binman

That avatar is very psychologically unsettling. Like a psychedelic demon minotaur. I love it. I'm tempted to rip the image and put it on a T Shirt. Or perhaps i'll follow the lead of the Donald and create a series of Clarry/My Little Pony NFT trading cards. BIG ANNOUNCEMENT COMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yep. And the way the AFL pronounce it, ture is silent.

Can you please do one or all of the following: Give the doll pictured below to Clary at a training session Post the picture to his insta account Use the picture as your avatar (perhaps photo shopping Clarry's face on)

I wonder if it is more about Bell playing fixer and assuaging concerns Darcy might have about Jackson eating into his ruck minutes? When i first read the article i linked, my thought was if i was Darcy, Freo's number one ruck and with English the best young ruck in the AFL, id be pretty annoyed at talk of Jackon waltzing in (on a much bigger contract) and splitting the ruck duties.

Does Peter Bell post on Demonland? Has (insert name of frequent DL forward entry critic of your choice) and Peter Bell ever been in the same room together? “For a few different reasons - and look, far be it from me to criticise Melbourne with the way that they play given the success they’ve had - they do play when they go inside 50 quite a narrow sort of entry, they’ll go narrow to the pockets a lot and Luke did often find himself as that tall on the other side of the 50 if you like" Far be it for Bell to criticize us. Funny stuff

This is one of the articles i saw about Jackson not playing as a permanent forward (noting it is before he actually got to Freo, and doesn't quote anyone from Freo): Forward thinking: Dockers eye unique midfield role for Jackson Luke Jackson appears unlikely to spend too much time in the forward line if his potential move west to Fremantle comes off

I hadn't heard that luci. I thought i read they were thinking of using him almost as a mid. And I have definitely read - and heard Jackson say - a few times, that his preferred position is ruck as he liked to follow the football. My biggest knock on Jackson was his forward craft. Which is average at best. He is not a natural forward, the way say jvr us. And he is not a one grab mark, which is nor great for a permanent forward. And he gets the yips a bot - so in that sense a good replacement for lobb I have no doubt his forward craft will improve. The kid is a star. As he gets bigger, he will be hard to stop. But he won't be at his peak for another 3-4 years. If freo are relying on Jackson to be their main avenue to goal, they are going to struggle to kick winning scored.

I think you'll find the abbreviation of english as a second language is esl.

We sponsor Paxy so we should try and get her on. Amongst lots of other things, I'd be really interested in her take on the tactical differences she sees between the men's and women's game

The European Association for the Study of the Liver? The Eastern Alliance for Sustainable Learning?

Perhaps - but i'm glad we are playing the hawks and Roos twice, which the blues aren't. The blues double up games are Collingwood, Melbourne, St Kilda, Gold Coast, Greater Western Sydney, West Coast. The pies and the dees are very tough double ups. And of the others i reckon only west Coast is in the chalk up a win category. The Giants are next weakest, but still have a reasonable list and might be tougher to beat than their finish to last season suggests. St Kilda are not likely to be easy beats, and i reckon the Suns are on the rise (pardon the pun)

Fair critique SB

Funny you should say that - yes i am concerned about that block of games, becuase our training program will likely be almost the same as in 2020, 21 and 22. Will not be surprised if we drop 3 of those 4 games. In fact i could see us mirroring last years run up to the post by round - unbeaten, then drop games that on paper we should be winning. The difference is the final stretch of games will likely be much less difficult and draining

That's a bloody good draw - from a financial perspective, fan perspective- but most of all in terms of who we play. Massive we play roos and hawks x 2. That's 4 wins banked. And of the top teams, we only play the cats and pies once. Swans twice is tough, but happy to be playing lions twice given how well we match up against them. Crucially our run home is not the issue it was last season.

A grammatically challenged yoda question, as in, may be there? Or, a command, as in, May, be there!

Did you ask if they screened for mummy issues?

The cats average age dropped three years with selwood's retirement given he is 47.

This bit of the article caught my attention in terms of the discussion about the scoring (it's the first I've heard the surface was rubbish): 'Roffey explained the inherent problems with this year’s Grand Final venue, claiming “the ball didn’t bounce off the deck”. Roffey put the low-scoring Grand Final result down the state of the ground, as the Demons prevailed by kicking 2.7.(19) to 2.3.(15). “We went out on Saturday and the girls did a couple of bounces and the coaches just said ‘don’t bounce’,” Roffey added. “That meant that the run and carry aspect of it probably wasn’t on show as it would’ve been, so it changes things a bit.” Looking forward, Roffey asserted the AFL must prioritise earlier planning to secure suitable venues for AFLW finals, particularly to showcase the Grand Final. “If it is to be a home final, the AFL needs to book a suitable venue now in every state for next year,” she said further. “And if you’re not going to do that, then you need to do the MCG-style thing and say ‘right well here is one venue where it will be’. “If you play in better venues, you get bigger scores and the women can execute their skills better because they are not wind affected or on uneven grounds and things, so this is a really bigger venue conversation that we need to have. “The venues I think is probably, across the board, the biggest issue we’ve got to address for our women at the moment.”

WTF is that supposed to mean?

He looks not dissimilar to disco, and plays a similar role it would appear (from the 90 second clip and run-down on afl.com from Riley Beveridge - who is terrific I reckon).

A left footer?

I was sure you were going to admonish me from a grammar perspective. The joke would have worked better if the band's name was Jefferson's Airplane, not Jefferson Airplane

I hope he chooses the correct pill. He certainly doesn't want to get any smaller!

Howes that! https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiImPPh49H7AhVT4TgGHXsyB3UQ8TV6BAgcEAI&url=%23&usg=AOvVaw0VTJzWxrN8ZFOD4xbU2nov

I have heard he plans to travel to any interstate games in his own plane.