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Doedee (doo-day).

Free Agent. Tall defender. 

Roughly now is the time to fill our boots propping up the list with FAs, by virtue of the fact our draft picks are all due to fall near the back of each round, and we also figure to receive pitiful compensation if any for FAs that leave us, so compo dilution is less of a concern for us.

Probably more alike to Lever than May, but I remain concerned that our succession planning may not be sufficient to cover for May when inevitable drop-off hits. He’ll become an accomplished gorilla-tamer, rather than the force he has been for us.

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    From memory, Adel quickly announced him as Lever’s superior successor.
     

    I don’t even care if he’s any good - let’s get him just to give Tex grief   

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    10 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

    I doubt he’s leaving????


    From Geelong. Adelaide apparently not coming to the party on salary, on account of him doing an ACL. I wouldn’t want him necessarily for 2024, I would want him for beyond.

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    3 minutes ago, redandbluemakepurple said:

    187 cm/  89 kg.  Not the gorilla that I am pining for.

    187?

    Christ, didn’t realise he was so small. That’s a gamechanger. Probably not then.

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    9 minutes ago, Mach5 said:

    187?

    Christ, didn’t realise he was so small. That’s a gamechanger. Probably not then.

    Yep, that would make him a successor to Hibberd, but not to May or even Lever.

    Hibberd successor types is one area we have a lovely harvest coming up!

    I'll return my focus to the draft, even if my draft-crush Curtin isn't likely to make it to us!

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    3 hours ago, Mach5 said:

    Doedee (doo-day).

    Free Agent. Tall defender. 

     

    How on earth do you get doo day.

    I'll always pronounce it dough - dee

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    31 minutes ago, Cranky Franky said:

    How on earth do you get doo day.

    I'll always pronounce it dough - dee

    I'll ask my daughter Siobhan,  who lives in Cockburn 🙄

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    11 hours ago, Cranky Franky said:

    How on earth do you get doo day.

    Because that's how the Doedee family pronounce it.

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    Checked the AFL app - he’s listed as 190cm. Still more on the short side than I realised.

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    Plays much above his height but probably too similar to Lever and unlikely to produce his best in 2024.

    Brisbane apparently keen because he fits nicely with Andrews and Payne. 

    I’d probably go for a cheaper depth player to compete with Disco and focus resources on rucks/forwards.

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    3 hours ago, Demonstone said:

    Because that's how the Doedee family pronounce it.

    I understand that but it still baffles me. Imagine if Steven May insisted that his surname be pronounced My or Petty insisted that his surname be pronounced Pet-tie.

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    2 hours ago, Cranky Franky said:

    I understand that but it still baffles me.

    Yes, it's not how you'd intuitively pronounce the name "Doedee".

    The origins of its unusual pronunciation date back to the 1850s when the Doedee family were very fond of the music of the American composer Stephen Foster.  They were particularly keen on his timeless tune, "Camptown Races".

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    1 hour ago, Demonstone said:

    Yes, it's not how you'd intuitively pronounce the name "Doedee".

    The origins of its unusual pronunciation date back to the 1850s when the Doedee family were very fond of the music of the American composer Stephen Foster.  They were particularly keen on his timeless tune, "Camptown Races".

    Amazing what you can find out on Demonland.

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    5 minutes ago, Cranky Franky said:

    Amazing what you can find out on Demonland.

    Yep and some of it’s even true!

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    17 hours ago, Palace Dees said:

    I'll ask my daughter Siobhan,  who lives in Cockburn 🙄

    Is that like rope burn?

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    3 hours ago, Cranky Franky said:

    I understand that but it still baffles me. Imagine if Steven May insisted that his surname be pronounced My or Petty insisted that his surname be pronounced Pet-tie.

    Or Montagg- na

     

    as opposed to Montannya

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    4 hours ago, Cranky Franky said:

    I understand that but it still baffles me. Imagine if Steven May insisted that his surname be pronounced My or Petty insisted that his surname be pronounced Pet-tie.

    I'm baffled as to why the surname Strachan gets pronounced as Strawn over here. 

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    It’s Irish, I am of Irish background and I pronounce it ‘strawn’ too.

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    Doedee, is of course, of Dutch origin. The Cloggies pronounce double 'e' as 'ay'. The town of Beek, is pronounced 'Bake' for example. 

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    5 hours ago, Cranky Franky said:

    I understand that but it still baffles me. Imagine if Steven May insisted that his surname be pronounced My or Petty insisted that his surname be pronounced Pet-tie.

    I suppose they identify as Doodays. 

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    1 hour ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

    I'm baffled as to why the surname Strachan gets pronounced as Strawn over here. 

    It confused me too when I first saw Gordon on TV, over there - 'Strack-an'.

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    13 minutes ago, Engorged Onion said:

    It confused me too when I first saw Gordon on TV, over there!

    I like it when people try and pronounce the surnames Urquhart or Farquhar. I just picture a tourist walking into an Edinburgh pub and announce he's looking for a Mr Faar Kwaar only for the place to go quiet and Begbie to appear. 

    Another unusual one is the surname Dalziel which is actually pronounced D L. 

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    59 minutes ago, John Dee said:

    It’s Irish, I am of Irish background and I pronounce it ‘strawn’ too.

    Hi JD. It defies logic but does explain how that pronunciation ended up over here I guess. Are you sure you don't mean Strahan perhaps which sounds like it might be Irish? 

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