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See the post immediately before yours.

I watched most of the first quarter of the Casey game. Dunstan got plenty of the ball, but did little damage with it. In fact, many, if not most, of his kicks missed their targets, even when he was under no pressure. So, the answer to your question of "what does the bloke have to do" is likely to be "improve his disposal efficiency".

I shall confidently assert that there will be close to zero interest in US sports betting markets for any NRL (or AFL) games whether played in Las Vegas or anywhere else.

Absolutely no need to apologise. I think I speak for all of us when I say we love your work.

What happened to the rule of taking it one week at a time? One more cliche breach like this one and Demonland might have to suspend you.

Oliver not wearing his Superman gear but in disguise?

Are you also concerned with the rule about finishing sentences with prepositions? Is that something else you won't put up with? 🙂

When Wright is back, I expect Weideman will play the second KPF/relief ruckman role. That will push Andrew Phillips out of the side. In effect, a player who plays well in 1 in about 8 games will replace someone who plays well in about 1 in 10. More relevantly for Essendon, though, it will mean Wright won't have to second ruck meaning he can play permanently forward where he is better suited and much more dangerous. In short, notwithstanding his weaknesses, Weideman is a good get for Essendon.

Which one did you have in mind?

This is a form of conversion therapy I can support.

If their fans are realistic, they should have one over-riding concern about their performance: their best players included Reiwoldt, Cotchin and Martin. That's not going to happen every week, and certainly won't happen next year. If Richmond supporters want something to look forward to, they need to see other names appearing in their best players.

I don't know whether the Petty forward experiment will work. But if clubs didn't experiment, Neitz would never have become a full forward.

Would ice after a game on his achilles be a sign of concern or just standard practice for a 33 year old with a recent achilles problem? With respect to the Petty forward or back debate, I'm wondering whether the thinking is that Turner has progressed enough through the pecking order so that we have the luxury of trying to turn Petty into a true key position forward. Whether they play this year or not, Brown and McDonald are both nearing the end, so the intention might be to have key defenders of May, Lever, D Turner and Tomlinson and key forwards of van Rooyen, Petty and eventually Jefferson.

"Rabblebourne"? Not a lot of effort there.

My apologies. Of course he did. My excuse is that I tend to blot out from my memory any losing game.

We were missing Lever, Salem, Hibberd and Petty (as a defender). In addition, it looked to me that May had a back problem as he seemed unable to bend over. That's a very different defensive unit to the 2021 GF.

I completely understand the Aretha Franklinism. However, I assumed they would still let people enter the stadium but hold them back from going to their seats. Perhaps that's too resource intensive, though.

Really? Why?

I thought your husband's name was Mr No More. At least, that's what I assumed given I seem to recall you changed your name to Jaded No More around the time you got married.

Stats question: A Richmond player (number 27) just handpassed the ball which went up in the air and he ended up running forward and getting it on the full. Is he credited with a handball and a handball receive?

Harmes and Dunstan getting a lot of the ball. Harmes regularly getting the first possession and getting a good handpass away. Dunstan's kicks look good...but actually miss targets too often. Turner dominating in the backline. Ben Brown moving well.

AFL website doing a bang-up job as usual. At 1.25pm on 23 April it says on the Casey/Richmond Team Line-Ups page that it was last updated at 2.06pm on 23 April. (It also says no late changes)

If he plays, I doubt he'll get as many contested possessions this week. The Richmond players will be keeping their distance.

Sorry, that's not quite right. Decimal currency came in on 14 February 1966. The metric system for weights and measures was not introduced until 1971. There was an exception to allow the term "Collingwood 6 footer" to continue to be used to describe people who were just under 183cm, as long as they were also either illiterate, in gaol or both.

Was it Jack Dyer when Richmond's captain or coach who told his team mates to "line up alphabetically by height"? (Which makes sense for our two Smiths and two Turners).