Earl Hood

My phone weather predicts humidity between 70 to 80% from 8 to 11 p.m. ice vests and fans needed I suspect.

Anyone know if the boys are having a light run at Gosch’s tomorrow prior to flying up to Brisbane?

It wasn’t high impact. The MRO works off a formula but if you just make things up to get an answer you think is about right, change the bl**dy formula then. Don’t take the outcome into account!

6 Pickett 5 Gawn 4 Lever 3 Oliver 2 Petracca 1 Brown

Can’t wait for the first bounce. Dropped into the Union Club for refreshments in this heat. Hopefully I make it in time😁.

At least you can get a drink at the Gee, Uncle. I was cruising in the Vette last week through Romsey and looking for refreshments on a warm day only to find the Romsey Hotel closed and out of business! That’s a real shock for a Fitzrovian like myself. I mean what is going on these days in the frontier lands?

Absolutely nothing wrong with fibreglass!

I was assuming players had the week off from all training. This mandatory week break before the start of the season was negotiated by the Players Association some years ago. So it wouldn’t mean much if the players keep training as usual. It’s all odd to me, the players haven’t played for 6 months and are chomping at the bit to play a real match for points!

I am worried now that they have added Lobb to their forward line.

That was a ridiculous miss by the umpires. Nankervis is getting frustrated and lining up Max whenever he can.

No mention of Pickett! I was expecting him to do significant midfield time and draw some plaudits but seems he didn’t dazzle?

Having lunch at Aireys Inlet pub this afternoon and note that our South Australian contingent has arrived and sitting outside in the wind with girlfriends and pet dogs. Petty, Chandler and now ANB.

Thought you would just use your sonic screwdriver to get through the locked gate surely?

Good God I never realised that this site is riddled with fifth columnists!

Begs the question why isn’t it Prince’s Park?

Good to see the President at training.

Girls are looking sharp at training this morning at Princess Park.

Nail bitting last quarter coming up.

Gee I would never have guessed😁!

Still say something could be worked out with the endless Melbourne Tennis Centre upgrades that keep happening. That massive complex lies under utilised for 10 months of the year. We still train at the upgraded Gosch’s ground but we have social and admin facilities in existing MTC buildings and a state of the art training facility built at the MTC in their next upgrade for use by the world’s elite tennis players for 2 months a year, in December and January and the MFC for the rest.

Yes that’s the same time and reason I promoted myself to Earl!

Because he can’t read the play?

Agree he has to be tried forward next season. Even if it’s a bit of robbing Peter to pay Paul. IMO we can afford to leak a few extra goals down back if we convert more of our inside F50 entries and we usually win that stat in matches. I suspect Goody isn’t going to fundamentally change the game plan so we need players who can take contested marks up forward.

South Melbourne trading the Daniher brothers to Essendon for Neville Fields?

We have Tomlinson but he is on the outer, then Smith and the young Turner as options to allow Petty to go forward. If they aren’t good enough, I would suggest a key back comes cheaper than a key forward. But then I don’t think either ready mades of these two types of Key Position Player are available for trading?