This isn't just midweek football.

It's wide-eyed, shirtless jordies on a European tour.

It's noisy neighbours turn trebles winners doing the post-NAM.

It's the Red Devils burning with scores to settle.

It's the young gunners all fired up with their sights set on glory.

It's the chance to compete with Europe's elite.

This isn't just football, this is everything.

What dreams are better though?

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This is the Friends Vista Debating Society.

I'm John Batchu with my colleague and friend, Jeremy Zachis of New South Wales.

I have learned from Jeremy that all the exotic creatures of Australia, the marsupials, the birds,

certainly the snakes, are, let's put it this way.

They're aggressive, okay, and it's springtime and it's breeding season.

So the normal aggression is now hyper-aggression.

What's the Magpies?

Jeremy, apparently, is in a shake-down relationship with the Magpies.

If he feeds them to their satisfaction, they won't attack Jeremy.

Jeremy, how many Magpies and how's the feeding going?

Are they satisfied or have they been eyeing you?

Well, John, we do have what looks like two families of three Magpies, so we have six Magpies,

and they play fairly too.

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