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As long as we wait for a suitable stable safe surface - horror memories of #5 Ox on some second rate training surface preseason ?1994 😡😱

Nothing nearly that fancy, or dust free, in Kal.

Daniel handed over the baton in the GF. Has anyone identified “that bloke” or has he self identified? Such a iconic reflection of what so many of us felt at the time. Congratulations whoever you are. We all love you and woukd love to see you at a game Are you a Demonlander?

A rare glut of riches. Tomlinson is in the mix too - though May Lever Petty and Tomo could be regarded as too tall, all have surprising pace and ground skills.

Elbows Hawkins?

The ratings were specifically from 1972 (as explained in the intro) when BB and FD were well past their primes.

Baffling? 🤔 Sure more opportunity elsewhere but after all MFC are the reigning Premiers and if Weid has self belief and a free run with injury who better to play with. Maybe he has taken it as a challenge and a learning experience.

… and all our “fringe players” an uninterrupted 2022 VFL season, an opportunity to both hone their skills and press their claims.

Or around 9.2 Max Gawns #11

Thanks Any idea of the year and the occasion? Dare to dream, young men - could they have dreamed of this though?

Somewhere on some thread in the chaos and ecstasy following the GF there was a photo of CP5 and Clarrie as juniors, holding up some medals. Can anyone tell me where to find it, and also does anyone know when and at which event it was taken.

Webber and Watson11 Is netball not a greater source of ACL injury than Australian football? A lot of stopping suddenly with twist on a fixed foot?

I seem to have heard somewhere that no GF winning team has ever played entirely together again. That would be a first, though not a reason in itself not to make any unforced changes..

As well as the repetitive drumming in to the novices about being acutely aware of what they ingest, is there any guidance to them about the potential harm from what is quaintly termed, social media (actually quite often, antisocial media?) I realise that it is a free world (sort of) and everyone is free to indulge in this phenomenon, but we do see a lot of downside. Is more education / awareness / support needed?

Fair point - but how much of that is actually midfield? Sharing the load with very capable younger players may even increase their efficiency, and their longevity

ANB is a testament to persistence and determination, with faith and guidance from the coaching staff thrown in. Were round by round scores given? Interested in particular who would have got the votes in the PF (Max obviously) and the GF.

I guess his "genius" is knowing which injuries can safely (and beneficially) be "pushed through" and which ones require rest and rehabilitation.

Wrecker - we need far more than three midfielders, and I have absolutely no doubt that Sparrow will join Harmes, ANB and JJ(and Dunstan) in playing his role in this classy midfield.

Can any technocrat tell me how to transfer / store these on a USB .. both the audio ones for the car, and the videos for posterity. Thanks in anticipation.

As I recall the votes were cast about 15 minutes before the end, after which Voss went crazy and should have won the Normie hands down. Had history of choking late in games / quarters … not any more (Adelaide away game maybe excepted)

A very nice dilemma to have - Rivers would fit in as a midfielder or as a rebounding halfback ….. we have decent half back depth so he may well be offered some opportunity to show his wares in the engine room, if and when the brains trust sees it as appropriate. Jordie could have benefited by our current fitness and skills development team. He was reputed to be the hardest worker at training …. ANB has risen from honest battler with questionable skills to an essential cog in a Premiership team. Who really knows what could have happened if ……….

Of course we would all prefer no injuries, but one man's injury is another's opportunity, and I think our next level development is better that it has ever been, despite the total dogs' dinner that was VFL 2020 & 2021. Bowey and Petty are prime examples of this.

,.,I guess Hawkins thought that he had seen the signs many times before ... just got the wrong side this time. 🤔

West coast 2006 had Cox, Judd, Cousins, Kerr plus “the good stuff” at least for two of them.

I can never stop laughing when I replay the “Max round 23 mark” and see the Cat defenders staring open armed at each other ….. “not my man”!