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Fromo our resident MSM specialist, the latest article on our newest rising star. From the Zach Merrett thread in the Hangar.

ESSENDON YOUNG GUN FINISHES SEASON ON HIGH

By Rocky IV
The Herald Age

In a season that saw young Essendon midfielder Daniel Merrett come of age, he has finished off the 2016 season on a massive high with a top 10 finish in the Brownlow medal count. The night caps off a massive season for the young midfielder in which he was somewhat controversially left out of the forty man All Australian squad.

In a season that saw Essendon players including Angus Monfries, Paddy Ryder and Stewart Crameri all forced to sit on the sidelines for the entire season and watch due to the ASADA 12 month ban handed down by WADA, it was Jacksons star that shone brightest. In a season that saw him pick up his second best and fairest award, he also accumulated the most possessions by an Essendon player in a season.

In a season that saw the Essendon Football club collect only three wins, it was left to some of the clubs younger players to stand tall and deliver. Merit did just that all season, along with star draftees Aaron France’s, Andrew McDonald-TopongTwutiTwinting , Darcy Parish and Joe Daniher, they formed a formidable formation that will give hope to the beleagured clubs fans of a bright future in seasons to come.

In a season that saw experienced coach John Worsfold take the helm and guide his young bombers to the wooden spoon, he said he couldn’t speak highly enough of the youngsters game this past season and said it gave hope to a whole new generation of Essendons supporters for seasons to come.

“Look I can’t speak highly enough of Rogers game this past season”, Worsfold said, “it really gives hope to a whole new generation of Essendon supporters for seasons to come” he continued.

In a season that saw 10 of the twelve suspended bombers re-commit to the club, the club was also thrilled last week to announce to their fans and members that Zack had re-signed with the club for the next five seasons, which gives a whole new generation of Essendon supporters hope for seasons to come.

Well said that man.

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Found this on the tube, a speech Tippa did at his old school.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr5mqPKzyXs

Walla / Tippa in his own words describes his struggle and his journey. More power to him for not giving up and not giving in. This is a wonderful story, but l couldn’t post it until l had watched the whole thing, l urge all Blitzers to do likewise, and marvel at his journey, a journey that in many ways is still only just beginning. Walla still has a long way to go, get behind him and watch how far he goes.

Many thanks to bomber_girl for finding this and post it in The Hangar.

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From the No Lav: Lost trade board for 2016, the best summary of this season’s trade period that you are ever likely to read. A post that will be sure to become more popular, as more Blitzers find it.

Melbourne's List Manager: "We were happy to get in Hibberd as compensation for acquiring Melksham last year. Although, in fairness, Melksham's 2016 looms as some of the best football he will produce for the club. People have said that getting Lewis on top of Hibbo made us one of the best performed this week. We disagree. We were looking to do more. After our recent successes in getting the great Lemumba and Dawes, we were desperate to go back to the well and recruit a Collingwood champion. We had our sights set on champion backman Marley Williams but were distraught when North outbid us with their pick 105."

Fremantle’s List Manager:
“Ross Lyon looks forward to embracing all our young acquisitions by warmly welcoming them into the club, before refusing to play them in preference for old, plodding has-beens.”

Richmond’s List Manager:
“We managed to get in The Human Meatball in place of Ty Vickery, who is an actual meatball. We were sick of people telling us that we rely too much on our star players, so we gave one away to GWS.”

Adelaide’s List Manager:
“It’s really nice weather here in Hawaii. We highly recommend it.”

St.Kilda’s List Manager:
“We were really hoping for some Essendon players after last years transaction worked so well for the club. We thought we had a shot in snaring Hurley and Laverde but it turns out they were not the types we were looking for as they have no interest in white powder and they haven’t got a Snapchat account. We got Stevens and Steele for cheap, which is good, because we can spend the left over money on magnets that work.”

Port’s List Manager
“We don’t have a lot of high profile players who seek to come to us, so we were thrilled that a high profile player rejected overtures from interstate clubs and nominated us as his team of choice. Thanks to Hamish Hartlett choosing us over the Tigers and Bombers, we can honestly call ourselves a destination club. Although we didn’t do too much else, we will soon announce long term deals for every player on our list. Jimmy Toumpas just signed an in-principle deal to stay at the club for 70 years with a trigger for 80.”

