Melbourne v Gold Coast, Saturday afternoon at the MCG is a sneakily huge game all of a sudden.

Tonight was Exhibit A as to why we love the footy like we do.

Can understand why the AFL wants to host concerts at Marvel Stadium until the end of February because of the $$$ they generate, but this year it has bitten them on the bum and has made the amended fixture all the more complicated.

Good to be back on this segment for another year. @1116sen.bsky.social

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Great. Antisemitism festering this place as well. ☹️

If Helen Garner uses it then ‘versing’ has truly entered the vernacular.

Not a lot of competition in Caulfield but neighbour George has absolutely nailed it. #christmas

The media rights deal signed by deal-maker extraordinaire Gillon McLachlan late in 2023 for the @afl gets better and better all the time. @NRL should get its money but with Foxtel sold there has to be at least a little uncertainty.

For those wanting to know a bit about Barry Carp, the new CollingwoodFC president, he’s been a diehard Pies fan forever, a good listener, very bright and together with his partner, very philanthropic. Suspect he’ll be lower profile than some of his predecessors.

Never seen a team I support in any sport 💩 the bed like the 2024 Giants. And in their centenary year. Time to blow the joint up …again.

Penned a few words about the new boss of cricket.

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Gout Gout alone is why they need to build a proper Olympic Stadium in Brisbane.

Memo to those who argue for ‘nuance’. It’s OK to condemn the fire bombing of a Melbourne synagogue while maintaining your outrage over the acts of the Israeli government. Go on. Try it.

The Hawks and the media. A brief history thereof following the Full Sweat announcement.

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The dead giveaway that John Longmire was stepping down was that he wasn’t in the Swans draft room whereas Dean Cox was.

Interesting letter to @HawthornFC members from Andy Gowers. Club legend Don Scott has nominated for the board but wouldn’t meet the nominations committee and “he has not accepted my offer of an in person meeting to discuss any issues he has with the Club.”
What a surprise!

The size of this place is just incredible. #hokball
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One of those days where Melbourne and Sydney seem one million, not one thousand kilometres apart.