Found my 1966 Junior Member's card recently when cleaning up some old boxes.
You wrote your name and address in it - my handwriting has not improved in almost 50 years!

From what I saw the guys missing from the on-field drills/play: Steven, Schneider, Newnes, Gilbert, White, Membrey, Saunders, Sinclair, Markworth, Lonie; Riewoldt only ran some laps as mentioned earlier. Maybe 100-200 people around the ground which looks in very good condition. Great to see club sta...

Good on the club...I mentioned in the AGM thread about having the opportunity to talk with the players as a good example of inclusiveness also.
Let's have more of it.

Interesting that Finnis at the AGM last night said the club needed to seriously look into JO given the "significant amount of member support". I understand the emotional appeal of going back to the home base, the need to have a real partnership with the cricketing brethren and the necessit...

Can't split them.

Hope it goes well for Clint and Dennis.
Good to see a connection with the club continuing beyond their senior playing days.

Some other observations... Summers is a better presenter than Westaway (not that difficult?), although he went through his speech pretty quickly. Handled the questions pretty well. Re the question if the Board had considered exploring having a boutique stadium like what Geelong have, I thought Summe...

So does that mean TDL and Jones will play for Sandy in 2015? Would be great if true! I did see that in an article earlier this week, possibly on the AFL website or the herald sun about where retired players are playing this coming year. They will definitely give some depth to the team. Was definite...

Great interview with Luke Dunstan, he sounded pretty stuffed after the training.
Congratulations to him on inheriting the #7 from Lenny.

Anyone know the reasons why the local community groups mentioned in the Herald Sun are opposed to us returning to the JO?

What are the options? 1. Retain Moorabbin as Matt Finnis indicated in May 14 as a 'community hub' (StKilda stand alone VFL team, Southern Football League, Sandringham Dragons, South Metro Juniors) and a 'physical presence' (social club, museum, retail outlet) 2. Move from Seaford to Junction Oval, o...

Pretty sure Carlton are going to take Jason Tutt from the Bulldogs in the pre-season draft.

Some observations, of which a few have already been aired: Hickey seemed to win a lot of the hitouts in the first half of the game against Big Mac, promising. Maister (nee Wilkes) the dominant forward, worked hard, much fitter. Milne far from finished - class. Lee didn't get into the action in the f...

The problem I have is that the bad things I see Grammy do stick in my head far more strongly than a lot of the Ok and to a lesser extent the good things he does. I read the stats the next day after the game and think "OK, he had a fair bit of the action...", but to see him shirk a tackle r...

Just a clarification on the doors not being open to let members in until 7pm - I opened the door and walked in well before then. Annoyed with the grandstanders who hog the general business time pushing their barrows - totally agree it is the members opportunity but give everyone a break and try aski...

I liked the "Judge Joey" stories.

One thing that stood out was the respect for Rob Eddy and his effort under injury. Although effort is paramount it was not enough to stop him from being delisted.

I think you have to look the careers of AFL coaches from a bigger picture point of view, and they certainly can't be judged based on isolated seasons. For example -- Lyon was appointed in 2007 with the task of taking a current core group of players (built around the 1999-2002 drafts) to a premiershi...

I try not to get emotional at games. But Collingwood is an exception. I really do not like their club, players and particularly their supporters. The latter I can recall several occasions over the last few years where I wonder just how their fans come to be like they are - mostly abusive, unapprecia...

To get their burg count up before midnight!

I rang Ticket today and found out the seat allocation. They can trace the seating if you supply the credit card details you used to book the tickets

Saw Sam S. lining up on the half forward flank before the dogs and Saints took up their positions. He looked like he had a bit of form (seaside bins, Little Bourke Street restaurants, etc.). Lacked the pace for the role and left the field early. Jonathan S. was also floating around Centre Half Forwa...

My Visa was credited at 10:59 this morning. Talk about a nerve wracking experience. My original Visa account was defrauded on Thursday night and I had to arrange another account number as the original one was blocked by the bank. You can imagine how I felt when told there was a 24 hour window to pro...

Apparently when someone asked Leigh for advice during the game his reply was "Cut it out"

First, great write up Enrico Misso - concur with all that you said. I did a quick count just before the meeting started and only counted 70 to 80 plus the Directors. Several more probably came in so maybe 100 or so there although I was sitting up the front. Re the hippie up the front - I was sitting...

Think the young guy who won the time trials was Sam McGarry. Leigh Fisher was up amongst the front runners in his time trial group. Lenny running laps, X sprints. Al Smith running laps, don't think he was doing the time trials. BJ well ahead in his group, looks like a man on a mission. Stand pulled ...