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Serious question: Is that before or after the wildcard round? In other words, at the end of home and away or end of the finals?

I don't expect it will ever happen, but if a team that finishes 10th actually goes on to win the Premiership...it will kill off the wildcard round. Why? Because there will be an outcry that a team that likely only won about half the games in the home and away season shouldn't be considered a better team than those that won around 80% (18 out of 23 is 78%). It will make a mockery of the whole season.

What surprised me most about this story, which is void of sensationalism and strong on factual re-telling, is that Jill Beaconsfield was described as the "hero" of the story, rather than the "heroine".

You left out skill and fitness. They were necessary, too.

So, does this mean Mihocek doesn't get a game...

I guess the best question to ask in this particular thread is: Of the two, which team will be the first to win a final - Essendon or Melbourne?

While I agree with your interpretation, there is an alternative possibility that the club did not consider the 2024-25 seasons to be ones of underperformance but thought that without making changes, 2026 would be. Either way, I like that we were prepared to make the tough decisions that we have.

I'm never sure with foot injuries which foot is more impacted. Is it the foot which connects with the ball or the foot that gets planted into the ground? Perhaps it depends on what the injury actually is.

Harriet Cordner (grand-daughter of Don, according to Wikipedia) plays with Carlton in the AFLW.

Am I the only one who read this and for a fleeting moment thought we'd lost the cruise company as a sponsor I never knew we'd had?

Thanks WJ. I love your contributions which remind us of the history of our great club. Can I just check whether it's three or four generations, when you include Harriet Cordner? This article suggests it's four, although it may not be four in a consecutive line (ie, I don't know if Harriet is the daughter of David (1980s player) or from a different line). The Footballing Cordners (first published in the Town Crier)

When I read these two posts, I visualised it like a Warner Brothers cartoon with JVR as the coyote with his leg in two parts which are subsequently "re-joined" at the knee.

Christmas spelling? (No L)

How would you feel if you called the Incontinence Helpline and the person at the other end responded to your call with "Please hold"? Would it help?

Excellent training report. If Mihocek is ready, do you see all four of him, van Rooyen, Jefferson and Heath all playing in the one team? If not, who misses?

Has there been any evidence at training so far this pre-season that he might be a supporting ruckman?

May the force be with you.

I think that's the Vitruvian Man theory of "perfect dimensions" as best seen in the drawing of Leonardo da Vinci. However, I think some footballers have longer arms than others. I always thought one of Robbie Flower's great strengths was his longer reach compared with anyone else of the same height. It allowed him to outmark his opponents. (It wasn't just his reach, of course. It was also his talent, courage, etc).

I assume you've excluded Viney because his longest "bombs" don't travel that far?

So, he'll be a key position forward for day games and an onballer for night games?

That would have meant something completely different in the days of Mopsy Fraser, Carl Ditterich and the other so-called "hard men" of football.

As a matter of interest, are the public kept out of the Casey ground by the club or by the ground manager? There might be good reasons why the ground manager keeps the public out, such as cost, public liability, etc.

That's a description of Paul Chapman. If Tholstrup plays that role as well as Chapman did, I'll be very happy.

This is what happens when social media is banned for people under the age of 16. All of a sudden, adult material appears everywhere. I'm genuinely surprised the autocensor thingy didn't block the second word in Ghosty's post.

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