Everything posted by Spud
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Round 1 Team
Matt Burgan's departure from the club has been noticeable in the lack of articles and the reduced quality of articles coming from the club this preseason. I think his departure has probably hurt the club's PR a bit more than they realise.
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Illicit Drug Use in AFL
Agree, having worked extremely closely with Police, Ambo's and even firey's here in my job, they all say the same as your experience, Meth is one hit and your hooked. The danger they become too all around means legalising it would be asking for trouble. As you stated the issue even with Cannabis is the drug syndicates now lace it with meth to get the full addiction so they come back for more. Legalising dope may mean a cleaner dose as you mentioned when manufactured through regulated organisations, but will it stop the progression to the illegal laced doses? Most addicts start at alcohol, then try dope and just keep looking for the bigger high trying new drugs to get a bigger high again. I agree that is not all, but even dope is to a large extent a gateway drug in my view and that is a risk of it being legalised. The Meth hook is also why the scum bag dealers hang around footy clubs especially in regional areas, give them a free hit and have a customer for life!
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High Flying Shaun Smith
It was the last round of 95 on a Friday night and the winner made the finals. The stand was being re-built hence stuff all in the background. Despite Smith's mark we lost and Brisbane's first finals appearance occurred a week later! We finished 9th after capitulating late in the year culminating with that loss, pretty much like 2017!!
- Aaron Davey/Maroochydore Training Camp
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Random MFC encounters
I was at the Depot in Richmond on a Thursday night in 2002 and ran into Godfrey with his mates. I asked if he was playing on the weekend and I think he freaked he'd been recognised out on the town before a game as there was pretty much no one else there. He proceeded to shout a few drinks for my mate and I. Awesome bloke, haha. BTW, yes he was playing on the Sunday!!! Different times I guess. I wasn't in the greatest shape to work the next day or play on the Saturday myself after the session from memory!
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Delisting, Trade and FA discussion 2018
Can we simply change Corey for Josh? think they'd find out if we crossed out Josh on the forms and wrote Corey above it in Crayon? Unbelievable that Corey Wagner got delisted by North and yet Josh seems impossible to rid from our list!
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Delisting, Trade and FA discussion 2018
He is an ok player in a good side. Geelong have slid from good to mediocre and an soft outside running player with ok. not elite skills will fall away quickly, which he did this year. Hopefully we are a good side and therefore he may be worth a depth position? Tipping he'd prefer to be on AVB side so he doesn't get crunched by him again too!
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Farewell Jesse Hogan
Think you may find, the GC have ample picks this year at the top of the order and are looking to try and bank picks for next year when they will have the start of a number of elite academy players start to come through. While they May still want Pick 5 for May (lots of May's), they will then look to either turn this into picks next year or look for a group of Future picks instead of taking pick 5 into next years draft to lift the points they have available for academy players. How they do that remains to be seen, but one thing I can guarantee is they want picks next year! Apparently their Academy squad at junior levels is pretty darn good, coming from far more informed sources than I on the subject of scouting and recruiting.
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The Cheese Thread
The whole Jesse Hogan waiting thing and the Cheese grater reminds me of this quote: Ford Fairlane: Conversation with Zuzu Petals was like masturbating with a cheese grater: slightly amusing at first, but mostly painful.
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Farewell Jesse Hogan
On this wensleyday it would be gouda if we heard what Jesse intends to do, but if he isn't traded next year he'll be a restricted Brie agent. If he does stay I'm tipping some will get a blue vein with their stilton!
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Farewell Jesse Hogan
Hi end Cheeseboard perfect for both hard and soft cheeses!
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Free to a good home
Haha, Cheers mate have a good one!!
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Free to a good home
Cheers, The ticket is in the talons of Chook, so if he bails, I guess he can send it too you!
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Free to a good home
Haha, No worries Chook, Serves me right for having a Kiwi Handbrake! Enjoy, just shot you a PM. I'll be at the GF, have to be an earthquake causing my death to stop me from getting back for that!!
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Free to a good home
Hi, Just wondering if anyone maybe interested in a Ticket for the game on Saturday. Unfortunately I'm now in NZ for family reasons and cant attend. Don't want any dough, just barrack F.cking hard like I would I have, that and a MFC victory would suffice! PM if you are interested. Cheers
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Finals Tickets
If anyone is still looking for a ticket for Saturday, I do have one available. I'm stuck in meetings all afternoon, but PM me and I'll get back to you around 5.30ish. Cost price, unfortunately I have to go to NZ for family emergency so have to give it up (plus shite loads on flights to Perth). Cheers
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Perth flights
G'day, long time reader first time poster as they say! While the price is still pretty high (about $850 return), I have booked to fly to Adelaide, fly from Adelaide to Perth on Saturday morning. Then flying from Perth to Sydney Saturday night (red eye) connecting back to a Melbourne flight Sunday morning. Pretty steep still, but better than the $1,700 odd elsewhere.I will have one nights accom to pay in Adelaide (flying in Friday), but for barely a night happy to do backpacker accom to keep the cost down! An option for anyone really keen to explore to get the cost a bit lower, is consider mix and match fly in and fly out?