hardtack

On 04/10/2024 at 14:52, DeeSpencer said:

 

They aren’t great but Ned McHenry and Will Hamill are both better than many delisted free agents. 

 

Ned McHenry could be a good replacement for ANB and would cost very little.

Not directly related to the ANB trade, but would the now delisted McHenry be worth the club looking at as a replacement for ANB?

20 minutes ago, seventyfour said:

This makes me hate Trac even more. Doesn't like his behaviour but has no issue with the player, just the club? Makes no [censored] sense.

Am I missing something? Where in what you quoted, does it say that Trac didn’t like Oliver’s behaviour?

13 hours ago, mo64 said:

"Don't forget the Aeroguard Mr. Walker".

Old jungle saying

5 hours ago, Ollie fan said:

FFS Goody GOT us to that finals series!!!!

Unfortunately, that doesn’t give him a free pass, particularly when we exited in straight sets two years on the trot; if he can take credit for our reaching finals, then surely he can equally take the blame for our rapid exits and subsequent rapid fall down the ladder?

I’m not calling for his head, but I think a little perspective is in order, and at the moment, Goodwin IS treading on thin ice.

Pert however, if it’s true that he’s been undermining the Football Department by shopping Clarry about, and as a result of that, putting us back in the crosshairs of the media pundits, just as things were somewhat settling down, then surely he must not be allowed any place in a review of the club.

In fact, if someone must go, I’m not sold on it being Goodwin, but I wouldn’t be unhappy to see Pert shown the door.

3 hours ago, leave it to deever said:

I know, I know, I know it's just an act for a few mins but I really think Five million is a very high amount of cash. You could use all that to have one round of free footy. Yep, a round in the middle of the year where footy fans could take themselves and their kids to the footy for free.

Now that would be inclusive. And perhaps with 500,000 leftover for an oz performance on gf day instead. This final act not necessarily about the scratch but rather the talent. Seriously what the heck were they thinking. Biggest studf up by far. I mean just so many footy fans are KP fans.

I agree with these two points.

I’m not going to go slinging mud at Katy Perry as, like any of us, who wouldn’t jump at that sort of a payday, and even though her music doesn’t appeal to me, she can sing and she undoubtedly does have talent.

However, I think the $5m could be much better spent, and a free round is a great idea… alternatively, make GF tickets a little more affordable so that the average person doesn’t have to fork out excessive dollars in order to get a seat.

I do not agree with the idea that having an international act with a high profile is going to  help ‘break’ the game overseas, as I honestly cannot see it ever becoming a dominant sport anywhere but here.  Maybe it rakes in a few more dollars in advertising revenue, I don’t know, but is that enough to make it a worthwhile investment(?).

I’d love to see some local talent given a go, but not the usual dinosaurs that they push… as much as I might like some of them, we don’t need to keep dragging out artists from yesteryear (Mark Seymour, Tina Arena, etc etc). Get fresh young local talent that could do with some exposure. It would cost next to nothing compared to what they’re forking out for imported artists, and it wouldn’t affect attendance as a GF is going to be a sell out crowd regardless of the entertainment.

On 27/09/2024 at 22:40, Macca said:

Came across 3 new Sci-fi series that have got me hooked after just 1 episide. 

With a heavy accent on the psychological, mystery and thriller with quite dark elements

Dark Matter (Aussie Joel Edgerton stars)

Severance (Ben Stiller Directs)

The Penguin (just released) (Colin Farrell)

 

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I watched ep 1 of The Penguin and thought it shows a lot of promise… very dark!

I would highly recommend a series on Netflix called Move to Heaven, a Korean production about a business that cleans the rooms of the deceased. It’s incredibly moving and is, for me at least, one of the best series I can recall seeing, ever!

Also, while on Netflix, the have the latest Godzilla offering that marks his 70th anniversary. It’s called Godzilla Minus One and is a seriously good film, not just as a kaiju film, but  as a piece of writing, acting and directing; simply put, it’s brilliant!! They also have the B&W release of the same film titled Godzilla Minus One, Minus Color. I can’t recommend it highly enough.

1 hour ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

It'll eventually be back-ended anyway.

That’ll come later after I get home.

