Go Ds

There was that weird film, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, where one could have all the memories erased of a failed relationship. Honestly if I could I'd just about have all my memories of Melbourne from 2007-2017 erased AND, despite what some Demon supporters would assert, definitely would NOT want the last three years erased.

The commentator said he'd had 15 possessions in that last quarter .... and the siren was minutes away (and he got at 2 least goals in that time)

Yeah.... I'll be loudly protesting outside the president's office. If the beloved McDonald is not un-instated I'll be microwaving my membership card on TikTok.

I'm sure some people watch a horror with a friend on the proviso that that friend tells them the moments they need to close their eyes. Maybe with this replay you'll need a mate to shout out "Morris!".

Hell no. But usually wouldn't Hall Of Famers be first-mentioned when asked about best players?

It is. But I just looked at the team of the century thread. Not everyone had him in their best 18 or even 22/23.

You mean you'd be reading someone's post and suddenly suspect/realise it was actually just AI? I don't want that either. As long as we're forewarned that threads are about AI or dont open threads only to find they're infested with AI responses I'm fine with it

Huh? If you're not interested in jumper numbers you wouldn't click on on a thread called Jumper Numbers. If you're not interested in best looking Demons players ever you wouldn't click on a thread called Best Looking Demons Players. If you're not interested in ChatGPT ....... I guess if 15 topics in a row mention AI I'd agree with you. But unless AI becomes amazingly good at predicting or analysing AFL I think we're pretty safe

It said at the top Chat GPT. Unless you didn't know that is AI why bother with this thread?

Oui! C' est ca!

Was this a surprise? He was a heart-and-soul role-model kind of player. But wasn't he always at least a rung below the most talented players?

True. It's good there are practice matches. I kinda agree with your last sentence. But it's more the teams that know this info and a sample of one is often insufficient . If an opposition player is unfit, sick or injured they can make a player look way better than they are. It can even work the other way where a much-improved defender makes a forward look inexplicably ordinary (but will end up doing that all season). I know there's a correlation of sorts between pre-season form and the real one. But often it's hard to know which bits correlate (even for the teams' brains trusts)

It's so hard to know what to take out of these games. A lot of times in the TAB* when an unexpected horse won a race the punters would rush back to the form guides on the wall to check whether there was a factor they had missed. Usually this wouldn't improve one's punting; but the same during the year if, say, Kako kicks 40 goals or Geelong drops down to 12th we'll then overrate hindsight. As for watching these games I'm sure I'm not the only one who likes to have these kind of things, plus other sports, on in the background. I suspect if I was born in America I'd be spoiled for choice for nightly sports viewing (assuming I liked their biggest sports in this parallel universe.) * This is ancient history. I'd guess the only people still in TABs are tragics who either can't afford pay TV or are Luddites who even resisted using email for years.

Yep! My first 30 years were this neck of the woods. I'd say the famous beach houses/boxes nearish to where Dendy St meets Beach Rd would have a connection to a lot of these well-to-do and their holiday houses.

You're welcome. But a journo or a random online told me about this. Also well done on freeze framing Tom above. FWIW I know there's footage also of Jack Higgins at about 7 years of age cheering his Saints after, I think, a Milne goal.