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Is there any chance that they have planned for a ‘late out’ (no idea who) and that all five currently on the bench will be in the starting 22 and Laurie becomes the sub?

Yes, I think he’s the exception to the rule, besides which, he’s now the second string ruck who’s only been brought into the team to fill the vacancy left by Draper. I’d much prefer to see Max go out on top, rather than being relegated to being someone who sits at Casey waiting for an opportunity to get a run in the AFL. I’m not a religious fella, but I’m praying that he’ll somehow manage to get another All Australian guernsey, so he can leave no doubt in anyone’s minds (not that there should be) as to who was the GOAT!!

I think you’re being a little over optimistic where Max is concerned, Lever 2 years?? That’s crazy talk!! He’s 29… and probably has a good 4 years left in him (injuries permitting), and I’ll be very surprised if TMac goes beyond next year. But that’s just my opinion… it’d be pretty boring if we all agreed about everything.

Just how many years do you think are left in Max??… I give him one or two (tops) as his body is starting to show the strain of pretty much carrying the entire team for so long. We are going to need a new number 1 ruck, and that sure as hell will not come from the next draft.

Is Jack a mystery injury? I’m sure it was mentioned on one of the Foxtel Footy shows the other night (last night maybe?) that he was omitted with a concussion.

True to form I quoted the wrong post… apologies General!!

Quoted you in error DemonWA…apologies.

Yes, I can see where you’re coming from as Rumours was the biggest album in the year it was released, and is probably the beginning of the band’s popularity with people who had had little to no exposure to the original band. I don’t object to the album, but it just doesn’t do it for me like the original band with Peter Green, who I consider to be one of the greatest blues/rock guitarists to walk this earth 😉 It’d be pretty boring if we all had the same taste.

I’ve got to say that Fleetwood Mac pretty much died for me from the moment that Peter Green exited. They became a very good MOR band, but for me had none of the excitement and originality in their music, that the original band had.

The best thing is that he seems to have worked on his delivery, as he pretty much hit every teammate that he was targeting against the Eagles.

Fair enough… I had forgotten about his sextibg indiscretions. But I have no objection to his announcing his donation to Reach, as it was in recognition of Jimmy’s work and the fact that he was about to surpass Jim’s record. In that case, I don’t think it was entirely about him at all… maybe we’ll just have to agree to disagree. **EDIT**: unfortunately, for whatever reason, it’s not possible to edit posts after a certain amount of time has passed, so…I wanted to alter my original post to remove the complimentary comments…so please consider this, a revision of my original statement about it “speaking volumes about him as a person”. I modify that (in a virtual sense) to say that I appreciate his recognition of Jimmy’s long standing record and of Jimmy’s great work with the Reach Foundation.

I didn’t catch all of the interview before the game started, but Crisp mentioned something about a donation going to the Reach Foundation, which I thought was a terrific recognition of Jimmy’s contribution to more than just the game! Not sure if it was maybe his match fee, or something else, but I think it speaks volumes for him as a person.

I think that one of the most important periods in this game was the first half of the first quarter, when Viney sucked the confidence out of Harley Reid, like a dementor sucking the soul out of Barty Crouch Jnr!! That set us up for the rest of the game, despite our ordinary quarter and a half prior to half time.

That’s why we have a General Discussion forum. There’s no need for politics in the Post Game thread.

I think it’s very possible, in which case I’d have to think JVR will be back in the team.

Clarry yes, but has May out, been verified, or is it still just a training thread?

I’d also like to see just how many key position forwards were crushing it in their first three seasons. I doubt it’s been too many.

I’m nitpicking, but why doesn’t the club say it like it is. We DO NOT have a new CEO yet, as he is not available to take the reigns until September… at season’s end which puts us another four and a half months behind in progress establishing our permanent training headquarter’s. I don’t pretend to know how things work at that level, but does the fact that he will be fulfilling other commitments before taking on the CEO position in September, mean that he will not be getting up to speed with what is happening at the MFC until he officially takes on the role? If that’s the case, then we will be entering season 2026 in not much better condition as a club (from a business POV), than we did this year. I received a survey from the club today and honestly, I don’t think I’ve ever spent so much time, or typed so many words, in filling one of those out in the past!

No challenge is easy, so I hope you’re managing to deal with yours. If this does help in any way, then thank you, but in the end, how you apply my experience to help you deal with yours, is still your good work that’s doing the job. Onward and upward for the both of us!!

It’s funny, I don’t actually feel I’m in any way courageous, but rather, I feel like it’s in some way, my duty; my neglect put me in this position, so I feel it’s only right that I try to encourage others to watch their own health, because it does affect others. (Why am I starting to feel like a, shudder, born again christian?) But regardless, thanks so much for your encouragement, and I hope that you and others, are, if nothing else, mildly entertained by what I post. 😉