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Perhaps his brother can identify the disembodied left fist at bottom right as Keilty. (At least, I think that's what it is.)

Not tall enough. Needed to be standing on a chair.

I thought Sam Frost was back row third from left until I saw him back row fourth from right. Who's his doppleganger?

I beq to differ

The heat is supposed to be more extreme on Friday. The Weather Bureau is apparently now stating that Friday will be 43 degrees.

Long live the Demonland cognescenti.

Might have to start calling you Wombat. You know the one...eats shoots roots and leaves.

21 hours in bed is a very long time. No wonder there's a deficiency in spelling and use of language. And, perhaps, knowing the difference between ante meridiem and post meridiem?.

The mind plays tricks during pre-season with a fear that every photo might show a player a moment away from a season-ending complaint. So, can someone please set my mind at rest and confirm that the five black stripes just above ANBs knee are a shadow of his thumb and fingers and not some form of fancy taping to control some sort of career-threatening injury? Anyone?

Camp? What camp? Should we panic?

Just be careful of too much glorification. What's our "record" of most years without a finals win? I'll open with 23 years, being the period between 1965 and 1987 when we didn't play finals at all. And just to keep some perspective, Essendon have won 5 premierships since our last. Triumphalism is always destined to bite back.

And here's the sign on the road to tell you you're getting near:

Moonie, step away from the screen. And if you're at home, go and have a cold shower.

This is an outstanding photo. Similar facial expressions which show an imminent intention to act and each with muscle definition showing not just the effects of hours of training but also how they are ready to pounce like a cat that's just seen a mouse.

Which bit? You think he is unsavoury? Or that he's rational and doesn't go on and on? Or both?

It's so easy to look at a single photo like this and take it out of context. Unless we know what his right hand was doing, I'm sitting on the fence and making no judgment.

Probably using the same pocket calculator they used when finalising Kurt Tippett's contract.

I don't think he's unsavoury. He's more like pi - he's irrational and goes on and on.

Looking at these pictures, the best thing about having Preuss at Melbourne is that Max doesn't have to compete against him in a match.

The most enjoyable thing in football is when Melbourne wins the Grand Final (or so I'm told). The second most enjoyable thing in football is (choose one): When Collingwood lead deep into a Grand Final only to lose it When Collingwood win the wooden spoon

Well said.

It would be ironic if pursuing with this concept may mean that AFLX turns either Stephen Hocking or Gil McLachlan (or both) into EX-AFL

Saty, do the players also have strict "rules" about how much they can do when they are not officially training? For example, if one of the players felt like going for a run, swim or gym session on their day off or early in the day before turning up for work, can they do so?

Indeed. It was better than any one of Daicos's goals.

Not even watching Daicos could get me to attend any Collingwood games unless we were playing them. My detest of Collingwood was so strong from the 1960s through to approximately 15 January 2019, that I just couldn't watch them. However, your comment about Daicos is understood. It's hard to believe that the bouncing "round the corner" kicks at goal we now see performed regularly just didn't exist until Daicos showed how it could be done.