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" ....VDB played on a wing, mainly against Sparrow, and was BOG by some way in the first game and pretty handy in the next. If his feet hold up he is in. A couple of Dusty don't argue were highlights......" Thanks for that. IF he can remain fit he will be an absolute massive addition to our playing list. Here's hoping

Thanks so much for the great report. One question hit me - Did / could / should he (Jones) be doing the same with Tracc?

Role for sports psychologists?

Agree 100%. One can only speculate what might have been, had we had this in place when Sean Charles, Liam Jurrah, and maybe Wonna needed leadership and guidance. Three hugely talented players who for various reasons lost the plot.

May I add my thanks to all who take the time and effort to post these regular reports. Very much appreciated. However there is one recurring question for which I can’t remember seeing the answer: what is holding KK back? Should we hold out any hope at all or is just anything a bonus from here on in?

Some thoughts from Aaron’s famous German philosopher Uncle Fred are particularly pertinent to Demon fans. To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering. That which does not kill us makes us stronger. Will 2020 give us meaning for all our suffering? All who can read this are clearly not dead, but are we stronger? Aaron’s knee did not kill him so will he live up to Freddie’s words and be stronger?

I am sure that Gil doesn't even know that there are rows of seats from which the peasants watch the game, or have to queue for toilets -"what, no en suite"?

? MFCSS had me reading this as “Jackson in a moon boot” ???

Only if the powers-that-be don’t underestimate the opposition. Petty debut v Saints springs to mind, which events had longlasting detrimental effects on both the individual player and the team. Especially those who have been deemented since 1956 ?

drdrake. Do you think Tiger Woods doesn’t spend hours and hours using training and alignment aids because he doesn’t think he can improve or become more predictable or even develop new shots? Doesn't Steve Smith work hard on techniques in the nets? I would be disappointed if our club decided not to try a training technique that may improve even a few percent any of the required skills. I applaud them for trying this. long face

The media will be most unhappy not having any club reps to talk to.

drdrake. Why not, if it helps?

Quite profound, Paul, and more likely to be true than anything else here.

Big Bob #16? Good at contributing to MFC flags ... about half of them if I am not mistaken.

??? Season over. Will book the ⛷ for September.

Most folk do their KK a lot nearer Christmas Is Max doing those burpees???? If so I bet that “he whose name shall never be mentioned” will be glad he has moved on.

But plus is far easier to spell, and pronounce, than ampersand.

Bomberland could be feeling just a bit uneasy in case he is offered some sort of plea bargain for spilling the beans (or whatever he was using), or even investigator accidentally finding some records that they all thought were well hidden. Would not trust the cockroach not to take down his erstwhile mates with the sinking ship (before correcting me on my use of metaphors, I do recognize that the conventional word in this context is rats not cockroaches - but rats can be useful in laboratories when young AFL players cannot be found, whereas cockroaches really do not have any saving graces).

Harley does certainly appear to be "giving it his all" in a last ditch bid to save his career. Great to have someone at the club with this mindset, though it could still possibly not amount to anything. Well done, son.

So, if the others are nonplussed, is Salem plussed, or nonminused even?

Lazarus played for Fitzroy in the 1960s if I recall. I think a FF? So for him to come back would be a miracle of biblical proportions.

90"s ???? Surely you mean 90s

** unless he steps back up to the form he showed in those 2 MCG finals, which he could well do.

Driving a Valiant 50 years back!! Is it some form of time machine? Please drive it back about 60 years so we can enjoy some premierships.

Is his wearing #15 here an indication of his final number?