John Crow Batty

How bizzare, a child with a Dan Murphy’s logo on what looks like “official” AFL children’s merchandise. Would never get away with that these days.

Waiting for the Tracc version of Surf and Turf which is the signature culinary dish of the Gold Coast.

I was at that game in 1992. He was amazing that game. According to records it was 44 touches. Apparently he [censored] off the umpires bad. Here is a story of what may have happened. https://www.footyalmanac.com.au/almanac-footy-the-truth-behind-greg-williams-failure-to-register-a-brownlow-vote-round-10-1993/

I thought Morris and Gallop were too inexperienced and lacked height to be effective as tall forwards in the finals but have done very well so far. Brisbane has not missed Hipwood their only real tall forward. Geelong losing Stewart is a bonus for Brisbane.

Dis Harris Andrews mention Cameron B He presence will complement Snoop Dogg

First time I have seen the commentators more feral than the Filth fans after a non free kick.

I have always liked BM but he is the sort of player we should have chased hard a couple of seasons ago with decent dollars but at his age now a risky proposition. From what I understand Collingwood have been paying him peanuts not commensurate with his output for his career. They always treated him like a bread and butter player and not surprised if they want to move him on.

The AFL already has the premier football competition in Australia and now wants its cake and eat it too.

If we hired Buckley then we would have to hire his huge ego as well which might not sit well with a fragile club like ours which requires sober and selfless leadership. He still is a media man and his profile needs boosting on a regular basis. He certainly had got himself loads of free publicity and media attention in the past few weeks but his sincerity to pursue the MFC job has been questionable. He might have added more $$$ to his future Tassie contract though.

Boring finals series so far. Only one competitive final out of 6 played.

Hard to see Brisbane going much further with current key forwards like Morris, Gallup and possibly Day. Morris is good but can’t do it on his own.

Sorry, rookie attempt.

All their family names start with consonant letters. Not a vowel amongst them.

Amiss and JVR might complement each other well. Reminds me of Brisbane where Hipwood who many regard as soft worked well with Morris this year. After Hipwood went out injured Morris’s game drops off and Brisbane’s tall forward play looked like ours last week. Amiss can lead, has marking presence and is a reliable kick for goal. His woes started when Voss appeared. Now the Freo forward line has Tracey, Voss, Jackson and Amiss competing for the same ball in most forward thrusts. He has been crowded out.

Optus is very loud. Much louder than the MCG easily. It’s a beautifully designed stadium. Not a bad seat to be had. I believe sound gets trapped under the roof and reverberates around the ground like a Mexican wave but I suspect the noise might also be amplified some how with the speaker system. During Bang, Bang, Bang in 2021 the noise was incredible.

Please disregard this post.

3rd non competitive final in 3 days.

And 18.6 is the average fines per club. Collingwood only got 7.

The reality is some clubs have fabulously wealthy supporters who don’t mind chipping in a million or three under the table. It appears we don’t.

Can’t believe he played 10 games in 25. I barely noticed him. Given, he has come back from a serious injury. Still young enough to capture his best form. I hope he does it here and not elsewhere.

Well done Max and Kozzy. To think that Max was a speculative afterthought here at the 2009 draft and all the talk was the 4 first round draft picks, Scully, Trengove, Gysberts and Tapscott.

Or one of the Krakouers.

I am pleased to see Tmac and Melksham go around again. They are two of my favourite players but it just highlights how bare the cupboard is that there are no youngsters on the list to challenge their positions.

Half the West Coast side look like they are wearing their house deposit on their arms and legs.

We were very good but cruised for most of 22/23. We never buried the opposition with big wins when we had the opportunity as well as letting weak sides like North physically monster us whilst we did just enough for a comfortable win. When finals came our lackadaisical approach was exposed by finals pressure.