Gerard

We should not be too cynical, for we are drowning in an election without politics.

But sadly for the AFL, it was a summer's night without heat and a launch without a crowd as well.

The cold and windswept MCG held barely 10,000 and looked desolate and unfriendly.

No matter what the AFL tried, the show could not generate any energy.

The attempts at entertainment, in most part, failed.

yes it didn't go well this is how they launched the season um and the centenary season in february at the mcg i think in their heads they thought hot summer's night we'll get everyone along get some entertainment and everyone will love this night it was cold it wasn't it wasn't a good night this was the night before the lightning premiership started too

Which got ruined by weather.

Yeah, which got ruined by weather.

And yeah, it just doesn't land.

As Patrick Smith says, could not generate any energy bar from a group called the Wiggles who had the kids hopping, bopping at the start.

Dorothy the dinosaur is not without talent.

He also talks about Leon Cameron, Brad Boyd, John Platton and Tony Woods hammed it up as they jigged about to a Beatles melody.

Then more footballers, including Bill Brownless, David Schwartz, Justin Madden and Stephen Alessio appeared on stage and turned around in circles for three minutes while the song Simply Irresistible belted out over the speaker.

In truth, the players were very resistible.

So Patrick didn't, didn't enjoy it.

It does seem a little strange.

The fact that they got the Wiggles is probably the best thing out of it.

Like the retrospectively, is this the biggest act to ever play at an AFL event?

Possibly.

Um, they, on the night they announced, so they announced the, the hall of fame members, which is fantastic, but there's 136 members, initial inductees to the hall of fame.