Tony Tea

Yes. 3 months ago. The overture still hints at greatness, but it's a misdirection because the rest is, although ambitious, nevertheless underwhelming. In the 45 years since I first played it I've never thought of it other than a worthy, but weakly produced, experiment.

In a word?

Next time someone pots my footy tipping I'm going to retort that it "could be better or worse than existing predictions."

It is most satisfactory.

The problem with the German team is the name. “Mannschaft” nobody says it without giggling.

He does things which make you sit up. Then he does things which make you sit down again. Like not get to marking contests in the best position. (Or drops chest marks.)

The Chocolate War.

It's a bit of both. The way we bring it in and the way the forwards make space.

You'd think he had a tank by now.

Yeah, I didn't expect to win either.

It's not just the Dees who have blown picks on a key forwards. I reckon picking key forwards is the toughest gig in drafting. Often a young bloke in U18s is highly rated because he is bigger and more advanced.

Yeah, those losses stick in my guts. We don't have much collateral to burn, and blown results have a habit of, of not snowballing, then costing us. (Like our two losses to three-win wooden spooner Carlton in 2024.)

Urgg.

Shoulda had a shot one time.

I doubt Rivers can be another flag player, but Windsor has upside. Love to unearth a Chris Judd type player.

Probs should have let #13 go when he was first bruited.

I hope Kingers is not making the same mistake as Goody and over-committing to defence at the expense of players ahead of the footy. Geelong were brilliant at swarming opponents then finding players free up forward. Hoping Kingo gets there.

We lack the kind of player who can turn an opposition attack or contested ball into a clear break into our forward line and a score.

Even though correlation is not causation, non sequiturs, etc, the form of GWS and GCS suggests Kingo was right to clear the deck at Demonland.

As Demon fans, such sentiments are tattooed on our brains.