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It would be a long commute twice a week to train at Randwick though ? To paraphrase the current encumber in Spring Street “not worth the paper it is written on. Can cancel without any cost to the taxpayer”!

Maluski The bottom six listed there all have made significant contributions to our ascent into the top 5 position we now hold. Have they all fired together? I thought that they actually did their bit last week v GW$$, and if they can do so again this week it would go a long way towards beating the pu551es.

Very succinctly stated.

PS I meant in my previous reply to raise ..... hasn’t Bernie already announced his retirement?

All of which shows that stats don't always mean much The last couple of games in particular, they played as a well oiled unit in a manner that I cannot really remember (well, since 1964 anyway). It was very hard to pick the better players (after Max, anyway) and the 'bottom six' excluding the two injured early would make about as interesting a discussion as the top six. And both of these debates are refreshingly new ... rather like Bulldogs 2016 and Richmond 2017 .... and ???2018???

A propos Bradtke and his future development - can anyone tell me how long was Mason Cox on Collingwood's list before he clicked?

Maybe he wants to be a part of success, not mediocrity in the case of WB and StK, and additionally doesn’t like camping in the latter case. Maybe Biff spoke with someone who knows someone to get his oh pair, or was that au pare, a job, unpaid of course

Interesting issue: would any half decent ruckman want to play second fiddle most of the time. Also interesting is that Max apparently thought that Flip was the next big thing too.

Pretty close to the mark, Wrecker Spot on injuries aside. ⅔ not too bad tick

Being publicly quiet hasn’t harmed us over recent years. Yeah. Sure. Jesse must just be itching to play in a Ross Lyon forward line ???

Are you referring to Darcy Moore? Any guy who can only ruck would become very frustrated living in Max’s long shadow.

Gradually working my way through the replay, I am more and more impressed by some of the little things (are these the so called one percenters?) with knock ons, bullocking, shepherding and also his ruck work. Seeing grandpa (the ‘great enemy’ of the late 1950s) and dad in the crowd supporting him made me, hopefully not getting too far ahead of myself, dream of Sam playing the game of his life, his true “breakout game”, being pivotal in an upset win against Collingwood. Go Dees. Go Sam.

Water under bridge. ? over spilled ?. We now have the likes of Oliver who we may well have not got had we won a game or two more at that time .... just enjoy what we have now.

IF and only IF Jesse wanted to go to WA, then maybe yes. He was only playing against PRancer that night if I recall. Gave him an absolute bath. Now wouldn't that be an irony, Gaff AND Andrew Brayshaw playing together at the Dees Maybe the original signed edition of "Exciting Footy Tactics" by Ross Lyon?

What forward would want to play under Lyon’s horrible negative game plan?

Well let’s keep him well clear of the Roundup then.

Takes two to tango Partly it is to shake an oftentimes illegal hold by a tagger

Haven’t seen those clips since before he debuted I must say I thought that it must have been very highly edited but seriously one sees most of that in every game he plays now. A truly amazing phenomenon, and best of all, a DEMON!

MUST BE TRUE THEN !!!!!!!!!

bushy - you are as pedantic as I .... however he may also have nice things to say about our list as well as adding value to it.

He will be very lonely and get as much ball as he wants without pressure if he goes to Subiaco

5.12 for the season. That would make him [D Sheil] feel right at home with us ???

Isn’t sneaking up on the suitors the best way? re Gaff - there must be a little uncertainty regarding his response to recent events. Will he be mentally scarred? He will be targeted by oppositions and by supporters.

Are you referring to the player Gaff, or to the good dope?

So you are suggesting that he plays from behind not in front ? :-)