Swan’s List Manager:
“We were tight for salary cap room because we spent it all on repairing all the cars Buddy has smashed into lately. We unsuccessfully tried to get a three-way-deal off the ground that would have seen us getting O’Meara, the Gold Coast getting Tippett and Keiran Jacks’ parents getting the message.”

Geelong’s List Manager:
“We totally understood Caddy’s desire to go from a team in the Premiership window to a team steeped in mediocrity, so we did not stand in his way. Unfortunately Bartel had to retire because with Tuohy coming we couldn’t afford to have two unkempt players in the same side. We were stoked to get the Irishman as well as Aaron Black from North. We feel that the Irishman can take Black under his wing and mentor him about the intricacies of the game. We are allergic to first round picks, so we are relieved that we won’t be having one for the next twenty years.”

Hawthorn’s List Manager:
“We were elated when the big deal of the trade period was finally stiched up minutes before the end of the last day. I am of course talking about the trade that saw Reece Palmer go to the Blues for pick 135. Thanks to that, we are hopeful that our first pick in the draft, pick 136, may be moved up a notch or two. After talking to our club doctor, we are very confident we can get Jaeger O’meara right. Unfortunately, the doctor was less enthusiastic about working with Ty Vickery, who he said is a potato. Even though we have let go of a few notable experienced players, we feel it’s an exciting time for the club, as it offers opportunities to our younger players to show how crap they really are.”

Western Bulldog’s List Manager:
“We are devastated. We are in the process of lodging a complaint to the AFL. How on earth could we, the Premeriers, end up with Travis “■■■■■■” Cloke? Minutes after doing the deal, our coach got a call from Hawks player Josh Gibson. Gibson related a conversation he had with Kyle Cheney that Travis Cloke was actually a cooked player, and that it was Michael Talia who was the secret instigator of the deal. We are furious!”

Collingwood’s List Manager:
“The best clubs are inventive. They are trend setters. We figured that copying other sides wasn’t doing us any good, so we went a different route. Whilst the others are bringing youth into the side, we have gone for guys on their last legs. We got rid of talented players aged under 25 and set our sights on older guys. We are even considering taking part in the PSD. We think Bert Newton could do a great job in our undermanned backline. We can also announce a new naming sponsor for our training facilities. We will now be training at the Le Pine Funerals Centre.”

Gold Coast’s List Manager:
“Our President offered the World and ended up with a postcard from Kuwait. We are proud of having all the even numbered picks in the draft (4,6,8 and 10). This will give us the opportunity to pick up some great player for 2 years before handing them back to their rightful owners. Our President is right. Look at his record. Under his presidency, he has lost O’Meara, Prestia and Charlie Dixon and he has brought in Jarrad Grant. That’s a legacy!”

North Melbourne’s List Manager:
“We went like for like. Brent Harvey is short - as is Hrovat. Firrito has a dodgy nose and Ahern has dodgy knees. Petrie has a club goal kicking record and Marley Williams has a criminal record. So we’re pretty happy.”

Carlton’s List Manager:
“We feel quite dejected. We made a rookie error. We felt spelling Tuohy was too hard so he had to go, but then we get him for Billy Smedts! What is the point of that ‘d’? We felt the need to get more GWS players in, as we have long prided ourselves for accepting other teams’ rubbish. We are thrilled at maintaining pick 5 because we are very keen on the brother of Blake Boekhurst.”

West Coast’s List Manager:
“We think the Vardy deal was a good one for us. We really appreciated the professionalism exhibited by Geelong, who gave him to us cheaply and chucked in some added extras like a wheelchair and an IV drip. We really appreciate it. Sam Mitchell is looking forward to a new experience and choking in a major final will give him just that!”

GWS’ List Manager:
“I’d just like to take this opportunity to give the general public the chance to buy my Ferrari. I am selling it for $10. You can have my mansion too. I’ll give that to you for a bottle of beer.”

Brisbane’s List Manager:
“We were so insulted by the AFL’s measly compensation. Pick. 19? That’s all? What the hell are we meant to do with that? So we decided to make a statement. We got rid of our best player in Hanley and tried to force our captain out the door. That’ll get the AFL’s attention. They’ll see what a basketcase we can become. Then we extended the contract of Darcy Gardener and brought in elite talent like Frost. If you will please excuse me, we are about to announce our new captain - Marco Paparone.”

Essendon’s List Manager:
“We were looking for a star, and we believe we found one. After considering John Wayne and Cary Grant, we settled for Jimmy, who won the battle for a contract by a clear neck. Losing Hibbo will be hard, but will mean there is more food for the other players at lunchtime.”

