Now that you are officially a Demon, Welcome aboard Oscar Berry, hope the memories come flooding back Aberfeldie B&F playing “Aussie Rules” junior football. 23yo 6’4”, decent basketballer, educated, good pedigree 😁, another 194cm player on the list, we were way to short in “22-23”. Thanks daisycutter😁👍

Now the Derkson decision makes more sense

Edited Thursday at 07:123 days by buck_nekkid

Not a beanpole and was on the development path (Western Jets) before heading off on his basketball scholarship.

One to watch

On 01/07/2025 at 20:52, DeeZone said:

His father is a High Performance Mgr in USA (worked with Bummers

😮😮😮😮😮

On 01/07/2025 at 21:24, Ghostwriter said:

Here’s an idea, sounds crazy but hear me out…

Let’s give the guy a go.

I know, it’s so much easier to write him off before he even arrives at the club, based purely on the fact that he’s coming from a basketball background, but let’s see how he goes.

He's a gun picked us over 5 clubs. Played footy til he was 16 so he has the skills you watch the next Harris Andrews!

2 hours ago, WERRIDEE said:

He's a gun picked us over 5 clubs. Played footy til he was 16 so he has the skills you watch the next Harris Andrews!

Gees I hope not. GlennJakovitch.

On 04/07/2025 at 14:52, Tarax Club said:

205 lbs is equivalent to 92.986 kg. Certainly a frame to build an ‘AFL’ ready body.

College basketball in the USA unlike the precious pretenders here, is able to give fans some idea about physical presence of an athlete.

You can still use the old non-metric scales, like the one for talls that goes from 'beanpole' to 'big lump of a lad'.

He's already been assessed as between 'chunky' and 'solidly built', which actually mean the same thing but also both mean different things depending on how much you like the person in question.

On 04/07/2025 at 19:56, He de mon said:

Good with a soccer ball apparently.

14 hours ago, daisycutter said:

there is also a third one, wilson, younger than oscar, currently a punter at kentucky uni (but think he left for states much younger than oscar, so no u16 b&f)

He looks a big unit. Only 194cm but hopefully his athletic profile lets him play a bit taller

Edited Thursday at 21:262 days by Mickey

A bit of a fan of himself, which is a good trait to a degree.

Hope it works, not had a lot of luck with this category, but atleast he is solidly built unlike some of the past types

19 hours ago, daisycutter said:

you're just being deliberately obstreperous, bbb. you knew quite what the poster meant

and, i can assure you that young people (i.e. the juniors), do in fact refer to australian rules football generally, as "afl".

and those same kids dont go out into the street to play ICC or head down the courts to play NBA so it should be stamped out and corrected every time its spoken, although I confess I think its gone to far to be corrected

56 minutes ago, BangBnagBang said:

and those same kids dont go out into the street to play ICC or head down the courts to play NBA so it should be stamped out and corrected every time its spoken, although I confess I think its gone to far to be corrected

*too 😁

… and would it kill you to use an apostrophe every so often? 😁😁

Soz, BBB. Tried, but couldn’t resist. 😁😁😁

20 hours ago, Gator said:

And they should be corrected every single time.

Sadly I've taken to saying AFL given half the time when I talk footy in Sydney people think I mean NRL... But the upside is that it is always a relief when I find someone who actually knows footy!

Have also started saying Melbourne Demons when asked for my team because people... feels wrong but it is efficient!

1 hour ago, BangBnagBang said:

and those same kids dont go out into the street to play ICC or head down the courts to play NBA so it should be stamped out and corrected every time its spoken, although I confess I think its gone to far to be corrected

The best way to solve this problem is to eliminate the other codes so Australian Football can reign undisputed. At least in Australia.

I'd settle for just eliminating the Rugbies, then we can have Football and Soccer, which is simple enough.

In fact, in all circumstances, it is a good idea to eliminate rugby. Who loses from that, really? It's like banning smoking. Sure, some people will be cranky for about 8 weeks, but by week 10 everyone is winning.

3 minutes ago, Little Goffy said:

The best way to solve this problem is to eliminate the other codes so Australian Football can reign undisputed. At least in Australia.

I'd settle for just eliminating the Rugbies, then we can have Football and Soccer, which is simple enough.

In fact, in all circumstances, it is a good idea to eliminate rugby. Who loses from that, really? It's like banning smoking. Sure, some people will be cranky for about 8 weeks, but by week 10 everyone is winning.

Still alive and not concussed

4 hours ago, Demons1858 said:

Hope it works, not had a lot of luck with this category, but atleast he is solidly built unlike some of the past types

I live in eternal optimism that if you throw enough darts at the board you will hit it eventually. Surely on the law of averages we are due for a hit. Smith finally cracked a best 23 spot just before he destroyed his career but I'm hoping for more from Berry. Earlier and better. We can but dream.

1 hour ago, Little Goffy said:

It's like banning smoking. Sure, some people will be cranky for about 8 weeks, but by week 10 everyone is winning.

Cranky for eight weeks??? It takes a minimum of 10 weeks just to get to the point of not wanting to kill someone.

talking of kids and language, this gave me a chuckle

my mum texted, "What do IDK, LY, and TTYL mean"

Me: "I don't know, love you, talk to you later"

Mum: "Okay, I'll just ask your sister"

3 hours ago, BangBnagBang said:

and those same kids dont go out into the street to play ICC or head down the courts to play NBA so it should be stamped out and corrected every time its spoken, although I confess I think its gone to far to be correcteD

Aussie football is the game, AFL the body supposed to run it but instead try to ruin it

1 hour ago, Little Goffy said:

The best way to solve this problem is to eliminate the other codes so Australian Football can reign undisputed. At least in Australia.

I'd settle for just eliminating the Rugbies, then we can have Football and Soccer, which is simple enough.

In fact, in all circumstances, it is a good idea to eliminate rugby. Who loses from that, really? It's like banning smoking. Sure, some people will be cranky for about 8 weeks, but by week 10 everyone is winning.

Footy = our game

Soccer obviously

Rugby (both) rename scrum ball

No idea why the American game gets called football when only one player ever kicks it, occasionally

44 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

Cranky for eight weeks??? It takes a minimum of 10 weeks just to get to the point of not wanting to kill someone.

I promise it'll be easier without any triggers around.

Plus, there should be a nationally supported sick leave entitlement for extra days off, called 'not murdering people leave'.

"I'm taking a homicide day" should already be a thing.

6 hours ago, Robbie On Skates said:

A bit of a fan of himself, which is a good trait to a degree.

Cold showers only (doesn't want to fog up the mirror)?

13 hours ago, Mickey said:

He looks a big unit. Only 194cm but hopefully his athletic profile lets him play a bit taller

I do laugh when people say only 194, like they’re 200 cm themselves. Not saying you’re meaning it like that but just generally find it a funny comment.

9 hours ago, BangBnagBang said:

and those same kids dont go out into the street to play ICC or head down the courts to play NBA so it should be stamped out and corrected every time its spoken, although I confess I think its gone to far to be corrected

Your username is destroying my soul.

On 30/10/2025 at 18:11, buck_nekkid said:

Now the Derkson decision makes more sense

Giants really are a bizarre club.

Block the trade of this guy for no reason and then delist him.