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Agreed, along with their midfield and forward line.

Does money received from the tooth fairy get included in the salary cap?

They'd have to beat some Demonland posters first.

Completely irrelevant, I know...but I do like the retro look of his black boots.

I hope that's not the sound of a balloon bursting.

There's a lot to unpack in this sentence. Possibly the most original piece of writing on Demonland ever.

I'm fascinated that the AFL's own website can be this critical of a current player. On the one hand, it's to be admired for its honesty; on the other it's hardly helpful to one of its contracted players. (I wonder also about the AFL's OH&S liability if a player it criticises like this subsequently suffers from depression). On balance, I think the AFL shouldn't be publishing these sorts of stories. That's what the media is for.

As what "panned out"? All your comments about JW are about his onfield performance yet there's adequate evidence circulating, although perhaps not formally confirmed, that the club chose to move JW on because of his off-field commitment (such as to injury rehab). Furthermore, nothing onfield has actually "panned out" given he hasn't played a game for premiership points with Port and we haven't played one without him.

Thanks. Amusingly, when I do that the image becomes too big for the screen. Magnifies to about 125%. I know, some people are never satisfied...

Don't know about others but when I "click to enlarge" I get a smaller version. It's the full article, but smaller.

Not sure whether a sore toe would be more painful in the foot kicking the ball or planted on the ground thereby taking the full weight. Presumably others on Demonland have experience and can advise.

Thanks for the clarification. I misunderstood and thought that the 7,000 new members were part of the 35K. My point, though, that holding on to old members should be easier than recruiting new ones still stands. It's customer service 101.

So, on the other side of that same coin, if we're pretty close to last year's figure, that also means we must have about 7,000 new members. And that's about 20% of the current membership. That's impressive, although the non-renewal rate is equally unimpressive. The club needs to identify better ways to hold on to members - it should be easier to keep what you've got than continually finding new people to sign up.

Assuming the two with "test" against their names pass their test.

I see it differently, but with the same ultimate effect. Getting Lever freed Tom McDonald to go forward which made Watts redundant. So, in my view it seems that the Lever and Watts trades are intrinsically linked, but not because of the salary cap.

Or, why should Facebook and Twitter be any different to traditional media? For example, why does Bauer Media get sued for publishing defamatory comments and Facebook and Twitter not?

Yes he is. And 'fake news' and defamation are why we should all be grateful for the wonderful job done by Demonland's administrators and moderators.

More fake news? Titus O'Reily‏ @TitusOReily 56m56 minutes ago More "But I promise you, the AFL will not forget or abandon Tanzania." 9 replies16 retweets166 likes Reply 9 Retweet 16 Like 166 Direct message

And you can add that every time Watts played poorly or was dropped it caused a media circus. That distraction has been removed. Imagine what it would have been like if Watts ended up playing much of this year at Casey?

I expect there was an ultimatum...after repeated warnings, threats, cajoling and persuasions. It's just that the club very carefully kept all such messages in house.

True, but if I understand correctly, it's would appear to be his less than professional approach to rehab from that injury which finally convinced the club that it was time for the club and him to part ways.

And we're not even related!

The Carlton relationship with the AFL reminds me of the Kennedys and J Edgar Hoover. Each had something on the other which they used for their own protection. I wonder what Carlton has which makes the AFL bend over backwards to help them? (J Edgar Hoover had an audio recording made by the FBI of Bobby Kennedy being successfully seduced by Marilyn Monroe; the Kennedys had a photo of J Edgar Hoover with Clyde Tolson in a "compromising position". Side note: Bobby Kennedy was seduced the day he visited Marilyn to tell her she couldn't see JFK any more. It's all much more interesting than Stormy Daniels and Trump.)

And here's a link to the full ratings report for anyone who's interested.

The most recent radio ratings are out. Herald Sun is reporting that while Garry Lyon and Tim Watson increased their ratings, the newer appointments (Whately, Andy Maher, KB and Dr Turf) all went backwards compared with the last ratings period for the same timeslots. Keep in mind that SEN traditionally has a seasonal shift (improvement) when the footy season is in full swing and possibly even during the draft and trade periods which might have helped the last ratings period. And because we've had some great headlines in this thread, following recent events in Washington: David Neary‏ @DeusExCinema FollowFollow @DeusExCinema More Sadly I’m no longer in the headline writing business, but if anyone wants to use “Tyrant is sore at Rex” today, they are welcome to it. 12:47 AM - 14 Mar 2018