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I wish

24K Gold right there, ROFL, thank you so much!!! Still crying with laughter.

So do we have the former president Glen Bartlett to thank for the WCE facilities? are we sharing them with another club? I think it is a real coup to be using the Eagles facilities, they are 1st class, and anyway well done for whoever got this done. And from social media I am detecting at least moderate approval of Melbourne, I am not kidding myself I don't think any Eagle fan loves us, but I can genuinely see a good crowd for the PF and at least not a chorus of boos for us.

FMD I melted down trying to answer this one, I am as just likely to listen to Stephen Sondheim, then park the bus on Joy Division or Pixies or straight to Dead Kennedys or RATM. So I have loosely grouped the music I would listen to on the way to a game or when I want to fire up etc. BTW, just quietly, a bit impressed by some of the name checked bands - never thought my fellow D'landers would have Kendrick Lamar, next thing I know people will be quoting Ghostface Killah. I skipped the obvious anthems - AC/DC, H&C not because I don't like them (I love 'em, but everyone owns them too an extent). Would have thought some of the ladies would name check Prodigy, didn't know any women who weren't mad for these guys. Introspective / On our history I'm on Fire - Bruce Springsteen Hurt - Johnny Cash Dog Days Are Over - Florence and the Machine - good for when we salute as well i guess. War Cry / Fire Up Right Here, Right Now - Fatboy Slim Call of the Wild - Agoria anything by RATM but leaning on Take the Power back Digital - Joy Division For the Celebration Can't Hold Us - Macklemore, my son and I would dance like lunatics around the house to this Beautiful Day - U2 and about 50 of their other songs.

Fair dinkum, think you just won the best name drop ever... Had 50 Cent come through Nairobi, but his crew were all pajeros of the 1st order.

I was thinking about this, I know he probably wouldn't be up for it, but any member of the previous successful era, starting with RDB31 should be given a ticket and some grace to be there. I would dearly love to see Ron hand over the Cup to Max.

Was looking up a 50 year old bottle of whisky but bottled it at USD14500, am thinking of something from Max's birth year...

The poll is pretty consistent, am with the consensus - play GWS but expect Geelong to be there. Picking up on Little Goffy - Geelong is the Mountain from GOT. I cannot express my gratitude enough to the club at how we have arrived at the PF, everything reeks of professionalism, ghosts of the past laid to rest. Titus without any material to moan about, and the DL Trolls unusually quiet. Looking forward though (picking up on the hate Geelong thread and I know it is a derail/diversion from the topic) , I see the next generation of rivalry with Essendon and Sydney - Tigers to still be thereabouts. Port not sure about, Brisbane and Westcoast need significant changes to personal to move forward. (Congrats though to Fagan, gets a lot out of a few bastards and they recruited well apart from Joe). Carlton is going to be the southern feeder team (like the Suns) while their off field management is so dysfunctional. Geelong, their controlled style of slow the ball play has clearly been exposed when placed under enough pressure. (Also to be fair injuries really have made a difference). But 2022 onwards we have more options on our list whereas they must surely be at an age related cliff, I respect them but I think they are cooked and need a new game-plan. (God I hope post this doesn't bite me on the ar$e) 2023, every year you are only a couple of injuries away from mediocrity, like what happened to the Tigers in 2021 - but this will be the year when a couple of key players will be close to veteran status - May / Gawn / McDonald / Brown / Tomlinson even Viney ?, That is our spine. I know we have a young team turning out at the moment, but that is because we have been very lucky with a couple of recent recruits coming on so well (thank you again JT) But 2023 will be a danger year for us as age affects those who are currently driving standards move on, and who also hold down the key positions, our midfield should be OK but am worried about how old our key position profile is. I also assume Jones Jetta Hibberd Melksham AVB Daw M.Brown will be happily retired. I hope we are already looking at the next May. Definitely persist with Weid.

I think he is very very handsome. BTW Have we reached peak red head, near enough to 7 by my count? The number of gingers or nearly gingers, we could pass for the Irish national team. More serious question, a friend was telling me about the monstrous blisters on his feet that he has to take care of before he plays. How hard is this guy? Not that I really want to see but does anyone have a link to the vision?

Does he not wear a mouth guard?

Congrats to mods for keeping site up, much love!

Thanks delay in posts showing

Time left please, in Sudan with tiniest amount of data, can't watch....

Have given up on coming home, too many unknowns, and today the internet servers died at the office/guest house, limited bandwidth and no live game tomorrow, the horror, the horror….

I thought they (Scott+Selwood) sounded desperate on AFL 360 last week, we got in their heads and they will be freaked about the Semi. No way Scott can spin this he was all in after commitments made last week.

Mark Biclaves in a heart beat, wouldn’t walk past Cameron, Tom Stewart, etc, I would also find love for Danger + Hawkins pretty quickly.

Single biggest takeaway for me is this. At the start of the year the team committed to team first football, and look at the individual accomplishments that followed. Truly deafening positive affirmation.

A Hawks mate with board connections (and occasionally a pot stirrer) said the same thing, he is upset over the Clarkson dismissal and doesn't love the place anymore. Will be cheap.

Anyone know of a good interview with an umpire about the pressure and public recognition they might get? Must be intense, and often confrontational.

Max as Captain, everyone grow a beard for the finals, I'm not shaving anyway!!! The Fox Footy promo 'History is in Front' for the QF game is the best ever, anyone know how to capture it for you tube?

A bit of love for Rivers and Jordan as well

hole in one, with 1/2/3, well done

Goodwin is so consistent with his messaging, Weid is not going anywhere. People aren't very good at listening to the coach because he is so dry in his pressers', but he is one of the most honest (if very subtle) coaches going around.

I have mixed feelings about it, when a player is smaller than average, I feel like it is almost a protective instinct, it makes the tackler think I have to be careful to not give away a free here. Instead of half killing the smaller player, they are a bit slower on the tackle, creating a sliver of time towards disposal of the ball. I know it is popular to hate on Selwood here, and I don't like his cheap shots, but he was a target for a long time and found a way to protect himself, fair play I thought. On the other hand it is diving, and as such, cheating. So forgive me for splitting hairs, but I see two different types of ducking; the cheating Mathieson version where the whole plan is to get a free from the start and the Spargo type where it is more of a protective instinct during the tackle.

Jones for either Sparrow or Harmes, I won't forget Dew's cameo for the Hawks in the GF. I really feel Jones has a couple of games left and is a proper hard body.