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I really do not like the thought of the last touch OOB free - IMO it would only encourage a player shepherding the ball OOB without even trying to keep it in play, and also unfairly penalise the spoil by a deep defender or a disputed marking contest. But deliberate needs to be actually deliberate - I know the R 23 Brayshaw absolutely absurd penalty ultimately worked in our favour, but the [censored] who made that call clearly had zero feel for the game or the situation.

Driving the head into a tackle is one of my very pet hates, even more than the Selwood duck. It is extremely dangerous and will result in a broken neck if not stamped out, with the poor guy who has been in effect head butted being plagued with scorn and guilt. Still I wonder how well it will be enforced.

Bad enough having to listen to cr@p so called music and other rubbish pre game and at every break to the G. Really, what is the point? Hopefully not drawn and quartered. One quarter of Spargo would be pretty small.

Agree re Hunt’s usage - but Langdon, Harmes, ANB and others have worked on their disposal presumably helped by Chocko or Yze : hopefully Jayden can lift this aspect of his game too.

Maybe he is still recovering from that (possibly) game changing assault by that dwarf on 25 September? 🤭

…. rather the days of the $1.50* flagon of claret, around the era of our previous flag. * erratum. Back then of course it was 15 shillings.

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.