Goffy

Upsides;

Well, Laurie, Chandler and Spargo have really made me appreciate the effectiveness of Melksham, and look forward to getting Pickett back and probably Woewodin, replacing two of these. I'd probable hold onto Spargo as the smartest and most energetic of tonight's three.

McVee continues to grow.

Howes looks like a serious player.

Windsor is definitely promising.

Salem looks like he's fit again.

We're another week closer to Harry Petty's feet being okay (touch wood, ideally clogs)

I'd say something positive about Jake Bowey being smart and hard, but I guess that depends on his shoulder.

6. Viney

5. Salem

4. Howes

3. Fritsch

2. Petracca

1. McVee

On 06/03/2024 at 08:24, biggestred said:

when are we going to start a breeding program and shack the boys up with the womens team to create a generation of superfootballers, born with footballs in hand?
im joking btw

Besides, that is highly inefficient - results in only half the total volume of eligible offspring.

That it is time for dessert.

Ooh, helpful thread. I should go buy something ready for dessert after the game.

22 hours ago, DeelightfulPlay said:

Less yellow before the dye, but often more yellow than high quality butter until the butter has been exposed to air for some time and developed that rich yellow colour 😍 I'm hungry now

I used to embarrass my much higher income brother because when he'd take me to some of Melbourne's elite restaurants I'd be asking for more bread every time a waiter was in sight. Premium bread with quality butter is my happy place.

In these adventures, once upon a time I had some of the world's best bread with some of the world's best butter.

You could tell. It was bliss.

Honestly, at a certain point even an AFL journalist has to earn some kind of credibility deficit.

13 hours ago, greenwaves said:

The "devil" in Tasmania Devils refers to the animal, not the biblical devil 

So, really, on the basis of their shared "aggressive non-viral, transmittable parasitic cancer with lesions or lumps in and around the mouth," and their general demeanour, the natural rivals for the Tasmanian Devils would be...

3 hours ago, Redleg said:

For today's question to ponder " is margarine more or less yellow than butter"?

Margarine is basically pure white until they add dye.

Fun fact - Margarine is an extremely dense energy source and while it is difficult to light, once it gets going it burns powerfully with a LOT of black smoke.

This lesson was learned the hard way in Sweden when a truck transporting a shipment of margarine crashed in a tunnel. The petrol caught fire and the flame was intense enough to get the margarine to light, at which point the entire tunnel had to be evacuated immediately.

On the bright side, they drove two more trucks through; one full of salmon and the next with potato and herbs, and at the end everyone had a lovely dinner.

On 23/02/2024 at 18:10, Redleg said:

Trying to take my mind off all things Dees, I just bought the magic, bread fresh container from Global Direct.

I am looking forward to eating bread that is not covered in mould.

Oi Red, update on the bread box please. If it truly keeps the bread from growing new and interesting species I will swim the Pearl River to get one.

On 26/02/2024 at 10:52, forever demons said:

No its not it would be like having sex in the day time

Exemptions: During an afternoon nap at the beach house following a morning swim / when there's a event you don't want to go to and need to convince the other person to procrastinate / and interrupting Mario Kart.

3 hours ago, forever demons said:

I had a pen and inkwell and a piece of crinkled up paper

Pfft. I had a needle and an old rag. The needle was for both writing and for drawing blood from my fingertips. For the rest of my life the ends of my fingers all look like [censored].

I'd say both Sydney and the Dogs are a bit overrated going into the season - realistic possibility that neither will make finals.

Overall at present we have

First Round: Our own pick (18, obviously)

Second Round: Sydney (call it 30)

Third Round: St Kilda and Footscray (let's say around 45 and 50)

Fourth Round: Our own pick.

Jason Taylor is like a kid going into a 1980s mini-market looking for lollies with a $1 coin, a 50c piece and two 20c pieces and a five cent piece. He must now work out how to get the $2 grab bag.

On 28/02/2024 at 18:22, spalding said:

Speaking of media, why isn’t there a suggestion that the launch of a premiership film by the Pies tonight, a week before the next season starts,  a case of over-celebration/ drinking their own bath water? 

To drink their own bathwater they would first need to have a bath.

5 minutes ago, old55 said:

Yeah, recruited our premiership captain.

Fortunately we brought in other people to recruit the rest of the team! 🤣

10 hours ago, pingu said:

I signed up the other week. Found the website through the podcast. Thank you. 

That seems backwards compared to the normal path, but we go in aaaallll directions around here.

