hardtack

I’d be happy for us to get Grlj, if for no other reason than to see what BT does with his name, and Dovaston… if we missed Grlj, I’m starting to like the look of Oliver Greeves. I haven’t seen any footage of him playing, but I like what I’ve read in Twomey’s Phantom Form Guide…

“Greeves was unavailable to test at the Draft Combine through illness, with the midfielder ruled out of participating. The midfielder has put up some very good performances this season, and it's his capacity to go forward and be a threat that has clubs considering him early on as well. He kicked 4.2 from 35 disposals in Eastern's preliminary final, and also had 24 disposals and a goal in the Ranges' Grand Final win. A bigger-bodied midfielder who can easily shift forward and be a marking target.”

On 17/10/2025 at 14:24, DubDee said:

Too soon for another Oliver

I actually like the look of Oliver Greeves.

I’m hopeful we might pick up Harry Dean, just so we can give him the nickname of ‘Stanton’.

12 minutes ago, Macca said:

I never knew that, HT (Gawn born in NZ)

And the best sprinter in the world (horse) Ka Ying Rising, also hails from NZ

They are good at Rowing too

Oh ... and Rugby

Actually my bad Macca…turns out he was born in Victoria and then went to NZ.

More of my recent acquisitions:

Katsuhito Ishii Collection

Modern Times (Criterion)

Seven Samurai Limited Edition

Das Cabinet Des Dr Caligari

All Astro Boy episodes from all series

Frankenstein Complete Legacy Collection

Being There

Space 1999 The Ultimate Collection

Hiroshima Mon Amour (Criterion)

Torch the Battery Boy Complete Series 1&2

What Dreams May Come

The Residents Present: Triple Trouble

Essential Godard Box Set

Brunuel Box Set

Mystery Train (Criterion)

Essential Fellini Collection (Criterion)

Repulsion (Criterion)

Vincent Price Collection

Silent Avant-Garde

Pink Flamingos (Criterion)

Female Trouble (Criterion)

Polyester (Criterion)

There were a number of others of the Criterion Collection as well - these are all a mix of Blu Ray and UHD 4K discs.

On 14/09/2025 at 19:32, Diamond_Jim said:

Ok... would we play Gawn for example

He’s from NZ isn’t he? 😁

1 hour ago, old55 said:

We're not taking Derksen, that's dead.

We have KPB options out the ying-yang - Turner, Petty, Adams, Lever, May, TMac and even when the last two retire at the end of next year we're still covered. We're picking up White who has played a bit of junior footy there too.

What’s the likelihood of us taking Yze as a rookie? He was showing a lot of promise towards the end of the season at Casey.

1 minute ago, Redleg said:

Sorry Hardtack, I am away and with poor WiFi and only my iphone, but article was in today’s Sun, so hopefully someone can put it on for you.

I will try but unlikely.

Thanks mate… no problem, I’ll try to find it myself (I’m a lazy sod 😁).

EDIT: found it, but unfortunately it’s behind a paywall, and the usual trick I use for the Age and Sydney Morning Herald (turning off Java script in the browser), doesn’t work 😞

It’s a bastard of a disease that sadly doesn’t discriminate when it comes to the victim’s age or situation. It’s so wrong that someone in the prime of her life and with a young family who love her, should have to suffer so much and be taken from those who love her, far too soon.

Do you have a link to the article @Redleg ?

I thought that was a very good article which was a little more honest (transparent?) than anything I’ve read coming out of the club in recent years; however, my inner ‘Nosey Parker’ would love to have read the reason for Clarrie’s supposed storming out of his meeting with King and what was actually said at that point of the meeting (particularly Clarrie’s parting words).

There’s a lot of talk about the new recruits such as Mihocek and Steele and the influence they will have on the playing group, not to mention May’s commitment to teaching the young up and coming players that will replace him in the not too distant future. However, the big unknown is whether King is capable of successfully implementing the plans he sold to the interview panel… I live in hope!

I’m looking forward to season ‘26 with a reasonable level of excitement!

4 hours ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

We need another livewire small forward who going to bring tackle pressure.

Hopefully we pick up Lachy Dovaston in the draft.

23 minutes ago, Willmoy1947 said:

"Rude" in my day used to cover all sorts of innuendo. "Trite" was a cop out.

I did say perhaps. What do you think? Baloney?

