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I don't disagree with the point of the opening post, but St Kilda ended up with two potential KPPs with McCartin and Goddard.

I think he showed promise in 2013; not so much in 2014. I'd be delighted and very surprised if he's our surprise packet this year. I'll go with a perennial favourite/whipping boy. I'm hoping Jack Watts will be our surprise packet this year. And it's not just wishful thinking. With more grunt in the midfield, we can stop worrying that Watts isn't getting the hardball and be grateful that he can be used as the distributor of the ball dug out of packs for him by players like Viney and others.

In all seriousness, isn't it great that AFL footballers can come from any background and with IQs from both the deep and the shallow ends of the gene pool. It's a great game made even greater by its everyman status.

Surely the most important question to ask is whether Saty can get there. Will he need a new scooter?

Just block Satyr's training reports for non-paid up members. That should do it.

I thought it was a rip-off of the Jewish festival of Hannukah which has all the essential ingredients like candles, chocolate and commencing on the 25th day of the month. Whatever... a Merry Christmas and a Happy Hannukah to all.

I remember that, but what involvement, if any, did Neeld and Craig have in that action? I thought the doctor acted on his own. Your post suggests that Neeld and Craig were somehow directly involved in the matter. I'm not sure that they were.

Is Maia Westrupp the only New Zealander to cross the ditch? Surely there have been others. (I know Wayne Schwass is part-Maori, but he may have been born and raised in Australia.)

You left off a few in your "most maligned" list. Surely Jack Watts has to be there. And Colin Sylvia, Isaac Weetra, Mark Neeld. I could go on...

My first thought when I saw the photo of Satyr was that it couldn't possibly be him. I just refused to believe he'd wear a red and blue top with "Lemons", even if it was intended satire. Thankfully, my eyes deceived me.

Maybe I've missed something, but what's this about?

I think I'll mark you down as a glass half full kind of guy.

Actually, I think his biggest weakness was his inability to take on the gorilla forwards. He was very good on (relatively) skinny forwards with a similar body shape (Jack Reiwoldt) but struggled massively on the bigger and stronger forwards (Cloke, Hawkins, Nick Reiwoldt).

Thought I was back on the "cliches which should be banned thread" for a moment.

If we're looking for a photo of Arthur Calwell, contact News Ltd. The Herald had a great photo of him on the front page after he was shot at showing the shotgun pellet marks on his 5 o'clock shadowed chin.

See, this is what happens when people derail threads. I thought this post was about Toumpas eating 5 sausages at training today. Focus people!

Given that The Devil Inside already has a multitude of aliases such as Satyricon, Satyriconhome and Pete...and given he's admitted to being a pom and 62 years old...are you certain that he isn't also Vic Flowers?

Welcome aboard the Demonland Express. But be prepared to be criticised - whether its your views about particular players, training habits or the quality of your sausages.

Excuse the unfortunate multiple puns, but in all seriousness, what is a Watt bike that Watts is using? Is it different from a standard exercise bike? If so, how?

I understand free agency and why it's there but from an administrative point of view, I think the highlighted comment is a significant problem. The receiving team, in this case Hawthorn, gives up nothing and the donating team gets a replacement draft pick but every other one of the remaining 16 teams is disadvantaged because (a) the donor gets an additional draft pick bumping everyone else down the order and (b) the receiver hasn't lost a draft pick in return. Fix that problem and the scheme will be better for everyone. I don't have a magic solution but perhaps if the recipient team is higher on the ladder than the donor, the recipient should have to give up the the next two draft choices after the compensation pick awarded to the donor. Conversely, if the recipient is lower than the donor, perhaps they should have to give up one pick after the recipient's next pick.

Based on previous experience, if Mick Warner gives a score, assume the opposite.

Guilty as charged. (walks away from the keyboard with tail between legs...)

I think you fail on a technicality. Try this one:

Happy to take on that responsibility. I see no humour in the persistent use of made-up club names, so I think I'm one from one at the moment. Anyone care to disagree? (Feel free to do so.)

In a related vein, I really, really detest made up names and nicknames for the other 17 AFL clubs such as Carlscum, Essendope, Whorethorn, etc. Maybe it's because it's about 40 years since I left secondary school*, and maybe it's just me, but I find them all juvenile. *PS: Good luck to any Demonlander (or family member of a Demonlander) who getting his or her VCE results today.