Big Col

Sadly, one of our players had ~"Sweet Caroline" and when they kicked a goal it probably got the biggest crowd sing a long.

This was exactly my take. The songs were way too soft at first but the bit that annoyed/bemused me was the lack of prep for which part of the song to play in a 20-25 sec break. Whoever does this at the G needs to think a bit more about this, so we don't have some long music intro before the chorus is cut in half.

I've been voting for years, but still don't understand how these totals are reached or how these factor into the Demonland Player of the Year.

6 Max 5 JVR 4 K Pickett 3 Mihocek 2 Sharp 1 Culley

Would you rather have someone defecate on you or vomit on you? Hard knowing who to support in Coll vs Adl

First throw now, although having said that I like the idea of still calling it first bounce. It's kind of like restaurants that charge for corkage even though most wine bottles have been screw tops for years. It'll be a nice trivia question in 20 years. "Why is the start of the game called the first bounce?"

How do you know that?

There were a couple of plays yesterday that left me gobsmacked at his brilliance. He is a very very very good player that every team would love to have on their list.

and no Matt Rowell tonight. Jeez GC look good.

I enjoy the death ride. It gives me 2 games per round where I have an interest. Assumptions are that GC performs well this season. They said that about Freo too. Top 10 pick coming our way. You read it here.

Still love Jesse

Damn... Weitering's injury could kill SOO in the future. Hope he's OK.

The only other footy fan in my office (a Port Adelaide fan) and I are excited and pumped for the game on sat night. Not because we care who wins (and she's from SA anyway) but because the season is starting .... Love footy.

paragraphs are useful. Just saying.

Multiple training reports have spoken (surprisingly perhaps, but nonetheless) of the development of Jeffo. What if ...

I backed us for the premiers in 2021. $25 at 25/1. Cleaned up. However, I'm at a net loss after having lost the same bet for more than 25 years.

Yep. A Dedicated reserves competition is really only the fairest solution. Support for 2nd tier comps is important too. The SANFL and WAFL will be fine. The biggest issue is for the standalone clubs (eg Port melbourne) plus Southport. It will require investment but an eastern sea board league that incorporated Tasmanian teams plus Canberra plus standalone teams from Vic and QLD could have 16 or so teams and be competitive against WAFL and SANFL teams.

Now I really hope we get him. That'd be an amazing chant.

Hawthorn lost Sam Mitchell and Jordon Lewis at the end of 2016, after the pair had come first and second in their Best and Fairest.

It's a rebuild, but we're trying to avoid slipping into NM/WCE territory. I don't ever want to be there again. 2008-2014 were terrible for the most part, where a 'win' was to be still in the game at 3/4 time. We're too far away to be able to win a premiership with Petracca and Oliver. Max has maybe 2 years left at elite level? Much better to build a new team around the likes of Langford, Lindsay, Windsor and Pickett where we'll be up and challenging from 2027 and beyond.

The change to five interchange may mean we won't need to use JVR in the ruck so much and allow him to be a pure forward. I think that will help him.

Winning in 2021 was a Fairy Tale come true, but Later it became pure misery. We sacked Goodwin out of Desperation. But with the Elevation of King to senior coach I hope to see a new game plan. Whether I'm in The Stand at the MCG or Under the Dome at Marvel, I will be watching carefully. I hope we longer just Blaze away into The Dead Zone where we're outnumbered by opposition defenders. I will be full of Rage if that happens again. We have to make best use of the veterans like the McDonalds (the Tommyknockers can go to hell) and the Salem's. Lot's of work to do and I'm excited. Anyway. Carrie on.

Trac actually came second in the Demonland Player of the Year, so most DLers are on board. In fact DL picked the top 4 in the same order as the club. I was surprised by Salo and Chandler's high finishes like most DLrs I suspect. Max Gawn 298 2 Christian Petracca 141 3 Kysaiah Pickett 136 4 Jake Bowey 120 5 Clayton Oliver 109 6 Jack Viney 80 7 Steven May 63 8 Harvey Langford 59 9 Bayley Fritsch 58 10 Jake Melksham

and already played 75 games. His peak is yet to come.

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