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Of course we don’t pay you @Ghostwriter. It’s missing shiiite like this that is holding you back. And let’s face it, reporting on hairdos, nicknames, players aunties’ cousins and girlfriends is “unique” and a good “filler”, but has only limited appeal (I like it but some don’t). But it’s scoops like Petts missing todays game that has wide spread appeal, and would greatly enhance your brand and probably place you on the payroll - just as @picket fence is. Picket’s reporting has universal appeal (and I mean galaxy wide appeal), hence his significant retainer. So as I said previously GW, please lift your game

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    3 minutes ago, Neil Crompton said:

    Of course we don’t pay you @Ghostwriter. It’s missing shiiite like this that is holding you back. And let’s face it, reporting on hairdos, nicknames, players aunties’ cousins and girlfriends is “unique” and a good “filler”, but has only limited appeal (I like it but some don’t). But it’s scoops like Petts missing todays game that has wide spread appeal, and would greatly enhance your brand and probably place you on the payroll - just as @picket fence is. Picket’s reporting has universal appeal (and I mean galaxy wide appeal), hence his significant retainer. So as I said previously GW, please lift your game

    I just reported why hes not playing go back a few posts to catchup

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    2 minutes ago, forever demons said:

    I just reported why hes not playing go back a few posts to catchup

    Come on FD, I’m trying to be serious and you are taking the pizz. Not helpful.

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    I thought Picket Fence was paid specifically as a slithera early warning system, and it was tax deductible as a public health expenditure?

    Petty will be missing the game because on the flight over he parachuted out of the plane to visit home, thinking he'd just get an Uber in the morning because Perth is basically 'the next town over'.

    I did something similar once, thinking Jan Juc / Torquay was a viable morning train trip away from Richmond.

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    The Freo fwd line is so much better than ours

    They will smash some teams

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    Aaaanyhow..

    My number one wish to come out of today's practice match is simply no injuries. Still gutted for AMW after it literally happened with minutes to go at the end of the game.

    I've been watching all the practice games over the last few days and it's been absolutely carnage with all the injuries. 

    Fingers crossed.

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    2 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

    Judgey much? It’s a 24/7 forum

    And yes, it is a real zinger since it’s a nod to something funny in another thread.

    LOL says she who bursts into tears at every second reply, replies which she really shouldn’t read. đŸ€Ł

    Here we go. Mensa pops it head in for 2 bobs worth.

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    50 minutes ago, Neil Crompton said:

    Of course we don’t pay you @Ghostwriter. It’s missing shiiite like this that is holding you back. And let’s face it, reporting on hairdos, nicknames, players aunties’ cousins and girlfriends is “unique” and a good “filler”, but has only limited appeal (I like it but some don’t). But it’s scoops like Petts missing todays game that has wide spread appeal, and would greatly enhance your brand and probably place you on the payroll - just as @picket fence is. Picket’s reporting has universal appeal (and I mean galaxy wide appeal), hence his significant retainer. So as I said previously GW, please lift your game

    #Brand Ghosty 

    I like it!

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    56 minutes ago, forever demons said:

    Hes got the day off to catch up on GWs sheet ironing,and get over a minor niggle.(Sheet burn)

    What’s this “ironing” of which you speak?

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    1 hour ago, Neil Crompton said:

    Come on FD, I’m trying to be serious and you are taking the pizz. Not helpful.

    If you call that being serious you should have a dam good look at yourselfđŸ€Ł

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    Really looking forward to seeing XL & Langford again

    And especially keen to see the look of Salem after a strong preseason 

    Disco to kick 6

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    Currently 27 degrees in Mandurah with a predicted maximum of 35.

    It will be a warm one. Wind does not appear to be a factor

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    43 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    I've been watching all the practice games over the last few days and it's been absolutely carnage with all the injuries. 

    Fingers crossed.

    Apart from going to the ground is it actually broadcast somewhere.   I have see. No listing     Apart from Murdock inc. I really mean thanks

    3 hours ago, Deeoldfart said:

    I’m really looking forward to this game. It will be a great opportunity for our boys to shed some of the inevitable early season rust, and it should give us supporters some genuine insights into the Dees of 2025.
    No injuries is, of course, an imperative!      
    Unlike some Demonlanders who have said that the scoreboard is unimportant, I really want a win.  Beating a quality side on the road, will be the perfect builder of confidence and self belief to kick start the new season.    
    Go Dees!  ❀ 💙

    Agree with all of that
 and as it was Fremantle who pretty much destroyed our season 2024, inflicting two thrashings on us in rounds 12 and 19
 practice match or not, we need to show them that they don’t own us.

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    42 minutes ago, Wizard of Koz said:

    Here we go. Mensa pops it head in for 2 bobs worth.

    Surely no one on Here qualifies for mensa 

    is that a men’s only S.A. club ?

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    10 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    Currently 27 degrees in Mandurah with a predicted maximum of 35.

    It will be a warm one. Wind does not appear to be a factor

    If its 35 at game time, I would be seeking agreement to shorten quarters and play all of the emergencies on a rotation basis to give more breaks.

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    1 hour ago, forever demons said:

    and get over a minor niggle.(Sheet burn)

    The result of a good vindaloo?

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    7 minutes ago, 640MD said:

    Apart from going to the ground is it actually broadcast somewhere.   I have see. No listing     Apart from Murdock inc. I really mean thanks

    I'm not entirely sure what exactly are you talking about?

    If you're asking if todays game is televised then yes, it is.

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    3 minutes ago, hardtack said:

    Agree with all of that
 and as it was Fremantle who pretty much destroyed our season 2024, inflicting two thrashings on us in rounds 12 and 19
 practice match or not, we need to show them that they don’t own us.

    It'd be preferable. But if Freo thrash us in the next 5 real matches even if we beat them by 30 goals in each pre-season match during that dominance it'll mean nothing. (That said good team and player performance today is preferable.)

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    Just now, Go Ds said:

    It'd be preferable. But if Freo thrash us in the next 5 real matches even if we beat them by 30 goals in each pre-season match during that dominance it'll mean nothing. (That said good team and player performance today is preferable.)

    Yes, but we need to start somewhere, for our own belief, and a practice match is as good a time as any 😊

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    8 minutes ago, Redleg said:

    If its 35 at game time, I would be seeking agreement to shorten quarters and play all of the emergencies on a rotation basis to give more breaks.

    Meant to be around 29 degrees at the start time. Mandurah is a bit cooler than Perth as it’s about 45 mins south

    Due to the heat expected to reach 35, does that mean we'll be able scrap the subs so that both teams can maximise rotations?

     
    5 hours ago, DeeBlood said:

    Not only that, although he's a good mark.. he always slows down the play after marking, and kicking is not so reliable ..Looks as if theyre wanting to move the ball faster now. Seems 2023 was beginner's luck...a bit flukey and when expectations rose he couldn't produce.

     

    Jessie is FF for GWS. He will play our first game I reckon.

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    1 hour ago, DubDee said:

    The Freo fwd line is so much better than ours

    They will smash some teams

    The midfield and backline is average 


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