I don’t think it’s baloney at all… for all we know, I could be as old or even older than you 😉, although if the 1947 in your profile name is your year of birth, you do win by 5 years 😁

In this case I believe ‘trite’ is appropriate… particularly as the comparing of a footballer’s onfield performance (or lack of) with ‘being in the trenches’, is somewhat trivialising something as serious as trench warfare.

Anyway, it was a tongue in cheek comment and is definitely not the first time this point has been made on Demonland over the years. Let’s just leave it at that.

16 minutes ago, Willmoy1947 said:

As I said, rude as in discriminatory.

Perhaps showing my age, as in old times inference went on unnoticed for decades.

Well, you actually didn’t mention anything about ‘discriminatory’, and as the Oxford describes that term as

“making or showing an unjust or prejudicial distinction between different categories of people, especially on the grounds of ethnicity, sex, age, or disability.”,

I’m a little unsure of the point you are making.

I doubt that you’re much older than myself so can you explain what your last sentence means. I certainly wasn’t inferring anything at all…merely commenting that the expression is ‘trite’ (if that’s what you were getting at).

3 hours ago, Willmoy1947 said:

Uncalled for, perhaps rude.

It was a joke…but just out of interest, in what way was it rude? It was not directed at the poster, but at that phrase which is so often used and so inappropriate, in describing a footballer.

On 16/10/2025 at 16:12, Gator said:

Thanks. I'm really interested in your opinion.

As you should be! You’re most welcome.

20 hours ago, Gator said:

I wouldn't want to be in the trenches with him.

While I agree with the rest of your post, this trite old phrase should be put on the banned forever pile!

30 minutes ago, GS_1905 said:

What really annoys me is how all the media are now applauding Essendon, Saints and Suns for holding onto their players. But it was absolute crickets last year when we held onto Trac and Oliver.

The narrative controlling mind****s really does my head in.

Also very little pundits mention the fact that we got 3 first round picks for Trac - Suns absolutely paid overs for him. He'll be a dud up there.

Does it really matter what these media pundits say? Not worth wasting energy on, in my opinion.

44 minutes ago, Viscount Cardwell said:

Also, White and Sinemma will come on board as rookies assumably

And let’s not forget Noah Yze is a possible rookie (is there room for him?).

If we trade 7 & 8 up, then I like the look of Robey. If we go with 7 & 8, I’d be hoping for Noah Hibbins-Hargreave or Grlj and Dovaston.

I haven’t seen it actually stated anywhere, but are GCS taking on all of Trac’s contract? If so, that really softens the blow of the Clarry ‘deal’, in which case I’d have to say B+ to an A-.

4 hours ago, Demonland said:

“…while fulfilling Christian’s and Clayton’s requests for a fresh start.”

The part of the letter that I find a bit dodgy, is the bit I’ve quoted, regarding Clarrie… requested? Really?

Takes me back to the old Bellbird days…Charlie Cousins, did he fall, or was he pushed?

(oh, and Andy, you may want to consider a minor change to the post’s title 😉)

I don’t know the truth or otherwise of this, but someone in one of the Dees groups on Facebook just posted that pick 8 was off to West Coast. Anyone know anything about this?

23 minutes ago, Demon4Life said:

I got called a troll for saying we met with him days ago lol

Yes, that was me and I apologise… however, in my defence, there’s still no mention of us making an approach, just that other clubs are showing interest; I’d love to see us take him.

A couple of more clips from that gig a few weeks ago follow. We will play another show on Saturday week 25th and then our 10th anniversary show on Sunday November 23rd. I’m still feeling the effects of chemo, even though I’m now almost a couple of months free of it… the peripheral neuropathy is here to stay, I’m having constant vertigo if I’m getting up from bed or from reclining on the sofa, my taste buds are still screwed and my energy levels are somewhat depleted. Other than that, everything is hunky dory.

Anyway, here are a couple of tunes on my Instagram…

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1 hour ago, Wrecker46 said:

Watch Sparrow get an actual role and become a great footballer

I gave him the nickname of ‘The Difference’… now my son is certain that I’ve lost the plot! 🤣

1 hour ago, John Demonic said:

Unless there's a suitcase of 3 park superpasses, I'd guess it's the salary cap that says no?

I don’t know about that… we’d be paying a substantial portion of Trac’s contract as would the Pies, assuming he’s still contracted (I’ve no clue), be paying fair slice of JdG’s; not to mention that they’ve moved on Flanders and others, who would clear a fair amount of cap space.