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I've always found that reading the sun makes it very difficult to see, let alone use a keyboard, for several hours.

Yes, Georgiou should come in as a Clark replacement... I wonder if this means Jetta will get a spot until Riley is back?... can't imagine King being thrown to the wolves just yet.

I'm sitting at 2-2

I disagree, although Wines had a very very good game, I thought it was Westhoff who was the game breaker/winner... he played back when required to great effect and then went forward and kicked 4 goals in the second that completely swung the game in Port's favour... without his efforts, Port may well have been too far behind after the first quarter to recover.

"Showing us up"?? I thought he was putting in a very good performance for his team Port... I hadn't realised that the MFC were his motivator. Silly me!

And just how far away from being an MFC player do you think Wines is? We didn't take him when we should have, that is NOT Toumpas' fault. Toumpas will hopefully become a very worthwhile player for us and Wines is obviously a very good pick up for Port... move on.

Why do people want to know if Mitch Clark was there specifically? If he wasn't there, I am sure there were plenty of others who also weren't there and I'm sure the club would have had it's reasons for not having them there.

Off to see Jeff Beck (among many others) at the Byron Bay Bluesfest next month... can't wait!

Think I read somewhere today that now Schneider won't play?

Don't know, but here is a link to his website (he obviously doesn't include web design skills in his resume).

I'm disappointed... tipped Freo to win by 43pts... I'm a long way off the mark!

It's a great place... go to places like Sichuan ,Yunan, Guanxi provinces and you will see some of the most stunning country anywhere on the planet... check out a series available on DVD called Wild China. It's one place I am happy to keep returning to.

He's not the messiah, he's just a naughty boy!

So what better way to start this new era than with a win first up... it will happen.

I have Essendon slipping so low, based purely on the fact I expect a few of their key players to be, err, unavailable for selection. I believe GCS will make their mark this year and I think GWS will show little or no improvement on last year. Richmond will regain their rightful position just outside the 8 and Collingwood will start to fade. As for the MFC, I would like to think that the Richmond and Geelong pre season games were more indicative of our form and that we will win enough this year to progress up to 12th. Hawthorn in their first two NAB games and practice match against us showed they are an unstoppable force. Hawthorn Sydney Fremantle Adelaide West Coast Geelong Carlton Gold Coast Richmond Collingwood North Melbourne Melbourne Port Adelaide Western Bulldogs Essendon Brisbane St Kilda GWS

In that case, perhaps it was a game we needed to win if we were going to be any chance to secure a place in the finals... whatever it was, we lost.

On Waffle360 they are saying the HUN just reported that all 34 violations relate to Essendon and none to Cronulla... queue The Doors...

that's all...

Richard Ings(?) just tweeted: Richard Ings ‏@ringsau 15m Make no mistake this has Judge Downes all over it. Remember he is running this show now on the ASADA end. He will act on credible questions Richard Ings ‏@ringsau 17m Exclusive report by Danny Weidler. Dank complains his disclosure notice was leaked. By whom to whom? 2/3 Richard Ings ‏@ringsau 18m CH9 report that Dank has (finally) received a disclosure notice from ASADA to answer questions relating to "34 violations". 1/3

And we could do with him up forward.

I remember him getting knocked out cold very early on in a final (or were we playing for a place in the 4?) against the Pies (I think it was)... we ended up losing.

I'm happy to see them throwing money our way... I won't whinge about our players, but when we get a sponsor like CS, I'm more than happy to express my thoughts (they are to me what 186 is to WYL ).

The loneiness of the long distance runner... ro, for a little comic relief (god knows we need it), the loneliness of the long range golfer...

You got the polar opposite treatment to what my young son and I received... they literally ran off so that they wouldn't have to deal with passenger queries. We wandered the GZ airport until we could find someone to help us with temp visas and accommodation... we had arrived at GZ around 6pm and finally were placed in a hotel at 2am... then woken at 5am with a false alarm and again at 6am to be taken to the airport. My previous experiences with them had been good, but that one left a very bad taste. Delays aren't such a big problem, but the treatment we received was unacceptable... if they wish to be a successful international airline, they need to learn a lot more about service.

Wasn't Demonof94 was it?