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Well, if it is time to discuss our own sporting prowess... when I signed up for Under 11s, the kids in my new team asked me whether I was a forward or a back. I said a forward. They asked if I'd kicked any goals. I said no, but I did kick a point once. #LowKeyFlex

I always appreciate footy players who march to their own drum. I've got a soft spot for Joe, who prefers to drive for two hours to get to training rather than live in the city. People like him have a different set of values than a lot of others, and money isn't their main deal in life. I was...

This is a really hard decision. So many spuds, and only one Leon to give.

Are they all miming and singing to backing tracks (and only occasionally singing louder than the pre-recorded stuff)?

I've been off the Bay for most if the year. Then the Grand Final comes along, and I think "The Bay is full of flogs, that's where I belong."

Charlie Cameron for the Leon. He's a lot slower this year. Got a feeling he will take too long with the ball and get caught.

If you've got to be honest, are you sure you're on the right thread?

What a thied-rate crock this presentation has been.

WTF? Singing??? As if it hadn't dragged on enough.

How the hell can a kid in a wheelchair be Auskicker of the Year? You don't have adapted Auskick!

When he kicked the winning point in 1966, Barry Breen was wearing number 27. That was the first name I associate with the number, and pushes him past Blake, in my opinion, even though he wore number 4 at the end of his career.

@maddog37 thanks for your supportive words.

Could he just say, "Well, I'll stay on the list if you force me to, but I'm taking off time from my football-related PTSD," and just do supervised mental health recovery? For me, it took about 5 years to get back to an ok state emotionally. Life-threatening injuries change you. I still feel...

I had an horrific accident which left me nearly dead. You really, really don't get over it. I had many injuries (didn't get a ruptured spleen, but got other life-threatening injuries). I made a remarkable recovery, but I was never the same, emotionally or physically. One of the questions you...

I was at Bunnings, getting a key cut for the second time, cause the guy didn't do it right the first time. Dermie was about 4 checkouts across from me. I said to the key guy, "That's Dermott Brereton." He said, "Who is that?" I said "He's a famous footballer." The guy said "Oh, I don't follow...

He was sent back on the field with an incredibly serious injury. He will have no trust in the club's medicos, and he's said he and his family have been really rattled by it. I'm guessing at least some of the people close to him would have asked if the club failed in their duty of care? And if...

I can remember when he was in the draft... everyone expected him to go No. 1. Some St Kilda fans like me were saying "What?" when we didn't pick him. Then the club apologists come in to the discussion (as they always do) and told us the club knows much more than us and Paddy would lead us to a...

I truly hope people don't take this stuff too seriously. It's big footy! In that spirit, I'd like to add that Dusty was not only sublime with his football skills, he was more than handy with Chopsticks.

Greatest football player I've ever seen. Thanks for the memories, champ. All the best for the future, whatever you choose, and keep living life your way.

I am more of a free-speech person (with regard to 'hate speech') than I once was. I do think that words can be crimes (e.g. screaming fire in a theatre), and I do think that words like the ones we are discussing can also be evidence of a crime. For instance, if someone leaves home intent to...

It's what I expected. We need a new forward coach (at least).

ElliottsMaggies I appreciate the work you put into your response to my post. I had only read one article, and that said he was leading it (and left me with the impression he was alone in that). I appreciate you having the correct information at hand. Thanks.

I suspect (don't know, just suspect) that hiring ONE person to drive the Do Better strategy was a bad idea. If you had a larger group of people - perhaps two senior reps from the organisation, the captain of the team, one representative of the current indigenous players, and an advisory group of...

He's always marched to the beat of a different drum. He's the GOAT, in my eyes, because of the Norm Smith's. He doesn't owe the media (or anyone else) explanations. He's private. Good luck to him, I say.

Not great form to call someone a nutter when he has acknowledged his mental health issues (and left two clubs because of it). Yes, he's struggled. Big time. Sounds like he is also involved with people others would avoid, too. But it's hard enough to deal with mental illness as a man (talking...

Terrible and totally unacceptable. There is no excuse for it.

It is incredibly, unbelievably stupid. BUT it is also hurtful. Imagine you are a gay player and someone says this kind of awful comment to you... it's going to cut you to your core. (I say this as someone who felt the same way about the racist slurs which still cause ongoing hurt and trauma...

This club's motto should be "We tease you, not please you"

I can imagine him on TV saying, "I'm still alive!" ... Laura Kane rings in and says, "I don't believe you." Because the AFL can't ever admit it is wrong.

Yeah, nah. Turn the TV and the phone and the computer off. Just look at the scores tomorrow. It is better for my mental health.