Red and Bluebeard

Have a great Christmas all, and may your New Year be full of wins for the Dees, and as many bananas as you can cope with.

Yes, although I would add eating a banana split with a banana smoothie chaser

Thanks. I'll try not to do that to any more bananas in future

If we have a good year then FAs will go bananas? And be all over us like monkeys up a chocolate-covered banana tree? And they will kick lots of goals with bananas? And this thread will go even more bananas? And if we make the finals I will plant a banana tree in my backyard? Is that enough?

Sadly unsurprising OD. They'd probably try to teach Warnie how to spin ...

More likely one of the polo sticks --- he is about seven foot tall.

Yeah, because it is really hard to find either in London ...

Now you are talking, especially if followed up with a marsala tea ...

No need to go overboard, Redleg. Pre-season training can be brutal enough without extremes like this ...

Ummm.... "Go Melbourne Tigers"

Most of our bananas do come from Queensland ...

As always, OD

Bananas are a bit too straight compared to most of us, Redleg

It is clearly time for a grow-your-own bananas movement. I am sure BBO can donate alpaca droppings for fertiliser ...

Welcome! But remember that rookies are on a modified program in their first pre-season, so there is no burden of expectation for at least 12 months ...

Very sorry to hear it. I miss the old bugger!

Yeah, definitely. More beards, too. We need a comeback from jazza, as well.

Is there any other kind?

So you will be there at the next final?

I was thinking more like yelling "Take that curse of Norm Smith!" when Weideman kicks the winning goal after the siren in the GF ...

Would that now be called an Oliver Twist?

How about we arrange to sit in a group for our next final, whenever that is? Then we will be able to laugh about all those bad years (2013, 2012, 2009, 2008, I'll stop there )

Ver sorry to hear it OD. Puts a lot of things in perspective.

Yes, I will be there for the Demonland Draft Discussion Dinner (is there a countdown for that?). More like 6.30 for me than 6.00 though.

Have a great trip, Earl. It seems a bit ironic to have a bastion of the upper class such as yourself chosen to lead negotiation with the glorious revolutionaries, but I guess that should show them what they are missing. Just don't bring back too many cigars to pass around in the Long Room over port ...