All this makes me wonder how our old mate Kim Hagdorn is getting on with his health issues.
Kim's copped a richly deserved, pasting on DL over the years, but, everyone is entitled to sympathy (apart from Read and Gaff), and now more than ever, I miss his made-up "insider information" and barely disguised agendas.
He'd be right behind Mad Mick's brilliant idea to trade our champion and captain - I can't recall a quality Freo player Haggers hasn't suggested be traded out – and that'd be a bit of fun to listen to and read about.
But even more entertaining would be his contortions to explain away the dire straits his Eagles have fallen into and his confidence that this was a mere blip that would quickly led to new triumphs, while at the same time claiming that Freo's apparent rise was a mirage that would soon evaporate as the natural order of things reasserted itself.
But, seriously, I hope he's okay. It's just a game, after all.