45 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Good lord, $5 Mil for a has-been pop star?

@hardtack would do it for half that

A half?? I’d do it for $50 and a meat pie!

My band is playing in Canberra on the afternoon of GF Saturday from 3pm, so I’m going to miss watching it.

The challenge for us is to avoid any contact with people who might be following it during our performance, so that we can all watch it later on in the evening (our pedal steel player lives close by in Sutton and has Kayo), as if it hadn’t already happened.

Fortunately the venue, Smith’s Alternative, has no TV screens on the premises.

(how to advertise your gig, without advertising your gig)

Last December I decided that as I’d be spending a lot more time sitting at home, I’d try to get back into drawing, something that I hadn’t done for decades.So, I bought myself a nice Derwent A3 sketch pad and a ROtring Isograph Technical Drawing Pen set, ready to relive my days at Swinburne as an aspiring graphic artist, back in the early 70’s.

Then, courtesy of the chemo (which no doubt people are getting tired of hearing about, by now 😉), peripheral neuropathy has pretty much killed off any likelihood of me reliving that particular part of my past to any great degree, but I am now considering using Inktober as a form of therapy, and to test the power of mind over matter; not that it matters.

Thanks for alerting me to the Inktober challenge, as I’d completely forgotten about it until now.

1 hour ago, Dee Boys said:

But how is that at all relevant when discussing Wade Derksen?

Does that matter?

4 minutes ago, Dee Boys said:

you’re talking about first and second rounders?

I think you’ll find that by ‘shut down’, he means that it should not be trade-able, but rather kept to be used in the draft.

1 hour ago, Skuit said:

You might want to edit that post again hardtack before the Demonland early risers choke on their coffees and assume you're predicting we're going to finish second-last next year and possibly spend our whole current and future draft cache on a pair of fringe players. 

To them I say, “Have at me!!” 🤣 Note that I did post at approx 4:30am, and I am neither in Perth nor a foreign principality, so I can safely say that I plead insanity.

I don’t have a clue as to Peatling’s value, so I’m guessing, but would this year’s pick 3 plus our future pick two, get Peatling plus Derksen thrown in as the set of steak knives?  (I’m hoping we’ll keep our possible pick 2 (ANB) from Adelaide, with a view to improving our draft hand)

Must be a bitter pill to swallow (pardon the pun) for Robbo.

18 minutes ago, ElDiablo14 said:

Based on the information provided today, there will be two different sized ovals.

So one MCG size and the other Marvel size?

Optus and Gabba (or Alice and Manuka)

Owies was a player I’d thought would be nice to have as he’s very handy around the goals.

6 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Not often you see the umpiring blatantly change the course of a game in a final. 

Should be 36 - 15.

Disgraceful dangerous tackle free kicks

Port have smashed them

Yeah, but it couldn’t happen to a nicer team 🤣

I think this thread is probably better raised following the trade period and draft.

As things currently stand, I’d be expecting a settled football department, line coaches who are across the nuances of the modern game, a head coach who has looked at, listened to and learned from our failings of 2024  and is preparing multiple game plans.

18 minutes ago, alpha33 said:

Perhaps we're looking elsewhere and moved on from someone who like him who would cost and arm and a leg and way too much for someone closing in on 30 years of age?

Hopefully it’s a sign that we intend to go to the draft with pick 5.

On 06/09/2024 at 11:14, Heart Beats True said:

My understanding is that he has signed a deal for $12 million over 8 years at lunch last Wednesday. It is yet to be announced. My source said he will be staying with the Suns. Don’t shoot the messenger.

I hereby decree that Heart Beats True henceforth be known as ‘Scooperman’!

According to an AFL and Gettable (paid partnership) Instagram post made 4 hours ago, he’s talking to four clubs… Pies, Dogs, Blues and Saints.

I’m an atheist and all of my atheistic, agnostic, and believer friends, think that Joe has lost the plot.

2 hours ago, KozzyCan said:

The report here is that the AFLPA aren't satisfied with the AFL's assessment.

In which case the AFLPA cannot have any real issue with the MFC, because we met all of the AFL’s requirements as they stood at the time. Their issue has to be with the AFL and ONLY the AFL.