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Two weeks as it turned out…so who comes in for Johnson? Do we bring in JVR for his ability to bust packs if he doesn’t mark the ball, or Jeffo who isn’t really a solid pack mark and is often out bodied, but can kick goals…the issue there is that our mids will really need to work on the inside 50 entries (no just bombing it in to the pocket) and the forwards will really need to work on their leading patterns). Viney will come in for Laurie, and will likely start with the forwards. Lever might get sent back to Casey to work on his game and get back some confidence, so in comes TMac. Possibly Windsor to the wing and XL to the backs. Sharp will go back to being the super sub.

As an extremely superstitious person, I implore you to delete your post and burn the entrails of a Hebridean long haired calf, while chanting “it’s a grand old flag…”. what did I tell you DB? A simple request, but oh no, that was too difficult for you… now look at what you’ve done!

Pathetic!!

As an extremely superstitious person, I implore you to delete your post and burn the entrails of a Hebridean long haired calf, while chanting “it’s a grand old flag…”.

I like it a lot, but there’s one thing about it that stops me from getting too excited by it… that guitar bit that just repeats over and over, sounds too much like…. She’s As Cold As Ice… I [censored] hate that [censored] song so [censored] much, I’m verging on the pathological!! Apologies if I’ve put that awful earworm in anyone else’s brain. Lyrically it’s very clever…

Yes, but he needs to be able to bring that with him if he gets a game with the seniors; I don’t know what it is, nerves, lack of aggression or what, but he does seem to fold at the top level. And let’s not forget that as good as five goals is, the first three were pretty much gifts.

Sorry, but I don’t go for this Moore committing a dog act etc, as that was a genuine football accident. Anyone attempting to go for a high mark or spoil is always going to have their knee projecting forward. Sure, it might have been a poorly judged attempt to go for the mark, but there is no way that Moore went into that with any intent to deliberately hurt his opponent. I think that sometimes our hatred of Collingwood clouds our judgement… but yes, by all means, hammer Maynard !

Battles within battles is right on the money! Everything can turn on a dime, but while it’s heading in the right direction, I’m riding that wave all the way to the beach. I have a friend, another musician (his brother was half of the avant garde band from the 1980’s, Severed Heads), and he was given four months back in 2017, but he defied the odds and is still with us. Just recently he had a relapse and again, was told he should probable get his affairs in order, but again he seems to be defying the odds… he’s a true inspiration to me. Anyway, I have booked the Marrickville Bowlo (bowling club) for Aug 31st with both his band (The Chickenstones) and my band (Los Romeos Oxidados) playing… this is the carrot on a string to get us moving in the right direction with our states of health… I’m hoping to use it to raise money for cancer research and am hoping to get the bowling club to match all contributions. Here’s his band The Chickenstones (his name is Andy Ellard)… Andy is the blond guy on lead vocals (interestingly, the guitarist in the hat has the family name of Van Rooyen, but no relation):

Would love to go, but getting anywhere beyond my local shopping centre is a bridge too far. They should be putting these things on at my local pub in Dulwich Hill 😁 Enjoy the event and Go Dees!

My head is spinning!

Wow!! I think I need to crawl out from under this rock (of illness) I’ve been living under, and experience more music, rather than being comfortable with my tired old playlists!! I hadn’t previously heard any of these people before, but each of them is stunningly good and I’ll be listening a whole lot more from now on! Thanks so much for posting them!! That Kyle Brew song (God’s Plan) for some reason reminds me of a song I’ve heard before, but that’s not a put down… it’s a lyrically and musically brilliant piece of work! And his guitar playing is so good… maybe the fact that just last night I’d watched ‘A Complete Unknown’, had triggered something in me, that made me watch and listen more closely? Watty Thompson…who is he and where did he come from?? That was seriously one of the best live performances I have heard in a long time (how the hell did he manage all of those people on stage… a coordinator’s nightmare)… the introduction to the song got me REALLY listening, and then the lyrics he was singing and the music that accompanied them, simply had me in tears! Seriously! Really in tears. I did love the Marlon Williams song, but coming after the first two songs seemed to lessen its affect on me. Perhaps it was spoiled somewhat by the perfect production, following on from the rough and readiness of those other two songs that seemed to ooze authenticity,?… I don’t know. But I did love it regardless.. those harmonies were breathtakingly beautiful. Again, thanks so much for sharing!!

Lever - is he injured?

Sigh!

The best named player, and one that doesn’t need a nick name, is Baldi at Casey. And he’s not a bad player, either.

PF, what’s this sudden obsession you have with possessions? AJ’s pressure acts yesterday netted four goals (I believe it was); he may not be taking speccies or busting packs, ball in hand, turning on a dime and kicking a goal from deep in the pocket, but he’s ending up with the same result (a goal) by simply pressuring his opponent and putting in second and third efforts. And while we’re on the subject of possessions, where were these comments when Jeffo (who I like by the way), was getting next to no possessions and no scores to at least make his time on the field worthwhile? You NEVER had a bad word for him, yet he WAS failing badly as a key forward. Consistency please.

I’d like to hear They’re Coming To Take Me Away ( by Napoleon Bonaparte the 3rd) played every time Zorko gets near the ball.

I ran into this guy there as well as Max Walker… I think I have a photo of the three of us together… I’m pretty sure I have a photo of Ryan but it’s probably on one of my hard disk drives somewhere. If I can find it, I’ll post a copy here.

I’m pretty sure that I met him at the Shanghai game vs the Lions way back when (or would he have been too young?).

True.. Guns On the Roof, Tommy Gun, their version of Pressure Drop or even I Fought the Law, Charlie Don’t Surf, Somebody Got Murdered, their version of Police On My Back or Police and Thieves … I could go on, but I better not.

As much as I dislike Brisbane, I cannot, and I make no apologies for this at all, I just cannot dislike a player who has a Clash song as his goal scoring choice… Darcy Gardiner, you absolutely Rock the Casbah!!

Update as I enter fortnightly cycle #9. I can’t recall whether I previously mentioned what is called the CEA marker in my blood tests (probably did, but the chemo is really affecting my short term memory big time). This marker gives an indication as to the level of activity in the rectal tumour. When I was put back on the chemo, one of the reasons was that the CEA marker was 26 (when I was put on chemo the first time in 2023, it was 12), but now, roughly four months in, it is down to 9.1, which is very promising considering the normal range is between zero and three. Of course this doesn’t reflect the state of the traces in my lungs and liver, but hopefully if the immunotherapy part of my chemo is beating the hell out of my tumour, there’s a good chance it’s doing the same to the other bits and pieces! I guess I just have to wait until they decide I need a CT scan. For distraction purposes, I provide my view of the infusion room, otherwise known as the Day Therapy Centre. Done using a photo I took and then distorted somewhat using AI.

How could you leave Max out of that list (he’d probably be my second picked after Melksham)?

Is it just me, or does that Brisbane jumper make it look like they’re showing crack?

Is there any chance that they have planned for a ‘late out’ (no idea who) and that all five currently on the bench will be in the starting 22 and Laurie becomes the sub?