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Everyone.

Why isn't Adelaide being considered? If two Victorian clubs make the GF then it's much easier for Victorians to get to SA. As for the stadium I've been to both. Adelaide is, in my opinion, easily the best ground in Australia, I like it more than Optus, MCG and other grounds.

Bedford and Chandler in particular have had no chance to develop given the lack of VFL in the past couple of years. Having said that I agree that their positions on the list are questionable.

And Spargo and Sparrow are both 22 or under. We had 8 who were 22 or under on Monday.

Climbing to the summit - a flag!

What percentage of Australian's do you believe are racist and how do you think that percentage has changed over the last (say) 10 years? What role do you think the AFL has played in any change?

You said it was unfortunate. It wasn’t. It was fortunate.

Exactly the opposite. He got a great lesson that cost nothing. Getting a lesson when you win is the best lesson you can get I’m thrilled it happened.

Spargs a bit stiff.

Take a bow Jake. Clean, good disposal, brave, good decision maker and knows how to find the ball. Another JT special. This kid is really exciting.

I welcome a variety of views and on this thread where people with different views have regularly commented. It's my option to read and to judge and I like the opportunity to do so. I support the latest lockdown in Melbourne and I like the fact it was done immediately, previous experience supports acting as quickly as possible. Full marks to the Andrews Government. But I question why all of country Victoria is in lockdown, that is something worthy of debate and I can see why country Victoria might be of the view that Andrews has shut them down not Covid.

Or perhaps it's COVID. Good luck picket.

I was laughing at the errors, not your situation. At least you're vaccinated and it's recorded as such so you're as safe as you can be. I don't think there is a government in the world dealing with this situation that is getting their record keeping right. It's not ideal but it's not easy. Until you know what caused the error it's difficult to allocate responsibility.

What are the extensions? I use Firefox.

I'd like to thank everyone for the contributions they've made to this thread because in the main it's been very informative (for me anyway) and civil. My apologies if this has been mentioned but there was an open letter to The Australian from a group of Health Professions regarding the merits of AZ v Pfizer. https://www.theaustralian.com.au/science/only-real-options-are-vaccination-or-risk-death-by-delta/news-story/8ade3ec715c5fdd88694534c2d251ecc It's probably behind a paywall but there is a table in it saying that against the Delta variant both vaccines are equally effective once both doses are administered. Any comments or counter views? FTR I'm due my second AZ dose in a couple of weeks time. Given Superunknown's comment above regarding the reaction of his wife to the second Pfizer dose AZ seems a good option to me. In addition AZ is a "traditional" vaccine where we have more experience with outcomes. Pfizer being mRNA is new. Who knows what the longer term experiences will be. Or am I jumping at shadows?

The Hawk supporters must be pleased Clarko was sacked.

Here's another way you could have said it "sadly hasn't progress and won't be on the list next year". But no, you had to put in there some really unnecessary and hurtful comments about how you rate his ability. If he suffers from mental health issues as a result of opinions posted such as yours you'd be the first to put out a heart felt message of support and not even recognize your hypocracy. It's time you grew up.

I doubt he wants it. It’s probably just a farewell game before he’s delisted at the end of the season.

Tier 1 site.

Conor Nash out.

And so what is fair in this pandemic? What an awful attitude. I can't go because the under 40's can't go. Would you rather the GF be played in front of an empty stadium? I'm old, I haven't seen a flag since the under 40's were born who, with good health, have 40 to 50 years to go. And you want to stop me going if I'm vacinated. Thanks.

Back in the day (I love that expression) some friends and I voteds to see who we thought were our most important players. This was after the 2018 season and before 2019 started. My number one was Tom McDonald. I voted for him because I thought if he went down we had nobody to replace him and we would struggle. He was never injured but in a sense he did go down, for the best part of two years. The first was a result of operations on two ankles and then that was compounded by the idea he needed to become a "beast" and so he put on weight. It didn't go well and we missed finals in the following two years. Like most I suspect, I thought he was finished and that Weid and Brown would fill the KPF spots in 2021. Not so. Tommy has largely flown under the radar this year, not that he hasn't been noticed, but he certainly hasn't been noticed enough. He's polled coaches votes (the only votes I take much notice of) in 10 of the 16 games we've played. I haven't compared that with the big 3 (Trac, Clarrie and Gawny) but I suspect he may well be at the top of the list for number of games where he's received votes. Often it's just one or two but regardless, one coach has considered him to be in the best (say) 8 players on the ground in 10 of 16 games. This should have him in AA territory but I suspect he's not even in the top 40, perhaps not even being considered. IMO this is wrong as he's been as good and as consistent as anyone that plays his role which is clearly not the say at home forward. I've always loved Tommy. I love his honesty and I love the way he presents off the field. I've always felt he's been judged against very high expectations and his clangers have been highlighted and his good stuff discounted. One of his great skills in 2018 was his clunk marking. I noticed, particularly in the 2020 PS, that this had disappeared to be replaced by the double grabber. But the clunk is back and he's now a very dangerous player for the opposition to manage. He was shot at the end of 2020 and on the trade table with no takers. He's now a vitally important player in our team. It's a credit to him but it's also a credit to the relationship that Simon Goodwin has with him that they could go through the process at the end of last year and get the result we now have. This of course is one of Goodwin's great strengths but that is a topic for another thread. Anyway I think he has been as important as any player on our list to our success this year and he deserves much more recognition than he's getting.

Bowery 16, Weid 12, Jetta and AVB double figures as well.

That's for this week. The Club is telling me it's limited to 1000 next week. Who knows what will happen between now and then.

Not according to the Club! I'll try and clarify.