Don't mind the crankies, they just like yelling at each other about things going back as far as Barry Prendergast!

12 hours ago, Left Foot Snap said:

Did Miller also have a weird one?

Hmm, you might be thinking of the Tom Lonergan kidney injury. Miller didn't quite get purchase jumping for a mark and ended up with his knee driving into the fast-backtracking Lonergan's lower back. Looked ugly and the kidney had to be removed, but there was no tribunal side to it.

I got the strangest picture in my head thinking about Windsor and Sparrow.

Imagine one of those car refit shows (Pimp my Ride, etc to 1000 variations) and two teams are given an identical base car and told to transform it in whatever way they are inspired. One team decides to rip out the back seats and completely rebuild the engine for maximum torque to produce a ute with enough grunt to tow Scott Morrison's [censored] up a hill. The other team strips the heavy gear out, upgrades the suspension and fine tunes the gears, throws on a rear spoiler and presents to the judges a smooth-rding highway cruiser.

Anyway, it was just a random thought. Probably just because they have very similar chin, jawline, cheekbones and hair.

I saw the AFL website ran the headline 'facing massive ban'... and then in the article it suggested 3 weeks.

At some point all this spin is going to cause its own concussion problems.

Could it be... is this the time... to bring back the bugle?

Maybe a cavalry charge call at the moment in the third quarter when he took the gully catch in the grand final ;)

https://cognitiveresearchjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41235-021-00301-5

Re: 'our culture is totally broken' / 'Goodwin is some kind of egomaniac crackpot' / our consecutive top 4 finished are a mark of failure' / etc etc

I see the lines repeated constantly and it is very irritating. Surely by now Roost It and a couple of others can accept that the effect of "incrementally smaller increases in perceived truth for each additional repetition" has taken hold and they are wasting their own time almost as much as they are wasting everyone else's.

Surely the biggest one hit wonder failures would have to be;

Hawthorn 2008

Sydney 2005

North Melbourne 1996

Essendon 1993

Personally, if Melbourne's story follows that of our 1948 'one-hit wonder'I'm patient enough to wait for the rebound! 

After round 24 we'll finish at the MCG, having just crushed the faltering reigning premiers in front of the season's biggest crowd and taken their spot in the top 4 thanks to an eight game winning streak.

Rnd17 on goes; Eagles, Bombers, Dockers, Giants, Bulldogs, Power, Suns, Magpies.

The first half of this season will be tough but even a 50% win rate will be enough to let us launch into a relatively soft late draw.

2024 will be like 2000 if there was no Essendon.

7 minutes ago, DeeMee said:

Not one article on afl.com.AU dedicated to Angus. Just a mention in their lame news video. Tells the tale sadly.

Absolutely shameful that he's been relegated to 'Footy Feed: Dees shock call, Thomas sacked, new Swan impresses.'

But I'm not too worried because his legacy will only grow because the love for him is deep.

King's Birthday will be a serious thing but I fully expect round 24 to be one to remember.

By then we will have worked our way through a difficult season, and that final round game against Collingwood will very likely influence both club's position in the top 4.

By all the pagan deities and ancestral spirits, we must purge that corrupting foulness.

3 minutes ago, Red and Bluebeard said:

Binners, what do you think the chances are of helmets becoming mandatory?

Nah, they'd be too worried about Maynard getting injured by them.

Monthly reminder time:

Since Craig McRae become coach of Collingwood, Brayden Maynard has hospitalised with a head injury at least one opponent every season.

And Angus Brayshaw is one of the most honourable men in Australian sports.

This is real 'evil vs good' stuff.

I am looking forward to the decision to sue the AFL. The discovery process will be epic.

"As plaintiff it is our contention that a sustained culture of selective accountability and punishments, driven by inappropriate considerations of internal politics, social and personal connections and commercial interests prioritised ahead of consistent justice, have played a key role in the failure of the Australian Football League to provide a safe workplace. We contend that this incident and the related premature conclusion of a career is not only a liable result of this executive failure, but that communications related to this specific case will provide evidence of the alleged mis-governance and selective application of rules with regard to the tribunal processes which excused the behaviour on spurious grounds and which delivered a demonstrably insufficient prosecution argument unfit for. As such, the below schedule of relevant persons of influence within the AFL, Collingwood football club, and associated parties are hereby given notice that they shall be required to retain, preserve and to provide to the court all communications made in relation to the tribunal case."

Justice must be served.