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When did Demonland change from being a bulletin board to a dating app?

I see it as a smart move. Buckley has been out of coaching for a few years now. Some time as an assistant at a well-run and perennially successful club seems like a good move before returning to senior coaching ranks.

Get back to me when you've watched Netanyahu and Trump speak in the Israeli parliament. Will make AFL trade radio seem focussed and interesting.

Or Omar Sharif

Sigh! One is from the AFL and the other from an employee of the AFL. I prefer the one without the split infinitive. It reads better.

Or on top of their heads. (Although Oliver's hairstyles continue to be questionable.)

Should I be reading "kinder" rhyming with "minder" or "hinder"?

Not sure this is correct:

Given the number of times commentators in the media still refer to Trent Rivers as Jared Rivers, I can't work out if this appointment is going to make things better or worse.

Disingenuity alert: Craig Cameron says about Bailey Humphrey, "it's the way of the world that guys think they can get out when contracted and the grass may be greener, but it's not going to happen" at the same time as they are pursuing Christian Petracca who is still contracted to Melbourne.

You might be right. But it's also possible that Spargo and Billings are telling a story they wish to believe about themselves because that's easier than confronting the truth which was that neither was quite good enough.

Hold the front page!!! When did Jaded No More become Very Jaded? And why? Is there some hidden message in the change? We need a thorough explanation...maybe even a Royal Commission.

I know this draft is meant to be highly compromised, but we're going to have to rethink everything if the first round extends to at least pick 53! This is what the AFL Trade Tracker currently states:

I wonder whether the club thought at the time that giving Oliver a 7-year contract would help him cope with his off-field issues by removing the stress which comes with a player having to keep thinking about his future when on a shorter contract?

I look forward to ongoing confusion on Demonland as posters refer to "Taylor" without making clear whether it's Jason Taylor or Taylor Whitford they mean. Should lead to some sensational misunderstandings.

I'm sure it's an oversight, but you seem to have missed out all the players he retained on the list.

Looking at my keyboard, I'll assume that you hit the "t" when you meant "r", and "v" when you meant "c".

At my age (late 60s) I agree 35 is youngish...but for a footballer?

I think our own decisions set us back. I wouldn't blame the expansion teams.

Welcome to Demonland in the off-season.

Abolishing the bounce isn't about fairness. It's about making it easier to get better umpires by removing a physically difficult task which currently reduces the pool of prospective umpires. For a start, it will make it easier for more women to become field umpires at the top level.

Who have you got in mind? Surely not me?

I don't mind either rule change in themselves but what I don't like is the tinkering with individual rules here and there. For example, removal of the sub and increasing the number of interchange players to five shouldn't be done without considering other related matters such as numbers of rotations and whether four or five (or something else) is the right number of players on the bench. Similarly, removing the bounce shouldn't be considered without also examining the ruck nomination and "no third man up" rules. To be fair, perhaps these matters were considered. It would be helpful if the AFL said so, if they were.

Can anyone confirm that there's a clause in King's contract which states that his time with us doesn't formally start until he's had a face-to-face meeting with Ghostwriter?

I think these days it should be "it's work from home we know"