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Second childhood?

For everyone bemoaning the fact that an interstate game means that they are unable to attend, welcome to my world which is spent bemoaning the fact that we can’t easily get to attend most games for the entire season! Living in Sydney, this will be the first time in memory, that I may be able to attend a Dees game as a season opener! It’s fantastic!!

Oh the irony! Don’t forget those “shades” JG.

My sleep patterns are scrambled due to my current medical treatment, so this time it’s something that worked to my advantage as I was able to watch the game in its entirety. At 7 for 91 I figured that it was well and truly gone, but with Maxwell at the crease I just couldn’t stop watching as he’s always capable of doing the unexpected. it was far and away the best innings by any individual I have ever seen, including Dean Jones 210 in an early 90’s test in India. Amazing!!

It’s not always selfishness, but sometimes life just gets in the way. I was distracted by moving my son to Canberra to take up a graduate position, then applying most of my energies into spending time with my Canberra based younger brother who was suffering Aphasia which had become full blown dementia, and which eventually took him from us. Then there was the dealing with the aftermath of that and then, my son relocating back to Sydney after completing his placement. By the time I did get around to having a colonoscopy, I was sadly too late to the party.

Thanks GtB… I’m having my ups and downs, but for the most part doing ok. Missing being able to perform with the band though.

If this topic is being raised because of the recent referendum, then I have no issue with it as that was supposed to be apolitical (it was being pushed from both sides of the political fence)… I would be concerned though if they were pushing a particular political party. I would much rather see sporting organisations completely distance themselves from any kind of advertising/promotion relating to alcohol and gambling.

Yes, and I hadn’t realised he drives a De Lorien.

After a few wines, wouldn’t that be Slürzburg?

What’s the meta for you?

Considering the latest update to the Oliver thread, way too soon I’m afraid.

Does Adelaide picking up tall forward Chris Burgess mean that a Petty deal is less likely?

Yet, unless I blinked and missed it, there’s been nothing announced as to his re-signing a day and a half later. Hmmm.

Isn’t he the guy that when Jesse announced he was off to GWS, said: “Hooooooogaaannn!!”

With the number of empty places on our list, how can we afford to trade enough picks to get into a position to nab Reid? I get the feeling we might look at using what we currently have and what we get from the Grundy trade to end up with a couple of top ten picks without actually improving beyond the Freo pick (I’d assume the JJ late second round pick will go to Adelaide for McAdam) and then look at the Wizard and possibly someone like O’Sullivan or Caddy, as well as a couple of second (and third?) rounders. If none of this makes any sense, I’m blaming my medication 😂

I’m of the view that as we have a number of list spots to fill, we’ll probably not offload picks in an effort to move up in the draft chasing the likes of Reid, Duursma or McKercher, but rather, we’ll go for either Caddy or O’Sullivan, both of who look like excellent prospects… particularly O’Sullivan who I think has possibly been rated a bit lower than he deserves. Interesting times ahead.

Poor old Tom always gets pushed into the shadows.

Xander, the not so great.

To be perfectly frank, I agree!

Reading that Big Footy thread, they’re saying that Rucci clarified that it’s a Melbourne based club, as opposed to the MFC.

Assuming he qualified to play, which he doesn’t, I think you would find that considering Fritsch went for scans on his foot today after Sunday’s scare, they would not be risking one of our most important players in a VFL game.

Yeah, back in the day, I used to really look forward to reading the Harley Reid thread. 😉

As someone with stage 4 cancer I can empathise with your health situation and wish you all the best. However, that won’t change the fact that I have found some of your posts to be a little too self aggrandising and often, without being able to cite specific posts, just a rehashing on what was already being speculated in the media, but as if it were a great revelation.

If he were a racehorse, he’d be DNF.