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Saddest day in a long time. There are very few rockers who could claim the “gentleman” tag, but he certainly was one of them. I particularly love the story where Jagger phoned Watts's hotel room late at night, asking, "Where's my drummer?" Watts apparently got up, shaved, put on his suit, a tie and newly shined shoes, went down stairs, and punched Jagger in the face, saying: "Don't ever call me your drummer again. You're my [censored] singer!"

12, but coming from a family that wasn’t footy oriented, I only got to listen to the game on the radio… I’ve never actually  attended a GF.

Salem must be a sneaky chance.

50 minutes ago, monoccular said:

That last deliberate was just a disgrace  - absolutely no feel or understanding of the game maggot.  Why would a team striving to get a goal within possibly the last seconds do that?  No understanding at all.  Should be hauled over the coals, but won’t 

Could have been worse, the ump could have paid that free, or a free could/should have been paid to us for Selwood’s kick out of bounds in the play before that, in which case we probably would have ended up falling short. The footy gods were looking after us, it seems.

1 hour ago, Cassiew said:

Redemption for Max Gawn after 2018. Minor premiers for the first time since 1964. The first time in my and all my brother’s lifetimes.

Also, while harking back to 2018, I couldn’t help but notice Fritsch emulating Hannan’s goal in the final against Geelong… almost a carbon copy!

27 minutes ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

Are Hawthorn getting stuck into buckets of KFC in the changing rooms? 

Haha, yep, awkward silence and then: “Did someone say KFC?”

24 minutes ago, Farmer said:

  Because  of quite appalling coaching. He decides not to play Stef Martin or Schache, plays a novice, Young as first ruck, and leaves English forward almost all night . Got smashed in the middle, hardly any inside 50s 

 

and it was a disastrous result for Melbourne . If we lose tomorrow night our season could be over on Saturday fortnight, if Footscray had won we would have finished first or second and had an easy run

If we expect to be premiers, we have to be able to win games against the best. It seems you’ve already decided we’ve lost tomorrow against Geelong. 🤷🏼‍♂️

2 hours ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

Road to a Flag.  Interesting article.   the-top-four-team-that-must-defy-history-to-win-the-flag

Three key features:

1. Winning Form:  Winners of their round 23 game have won the flag in 8 of 10 years.  Exceptions:  Sydney in 2012  Bulldogs 2016.
2. Pre - Finals Trend:  "Closing the regular season with winning form has been a surer road to Grand Final glory, with seven of the past 10 premiers dropping none, or at the most one match, in the final five rounds".

 

1. Settled Side

Low injuries (which most finals teams have).

 

Win this week and we are well placed regarding history on all three.  As we know anything can happen but not allowing MFCSS into my thinking!  Staying positive.

“Winners of their round 23 game have won the flag in 8 of 10 years”… and therein lies the conundrum. If we win our round 23 game, we will be minor premiers, and in the past 10 years (2010 to 2020), minor premiers have won just two flags (Pies in 2010 and Hawks in 2013).

Oops! Just noticed Dr Gonzo’s post above, stating the same.

This may have been discussed already (I’m too lazy to read through the entire thread), but is it possible that if the Dogs win on Friday, securing us at least 2nd place, Nathan Jones could get a run against the Cats with a view to him either getting to play a farewell game or the opportunity to secure a place in the side for the finals?

I get my second AZ on the 30th. Like you, I suffered no ill effects (apart from some localised soreness in the arm) and didn’t feel it go in at all.  

Can we please cease and desist with the “it’s a conspiracy, the AFL is out to get us (MFC)” posts. These are very difficult times and the AFL is trying their best to work logistical miracles with the continually moving target that the virus creates. If we’re good enough, we should be able to win regardless of where we have to play.

1 hour ago, roy11 said:

Is having to quarantine for 1-2 weeks considered a restriction impeding my ability to attend a GF?

That was the first thing that popped into my mind... let alone the cost of airfares for two to Perth (assuming they get the gig) and 2 weeks accommodation, which is pretty much out of the question when you're on next to no income.

3 hours ago, Dante said:

You believe what you want to and make up your own mind as to how much, not much is.

I'm not playing silly games with you.

Settle petal… I wasn’t playing games at all. If anything, I was agreeing g with you about the need to vaccinate, as the protection it offers is always better than the alternative.

1 hour ago, Dante said:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2021-07-05/astrazeneca-vaccine-timing-doses/100259926

"The data shows that if you do move things back to say, eight weeks, it's not a huge amount that you lose."

Yes, but they don’t say roughly how much, but they do mention the 81% at 12 weeks which is the same as mentioned in my earlier quote… so I’m guessing the figure they’re not providing probably matches (or thereabouts), the figure in my quote. Either way, the protection is way better than the alternative.

For those wondering, like me, about the Grand Final Guarantee and what the club will do in the event that we cannot use it due to lockdowns, I just received the following back from the club:

“Please see below the information I have been provided regarding the grand final guarantees.

 You will only be entitled to a refund if restrictions in your LGA restrict you from doing so.

 Due to the uncertainty around the location of this seasons’ Grand Final, we’d like to reiterate some restrictions of the Grand Final Guarantee product.

• If Melbourne are not a competing team in the Grand Final, the grand final guarantee product is non-refundable.
• If the Grand Final is played outside of Victoria under no COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, providing Melbourne are a competing team you are not eligible for a refund.
• If COVID-19 restrictions impede your ability to attend the Grand Final and Melbourne is a participating team, you are entitled to a refund of the Grand Final Guarantee product.

 If you have any further questions, please let us know.”

56 minutes ago, Dante said:

I believe the reduction in efficacy is about 1or 2 %, the opposite is far more dangerous.

This is a quote from The Conversation site, re effectiveness based on time between shots:

”Leaving 6-8 weeks between shots increased efficacy to 59.9%, and waiting 9-11 weeks, efficacy was 63.7%. However, if the gap was 12 weeks or longer efficacy jumped to 81.3%.”

9 minutes ago, Dante said:

Actually you can reduce the time between jabs to 8 weeks, I did.

Yes, you can, but apparently the effectiveness is somewhat compromised/reduced by a few percentage points.  I'm hanging out for the full 12 weeks (2 weeks from today) for my second jab of AZ.

6 hours ago, John Crow Batty said:

Dr D, the proctologist who performs self manual extractions.

As the old joke goes…

Nurse: “Dr D, what’s that rectal thermometer doing in your top pocket?”

Dr D: “What??!! Some bum’s got my biro!!”

1 minute ago, Jaded said:

See my post above. 
AFL not ruling playing this at the MCG to fulfill contractual obligations of games played per year. 

Sorry, I skipped your post… I assume you mean not ruling out?

I saw this posted on FB… anyone know any more and whether this is likely. All extremities crossed

1 minute ago, gs77 said:

Assuming May back, who goes out?

Hibberd I would think 

Apparently 28 is a very good read. A friend of mine Stuart Coupe whose judgment I trust (he’s a successful biographer of a number of musicians), is raving about this book. I’ll certainly be grabbing a copy.

6 hours ago, Supermercado said:

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.

I would rather see the AFL have the red, black and yellow somehow incorporated in the design of all club guernseys; perhaps as a border around the bottom?

7 hours ago, Min Xie said:

I felt both B Brown and Viney are slowly but getting better and better.

Viney isn’t back until next week against Geelong.

Lovely guy… he ensured that I got tickets for the China game and gave them to me personally at a training session the day before the game. On game day he took me into the rooms before the game and let me take photos as the team prepared to play and later sat and chatted with me in the stand.