Undeeterred

Haha yes, quite. But I think it is a long bow.

You're forgetting that we're substituting our top 6 with their bottom 6, effectively. Nobody is saying our best is better than their best, but it seems reasonable to say that a few of our top players are at least better than their 20-25. I don't see that as particularly unreasonable.

Ease up you t0ssers, he's a perfectly good guy. Get over it.

Maybe he just likes tennis?

Minor stuff???

But do you really blame them?

No, they're on our list because we can't physically sack 25 at once. Or else they would have.

BOOM!

Basketballers also, in the best league in the world at least, play upwards of 100 games in a six month season. They're perfectly fit enough. Edited for clarity

Oh no Clint! Don't start the debate!!

'Impecunious' means you have no money. Not sure that's quite what you mean.

We should probably all let it go now, though!

Disagree. More strongly as the days go past where he isn't putting in a preseason as an over 30s ruckman.

Meh. Not starting 22. Depth at best. VFL clogger at worst.

I'm not aware of the history of this - is that when we took Jurrah?

I think the Moulin Rouge is pretty sleazy and, at heart, designed with exactly the same aim in mind as the LFL. And if you're suggesting I'm prudish, which I think you are, you're completely missing the point. Let's agree to disagree, shall we, or we'll go around in circles for weeks.

LOL to equating lingerie stores with the Lingerie Football League. Give me strength.

Ah, I'd be willing to bet a substantial sum that if you dug around and found out who the producers of this were, they'd be blokes. Ugly, sexist, blokes. And exploiting people in this way isn't excused by saying 'nobody forced them'. It is like saying prostitution isn't exploitative, because the women have a choice. Basically, if these women want to play football, they need to wear stupid outfits to get a TV audience. Providing the outfits and producing a show, to make money, is essentially exploitative. It isn't an accident that the people attending this stuff are bikies and idiot AFL players.

Seriously? That's what it screams from the rooftops. Otherwise it would be called the WNFL.

How can we possibly start to judge form at this stage?? We could just as easily be 5-0 as 0-5 - it is just completely useless to try to gauge this now.

I am just sad that my best shots come from those types of lies, which I put down to a wealth of experience from positions like that.

When Essendon decided to stand behind James Hird and defend all this, very early on, they really made a rod for their own backs. They had their chance to 'fess up, cut him loose and move forward. It is astounding that, instead, they are paying him $1 million, early, for doing nothing. Not even the most loyal organisations stand by disgraced figureheads this way and, to my mind, it is the fishiest part of this whole story.

Good one! My answers in the quote. I've assumed full fitness and haven't thought about balance at all (maybe should...) . I have 19 1s - although I looking back I haven't included a first ruck as a definite because I think that's right up in the air. Obviously, one of them will get a gig!

Toumpas will be fine - who cares how he plays, as long as he is picking up lots of possies and sending them in the right direction.

Can't believe you are seriously questioning Watts' kicking action. Who cares? He's by far the most consistent, accurate, pinpoint kick in our team.