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Note that the back of the padding lines up precisely with the back of the goal line… it was NOT a goal.

“I love the smell of propane in the morning!”

As long as you’re wearing a very colourful shirt, it should be ok.

As long as we don’t go into the game expecting it to be easy and this putting in a half-arsed performance , we should be able to win by a very large margin.

Tonight’s game is making last night’s game look good! What a shocker!

Fagan now saying… “bring me the head of Riley Garcia”.

Just where do you think every single player on our list got their start? He’s obviously ticked all of the boxes required to get the promotion.

As I finished reading that, I could almost hear the strains of Glory Glory Hallelujah and had an irresistible urge to stand to attention, saluting!

Or the way many Dees supporters treated Lever after the trade done for him?

Spargo’s first goal must surely be the furthest he has ever kicked a football!

He’ll get a week or two and rightly so. He launched himself like an Exocet missile and is extremely lucky that he didn’t do some major damage to Smith. Intent should be punished and the intent there was pretty clear. (I won’t be complaining however, if he gets off with a fine)

In no particular order and with very poor maths: Hassa Mann Ron Barassi Robbie Flower Jim Stynes Max Gawn Brian Dixon Stan Alves Matt Whelan Clarrie Oliver

I’m passing up a birthday party with three very good bands playing, so that I can sit with my son in front of the telly. Having given up the booze, I can’t even enjoy a cold one while the game is on… looks like hot dogs/pies and coke.

Which makes it all the more pleasing… it means we were performing against a team that was 100% committed, as opposed to just going through the motions in a practice match.

Zelig!

Yes, I checked again this afternoon and the Foxtel guide is now showing the game, so it will be broadcast here in Sydney, after all.

I thought the same, but my son pointed out that Kayo is a streaming app, whereas Foxtel is a dedicated broadcast service. To me, that makes sense.

And what the hell is it with the Geelong v Hawthorn practice match… 8x30 min quarters PLUS time on!!! That could end up being 4hrs 40mins of playing time!!

The description is very ambiguous. Do they mean that the games will be divided over Kayo and Foxtel, or all games shown on both? I suspect that it is the former, as on checking the Foxtel guide, only the Syd v Bris and Freo v Adel are appearing as live games. If that is indeed the case, then unless you have Kayo, which we don’t, then you miss out on the live coverage. Is there any chance these streams could be shown over the AFL app, or will there be any radio broadcast (eg, Casey radio)?

I bet he wished it was… it was the result of a bet he made, and lost, with Kinski during the filming of Fitzcarraldo.

Hey, Werner is the kind of example our Demons need… never took a backward step, to the point of literally eating his own boot.

Or Fitzcarraldo for that matter... don't want to incur the wrath of god.

Is that new guy Verrall or Ferrell?

I liked Westworld, although I thought the final season was a bit weak. The series' I've been enjoying lately are: His Dark Materials Season 3 (Foxtel) - all three seasons have given an excellent interpretation of the three books in the trilogy. Cunk on Earth (NetFlix) - very funny mocumentary in which genuine historians etc are interviewed to lend credence to Cunks views. The Last Of Us (Foxtel) - based on the video game the action takes place in a dystopian post apocalyptic world; I was a bit dubious at first, but so far, having watched the first 4 episodes, this is a brilliant show! Wednesday (NetFlix) - a very enjoyable series based around Wednesday Addams from the Addams Family; typical Tim Burton stuff. Raised By Wolves (Foxtel) - started off really well, but then they pulled the plug on it at the end of season 2, with so much left unresolved. War Of the Worlds (SBS On Demand) - all three seasons are fantastic! Dark (NetFlix) - another that started off really well, but by the final season had gotten itself so mixed up in its parallel universes, that it could only ultimately disappoint. 1899 (NetFlix) - same team as made Dark, but this is a much better series involving time shifts.

And I’m still awaiting delivery of mine and my son’s interstate membership packs! I’ll be calling them tomorrow, but this on top of today’s training fiasco, are giving me a bad feeling about the public facing part of the club’s administration.