La Dee-vina Comedia

Is that it for Declase (and Farmer)? Or can they continue to train with us hoping to be picked up at the next opportunity, which I assume is the mid-season draft?

Nonsense. All it shows is that Goodwin knows how to take the pressure off players by lowering supporter's expectations.

Daw wasn't considered good enough by any of the 18 teams until we threw him a lifeline today. Hopefully he'll never play a game for us. I say that not because I dislike him, but if he's getting a game, that means we have too many injuries and/or McDonald and Jackson aren't playing as well as they are capable.

How ironic that the phrase "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" was first expressed by the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Different spelling, so I assume no relation of Aaron Nietschke.

Not quite. He hasn't played another AFL game just yet. But at least he's given himself the opportunity to do so.

The AFL would ignore its own rules and give special permission for Matthew Febey to play one of the Febey roles. Who would win? Neither. It's the MFC after all and somehow both sides would find a way to lose.

If only we could find a way to take today's defence and combine it with the 2000 forward line.

It's off topic, but to clear the record, the two pieces of legislation to enable the casino and poker machines into Victoria were both introduced by Joan Kirner.

I believe today is the final day for selections to be added to club lists via the pre-season supplemental selection process. Good luck to Majak, Kobe, Deakyn, Kye (and Oscar). (I've just noticed that you apparently needed an unusual first name which includes the letter 'k' if you wanted to be considered for a spot on the MFC list through this process.)

Wish this were true.

Basic rule of pre-season: Results and form are only relevant if you win.

As daisycutter has pointed out, the figures are back-to-front. Greenvale to Casey was 70 minutes; Greenvale to Linton St was 51 minutes. Doesn't change my opinion that McKernan and Daw are both horribly inconsistent. Apologies all. (And I can't edit my original post).

I can't believe that these games are still being played with "supergoals" (not that there have been any in this game). What's the point of that?

It is being called by SEN (at least, on their app). The dulcet tones of Andy Maher...

Thank goodness the typo was in the first word, not either of the next two!

Get well soon, or at least by 6.00 pm

Congratulations to both Jake Niall and Mark Robinson for not using the old cliche "there's no 'I' in team". I'm a bit worried, though, that "park the ego" has become its replacement.

Greeenvale to Casey right now (according to Google maps): 51 minutes Greenvale to Linton St right now: 70 minutes. However, it's a public holiday. I suspect the trip to Casey probably wouldn't be much different on a work day but I would expect the trip to Morrabbin to be significantly impacted, adding perhaps an extra 5-10 minutes. It's interesting that we considered McKernan and eventually went with Daw (if we add him to the list). Both are similar in that their best is impressive but they are both horribly inconsistent. The difference between their best and worst is enormous.

Like daisycutter said, I'm not sure these two words go together.

The strategy mighty not just be about winning games. Recruiting Daw, if indeed we do offer him a spot on the list, might be about protecting Luke Jackson from having to do too much work as the only tall forward or ruckman should all the other tall options be unavailable.

It's also worth remembering that none of the four were considered worth adding to any list during trade and draft periods last year. We should not get our hopes too high with any of them.

Good work, Banjo.

I've heard similar things said about Tom and in particular his attitude during the trade period last year where he understood what was going on and appreciated the way the club handled it and communicated with him. You can build a good team around good people.

I'll assume you meant "decent" and not "deficient".

I can't find this covered elsewhere, but Robbo has his annual top 50 published in today's Herald Sun. We need a thread just so we can criticise his choices. I haven't got the list in front of me, but there are 4 Demons: Gawn, Petracca, Oliver and May. I think Gawn and Petracca are both in the top 10, Oliver is (I think) number 33 and May is in the forties. Congratulations to them. And may the criticism of Robbo begin... Mark Robinson’s 2021 pre-season top 50: 1. Dustin Martin (Richmond) 2. Patrick Dangerfield (Geelong) 3. Nat Fyfe (Fremantle) 4. Lachie Neale (Brisbane) 5. Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs) 6. Christian Petracca (Melbourne) 7. Patrick Cripps (Carlton) 8. Tom Hawkins (Geelong) 9. Nic Naitanui (West Coast) 10. Max Gawn (Melbourne) 11. Liam Ryan (West Coast) 12. Brodie Grundy (Collingwood) 13. Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood) 14. Jack Macrae (Western Bulldogs) 15. Harris Andrews (Brisbane) 16. Lachie Whitfield (Greater Western Sydney) 17. Jack Steele (St Kilda) 18. Ollie Wines (Port Adelaide) 19. Jordan De Goey (Collingwood) 20. Travis Boak (Port Adelaide) 21. Dylan Grimes (Richmond) 22. Matt Rowell (Gold Coast) 23. Hugh McCluggage (Brisbane) 24. Luke Ryan (Fremantle) 25. Nick Vlastuin (Richmond) 26. Joe Daniher (Brisbane) 27. Jeremy McGovern (West Coast) 28. Jeremy Cameron (Geelong) 29. Darcy Moore (Collingwood) 30. Toby Greene (Greater Western Sydney) 31. Luke Shuey (West Coast) 32. Tom Mitchell (Hawthorn) 33. Clayton Oliver (Melbourne) 34. Michael Walters (Fremantle) 35. Jayden Short (Richmond) 36. Caleb Daniel (Western Bulldogs) 37. Luke Parker (Sydney) 38. Tom J. Lynch (Richmond) 39. Shai Bolton (Richmond) 40. Nick Haynes (Greater Western Sydney) 41. Jake Lloyd (Sydney) 42. Mitch Duncan (Geelong) 43. Zach Merrett (Essendon) 44. Taylor Adams (Collingwood) 45. Steven May (Melbourne) 46. Jacob Weitering (Carlton) 47. Sam Walsh (Carlton) 48. Jordan Ridley (Essendon) 49. Bailey Smith (Western Bulldogs) 50. Jy Simpkin (North Melbourne)