1 red eye 1 blue eye

Where we had the weakest mid field by a country mile, I was more than a little excited by our pre draft talk of "explosions" in the centre should we draft Ollie to join Jack. We seriously needed Ollie in the middle. I think the chance that Jack and Ollie would not develop into an awesome duo was very low, but, we also needed classy ball users. Unfortunately Jimmy needed surgery so the recruiters decided to go with a longer term strategy which clearly, we didn't have the luxury of time to run with. We needed a big bodied injury free enthusiastic kid in the middle before an injured outside class player. If the Club knew that Jimmy needed surgery (surely??) then they took a massive gamble that looks foolish, and one that we were not in a position to make. I think our well earned patience was tested with this decision,

I would think the majority would have had the 2 mids as our absolute best case scenario, it was Petracca seemingly on his way to STK that muddied the waters.

You've been talking about this for a while now dee-luded and I applaud you for it because I reckon you're on the money, I'm glad you keep bringing it up and hopefully your chipping away has an affect. As a kid going to the MCG win or lose (mainly lose, 70s) a major highlight for me was going into the rooms after the game, I loved it, we were one in there, Melbourne United lol. I talked to Don Lane a famous TV personality a couple of times, he enjoyed going in there, he was there often. The economics would need to be sorted but yes if viable I agree a social hub close to the MCG would be fantastic for supporters. I do feel that we'll win more than we lose in the next few years and a place for celebrating those wins together would be especially enjoyable for supporters.

A first year player who had a slow start but is now picking up the tempo of the game and has improved markedly as the year's gone on, I'm happy with where he's at.

If his head isn't in the right place it's bound to affect his game. Watched the WC v Coll game last night, how well is Josh Hill doing now he's back home!

Recruited from Mt Gravatt Qld

Just spoke to Lamb about this thread he said to tell youse all to flock off.

@Deeoldfart Does it mention in the book when Ben became interested in the metaphor "such is life"? It surprised me at the time he got inked, as it seemed contradictory to the positive perception I had of him. Seemed like a real downer to me like tattooing "Sh!t happens" or "life's a b!tch" on yourself. I'm a great believer in what/how you think is what you get. Our Jim really had a short life, but by god, look where "Whatever it takes" took him.