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6. Salem 5. May 4. Lever 3. Gawn 2. Petracca 1. Fritsch Can't make my mind up about Hibberd's game. Only a few possessions of his own, but kept Toby Greene's numbers way down, except for the matter of 3 goals in a low scoring game. I guess that's closer to a fail than a pass. (And I'm not suggesting Hibberd should be near the votes).

What. A. [censored] (Edit: I can't believe a word starting with the letter T and ending in osser needs to be censored!)

This team may well have beaten our senior team in the Neeld years. (I'm not sure whether that says more about this team or the past).

Is marketing expenditure part of the soft cap? Even if it's not, the necessary budget cuts might have reduced our PR team and with it the ability to promote games and other activities.

I saw his death notice in The Age today (2 July). He was President of the MFC for a couple of years in the late 1970s. Sacked Dennis Jones as coach and replaced him with Carl Ditterich. Here is his Wikipedia entry.

I put the lack of comment on the GWS supporters' forum down to three things: the people of western Sydney don't know they have an AFL team the people of western Sydney don't realise the world is bigger than just western Sydney the people of western Sydney don't now how to use computers

As good as he's been, I can't see him beating Jackson or Jordon. Therefore, I can't see how he's as short as 50 to 1!

I suspect the Match Committee want to give B Brown a few games in a row when he's finally ready to see how he goes, just like they did with Weideman. They wouldn't want the first one of those games to be when he's not fully fit. I get it that it seems counter-intuitive to have him as an emergency if he's not fully fit, but I suspect what that means is that if one of Gawn, Jackson or T McDonald isn't able to play, the Match Committee would rather Brown come in rather than Weideman or M Brown as once they're in, how many games in a row should they then be given? That would then keep B Brown out too long.

Classic example of the problem with the English language. 'All' or 'nothing' are often considered to be opposites. But would you rather win [censored] all or [censored] nothing?

I suspect that it's all about Sydney (the city) viewership. Channel 7 knows that Sydney people will watch a game involving Sydney (the team) but not much else. Furthermore, people from Adelaide will still watch games even if neither of their local teams are involved. So, of these two options, Channel 7's biggest audience will be Dogs v Sydney, not PA v Melbourne.

Amusing, but that's not how sports betting works. The odds don't change for the person who makes the wager once that wager is placed. Those odds remain fixed for that bet. Certainly, odds can lengthen and shorten over time but only for future bets. Note: If you're under 18 and reading this, stop doing so and return to this post after your 18th birthday.

We generally play 7 forwards to allow for rotations, so there's still room for ANB. However, under this model, Pickett and possibly ANB might have to chip in to assist with on ball rotations.

And if we were struggling, I suspect you would you say it was Goodwin's fault.

But it's an ABC story, so clearly unbalanced. I need to see how the Murdoch press cover the issue. Oh. Sorry, wrong thread.

This is an interesting albeit long analysis of the current Covid vaccination situation. (And it's produced by neither the ABC or Murdoch media). As with all media analysis, though, treat it with care.

Has the club confirmed Jackson is OK? He went off the ground before 3/4 time and was in the rooms for the whole 3/4 time break. He did return to play in the last quarter. He seemed to be limping slightly when he went off but also looked OK when he returned. Mind you, if Jackson doesn't play (and let me stress, I assume he will play until we hear otherwise), I suspect Weideman might be a better chance to come in than B Brown because he can be used as the second ruckman.

And then there's the sock analogy. The Boston Red Sox and the MFC obviously wear the same colour sox/socks. They had the Curse of the Bambino while we have the Norm Smith curse (note the rhyme between Red Fox and Red Sox). So, we should anticipate that our drought is due to end because the Curse of the Bambino only went, oh, wait....86 years. Bugger.

I think you'll find most of the people in the media from the left think they're sensible centre types. As do most of the people on the right. That's why they all claim they speak for the so-called "silent majority".

You are quite right. Much better than my suggestion.

I have no idea what we should do, but I would have thought replacing Fritsch with B Brown doesn't solve the problem of needing more marking targets in the forward line. If Brown comes in, I think it needs to be for a smaller player than Fritsch.

Who or what are the UWS Giants? More specifically, does the name mean it's a merger between the University of Western Sydney and the GWS Giants? Or is UWS a sponsor of the Giants' seconds team? If the latter, have we ever had a name like that before (ie, a "insert sponsor's name" Magpies, or equivalent)?

I'm not convinced that posters on anonymous forums have any balls. (And, yes, I know I'm one of those posters.)

Surely if the MFC is going to be compared with a fictional TV character we can come up with someone more substantial than a member of the Brady Bunch. What about Tony Soprano, Jed Bartlet or even Superman?

Thanks for the reminder. To me, though, it feels more like 15-20 years since he passed on. If asked to provide one word to describe his playing style, I would say he was exuberant.

Hope you're donating the proceeds of your swear jar to the club. But don't tell ANB - it would put him in an invidious position. The more he stuffs up (in your eyes) the better for the club!