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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.

I don’t think so… assuming we win tomorrow, if we beat the cats and dogs win, then we play Port in the first final as they finish 4th and we finish 1st. If we lose to cats and dogs win, we play the dogs in the first final. If we beat cats and port win and lions win, we play the lions in the first final. There are plenty of instances where we won’t play the dogs.

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Well, during last year I had questioned them about what would happen and was told that it would be carried over to 2021 and I would hear more when membership payment was due. Next I was informed my membership fee had been taken and I noticed they had included the GFG in both mine and my son’s payments. I then contacted them, reminding them of what I’d been told via email and they then eventually made the adjustment, refunding the GFG costs.

To quote Sgt Schultz, "I know nothiiiiing!"

ahhh... as in "go forth and multiply"; yes, in that sense I have definitely frocked up on more than one occasion.

Damn! You dress up just one time...

I think it might be 'frock'... it's like walking into a Collette Dinnigan store and the first thing that comes to mind is "frocking hell"!

I'm hoping he can emulate Petty in redeeming himself. Both were cruelled by injury early in their careers when both were starting to show some good form, but were unable to return with the same level of confidence; Petty has since shown himself to be the defender we all hoped he would be when first recruited. Smith, in his return from the broken collarbone, kicked 4 goals in a 2019 pre-season match but unfortunately suffered a groin strain that put an end to his return; let's hope that like Petty, he can rise from the ashes.

And now, how to defend yourself against an assailant armed with a banana!

Why? He's just been given a one year extension and possibly offers more than AVB who gota run last week.

If you combine all of the letters in their names, they form an anagram that when solved, reveals the name of that railway station in Wales?

Further to my post just above yours, that is precisely where I think he will be named... filling in for TMac.

I have a feeling that he might be the one getting the nod this Sunday.

It has become quite apparent that you are referring to the Tex Walker thread, and yes, some of the commentary ha been waaaaay over the top, but when I see Betts talking about things from the perspective of an indigenous person, then the mental health argument can be applied equally, if not more so, to the victims as opposed to the instigators.

Hey, hang on.... yes to which part of my question? 😂

Is that relevant to the solution, or is that a 'red' herring?

I guess it could possibly be either the Viney thread or the COVID thread.

I know precisely how you feel OD. I turn on the TV and there's Gladys telling us that today we have 390 new cases in Sydney, change the channel and it seems like half the world is at war, half the world is ablaze, record high temperatures and flooding all over the world etc... and then I check in on Facebook and it's still full of (or should that be 'fool of') climate change denialists, anti-vaxxers, anti-maskers, etc etc. The world is well on its way to hell in a hand basket. And to top it off, we just had a murder committed just a few streets away from where I Iive.

Apart from the fact that I'm unable to grasp the point you're making, you do realise that you're somehow managing to attribute a quote that I was responding to in my post, to me?

I've been trying to avoid any more commenting on this thread, but Jesus H Christ(!!!), that comment takes the [censored] cake!! This whole discussion, at least up until your comment, has had absolutey nothing, zilch, nada, to do with "reprogramming"... it is about educating people. Do you seriously believe that educating racists that their behaviour is unacceptable, is more inhumane than the pain that they are inflicting directly upon their victims and as a result indirectly upon an entire race of people who have been struggling with this kind of treatment, for decade upon decade upon decade??? Either stop being an apologist for racist behaviour, or take a long walk off a short pier... please!

I've just emailed the MFC with regards to the GF Guarantee. They were nice enough to carry last year's GFG over to this year, but now I'm a bit concerned that they might no be so forthcoming this year, and with Sydney pretty much odds on to still be in lockdown and Sydney-siders rightly unwelcome anywhere outside of Sydney, and if Melbourne do make it to the big dance, there is zero chance we will be able to avail ourselves of the GFG again this year.

No, the ruling is that if the game has reached half time, the team in the lead when it is called off, gets the four points.

The fact that he made, and admitted to, racist comments tells us all we need to know about his character. It would add nothing to the story except to satisfy those who derive perverse pleasure from knowing all of the gory details… much like those who go rubbernecking at the scene of an accident. It’s very apparent that the AFL do not want the comments out there, most likely to protect the victim from going through the experience/trauma again.

Why do you feel the need to know exactly what was said? How will that add to the discussion in any constructive way… particularly now that Walker has admitted to it?