I too am looking forward to a triumphant return, but am balancing that hope with knowledge that the game has been evolving without him, and that 4 years out of the game is not a great starting point to work your way into a GF runner up side
I too am looking forward to a triumphant return, but am balancing that hope with knowledge that the game has been evolving without him, and that 4 years out of the game is not a great starting point to work your way into a GF runner up side
The difference between insanity and genius is measured only in success.
Just in case you find yourself asking the same questions I did after I posted this:
Q: Was "round 4" AFL round 4 or NEAFL round 4? A: AFL Round 4
Q: So which would be his potential NEAFL first game? A: NEAFL round 4 (which is AFL round 5) v GWS @ SCG (because we have a bye in the NEAFL AFL round 4). This is great because it is a curtain raiser for the senior teams and you can watch both. I wonder if this played in to the Club's thinking in terms of the timing of when they added AJ to the LTIL? Maybe he really is on track to play NEAFL that day (Saturday 22 April - bookmark it)!
I hope that makes sense.
It's hard to imagine that his body would be up to the rigours of even a NEAFL game by then. He's been out of the game for four years. I wasn't expecting him to play NEAFL until mid-late season. I'm tipping a record NEAFL crowd on the day that he does run out there. Personally, I don't think I could watch it. Every twist and turn h makes that game would have me on tender hooks.
"'On tenterhooks' - the meaning and origin of this phrase"
www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/on-tenterhooks.html
A tenter is a wooden frame, often in the form of a line of fencing, used to hang woollen or linen cloth to prevent it from shrinking as it dries. The tenterhooks are, not surprisingly, the hooks on the tenter used to hold the cloth in place
However I imagine you feel pretty tender if you are hanging on a tenterhook.
Whether on tender hooks or tenter hooks I am with S.S Bleeder, it would be too stressful to watch it.
I will probably be on fish hooks when watching AJ's first game.
fishhok injury to the eyelid of right eye.JPG
This is a technique I acquired from watching Tom Derickx. It's not for everyone, but it's amazing how unsympathetic you become about other people's problems.
I saw what you did there. Where would the world be though, without us?
'At one fell swoop' - the meaning and origin of this phrase
www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/at-one-fell-swoop.html
The swoop (or stoop as is sometimes now said) is the rapid descent made by the bird when capturing prey. Shakespeare used the imagery of a hunting bird's 'fell swoop' to indicate the ruthless and deadly attack by Macbeth's agents.
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