The heart beats true

‘This is my cell mate Darren. He’s easily spooked, and doesn’t like eye contact’

Don’t write him off yet. A lot of this season still to go, he will get a chance, and I’d back him in to take it.

That’s literally where I have my reserved seat membership for the year. It’s half forward flank. The back part of the bay is undercover - which is why I got those seats for my folks and I. See image for reference. If undercover you’ve got a tv above you replaying the screen, but you’re still close enough to clearly tell Ray Chamberlain to stop show boating and just get on with it.

That was brilliant. Watching people from the stolen generation speak about their experience is always heartbreaking. Good to see Wheels too. He always gave his all for the club, and he looks to still be doing it. Good on him.

Goody spoke VERY positively about Harry as a forward tonight on 360. I think the club knows where they want him - forward of the ball.

We really need Max to step up forward of the ball in the next month. Brown probably comes in, but between him and TMac it’s a raffle to figure out who can stay on the park. We’ve had no continuity in any of our tall players forward of centre all year.

My less lame excuse is that I’m gayer than Christmas morning. I was worried our romantic candlelit dinner would get awkward when I turned up in a kaftan with my ‘emotional support Maltese terrier’, and the penny finally dropped for you. 😘

That song is a belter.

The only Grand Final guarantee seats left by round 1 was a few reserved seats. If you’re interested in getting one I’d contact the club. There seems to be a few left around us. The membership folks are super helpful, and have all the info in front of them - so can give you the best advice. If you are nice and explain what you want they’ll go out of their way to help. As an aside we sat in our regular reserved seats on the weekend, even though it was an away game. My mum is a chancer and tried on her old lady ‘oh hello dear, we usually sit here…’ routine, and the bloke on the gate fell for it and let us in!

I feel like it’s very hard for the club to argue against this action - given there’s a report for it every week for the last 2 years. I think the players have to accept that they want to do everything they can to stop the opposition, and every now and again they’ll cop a week. Nobody likes it, but it’s the way it’s been running for a few years.

I quite like blancmange. It’s also a ripper word.

I love the footy - but I couldn’t give a [censored] about anyone’s betting. In my opinion it ruins the game.

Huh? Yeah, because if the Suns and Giants has thought us anything it’s that the AFL loves to backflip on new sides. They announced it, it’s happening, no matter how mean spirited you continue to be about it.

Also, Dwayne Russell pandering to a perceived audience makes me want to vomit. He is such a sycophant.

I would legitimately play $30 a month more for a Kayo subscription that came only with the actual sound of the crowd. Our game is one of the greatest sports in the world to watch live. I’d love to sit at home with just crowd ambiance.

GWS are looking horrible.

There’s a team called Melbourne who look alright too.

That was the second straight game at the G with all the atmosphere of a pop-up library. Was over at quarter time again. Hawthorn supporters are generally pretty thick. They started going bananas when they kicked 3 in a row to start the 3rd. It was fun to remind them to tell the team to get to the ground 90 minutes earlier - when the game actually started. Went for dinner after at San Telmo. Best restaurant in Melbourne I reckon.

Yeah, I agree. Something about it is very strange.

He signed a new 2 year contract at the end of last year, after not showing up fit for the preceding 5 preseasons. He’s a huge part of the problem.

West Coast are legitimately entering Fitzroy territory. What the hell is going on there? They have an obscene amount of resources. You can’t just wipe out 3 seasons of footy because of ‘injuries’. It’s bizarre.

Scott in the coaches box…

Looking forward to Hardwick announcing that not only did they ‘know how to beat’ the Cats, but this time they actually did it.

Geelong look very average tonight.

Surprised to see Oli Henry playing. Thought the trip down the highway would be much too far from home for him.