The Third Eye

The Demons are struggling. Of this three is no doubt because our expectations were so high as we went into the preseason before things fell away so badly. But I wonder if we’re really that bad. We know the club is running at about ⅔ rat power due to our disastrous injury and fitness injuries but I was bemused by an article in the Herald Sun which waxed eloquent about Carlton’s future after its 24 point loss against the West Coast Eagles who took their feet off the accelerator from at least as early as the start of the final quarter on Sunday. The critics were nowhere near as friendly to Melbourne which lost by 13 points two weeks earlier in a game that could have gone either way. “Off with Goodwin’s head!” they wail. As for the Magpies, they’ve been up and down in the past month or so while suffering from an injury list that compares with that of the Demons if you believe their supporters. But according to a stat that came up on my Twitter feed that said, “Collingwood averaging 3.7 first 22 players missing per game, Dees 6.9.” Never let it be said that Collingwood folk understand the word “perspective”. Their team looked pathetic a fortnight ago against the Tigers and they were gorn by half time before their opponents virtually hung up their boots midway through the final term and allowed them to get to within 32 points of their tormentors. Melbourne, on the other hand, stayed up with Richmond for a half and fell away with the coming of the rain in third quarter to lose by 33 points. On that basis, the teams are pretty evenly matched and if the Demons can kick straight for goal, they win. I think they will do it this week - they have absolutely nothing to lose.

An interesting off season awaits.

Has anyone done this?

Just at the moment the GC17 don’t have any players or supporters so that’s not surprising.

I don’t think Simon Goodwin is a fan either.

Suggest that might be 5, 23 & 30. At this point in time, Melbourne already has pick 36.

Did I miss how many days there are to go to the draft Redleg? Tommy Bugg and Barrie Vagg will be very disappointed.

I don't know whether there's any significance in this but someone on the Hawthorn supporter site has just started a thread entitled "The No J£ No B$ Thread".

A must read today is this propaganda piece from Robbo in the HUN - Dilemma for AFL but Jobe must keep medal Lots of errors, cringeworthy and completely lacking in any logic. The must create a dilemma for those who run the newspaper - how on earth did he get the gig as chief football writer?

A man walks into a bar. He sees a beautiful, well-dressed woman sitting on a barstool alone. He sits down next to her and says, "Hi there, how's it going tonight?" She turns to him, looks him straight in the eyes and says, "I'll screw anybody, any time, any where, any place, it doesn't matter to me." The guy raises his eyebrows and says, "No kidding? What law firm do you work for?"

So you're trying to tell us that Petracca masqueraded as an 11 year old playing basketball?

Not the numbers. Give me the names of the suburbs that achieved those rankings please.

What's going on around here? Some of the regulars gone missing and the place distinctly lacking atmosphere. Is there any truth in the rumour that we're trying to entice Voldemort and his glutenous old man back to the fold?

One swallow.

Melbourne's win was my highlight but watching the dopers go belly up after the peds started wearing off at ¾ time was special.

Which of tomorrow night's games will attract the greatest interest?

A win today will do.

Be thankful for small mercies - AFL cuts trade period by a week

Well done Davey Warner - history!!! They're going at T20 clip now ... amazing stuff.

I hope he hasn't croaked

How many days to the 2014 national draft Redleg?

Saw Foxtel Sports News last night had an item on GWS training and it was claimed that the usual suspect was training the house down. Reinforces the rumour I heard that a certain knee injury was embellished and played up as somewhat worse than it really was a few years ago to make it easier for a change of clubs at the end of the season.

Good to see discussion here is now back to matters of great importance to the world at large, like banana sculpture and not trivial stuff like footy and cricket.

Warner, Smith and Bailey have all been released to play BBL at the weekend. Should we be comfortable with this in the middle of a series when they should be focussing on the next test?

Didn't matter much did it? We've got these blokes by the bananas.