Concur with 11kgm, brillaint work Pevster.

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The first hour of the session was spent with players in 4 groups of 8 and rotating to a different drill after about 10 minutes. One group had 2 players evading the couch and working to set up a shot at goal from the pocket. I was particularly disappointed at the number of easy shots missed in this drill from players of all groups.
Maybe they should have had settee shots instead?

… seems like they were Lounging around. Would have been worse still if they had someone on the Chaise

My attitude is, sofa, so good

I like the drills where they get their futon the ball as quick as they can.

Soooo, … sofa we know that, whilst couched on a settee, they saw the lounge make suite it’s escape, put their futon the gas, & gave chaise in divan … Is that right?

Daybed 'er have caught it. :wink:

Pun fun from the training Monday 09 - 01 - 2017 thread in the Hangar.

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Well this is a strange development. Plenty of near misses over the loast few months, and now two classic posts in as many days. From the James Hird Major Health Scare-in-Hospital thread in the Hangar, as complete and concise a summary of the SAGA as we will ever see. This is a brilliant piece of work and l join others on BBlitz in acknowledging sine nomine’s effort. Now we just need someone to record it and get it some airplay.

Apologies to Bob Dylan and well, to everybody really. Get well soon James… You are and will always remain, my hero.

Hirdy’s Pain.

Puerile press sit out in the darkest night
Enter Kate Lundy from the upper hall
She sees a vote winner in a pool of blood
Cries out my God, they drugged them all
Here comes the story of Hirdy’s pain
The man the authorities came to blame
For somethin’ that he never done
Put in a living hell, but one time he could-a coached
The champions of the world

Injected players everywhere does Lundy see
There’s a fat pr!ck named Vlad, movin’ around mysteriously
I didn’t do it, he says, and he throws up his hands
I was only robbin’ the register, I hope you understand
I didn’t warn ‘em, he says, and he stops
One of us had better call up the cops
And so Lundy calls the cops
And they arrive at Windy Hill with their red lights flashin’
In the hot Essen-don night

Meanwhile, not far away there’s a man of great renown
James Hird and his champion team are hitting the ground
Number one contenders for the AFL crown
Had no idea what kinda ■■■■ was about to go down
Evans pulled him over as Vlad’s bullshit flowed
Just like the time before and the time before that
In Melbourne that’s just the way things go
And if you’re blacked you might as well not show up on the street
'Less you want to draw the AFL’s interim sheet

Stephen Dank had a partner and he had a rap for the cops
Him and Dean Robinson were just out prowlin’ around
He said, we were two men runnin’ things, I must fix the latch on my gate
Court cases came and went in a haze of dates
And Miss Amnesia Andruska just nodded her head
Media said, wait a minute, boys, this story’s not dead
So they quizzed a player’s Mum, Sarah supposedly
Although this woman could never be
She told them that she could identify the guilty man

Say that again Darc and haul the big clown in
They took him to the studio and they brought him upstairs
The wounded man looks up through his lying’ eyes
Says, wha’d you bring my name up for? James Hird’s the guy!
Here’s the story of Hirdy’s pain
The man the authorities came to blame
For somethin’ that he never done
Put in a living hell, but one time he could-a coached
The champions of the world

Three years later, the media are in flame
Hirdy’s in the AFL, the tribunal cleared their name
While Ben Mc’Devitt’s still in the buggery game
And the Feds are puttin’ the screws to him, lookin’ for somebody to blame
Remember just how guilty those 34 bastards are
Remember how we said that Hirdy won’t get far
He thinks he’d like to play ball with the law
Think it might-a been the coach that you saw runnin’ the drug site
Don’t forget we’re always right

Lying Ben McDevitt said I’m feeling quite poor
Then CAS said a poor boy like you could use a break
We’ve got him for the hexarelin job and we’re talkin’ to the AFL
We want ’em to go back on trail, making Hirdy’s life a hell
You’ll be doin’ society a favor
That sonofabitch is brave and gettin’ braver
We want to put his ■■■ in stir
We want to pin these trumped up charges on him
He ain’t no Gentleman Jim

Hirdy’s Bomber team started packing a punch
But he never did like to talk about it all that much
It’s my work, he’d say, and I do it for pay
And when it’s over I’d just as soon go on my way
Up to some paradise
Where my golden locks flow and the media is nice
And premierships we will avail
But then they took him to the courthouse
Where they try to turn a man into a mouse

