Everything posted by Mel Bourne
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Steven May Injury Update
Steven May is requiring further surgery. Fluid build-up. Another week off the track. https://www.afl.com.au/news/371681
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To Hell & Back Episode 1
I enjoyed it. Iām pretty excited to see how this fitness regime is going to affect our matches. The impression weāre getting more and more is that these players have never had to push quite this hard in a pre-season. The players are indeed looking in ripping nick, and will hopefully have tanks like never before. It will be interesting to see how we compare to other teams this year in the same respect. Are we pushing harder than the rest of the comp, just the same or finally catching up? Slightly frustrated with the drip-fed-morsel approach, so I might just wait till the whole thingās out.
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Cornes: Dees Win the Preseason
Mind you, thereās no questioning the āhellā bit. āTo Hell...And Back?ā
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Cornes: Dees Win the Preseason
I think a question mark at the end of the title would fix everything.
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Farewell Jesse Hogan
Jack Handey joke. Genius. Also... āI want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather. Not screaming in terror like his passengersā
- Max Gawn Cleared of Major Knee Damage
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Re-energised Demons on Mission to Atone
Alright, this is the kind of off-season banter I can really get behind. Of the quintessential Expensive Winos line-up, none that Iām aware of have actually lived here, but Charley Drayton frequents these parts fairly regularly. He was married to the late great Chrissie Amphlett and officially opened Amphlett Lane in the CBD. He now plays drums for Cold Chisel (!), though in the Winos he mostly played bass. Oh and he also played the drums on āLove Shackā. Ok, back to footy (if we must).
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Maroochydore Training Camp 2020
My wife just asked me why Iām watching a video of a bunch of hunky dudes working out to a generic, slightly eastern-influenced piece of trap music. I must admit that I didnāt have an immediate answer.
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Could this be an omen... Dees back AO competitor
He deleted several years of his twitter content, and affixing the word ādumbā to some of said content is very, very lenient. It wasnāt exactly a small news item at the time. Serena Williams had a lot to say about it, and with good reason. The story about his club visit went up on the AFL reddit page, and a few supporters of opposition teams didnāt exactly let it go unnoticed. Not a great look.
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Could this be an omen... Dees back AO competitor
So what youāre saying is we shouldnāt have any standards?
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Could this be an omen... Dees back AO competitor
TIL that Tennys, who plays tennis, is from Tennessee.
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Harley Bennell Injury
With regards to athletes Iād be more inclined to go with physical capability than age.
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Harley Bennell Injury
Your version of āprimeā is a little different to mine.
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Sponsors 2020
I say blow some whistles. Spill some beans. Emancipate a feline from a sack. Youāre not exactly revealing the identities of undercover operatives in war-torn territories, and you probably wonāt suffer a Chelsea Manning-like fate if you actually tell us something useful. Until then, nobody here is going to share your specific concerns, because they literally have no idea what those concerns are.
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Sponsors 2020
Obviously there will be people here claiming varying degrees of connection to the club. Some of it legitimate, some of it rather lofty. But regardless of the posterās authenticity, innuendo and allusion seldom serves to enlighten others in any genuine sense. I read through your posts, and all I could take away from them was that youāre not happy with the sponsorship department of the club, but youāre unwilling to state exactly why. Iām not sure if this constitutes āsaying something?ā You canāt expect people to just take your word for it on what is, for the most part, an anonymous Internet forum. And you certainly canāt get frustrated when they donāt.
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Who takes the FP spot?
If you take a look at Lockhartās reel while playing in the forward line (in particular vs Dockers/Bombers), youāll see a player who showed enormous potential in this position. (especially given his lack of pre-season and experience in the big league). Seems however that heās being groomed for defence (possibly taking over from Nev when the time comes). My 2Ā¢: if somebody else seems like a good fit for this defensive role, then start grooming Lockhart for the FP role immediately.
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Steven May Injury Update
Have any of those with theirs ears close to the ground at Goschās heard why May left early in the last training sesh? Obviously hoping the big chap has an uninterrupted pre-season, so slightly perturbed by this being mentioned the other day.
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State of Origin for Bushfire Appeal
Well sure, if that guy stated something then Iām going to sleep well tonight.
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TRAINING: Friday 10th January 2020
What is the sitch with Mr. May? For the love of jehovah, tell me the bugger aināt hurt.
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State of Origin for Bushfire Appeal
Full-scale telethon involving a re-creation of Ch7ās āWorld Of Sportā. Handball comps, wood chopping, stationary bike racing, coachās corner with many, many Ballantyne gift packs and Patra Orange Juice Cartonās about the place.
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Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Demonlanders
Merry Christmas Demonlanders. Iād like to apologise for anything stupid Iāve said and all the other stupid things Iām bound to say over the forthcoming season. As a long-game Christmas gift to you all, I have decided that if we donāt win the flag in 2020, I will super-glue myself to the statue of Norm Smith outside the G, and simultaneously hold a hunger strike until all the other teams acquiesce into just letting us win 2021ās flag. This is something Darren Burgess hasnāt thought about, and I feel itās the missing link in our plan.
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Rule Changes 2020
So no more drawn matches then? Or have I got that wrong?
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Alex Rance Retires
I hear you. Itās just that...have you actually read the stuff Jehovahās Witnesses believe in?? Anyway, Iām a-gonna drop it already.
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Alex Rance Retires
Religion is a part of life, and in some peopleās cases, a bit too large a part. Asking people to not make it āa thingā is unreasonable.
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How much will Melbourne improve in 2020??
I dunno, playing Gus every game, despite his obvious struggles to find form and given so little was on the line, was...perhaps a little odd? But not being privy to the inner-sanctumās methodology means one has to put their faith in the clubās decision-making, however we all know too well that our club is not infallible when it comes to decision-making (whoās club is?), so speculating that they fudged it up isnāt exactly blasphemy.