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Why are you so certain? Observed form and development?? Reports?? Hope and wish?? Weideman hip, Brown knee.

..and he probably is, but with several talls out medium to long term he will add depth and options.

Very sad for the young kid. Hope he does get all support available to get back on track. MFCSS just has me remembering Liam Jurrah and Sean Charles neither of whom was ever the same after some time off for personal reasons. ?

... and how will that fit into the MFC “game plan”? ?

Either way, one needs to open another bottle.

Would you prefer to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong, or a pessimist who is always right? ?

It is now February by the way Sounds like Petty will be reassigned up forward. One man’s pain is another’s opportunity

A three day practice game should sort out the fitness levels anyway.

I hope we take him but only if he is good, not because of his bloodlines. We haven’t won many, but that one certainly was gold

No. Far too many in the picture.

Much as it is fun to stick the boots into Colonwood, and Eddie in particular (and his “proud moment” comments were an absurd attempt at spin that would make Warnie proud) , I suspect that nothing much would make Lamumba happy. Some folk just love the victim mentality and will not be appeased by anything at all. Has he ever really stated what would he settle for?

6 wins would be more like quarter full than half full. I will take the bait - when it snows MFC members will ⛷ be at Buller. ???

Did we get an assessment by a knee specialist before we recruited him? if not, why not given his history in 2020? If so was it Big Feller, or some other fella (or, in the current PC world, shelia or in between)?

Sounds a bit like - Would you rather be an optimist who is sometimes wrong, or a pessimist who is always right ?

But he does share at lest a couple of characteristics with Big JC.

I understand that you may not rate Joel, and I remain unconvinced, but please show a little respect for one of our listed players.

“Jackson didn’t do much but was out there early and then later. Maybe having a light day or has a niggle. Didn’t seem injured. (Read afterwards he has Achilles awareness and will be back training next week)” Achilles awareness - sounds like a promo for some Greek mythology

True - prior to his ?ankle injury he was really on fire. But, sadly, like #13Jako beforee him, he didn't handle injury recovery at all well.

And older old buggers such as myself think of Bib Bob Johnson.

In the highlight reel his kicking, albeit under junior pressure, was one of the standouts.

Will we see more of Joe Gutnick now?

Does anyone have a drone? How about KC? Lovely post, Ernest But you need to summarise it for the younger members whose attention span wouldn’t allow them to wade through it, and appreciate the wonderful prose

Surely young enough to be reinvented or adapted to some other position, (or to displace one of the established inside mids ?) ?

I remember Dermie, that brilliant scientific intellect, once saying of the teams that used to stand in the shallows at Port Melbourne beach the day after a match, that is was “to wash out the lactic acid”! ???

Surely if the AFL have signed off on this trade, there must be details of who pays what, somewhere. If the AFL have sanctioned this they are even more of an amateur joke than I thought.