Queanbeyan Demon

When the undefeated Dees and Swans meet in round 8 next year . . . SIZE MATTERS: BIG KING V BIG COX IN BLOCKBUSTER

Merely an observation - not a complaint.

Melbourne v Sydney 2026 — the only game where the umpires need a third ruckman to toss the coin.

50 years since a ruckman has coached a premiership in the VFL/AFL.

Predicting Max gets no.9 next year.

When's King's birthday?

I sympathise with Buckley. I got a divorce once. Killed me financially. Had to liquidate my St. James Glen Iris Cricket Club memorabilia and all. She got 50%. So down to my last $7.85M. [Oh, and I had to rollover my Rangy lease for an additional 12-months.]

In 2027 they are getting the following picks: Pick 1 Pick 2 Pick 3 Pick 4 Pick 5 Pick 6 Pick 7 Pick 8 Pick 9 Pick 10 Pick 11 Pick 12 Pick 13 Pick 14 Pick 15 Pick 16 Pick 17 Pick 18 Pick 19 Pick 20 Pick 21 Pick 22 Pick 23 Pick 24 Pick 25 Pick 26 Pick 27 Pick 28 Pick 29 Pick 30 Pick 31 Pick 32 Pick 33 Pick 34 Pick 35 Pick 36 Pick 37 Pick 38 Pick 39 Pick 40 Pick 41 Pick 42 Pick 43 Pick 44 Pick 45 Pick 46 Pick 47 Pick 48 Pick 49 Pick 50 Pick 51 Pick 52 Pick 53 Pick 54 Pick 55 Pick 56 Pick 57 Pick 58 Pick 59 Pick 60 Pick 61 Pick 62 Pick 63 Pick 64 Pick 65 Pick 66 Pick 67 Pick 68 Pick 69 Pick 70 Pick 71 Pick 72 Pick 73 Pick 74 Pick 75 Pick 76

All I can say is thank goodness Triple Chins and Chairman Gef were never involved with us. Melbourne’s recent history may be tinged with incompetence, but at least it has mostly been dignified. We’ve generally worked within the rule of law, behaved like good citizens, and carried ourselves with some measure of restraint — even when the VFL/AFL was doing its worst. That’s the difference: we might lose games, we might lose players, but we didn’t lose our dignity by turning the club into a circus of tantrums, curses, and headline-chasing outrage.

Seeking to have Brayshaw's salary removed from our cap. 2. The Mac Andrew debacle 3. The whole tanking saga was a stitch up. I could name another dozen.

Cos taking on City Hall always works well for us.

It's the vibe of the thing your Honour. It's the constitution. It's Mabo. It's justice. It's law. It's the vibe... no, that's it, it's the vibe.

Any mail on why the AFL is obsessed with Buckley specifically @Chook in Perth? They have at least three serious other options it seems to me.

She's still upset we pinched Laurie Fowler at the end of '74 and he went on to represent Victoria and win three Blueys. Her job is to make money for Stokes. Needs to top-up her super.

who got the award for trying the hardest?

Guys pull out for lots of reasons: injury, form, or just a well-timed act of risk management.

Woke up feeling a bit low this morning. Read this thread and realised, comparatively, I’m higher than Liam Jurrah in 2010.

Thank goodness Skipworth’s out. Appalling name for a Melbourne coach. Sounds like a substitute geography teacher. Can we please check if Clive Hampton-Rose is available?

Def a candidate for a participation certificate.

I think ANB should be our next coach.

Um, Norm Smith was doing this in the 50's and he said he got the idea from his brother Len Smith. Any other "innovations"? Once again, we’re told, with great excitement, that “pushing up from half-back” is some revolutionary tactical leap. In reality, it’s been part of footy since at least the early 1950s. It's generally accepted that Len Smith introduced this mode of play as a consistent game style, which was further refined by his younger brother, Norm, throughout the late ’50s and ’60s. Ron Barassi himself acknowledged that Len Smith was the forerunner of the modern running game. Norm famously ran Brian Dixon off half-back, while Barassi took the same principle to great effect at both Carlton and North. Malcolm Blight then pushed it even further at Geelong, playing Gary Ablett Sr. off half-back — partly to freak out the opposition and partly to free up the great man to create options further afield. Listening to some modern commentators, though, you’d be forgiven for thinking these ideas were invented in the last five minutes — probably between ad breaks.

More like a bib to catch the dribble.

Could you name one please?

Too early to commence a Get Lade thread?