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McGovern surely should be nominated for the inaugural Hayden Ballantyne Medal. Must be one of the most unsociable footballers going around. Any comeuppance coming this flat track bully’s way is welcome. That winning goal Tommy McDonald kicked on the road late 2018 with McGovern trying to tackle him down in the goal square over there was poetry in motion. Obviously has admirers on this thread and elsewhere All Australian? But nearly gagged when his physique is described as ‘chesty’. Would give Nik Nat a run at Weight Watchers. He is just a Big Mac feeding frenzy away from a Michelin rating. Perhaps the young Clarry comparison is more apt for young Dan. A transformation from country boy carrying some ? love to an athletic footballer awaits?

Upgrade that from plain white to a sourdough wholemeal Brown rye without the pickled gherkin. Thanks!

Sparrow a sound selection preferable to the lite-soy latte alternative being ‘floated’ by some DL pundits. We prefer our our ‘coffee’ ? and committed. No froth.

Only if he wasn’t circumcised!

To be fair both BBB and the Weid are behind the ? due to injury and significantly disrupted pre- seasons, compared to other blokes running around. According to whatever DL fan club posters subscribe to, the alternative guy appears to be on a hiding to nothing. Both have shown some positive signs and made contributions to the overall team success. Weid’s late third quarter mini-purple patch appeared to take some of the air out of the doggie’s tyres. Ch 7’s Brayshaw rightly called it as being significant in the context of the game. BBB’s performance V the swans at the G was promising and productive, with 3 goals kicked in a low scoring tight game. Both these blokes can improve. BBB’s mobility and Weed’s marking with both needing some more mongrel. Not necessarily suggesting BBB go a rare T-bone ? but Tom McDonald is a great example of changing his approach. In an interview earlier in the season he said marking improves as a season progresses as it would over a successful career. With competition for tall forward positions heating up, both players need to keep preparing and performing at their best to seize the opportunity when it arises. That’s surely a healthy situation for a team on the rise.

Looks like he’s feasted too much on Mum’s traditional Dalo, Rou Rou, Miti with coconut lolo all cooked in a Lovo oven with banana leaves.

YB overall a well reasoned and constructive post. Listened to the ABC Grandstand call of the game last night, not enough bandwidth to go around here to watch the game live on Kayo. Viewed replay early AM. ABC actually delivered on its charter, providing an independent, impartial call. Compared to Jamo and the team of hillbillies in Adelaide the previous week. Cameron Ling and Mick Malthouse on special comments. With Kelly Underwood one of the callers. To give credit where credit is due, a real return to old school radio ? days. Ling on Ch 7 comes across as stating the bleeding obvious and definitely has a head for radio. But was actually much more articulate and engaging unseen. Mick Malthouse not universally loved here on DL, provided a most insightful and interesting analysis of the contest. Surprisingly very fulsome in his praise for Melbourne’s performance. He was talking about the Demon forward set up as the game wound down. As having ‘multiple channels’ and described the ability of our talls to lead at slightly different angles. He said that was very difficult to defend given the quality of delivery by foot into the 50 metre arc. He could not see a place in our current forward set up for Ben Brown. As he required more space to lead into and played more as a single focal point full forward. Tom McDonald’s re-emergence in the big show, has happily given the selection committee quite a conundrum. Ben Brown is very much Sideshow Bob.

Yes our capitulation in the last round 2017 (in)famously helped with the extension to his contract. At least Lynden Dunn was pleased. Jeremy Howe still fantasises of being a high profile gun forward. A change of prez and coach may help...

Traeger Park under a humidifier dome, replete with Covid sanitising mists? Can cop that, but after Brisvegas were gifted almost perpetual homeground advantage in 2020. On the way to a series of finals appearances. A BIG NO! We have done our stint of AFL enforced steamy slippery purgatory in Cairns. Surely? Neutral ground Gil and co or go to hell! Sauce for the wing gig? Not meat pie and 3 veg enough. Can a soufflé rise twice? If so add a vanilla soufflé sauce. At half time the Weid seemed to be on the weed. Fortunately he was able to snap out of it and step back from the abyss... just. Rant over with more than a nod to PK to PF!

6 James Harmes 5 Clayton Oliver 4 Jake Lever 3 Steven May 2 Tom McDonald 1 Max Gawn Honourable mentions; Christian Petracca Angus Bradshaw Alex Neal-Bullen Trent Rivers Charlie Spargo Bayley Fritsch Harrison Petty Overall; Defence, Midfield, Attack all ‘singing’ from the same score. A whole team performance.

An Ophthalmologist may help.

Bummer and not an AAMI Sheila in sight!

Damm! From pretenders to paupers. All in one evening!

Max’s goal and field kicking yips! Somebody needs to exhume Big Bob Johnson extract his DNA ? lobotomise the big dinosaur and implant him with laboratory enhanced AFL approved DNA ?. To the sound of Also Sprach Zarathustra ? Robogawn emerges with pill from the primeval ooze kicks the winning goal after the siren to take the flag.

You want to be in the big league Sam? Perform or it’s three strikes you’re out.

Melkshsm 0.5 metres away from ball as it ran out of bounds apparently. That was dog ?umpire.

Rab rabble rousing for the cause again? After infiltrating the Little Saigon market off Barkly St, ensure your operatives subvert the kennel catering for the doggies half time energy rolls with lashings of veterinary grade laxatives. If victory is in sight and the 5km perimeter allows reward yourself with a frothing ale ? from the Hop Nation Brewing Company deep within enemy territory.

Expecting some lost dogs come Friday. (For the pessimistic cats)

Being underdogs in the pecking order doesn’t sit well up here. If the response to the Adelaide imbroglio is emphatic wholistic and determined we’re in with a big chance. Next two rounds will determine if we have the right stuff going into the second half of the season. Go Demons!

AFL insists there will be no “dirty dogs” running around at Marvel Stadium this Friday night. They can drink their own bath water.

Having visions of a Peter Dinklage v Verne Troyer wrestlemania matchup Picket!

Picket the perfect antidote after crowgate! Your insightful and entertaining prose painted the rural idyll of the Fields of Casey magnificently. We almost had visions of Geoffrey and Leigh-Anne flying in pre-bounce in a pink helicopter! Admittedly we are still contemplating your allusions to Swanettes and Slitheras. Advisedly keep out of the long grass! Found your pen portraits of the listed MFC most insightful. Would be good for some of those lads to get a call up to AFL level and perform well. Still processing your homespun philosophy overall a top read cheers!

A murder of crows + need to get out of town crowd + (umpires no idea?) = ambush 16 points up with red time left you can’t give zombies oxygen they will come back to bite you. Expect a tsunami like meltdown on DL!

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