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Nightmare flashbacks to Round 1, 2018. And not the usual ones.

Just win baby

Thank you for your vital work Tom Browne.

Whatever the TV version of clickbait is, this will be it.

In the future I will be. For the rest of the 2021 calendar year I'll have to be heavily sedated.

Was shot when he left us, so glad he got a couple more seasons before wrapping up.

Not as many middle fingers when things are going well for them.

Considering they're playing to the home audience, the K-Rock one is surprisingly even handed. Don't expect them to get excited but at least they admit the 50 was there, unlike 5AA who would have argued for a free the other way.

It's amusing how the AFL has spent years (unsuccessfully) trying to force teams to attack more, then this bloke is given the boot specifically for not defending enough. They might hire him to replace Hocking.

Cripes, I don't know what to think anymore.

Thank you, might reach double figures! It is currently in production, due sometime tomorrow.

Correct. Round 6, 1992 - 47 points in front right at the start of the fourth quarter and we stuffed it up. Still haunted, though last night has helped me come to terms with it a bit.

Should go back to the late 1800s when forwards were referred to as 'kickists'. Also more of people playing in the 'pivot' please.

If Mason Cox's lawyers find this thread somebody's going to have to restart Demonology.

Cuddles can tell a story but you wouldn't want to have to fact check them.

I reckon we should use the back of this year's indigenous jumper (without the player names) as the back of our regular jumper. Looks great, doesn't impact on the front design, and would make us the first side (?) to have a permanent indigenous presence on the jumper.

And why do we need to further nationalise the AFL in the first place? Tasmania is a borderline case, Canberra would be even worse, any idea of an NT team is comical, and extra WA/SA sides would be an eyes-closed punt and hope for the best which might reach the level of revenue and support of the worst Victorian sides in a decade if they're lucky. What's the point?

Met John a couple of years ago when I started writing my book and he was fantastic help, despite recovering from a recent health scare. Very sorry to hear this.

Goalkicking accuracy is an overrated measure. Obviously you'd rather convert than miss because it banks an extra five points, but the overall stat is as simplistic as saying 'if they'd kicked 5.0 instead of 1.4' they'd have won. After the first miss of a quarter, all the situations that cause subsequent misses only exist because you missed the first one. Otherwise the ball goes back to the middle and the game is played out differently. You could concede the next nine and be behind 1.0 to 9.0. I'd rather look at a stat that shows how many goals are missed from a position where any player should be expected to kick them, and how many misses lead to easy exits from defence and/or opposition scoring chances.

Going on about umpiring like Essendon fans ignores the fact that we still should have run over the top of them but froze and fell to bits against a side one player down on the bench.

Appropriate 2017/2020 style narrow finals miss after falling over against a lowly side.

Derm is always whinging about people doing perceived filthy things now. He's like an ex-criminal who finds god and tries to lecture all the current crims on what they're doing wrong.

He played the next couple, last game was the debacle against Carlton at Princes Park. Thanks to the massive hangover that stopped me from going to that game. After having get out of the tram on the way for a spew I decided it was sensible to head home and listen on the radio.

Worst thing about 2004 is that if we'd won that Elimination Final I reckon it would have given us a new lease of life. In an even season that could have carried us to a flag.

Will never happen but given that the top two teams are Victorian they'd at least be able to play a Grand Final. That would make it a little less hollow.