Roger Mellie

I think that pretty much covers everything.

Me too (x2). There's something about it being for a 3 game membership for guests. Not sure if I ticked the wrong box of it's a bonus/present from the MFC. No doubt the latter.

If Essendon get a women's team, I hope they get suspended too (just because it's Essendon) Dee's and Bullies should have first shot at it.

I should've known Brayshaw would be inside tucking into the celery while the rest of the boys are on the training track.

I rarely listen in the evenings but on the odd occasion I have, that Mark Fine has done his nut at some caller who dared question him. Absolutely tears strips off them. The guy's odd. As far as the others: Andrew Gaze = Bill Brownless Andrew Maher = Sounds like Julia Gillard with a deep voice. Kevin Bartlett = Stubborn old coot Mark Allen = So easy to wind up. Light weight Don't mind Harford and Francis Leach will be great. Unfortunately he'll be dumbing it down for the audience again.

K.O.D

No, I suspect (without a shred of evidence) he's doing a hell of a lot of lighter distance running to avoid the soft tissue injuries that might come after a marathon lay-off with significant muscle degeneration (Hello Mitch ) The long come back trail

Nice hat!

Bump

Nick O'Kearney

This really sticks in my throat!

Jake Stringer. Jesse Stringer played for Geelong. Edited the bit about his (Jesse's) violent side out.

Bump! Given the intrigue of this year's draft I'm just bumping this, just in case all this draft pick manoeuvring was to secure Milera, thinking that Gold Coast were going to take him at 3/6. It's less likely but a possibility and it's another area we need help (outside class).

Post of the Year

I can smell the stink of Essendon's midfield from here. There's no argument on that front. Time will tell, but if you look at this latest Top 10 from the Hun. They have us taking Parish, then Essendon with Curnow. It's conceivable it's the other way around and our need for a forward (in a talls draft) is considered more pressing. I can see a case for both and you have a compelling argument. I'm just leaving the door as wide open for Curnow at 3 as Parish.

You could equally argue the same case for Curnow. Melbourne wanted Pick 3 as they didn't think Curnow would last until 7. Essendon's need for forwards (or potentially in Curnow's case forward/mid) is just as strong as ours, or stronger if you want to compare Hogan with Daniher. I would be surprised if Essendon didn't go for a forward as well as a mid. I'm not saying that's what'll happen but the argument's valid.

I went to training a few times last summer. There was no observable drop off in training standards. I suspect it was more of a case of the newbies being the focus everyone's attention. JKH as a second year, came back noticeably bigger and more defined, so he had clearly done a lot of work in the off-season. We also started to see him regularly in the front group in time trials - real improvement! Although he gets very down on himself when he makes a mistake, he'll work extremely hard to get where he needs to be. Drop-off schmop-off

Yep thanks. It would be unusual for them to send camera crews to all these venues, particularly the [censored] holes

More importantly, will the first two (or any of them me televised)? Playford Alive Oval is probably a little out of the way.

Everyone's assuming GCS will pick as they have in the past. They've got a new coach. They've lost Dixon. Who's to say they won't go for a tall. I wouldn't be surprised if they went for Weirdoman or Curnow over Mileara / Mathieson. We'll get a clearer picture closer to the draft, when the journos start sniffing things out (the better ones that is).

In this case your keys, just as the door slams behind you.

Ramblings of Roger Part 327 This is one of the most bizarre and comical names I have ever come across. Accordingly, I felt compelled to investigate further. In my mind the poor kid must suffer either from cruel parents syndrome or that old chesnut 'how to distract people from your family's ridiculous surname, by giving your son a Christian name to make him a laughing stock.' Anyway, back to investigations: it turns out 'Didymus' means 'twin' in who tf cares what language (let's go with latin or greek). Going with 'Twin' there is the distinct possibility that Dids has a twin brother/sister with an equally preposterous name (my sympathies). Delving a little further, we discover there were one or two famous 'Didymus' about 2000 years ago when everyone had silly names. There was Didymus the Blind (who, of course was a writer) and Didymus the Musician (who no doubt tapped out some funky stuff on a rock). Therefore, you can't go past the natural progression and logical conclusion: Didymus the Demon is a must!

Just Swans academy players then. All good

Pies will try and fob off someone like Blair to make up the balance. Two dwarfs for the price of one.

How about Seedsman to GCS from Pies Howe to Pies Pick 19? to Demons from GCS (I've lost track with what picks GCS have). This needs to be evened up with picks, but I'm trying to get away from the notion of Kennedy for Howe