Dr. Gonzo

Agree and he did finish 10th in the 2020 B&F while playing a virtual lone hand up forward for much of the season which I think some are forgetting.

7 against North (on debut?) and 7 the following week against the Pies on Anzac Day This was in 1991 when we also had Darren Bennett up forward and Jakovich dominating later in the year.

Yeah was a stress fracture of the femur from memory

I would go with the latter

Either he was including Brayshaws goal from a few minutes earlier or he was emphasising the Oliver goal. Oliver goal - bang! Petracca, Sparrow, Oliver - Bang, bang, bang!!!

ANBs goal to put us up by 42 is when I knew it was done. I felt it before that but when that goal went through I knew we definitely wouldn't lose (even being 5 points short of the Chris Sullivan line I think the time left in the game combined with the ubdeniabke momentum and the fact the Dogs had given up the ghost was enough for me to go one goal early 😅)

I see him as an eventual replacement for a guy like Melksham, not best 22 but definitely part of the 30 or so squad of players who will get a run during the year and can play mid/half forward.

I actually think he'll surprise a few and become more than just handy depth. May take a while for him to get his chance but when he does I think he'll take it. Was touted as a future captain early in his career and I thought he generally performed well at the Saints when I watched him particularly in recent years. His kicking often let him down earlier in his career but I thought he improved that but for whatever reason he was on the outer with Ratten. I think it's an astute pickup by our recruitment team and if he ends up being nothing more than a solid depth player it's still a win and better than when we were 5 or 6 years ago when our depth players were guys barely good enough for VFL.

I think he started to show he belonged in 2020 and then had the stress fracture in his hip last preseason which derailed him. His game against the Pies was very bad but other than that he wasn't terrible. I'm not willing to write him off yet, give him a full preseason and I'm backing him in to contribute if not cement his spot next year.

Don't even joke about that mate 😡

Dunstall is fine, he actually has a clue and isn't too bad about Melbourne. It's Dermie that's the moron and doesn't have a nice thing to say about us

I thought the victory pack would include the bluray? Lucky I got both! The full season pack inludes the GF in both DVD and Blu-ray I believe

We should be aiming for 80k for that game

Only 77 days to go 😜

I don't really get the rationale for players having to sit out unless they are too unwell to play. Theres tens of thousands of cases a day, it's not like having players sit out or games postponed is going to stop the virus spreading. The cat is out of the bag, we have to learn to live with it now. Constant cancelling of sport/school and lockdowns shutting down businesses and putting lives on hold indefinitely is not the answer.

On the main screen I selected the Sen audio and then played the game and it worked fine

I finally caught up with my wife's cousins who are mad Bulldogs supporters at our Christmas Eve dinner last night, after a bit of friendly banter I said at least you guys already won one a few years ago so its not as bad as if you were still in a drought one of them tried to pull the "yeah we won a real Grand Final, not a rubbish interstate covid one" - I just smiled, and said "so that's how you're trying to rationalise that embarrassing capitulation to yourself." He said he'd rather win at the G in round 1 next year and I said don't worry, we'll do that too 🤣

I scored Gawnys Diary, At Last, the premiership bluray, the premiership DVD, the Victory Pack box set, an MFC polo top, a scarf, Demons socks, a premiership coffee mug and a Grand Final coffee mug. I got my dad At Last, an MFC jacket, my brother the Petracca tshirt ("We did it baby! Wooooo!!"), my mum the premiers framed poster signed by Petracca and Gawn, my kids got premiership tshirts and water bottles. Easiest Christmas shopping in years 😀

I went to the shops to buy Gawnys diary for dad for xmas then saw the At Last book and opted for that instead. Today I got Gawnys diary AND At Last from my dad for xmas as did my brother and sister 🤣 I asked him if he bought At Last for himself as well as I knew what he was getting when he unwrapped his gifts. He said he didn't but he did get a copy of Gawnys diary for himself so I made the right choice on that one

It still hasn't fully sunk in and I doubt it will until we are back at the G and seeing the flag unfurled. For me though it means never having those quiet, dark moments after another disappointing loss, another crushing defeat, another coach sacked, another player jumping ship where you think "why am I so invested in this? Why am I dedicating so much time and energy to something that causes so much angst? Will I ever get the emotional reward of seeing this club as the Premiers after 20, 30 now 40 years of support? What the hell have I done to my kids setting them up for a life of misery?" Now that I've finally seen us win a flag I never have to question that again - its just enjoying supporting the team without the dread of having my emotional investment unrewarded and never having opposition supporters give me the look of pity/derision again when I tell them who I support. I've always known we were the best club but now it's not just in the history books and grainy black and white footage, its in the living flesh.

When he does get through good luck speaking to someone who can actually assist in any way

Just use some creative accounting to shift the book purchase to "cultural/entertainment spend" instead of footy and voila!

191 to put that horrific record to bed

I've thought for a while Wells was overrated - made his name off one or two drafts (1999? and 2001) and some very lucky father son picks. His record outside that was very hit and miss.