Bluey's Dad

I hope Trenners gets up. One of my favourites when he was playing.

As much as I'd love that, I can't see Essendon doing it that trade.

From a list management perspective, it's not like getting Prestia precludes us from getting another tall midfielder unless there is one available at that price range. We got out last one from the rookie draft, and he's working out really well. I see nothing wrong with ND5 for Prestia and a separate trade/draft/rookie draft for another vanDenberg if we can find one.

Remember all the conjecture last year and then we get Frost out of nowhere? The year before that, we get our compo pick and no one had any idea who we'll get, and then in comes Vince? I have absolutely no doubt that this'll happen again. Someone who's not on any other club's radar but Roos has it all sussed out. He's a crafty one. I'll brace myself for the pleasant surprise :D

I have such a massive smile on my face right now. This is now my all-time favourite picture. It's perfect.

Looking for company OD? I've changed my avatar to be part of the club. Misery, company and all that.

I suppose when you start winning it mitigates the envy issue somewhat.

I think it was a little different with Buddy. Bringing in the best key forward in the competition on huge money is a little different than brining in a star midfielder, especially when you already have one in Pendles. Sure, Sydney had Tippett, but we all know Buddy is better.

That'd be crazy. Pendles is more valuable than Dangerfield (as good as he is). You're right in it being a recipe for instability I reckon.

You're too hard on yourself Nasher.

What amazes me isn't just how hard he hits, its that when he GETS hit, he gets right back up. He must have a huge tolerance for pain. I think I remember reading an interview where he said what he loves about footy is pulling up the next day with all the bruises.

I wanted so badly not to get my hopes up this pre-season, but that interview with Brayshaw and Petracca has put a smile on my face that isn't going to fade for days. I can't believe how happy they both are, so positive. I suppose it will also help to keep the young group together through free agency if they have attitudes like that.

Yep. He's looking better than O'Rouke as well. I wonder if the GWS boards have "O'Rourke vs Wines" threads.

Indeed. I lost those items a while back, along with my 20/20 hindsight goggles and tarot cards. Have been attempting to get by with reasoning and logic these past few years. So far it has been an unmitigated disaster. If you happen to find any of my lost magical items, please let me know. I'm offering several beanie babies as a reward.

Yep. And remember we had Viney at 26 or something. At the time Viney was rated better than Wines and very similar game styles. We would have been taking 2 inside aggressive mids instead of taking one plus an outsider classy mid who was rated higher anyway. Call was the right one at the time given the info available.

Yep, I remember that as well. He was asked something along the lines of "who out of this year's draft would you love to play along side?" and he answered Toumpas. Jimmy will come good. I remember watching that game in Darwin where he was subbed off. He was devastated. Hadn't touched the ball, played sick and in the heat but was trying his guts out. Eventually that sort of passion and determination will pay off.

I really enjoyed Walter Mitty too Can't back you up on the latest Godzilla though. I thought it was aweful. Also the adds heavily implied Bryan Cranston would be the lead. I was sorely disappointed. Seeing Guardians tonight, can't wait :D

I must admit I'm in the same boat. Even the possibility of witnessing some beautiful BBO/Moonie sexual tension wouldn't be enough to get me to the game.

Brilliant work P-Man :D

I see what you did there, Stephen.

This makes me happier than you can possibly imagine.

Well if it works for you, no reason to change. I bought a new lap top a few months back and it came with Windows 8. Had no problem adapting to the changes. Boot to desktop and everything's pretty much the same. Keyboard shortcuts are still the same. I don't even see the 'tile' interface. I really liked the windows live integration as well, so I didn't have to set up a new user account. I did have to google how to turn the damn thing off though. Weird that they hid it in the settings thing.