Queanbeyan Demon

There are two highways to hell . . . one of them is for any sane person who reads this thread.

Harry was a complete legend @chook fowler - good get. His career post umpiring was spectacular. Had a brilliant grasp of the game, terrific report with the key people in the game, always respectful and dignified. Worked hard. Interviewed the 12 coaches every Friday then played the interviews Satdee on 3AW before the game. Sensational. His calling of 'Snake' Baker in '77 were probably the best footy calls I have ever heard. Special mention to Stevic - his handling of that $%^& wit Green was brilliant.

I'm not going to argue that the AFL is totally transparent, trustworthy and not keen on maximising revenue, occasionally by foul means, but mostly fair. However, the paranoia in here is beyond extreme. Gill doesn't set his salary level - this will almost certainly be set by the Board of the Commission using a number of internal and external benchmarks. Gill is not incompetent/inept/corrupt. For example, to keep the comp going during COVID-19 was an extraordinary achievement. Anyone who watched his press interviews during that time would have seen a man deprived of sleep and under tremendous pressure. Commercially and financially the comp is in the best condition is living memory. His management of the huge, self-interested and toxic egos in clubland is extraordinary. The list is long, but we can start with Triple Chins, Kennett and Cochrane. I wouldn't have any of them within 100 metres of my home, let alone pay me enough to work with them. Regarding the fixture, yes it's mostly %$&*)@, but I've yet to hear practical solutions to all the dilemmas the fixture throws up. Putting a bandaid on one wound simplely creates another wound elsewhere. Yes, the The umpiring standards, MOR and score review system is completely %$&*)@ and should be improved - no doubt about that and I cannot defend it. There is no doubt Goyder is incompetent and should not be the chair of a major sporting competition (let alone an airline) - and I cannot defend that. And finally, to say the AFL are the most corrupt sporting organization on the planet is beyond extreme. Anyone noticed the BCCI, OIC or FIDA lately? They place the corporate corruption and organisational toxicity and incompetence of the Federal Reserve, Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac, Credit Suisse and Bear Stearns in the veritable shade.

I was once asked by a coach at half-time to tag Ted Joy. Never found him.

Kevin Sheedy, love him or loath him, was the past master of it. 10 premierships at Essendon in 27 years says it all.

I recon Foxtel should do this: Remove "Gary Lyon, three time all Australian" in the crawler and replace with "Gary Lyon, 12 time Scanlens Card Star."

Truly BA, is the air conditioning working at your place?

What? If Reid was available for F8, F9 and F10, I'd definitely take Reid I'd love to see the evidence for all the conclusions you've drawn in paragraph two.

I wonder if the same fan is suddenly interest in Max being treated fairly.

Pretty sure we played all three Elliots in the same side more than once.

Easily the most underrated player to go around for the Dees in the last 50 years.

Had Pedo played in '23, we win the flag.

A consequence of an inability to string several words into a coherent sentence.

Robert Elliot was a pretty good player.

Just spewed my lunch all over the keyboard at work. Mentioning Joe and Trak in the same sentence can have that effect.

Having a good 6 in the coaches box and running rehab is pretty handy.

And I'm not even sure about the click bait bit.

what does this even mean?

I love it the way we have 6 one in a generational player.

I feel like I'm in a scene from GoT. Very k974y.

You're right @poita, the obsession only delivered a premiership.

Nice analogy @TeamPlayedFine39. Indeed you don't.

When I first saw this post, I read it as "Where is this p$ick going?".

At least it's only premature speculation :-). Could be a lot worse.

You ask "why then are they are getting 3 extra first round picks"? You could also ask why the AFL bailed Melbourne out of its self-imposed [censored] in 2013 to the tune of miliions of dollars. The one response will answer both questions.