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“Is Fullarton and Shache basically the same?” Well I think we all know about Schache as does the FD; Fullarton at least at AFL level 2024 is unknown I would think that the unknown unknown is better than the known known (to paraphrase Donald Rumsfeld (I think it’s was him)

There are a lot of different "chip fractures lower fibula". Some effect ankle stability which would involve many weeks out: others are "just sore" and not structural. We don't know details so can't really prognosticate. They were written off 100% when NicNat went down. Maybe they just had a brilliant coach - then.

Sliterers won't be very active, but be careful as they won't be able to get out of your way if you do happen across one 🐍

Even if not a big chance, he is still big

From the article Love the positivity, which I hope will be infectious. Tom obviously doesn’t read this site 🙄❤️💙 “Times when I used to wake up and think about how sore I was or if I wasn't playing well, I'd look at the negative side of that. Now I'm kind of thinking, well, how good is it to be able to do this as a job and play footy?”

Good question. Maybe travelling around the world in a vain search for the River Styx

Prepare for massive unpredictability the next few weeks with Max missing. Unpredictable centre bounce and around the ground contests. Unpredictable kick ins - May certainly won't kick to Max as some here complain about. Let's see what unpredictability can deliver?

Probably will be fobbed off as a ridiculous question, but has anyone ever tried no contest centre bounces with an extra mid size waiting to pounce on the ruckman if he grabs it, and with an extra ready to rove to the hit out??

5 ??? 10 - 15 I hope And I thought that the comment "we are on" was in reference to our season in the context of "loading" or preparation. I think it was always in the pipeline but brought to a head by the loss of CP5 and the less than his usual stellar form of CO13.

and don't forget McVee and AMW in that young group .... and a ruckman who can also play on on filed role like a marking forward when not relieving Max (unlike Brundy who could ruck or not play a role. Seeing Max subbed out today brought feelings of absolute dread as we are cactus without him. Sure JVR fills in bravely, but then he isn't up forward. Very clearly the powers that be don't think Fullarton is worthy of a look in (why did they recruit him?) If it was the Druggies, they would be lauding the Baby Bombers. And, JVR is already our number 1 key forward. Is it coaching though, or is it just too many wanting the ball and not blocking for others like many other teams do?? I also reflexly yelled "deliberate" from somewhere deep in the brain stem, but was absolutely shocked that it was paid. It displayed an absolutely atrocious lack of understanding of the game by the maggots. I much prefer being the optimist who is sometimes wrong than the pessimist who is always right. If it is on the AFL website then of course the totally impartial ex-Collingwood premiership player aka as the MRO will be right onto it.

Balanced, strong, aggressive - what is there not to love about this gem from Esperance? He sounds as if he loves the club and having JV7 as his early mentor has him on a very solid grounding. Looking forward to many more exciting moments from the Kolt - can see him as a powerful mid in due course. His set shot kicking looked confident and controlled. Has he been watching JVR?

First time I have seen him play live - very impressed with hi pace and most of his disposal and intercepting. But we really need a pithy short name for him - AMW is trite, and Moniz-Wakefield is a mouthful to yell out in a crowd. Moniz? Monz could encounter censorship issues. Mono TM is patented by me.

The stats say 9 kicks, 0 HB, 9 marks, 2 goals 1 behind, 2 goal assists and 7 score involvements. I was pretty sure I saw him getting at least one kick that wasn't from a mark, ie in general play, but it seems that I am wrong. According to training reports he has been in full running training for many weeks, and will have been 'body building' in the gym for months. Really starting a new season in mid season. Looking forward to this refreshment of the team. you left out McAdam and Fullarton. Interesting that nearly all of these were recruited as NQRs from other clubs.

Funk and Wagnall was I believe made popular by frequent references in Rowan and Martin's Laugh In

6 Rivers - looks at home in the midfield 5 JVR - at last several confident aggressive contested marks - pith that his sharp shooting wasn't his usual 4 Windsor - cool calm and collected and love his disposal 3 TMcD 2 McVee 1 Kolt So many after #3 that there will be a lot of apologies

So, maybe 4 ½ minutes away then? (Not up to date with average time for a mile these days) That rally is telling - Fullarton himself will no doubt be bitterly disappointed in that he was prpbably told he would be next man in if a tall forward, who cam relieve in the ruck, was needed. Roost - I reckon he will get a game or two late in the season only if finals are out oof contention. Otherwise we can look forward to a stronger, hungrier Jeff round 1 (or round zero, maybe minus 1?) 2025 Sounds like a lot of women I know - isn't it complaints from AFLW that lead to them no longer listing weight in player stats?

Far better news than originally widely speculated - he has retained his spleen, or most of it, which is great immunologically. He has also avoided abdominal surgery which means he will be able to get back to the 'body building' aspects of training pretty soon, and running gradually. Presumably he will be told to avoid contact for a few months but he would be expected to be fully fit by preseason. PS uncomplicated appendicitis treated by keyhole surgery shouldn't be a real setback. On the bright side it at least didn't happen in season.

Jesse Hogan would be pretty handy right now - though he is getting A+ rather than D- delivery much of the time

Can the umpires get CFC over the line? Only need 2+ goals in 3 minutes Ignored a clear HTB against CFC with 2 minutes to go

Not a problem. Always good to have this farce of a feeder / development competition shown up. and no goal reviews going against us?? Not just evidence - further evidence My prep granddaughter does a far better job than these do It does, but remember we started the season with 2 gone for the year, and have lost a third for the season

There is a challenge for Andy, binman and George - get Goody on as a mid season guest 🙂

Or maybe not so long before - "MFC have an elite junior at Dandenong this year" "Just change the rules to allow free bidding, for this year only" "Fixed" Just about everything else in the AFL is fixed, so why not this?

Won’t look quite so good when a couple of holdover emergencies don’t play because they are stuck in Melbourne. Like some were stuck in Brisbane last week, or maybe played after a rushed late flight from Brisbane

Great question. The lack of liaison means both competitions suffer, especially the novelly named VFL. Hold over emergencies miss weeks of football development because the AFL and the VFL just don’t seem to care.

I guess they may - and guess which team will be the test bunny?