Neil Crompton

If the works won't be finished till May, then the turf won't be doing much growing / establishing over the winter period. It will therefore likely to be at least the end of Spring before it will be ready IMO.

I’d like to think that by round 6 Weid’s form at Casey will be such that he forces his way into the CHF role in the ones at TMac’s expense - and will stay there for the rest of the year.

Haha still waiting Tim. Perhaps I should have asked Red if speaking B$ on this thread was a ban(ana)ble offence.

I’ve always disliked Bradshaw the commentator. But his bang. Bang bang bang! comment I thought was a great bit of spontaneous commentary., until ... i was watching the Melb vs Geelong replay of their final round clash. Geelong has just kicked 4 goals in a row of which Hawkins kicked the last 3. Hamish McLachlan states that Hawkins had gone “bang, bang, bang” after Hawkins third. I’ve gone back to seriously disliking Bradshaw the commentator all over again.

Hey Red, is speaking B$ on this thread also a banable offence? with absolute due respect, there has got to be more B$ per page in this thread than any other.

I would have thought that with a name like that he’d be more a lover than a fighter BBO.

I found it’s all relative Grr-owl. Expat salaries, from my experience in the ME, more than compensated for the high cost of communication services. Although the internet quality was rather poor from memory. I spent time in Bahrain, Qatar and UAE (Dubai) - about 7 years in total - but found the air conditioning supply costs in Qatar ( district cooling supply - where cold air is supplied to your building in a similar manor to water or power) to be the biggest rip off - far more so than internet charges. But you cannot live without aircon in the ME, so what can you do? While there certainly isn’t any real choice in service provider, and costs are high, expats generally get paid far more than they would back home - why else would you be there? So I really couldn’t complain.

The barmy army are the only poms who have performed so far this ashes series.

5. Michael Beer. I belch when I drink this ale.

No. 2 Max Walker, because he was a test cricketer and played AFL (VFL) for Melbourne.

Unsuccessfully at Castle Hill last night, and west Pennant Hills this morning.

I got a call to say my mother was taken to hospital and most likely would not be allowed to fly as planned from Sunshine Coast to Sydney. So change of plans we would fly to her. Needing a Covid test to get into Qld we went to get a Covid test yesterday. Was in a queue from 6pm till 10pm closing time and didn’t make the end of the queue. Lined up again from 7am this morning and eventually got my test done at 9.30am. Got home to receive a message that the hospital was going to release her and allow her to fly after all. So 6.5 hours of queuing time I’ll never get back.

That's correct. It makes them really unhoppy.

What happens when frogs double park? They get toad!

Hey Froggy. What happens when frogs double park?

Greatly appreciated Picket. In fact so good that Andy said to send him your petrol receipt for reimbursement.

Haha well if it is Rankine or his manager posting, then they got their answer pretty quickly from us!

Just an aside about Shannon Byrnes. This is a quote from him on his LinkedIn page: "While the Club did have an extension for me on offer, the timing for me and my little family to move back to the regional area and coast was right. I have absolutely loved my time in the Red & Blue, but also am very excited for the opportunity to be going back to where it all started for me and reconnect with old friends, as well as introduce myself to the new faces at Geelong FC".

BBO, I can see you in a polo with the logo “All Manor of Hell”.

I find it hard to believe that players peak around age 26. What takes them so long? I was able to peak at about 11 years of age - but unfortunately, very quickly lost it from there.

I see a report that Lever fainted at training. Hope he is ok. New conditioning man making his mark.

Will the event be streamed for us unfortunate interstaters?

How obscene (and utterly ugly) is this proposal. There is no respect for the urban design of the city nor the historic MCG precinct that it links to. Its a really big no from me.

There might be kicking improvements and strategy tweaks, but I see the greatest improvement overall resulting from the sheer competition for and desire to obtain senior spots next year. There is no way players like Hunt, Tomlinson, Weideman, Jordon and Smith will not do all and more to get back in that side. And no premiership player will want to lose his spot for Dunstan. Should be a fun pre-season!

Haha This topic seems to have gone on longer than "Neighbours". I've even forgotten what happens when (if) you get to the end of the selection stage.