All of Essendon’s cards were marked in advance
The CAS trial was a pig-circus, they never had a chance
Richard Young made fairy strands both ridiculous and dumb
To the mouth breathers who watched he was a revolutionary bum
And to the media folks Hird was just a crazy figure
No one doubted that he pulled the trigger
And though they could not produce a smokin gun
The media said he was the one who did the deed
And the AFL and nufties all agreed

James Hird was falsely tried
The crime was trial by media, guess who testified
Caro and Robbo and they both baldly lied
And their newspapers, they all went along for the ride
How can the life of such a man
Be in the palm of some fool’s hand
To see him obviously framed
Couldn’t help but make me feel ashamed to live in a land
Where justice is a game

Now all the criminals in their coats and their ties
Are free to drink martinis and tell those AFL lies
While James sits like Buddha in a hospital cell
An innocent man in a living hell
That’s the story of Hirdy’s pain
But it won’t be over till they clear his name
And give him back the time he’s done
Put in a hospital cell, but one time he could-a coached
The champions of the world

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An entertaining piece, one of a series that we have come to know, love and appreciate from Rocku 1V. This one being a little more obvious in its treatment than previous efforts, but still entertains and hit the mark nonetheless.

"Leaked Tapes Not a Concern for the AFL

By Rocky IV
The Herald Age
entertaining
AFL Boss Gillon McLahlan as continued his stance in saying that the leaked tapes from an Essendon meeting at the height of the drugs saga was not a great concern for the AFL, again confirming that he had not paid any attention to the tape nor even listened to it.

“Look the leaked tapes from the Essendon meeting are not a concern for the AFL”, McLoughlan said, “We’re not paying any attention to it and I haven’t even listened to it. The part where we were accused of being a bunch of lying p*$%ks by James Hird I didn’t even hear that bit and I didn’t listen to any of the parts where General Little said we were going back on our word”

He continued “The whole tape, that I have never heard or listened to just isn’t true. None of the parts about the AFL changing their stance is a true indication of what happened in those meetings but I haven’t heard any of what was said on those tapes anyway”

MacLachlan then took the unusual step of stating his favourite movie is Mission Impossible 2 but then later in the interview went on to claim that he has never seen it. “The part where Ethan Hunt is racing to the cliff with the cure for the the woman he loves has is a gripping climax, so I hope to see that movie one day cos I’ve never seen it”.

He also stated that one day he would love to get back to his old haunt in England, but says when he goes back it will be the first time he’s ever been as he’s never travelled abroad. He loves the cold snowy winter and mentioned that he has never once in his life seen or experienced snow. When pushed on the inaccuracies of these comments, McLachlon launched a spirited defence saying “the day I feel the need to lie is the day I can’t do this job anymore, and I never lie about anything and one day I hope I will be able to lie”, McLaghlan said “I lied once to my brother once about how I thought he was wonderful on TV, but I’ve never lied in my life”.

Other claims by MackLachlan in this bizarre interview;

He loves a 5km run in the morning despite saying he’s never run further than 3.5km.
His haircut cost him just $22 at Supercuts and gets it done by a private barber in his office for $400
His burger of choice from McDonalds is the Mighty Angus, a burger he says he has never eaten and hopes to one day
He’s been to four Rolling Stones concerts, but hopes one day to see them live in concert as he’s never been
Wants to see the first Mission Impossible again as it was the first movie that he took his now wife to on their first date and he has never seen it so one day wants to relive that romantic day that never happened that he organised and was there for but wasn’t.
Throughout the Essendon Saga, The AFL has conducted itself of the highest integrity and the continuing solid consistency of their story is the very thread that is holding the fabric of the code together. MkLachlan saying that he has never lied and will never lie, should help the games government, players and supporters feel that the future of the game is in good hands.

Speaking of hands, McLocklan closed the interview by saying “I dont have any hands” before shaking mine and walking out.

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From the Hirdy Writes for the Herald Sun thread in the Hangar, a post that sums up the entire thread and the feelings of many Blitzers. # standbyhird

CJohns2h
Various key moments in this 4-5 year saga are defined in how painful, encouraging, sad, frustrating and exciting they are to so many people. As I read James Hird’s article last night it was a moment of sheer relief that a man I respect was first and fore mostly doing better physically and mentally…nothing was more important than this. I am sure it’s still just beginning steps, we all hope the journey for the Hird family is one of new beginnings and continued peace.

