General Malaise

I was there. At half time I literally said to bloke sitting next to me (he could have been my sister, can’t remember). “We need the Wiz to kick 10 second half goals” I promise you.

Oliver Clayton excepted of course.

Similar to Lewis and Hogan in R2(?) except Bugg was (over) retaliating.

So it's a rip-off of both Liverpool AND Barca, even though they each look nothing like each other? Similar elements (as admitted by CS) in a totally different design doesn't make it plagiarism. I don't believe ours could remotely be mistaken for theirs. Heraldic Tradition I say. Meanwhile the Marylebone Cricket Club called. They want their monogram back.

Oh. Sorry I thought you were DISagreeing, that’s usually the case when people respond to me with “that doesn’t make any sense.” It happens a fair bit, and they’re usually right.

Hey slow down CW, you’ll see we’re saying the same thing.

Yeah but... a shield isn’t an idea, it’s a “device”. Like squares, circles, colours, words. Hence we replaced it with another shield.

Serious? Absolutely no resemblance. Other than a shield.

This is either: a) Good b) Bad

Or maybe Tony Modra aligns better to Robbo's era? 0.37 tackles per game. Or Tony Lockett? 0.51 tackles per game. Lloyd a tad over 1 and Neiter at 0.875.

Dunstall averaged 0.64 tackles per game. Ergo even lazier forward. I assume. Different era, different KPIs.

I agree with both of you, I wasn't having a dig at his current involvement at all, it's a wondrous thing. I was just wondering if it's a clearer image in most of our eyes than his on-field endeavours.

A player who got the absolute best out of his abilities. Improved his kicking year on year going from below average to highly admirable over the journey of his career. I suspect his post-playing semi clown-prince role at the club has done his on-field legacy no favours.

Worst Team Player Award to Mal Turnbull for rooting the internets

2 possibilities. Either Razor is bizarrely biased against us, or he treats all clubs as badly (thinks not), in which case he's a criminally shizenhausen umpire. In either case he should never umpire another game. Simples.

Yeah, alright, no-one then. You are correct. That was fun.

Brett Lovett and Anthony McDonald off the top of my head. Both mainly Reserves players there though.

I know that's the traditional wisdom, but does Watts get more rest up forward that Frost does down back? Maybe. These days perhaps it depends on how effective your mids are. And how hard your forwards work.

I’m putting my umbrella up before posting to ward off the pelted fruit and abuse. One of the constants we all repeat and hear is our need for a forward/ruck, and my question isn’t exclusively around Frost, though to me he is probably the most likely candidate in the team at the moment: Is it feasible the we reinvent, and consider a candidate for a back/ruck? In a team with strict match-ups that may be a terrible idea, but given the running zone defence we are implementing, surely this could be just another flexible component. We already have examples of Jetta being left to take on the likes of Buddy (not necessarily successfully) so Frost being ‘out of position’ wouldn’t be an added dilemma, and it appears we’ll have a surplus of HBF options to switch through there and cover. We wouldn’t then need to try to elbow another big body into the forward line on anything but merit. The other question, of course, is whether Frosty can learn the craft. I suspect he might. Pelt.

Nup. They're onto us brothers. (And sisters.)

Yeah, but nah. These days that generally still takes you straight to the subscriber page even if you try going via Adelaide, Cairns or Tocumwal. And 12 hours is a lifetime away.

Tragic news.In the mid 90s the footy-tipping comp I'm in held an art auction for a prostate cancer charity honouring Teddy Whitten. We held it at Ron Barassi's pub and Tangles volunteered as auctioneer. Such a lovely generous funny man. Same goes for Ron of course, both total gentlemen.

Well that's pretty much one of my points. It's one aspect only among many. You're right though, I could have repeated it 7 times to even the argument up for you.

This is my situation: 1. I have already extended my contract til the end of next year. As in: the end of next year. 2. Next year has unknowns. Firstly I'm getting a new, first-time, largely untried boss. This may be good, I like the guy, but... 3. My dad is pretty ill and I'm 20. I don't know how this may pan out. 4. The club is keen for me to re-sign so they can plan. This would be nice for them. 5. The media and Demonlanders have little else to talk about. 6. I have already extended my contract til the end of next year. (Yes I may have mentioned this before). Points decision: think I'll wait a bit.

Yes. And his contract price just went up $200k since the start of this thread.