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I think it comes from an earlier post in this thread which claimed that Howes was taken off the ground at 3/4 time in the Casey game. From that, it has been inferred that he was being rested to enable him to play in the seniors 6 days later. Nevertheless, a useful reminder using the words of Winston Churchill (quite prescient given there was no social media in his day): "A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on." (Note: I'm not suggesting that any posters here have been telling lies.)

He doesn't. At least, not yet. Look here. The record is 18 held by Albert Lauder from Collingwood about 100 years ago. If Bowey were to retire today, though, he would hold (equally) the record of most games played without recording a loss. Compare with Adam Tomlinson who player 21 games before he was on the winning side.

You must be younger than me. Anyone who grew up following football in the late 60s and 70s would have Collingwood as first cab off the rank.

Why do we need to know?

Imagine this thread about 13 months ago. Top of the list for some people might have been S Goodwin. In other words, this is way too early. Edit: Too early to be able to make the call; not too early from a respect point of view (although, there is that, too)

In the 1970s we rarely received much media coverage. I used to dread the rare instances when a story was published which profiled one of our players because that player invariably played a stinker* in our next game. I suspect other supporters who have been following the Demons throughout those lean years will agree. *'played a stinker' was probably the actual words a young me used in the 1970s.

Just looking at Petty's footwear, the word "boots" now seems totally redundant. In any other context, "boots" means large, clod-hopper footwear such as army boots, gumboots or steel-toed builders' boots. What are called "footy boots" today more closely resemble slippers.

Perhaps we all disrespected Gold Coast too much before the game. I thought GCS were very impressive with lots of up-and coming talent.

Garry Lyon supports Bowey for 2022 Rising Star: https://www.sen.com.au/news/2022/03/27/output-over-hype-lyons-outsider-favourite-for-the-rising-star/

Methinks that's your onion being engorged.

Sounds like a news headline on the cost of petrol.

I'll never get sick of seeing this score. If there are any numerologists out there, what can we conclude from the Melbourne Seconds team having the same scoreline in their first game of 2022 following on from the seniors last game of 2021?

Unlikely, I would have thought, unless two of Lever, Petty and Hibberd return. We're playing Brayshaw as one of our back seven (which he's doing very well.) I expect we would prefer him on the wing, which would necessitate finding another spot for Jordon (medi-sub or replacement for Sparrow or even Spargo). In short, I think Hunt stays even if one defender returns. And by the time two of Lever, Petty and Hibberd are ready, Hunt may have got his mojo back.

6. Petracca 5. Bowey 4. Oliver 3. Jackson 2. Brayshaw 1. Neal-Bullen Special comment: The value of Neal-Bullen's running power was never more obvious than in the last quarter. Everyone else seemed exhausted (or 'gassed' as the commentary team kept saying because they left their thesaurus at home) but he was still running as strong as ever. And now he's added better foot skills overall so brings more players into the game.

I know it's a minor point, but Channel 7 have used an inappropriate photo to go with this story. It was their decision to use a photo and they should have used one with Simpson not smiling. As if he's happy with the situation.

Yeah, nah.

Playing in Southern Queensland at night reduces the need for talls, too. I suspect that made it an even easier decision to hold Lever back.

But is the streaming service free?

Probably a safety message to stop you walking into traffic.

This is a very interesting analysis which essentially argues luck has more influence in close games than one would think. As a friend of mine (a former mathematics teacher) pointed out, it's why Ross Lyon coached games were more prone to the influence of luck than a Simon Goodwin coached game. Why? Because in a low scoring game, the element of luck becomes even more influential. (Stephen Milne and an unfortunate bouncing ball immediately comes to mind.)

I suspect M Brown doesn't make the emergencies because of the Weid...who is primarily there as an emergency should one of Gawn or Jackson not be available on game day. But if a tall forward has to be replaced, I assume Weid has that covered, too. I'm more interested in who comes in should we need to replace a defender before the game. After all, there has been some suggestion that Smith may have a hand injury. Would Bedford come in but someone else (Brayshaw? Harmes?) play in the backline with Bedford taking on their role?

Wow. I'm glad I took the safer option of dissing the use of the word "hero" for any footballer rather than try to decide who was and who wasn't a hero in the GF. I hope BBP has some thicker skin than me. I might not have survived such an excoriating attack!

Yep.

I know (at least I hope) you are being flippant, but we should assume that the current bunch are the best available right now. So, would we miss them? Absolutely. Just imagine how much worse it would be if they were replaced with those not considered to be as good?

"Flag hero"? I don't like sportspeople being called "heroes" at the best of times. It's a word more befitting people in the Ukraine and those who put their lives at risk to save others, such as firefighters. But even if it's to be ascribed to footballers, why, exactly, is Rivers a "flag hero"? To answer my own question, by that standard every Premiership player is a hero. Really?