I get asked a lot about James but to be honest I have only met the man once for a meeting we had which was back in 2014 after an article I wrote on him in The Age. Despite that the Hird family is understandably very private and I don’t know them well at all to be blunt. You meet James obviously sometimes at training and he shakes your hand and says thanks for your support…he is a very easy person to read in many respects…humble, quiet but thoughtful. As much as I have never thought James would ever consider abandoning the club it was a healing moment to hear him discuss the club again and respectfully encourage Woosha, Heppell and the idea of the club’s Comeback story….he in many ways attributed his life with the same comeback story message in the article. It was a powerful message and moment as we lead up to the March to the G

James will likely never read this but I just want to publicly thank him as one of the many “Lifers” for his bravery, honesty and integrity shown in today’s article. He means a heck of a lot to me and so many other people. If today has led only 1 person to call Beyond Blue then it was worth it. Our own personal story through struggle are often the most powerful.

Thank you James and I hopefully look forward to shaking your hand one day in the crowd with your kids at an Essendon blockbuster that you as a player always lead the way and starred in.

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A quality assessement of our R1 win, from the Hangar.

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Classic RockyIV from the same thread.

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Well McNernan goes right in here.

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Scotty 21 - McNurnan will be in here, have no fear.

Warlock Pul and Reboot have some fun in the Brent Stanton #5 - Runnng Man Returning thread in the Hangar. Apologies for the formatting, this new version of Blitz won’t let me do a cut and paste like l used to, or else l am doing it wrong.

That looks like some seedy pom villain.
You mean something more like this?

That’s the bloke!

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Can I borrow the jag guvner?

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A wry statment now on the latest upgrade from our rookie list. I wonder if future selection issues will be decided in a similar way. From the Welcome to Essendon - Ben McNiece thread in the Hangar.

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From the (How long is a piece of) String(er?) thread in the 2017 draft forum, a post for those who appreciate some puns, and also for those who don’t.

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Some more from the same source.

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There have been a few classic posts on the Stringer trade recently, but none better than this little beauty, from The Coach. Hats and jackets off to you on this collectable.

More classic trade posts to come, once l get my breath back.

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That one is all time.

@The_Coach putting all us other Photoshop owners to shame.

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The OP from the “What the List Managers Really Said,” thread from the Stringer Things, Draft & Trade board. It makes for much better reading than anything likely to be reported in the MSM, probably a more accurate summation of trading as well.

Great work Pevster.

Pevster2h
Adelaide’s List Manager:
“Our players took the unexpected Grand Final loss really badly, so we got 2 players (Gibbs and Gibson) from crap clubs who are used to losing and will therefore show the others how to take disappointments in their stride. Some may be surprised that we picked up Gibson but we see him as a very experienced player. At North he had the reputation of sharing insights and words of wisdom with the younger players and sharing the ball with the opposition.”

Brisbane’s List Manager:
“We were intent on adding youth to fast track our clubs rebuild, so we brought in Luke Hodge. Tom Rockliff had to go as he was starting to lose his relevance in Supercoach. We feel like Charlie Cameron’s reluctance to contend for a Premiership makes him a good fit for our club. Losing Schache is no big deal because we have a surplus of crap talls already with Josh Walker and Matt Hammelmann, and frankly it was a pain in the butt trying to spell his surname correctly.”

Carlton’s List Manager:
“We basically came in with a plan - to copy the Bombers. We went for Smith because they did and then made a play for Saad like they did. They secured the 3 S’s, so we decided to secure the 3 D’s, or as we call them the 3 Dumps. We first continued a player dump by continuing to dump surplus GWS players onto our list. We then did a salary dump, by putting the hack Lobbe onto our list. Now we aim to take our Gibbs picks to the draft for a draft dump, by selecting a bunch more Boekhursts. Some people thought we were crazy for trading Gibbs, and accused us of trading away our short term future, but we reject that, as it implies we have long term future.”

Collingwood’s List Manager:
“Last year we brought in a few high profile players that turned out to be hacks. We realised we needed a 180 degrees change of strategy, so we saved ourselves the trouble and instead got lower profile players that we think will become hacks. Understanding that we needed to bolster our key talls we set out to acquire Sam Reid, but through a clerical error we mistakenly ended up with his teammate Sam Murray, and we have absolutely no ■■■■■■ idea who he is.”

