Ghostwriter

Many are saying we’ll end up bottom four based on finishing 14th last season, coupled with believing everything they read/hear in the media. And why wouldn’t they, right? If this was any other club I’d probably form the same opinion. I reckon it’s great that us failing is widely expected: it lessens the pressure. The other 17 clubs won’t know what hit them 👊🏼 PS: that apostrophe in your thread title needs to go, I just know it’s gonna do my head in 😂

That rain we had this morning has only served to make it even steamier now. It’s a sauna out there 😭

“Little sheet rack” 😂 Love it! There’s likely indoor training today and I’m guessing it’s at AAMI rather than Casey because the boys have to front up along with us this arvo for the filming of the Fox Footy ad.

Uhm… 43 degrees. Yes, those two extra degrees matter. Idk about y’all’s neck of the woods but here in the stabbing capital of Victoria it’s actually raining.

A friend sent me this but yeah he just asked that question. Another friend asked the question a couple of weeks ago and was told the same thing except the margin was 12 points. I’m happy with either of those results 😁

The banner (two identical banners that is, in case the elements wreck the first one) actually says “UNITED BY DEMON SPIRIT” which is great because we get to reuse them. Just need to rip the Fox logo off it.

Cream aka Tom Fullarton

Would love that but it won’t happen. They’ve said tomorrow so tomorrow it is. Mind you the ad is gonna feature a bunch of red-faced sweaty folks on the verge of passing out but clearly Fox Footy is ok with that. Oh and they’re shouting us pizzas, just in case our core temperatures aren’t high enough 😅

Didn’t know where to post this but wanted to share it, thought here’s as good as anywhere else. So, Fox Footy has asked us to make a full-sized banner (which we’re doing today) and they want us and our banner to feature in their main footy season promo. 🥳 🥳🥳 Thing is though, they’re filming it tomorrow outdoors (of course) and it’s gonna be 42 degrees. And because it’s supposed to look like we’re raising the banner during a match, they’ve requested we wear jumpers, beanies and scarves…. 42 degrees… FORTY TWO DEGREES Good times 😳

So did I !!!!!!! if I regain consciousness within 10 minutes after the final siren I’ll chalk that up as a win, or even a miracle!

I posted this in another thread but I don’t like the thought of you being angry so ima post it here, too 😘 Anyways my track-watching buddy just sent me this (rushed) report from this morning’s session at Casey. Some of it is hard to understand, apologies in advance, but also thanks to my awesome gal-pal for taking notes. Judd running, but fast. Max in green cap and one other Kozzies back! Training normally 31 32 9 40 ? 22 14 16 23 22 11 33 1 2 2613 36 38 41 33 39 7 525 35 3 15 24 17 20 45 21 28 39 9 29 26 8 14 (9 Harry Sharp) Spargs running around oval with trainer Great drill coming out of backline kicking ball into the forward line deep over players head so the must look backwards to mark ball 33 sprinting on other side of the ground 10.30 split into 2 teams greys and blues and 5 rehabs Max Trac 20 (Kolt wearing 20)33 8 21. (rehab one on one ball skills then laps) 37 27 doing laps during match sim Disco in sim - no number Need to get Roy George on our list! But seriously need Roy on our list- he was great today! She also said that IHO (H = Her) Spargo isn’t improving at the rate they’ll have us believe. She’s thinking long term injury list for him and Roy George is ours.

I hear ya Luci. But I wouldn’t be chanting… I’d be passed out on the ground. 😂

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Yeah finding the words is very hard. I haven’t watched any of the coverage yet, I’d forgotten it was on and I was watching the tennis. Got a text that just said “Neale, finally 💖” and I burst into tears. The relief was overwhelming.

Definitely The Dream… but imagine the stress of the last few minutes!!! Not sure any of us would hold up. 😳 Your boss would be ok… must be used to losing Grand Finals by now 😂

Every year when I hear who’s won this award I have the same thought: what if Neale’s not given the honour while he’s still alive. This is a great relief. What a beautiful soul he is.

Me and ChatGPT think this will happen… As well as this…

My question is: why would anyone order this in any colour other than yellow?

My middle son calls me Knackers. But that’s fair enough because I call him [censored]-knuckle 😁

Can’t say I’ve heard about that being the reason but it’s funny. 😂 He told me Gussy came up with it because… Halfway House (Howes)

I don’t give them their nicknames, I’m just telling folks what they’ve told me are their nicknames and what I hear them call each other. The Duke is a great nickname for Caleb but they all call him Leb and he really likes it.

LOVE this movie. She’s an inspiring woman is Annie Wilkes. 😁

I don’t think I’ve ever heard a player call him Lingers out on the park. They call him either Langers or Ed. Yes Gussy gave Blake Howes the nickname Halfway which Blake said was funny but isn’t what they call him. It’s Howesy all the way. A couple of years ago Deakyn Smith told me that his nickname was Deaks. I said that’s not very imaginative and he said that’s how the giving of nicknames always goes: they toss around a heap of suggestions then end up settling on the first (and least imaginative) one. 🤣

Nothing’s hard and fast with these things. You mentioned Tmac and that’s one of those grey areas. I’ve heard the boys call him Tommy and sometimes Macca as well as Tmac but I reckon it’s fans who mostly call him Tmac. Harvey would likely have been called Langers except for Ed already having that nickname and Ricky Mentha is Ricky despite Jake being nicknamed Rick. Clarrie gets Claz from the coaches but I hear the boys call him Clarrie. Kozzie seems to get Koz and Kozzie from the players, except not from his uncle Roy who has a family nickname for him which he told me but asked me not to tell people which is not a problem since I can’t for the life of me remember it 😅

Nobody at the club calls him The Duke. Not his teammates, not the coaches, not the training staff… nobody. Someone on here called him The Duke when we first drafted him but honestly, it’s never caught on.