Essendon’s List Manager:
“We of course went all out for S surnames and it looked to be all in vein when our first 3 names, Smedts, Suban and Sumner didn’t happen. We almost lost hope and turned our attention to T, which would have been very dangerous because we could have ended up with Dale and Lindsay Thomas. Saad in particular was very impressed with our new facilities and commented how comfortable our spongy floors would be during prayer time. We tried to reunite Stringer with his mate JJ but Jason wasn’t available to pick up the phone. He was busy accompanying Abby Gilmore to her scheduled pap smear. We are not worried about having few picks in this years’ draft because our attention was always going to be to next years’ when Frankston is reinstated into the VFL and would therefore feed us some players.”

Fremantle’s List Manager:
“We were just joking! Pick 2? As if anyone would give a pick 2 for Lachie Weller. We couldn’t believe it when they took it seriously! Next year we are going to ask Gold Coast for 2 first rounders for Hayden Ballantyne. On their current form we reckon they’ll take that.”

Geelong’s List Manager:
“Some have remarked about what they refer to as generous compensation for Motlop, but they clearly weren’t watching that one game where he didn’t look all that comatose. We didn’t have a lot of cap space to get Stringer but we thought we were a decent chance to lure him because Geelong does have a lot of loose 17 year old girls. We are using the Ablett move as a test case. If it works we may also try to bring back other club champions like Billy Smedts.”

Gold Coast’s List Manager:
We heard a rumour that Fremantle are having a chuckle at getting our pick 2, but the joke is on them for accepting Brandon Matera!"

GWS’s List Manager:
“We had to free up cap space by getting rid of Wilson, Smith and Kennedy and free up our BBQ budget by getting rid of Mumford. We have been ridiculed for having stars that don’t play as a team, We are trying to remedy that by bringing in hacks that don’t play as a team.”

Hawthorn’s List Manager:
“We come out of this trade period feeling very satisfied. Not for anything we did, because let’s face it, we did jack all! But because throughout the period we read the myriad of articles written by Garry Buckenara and we would just sit there and feel relieved that that wombat isn’t working for us anymore. We hatched an idea that disappointingly didn’t work out for us. We applied to have Tyrone Vickery put on the rookie list as a Category B rookie, on the grounds that he hasn’t played anything remotely like football for the past 3 years.”

Melbourne’s List Manager:
“We tried desperately to give up all our draft picks because we suck at the draft. We traded away Jack Watts because his superior kicking skills was upsetting our turnover merchants and Dom Tyson in particular was fed up with him.”

North Melbourne’s List Manager:
“We look forward to next week’s trade period … What? … it just finished … nobody told us!”

Port Adelaide’s List Manager:
“We are the clear winners. We realise that the 3 acquisitions have been underwhelming at times for their old clubs, but we stand by our record of getting good football out of these types (just look at what we’ve done with Jimmy Toumpas). We did a great transaction with the Dogs whereby they give us the relief of not having to play Jackson Trengove and we give to them the honour formerly bestowed on Kochie of Biggest ■■■■ of a President.”

Richmond’s List Manager:
“We considered Schache for 5 minutes, but found that he wasn’t a good fit for us because he didn’t have a camera, medal, topless girlfriend or social media account.”

St. Kilda’s List Manager:
“We causally enquired about Adam Tomlinson. GWS said no. So then we asked for Tomlinson and GWS still said no. So we begged for Tomlinson. They still said no. Then we threatened and blackmailed for him, but GWS didn’t budge, so we gave up and went home. We were lucky to get Logan Austin, who has great flexibility, offering us the luxury of 2 surnames for the 1 player.”

Sydney’s List Manager:
“The Pies asked about this guy named Sam Murray. The name rang a bell. I approached Horse who said that the name was vaguely familiar and suggested there might have been a Sam Murray at the club at one stage, perhaps a High Schooler doing work experience. We ended up tracking him down via a private investigator. It turns out he was on our rookie list. Who would have thought?”

West Coast’s List Manager:
“We didn’t do much because we didn’t think we needed to. We felt we were well placed with players such as Masten, Jetta, Lamb and Wellingham that there was no pressing need to bring in people through a trade.”

Western Bulldogs’ List Manager:
Unfortunately the Western Bulldogs list manager didn’t get back to us. We gave him a deadline in which to comment but he did not get back to us before the deadline expired. We then sent a formal hand delivered written request to club president, Peter Gordon, who summarily ate it.

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lol

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Post withdrawn.

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The best football summary written for some months on BBlitz, from the Changes, Round 3 Dogs thread in the Hangar.

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