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I think I’m going blind… and no, not for reasons some might think (I put it down to age). You might be right about the freedom (or lack thereof) of choice; probably a limited range. And yeah, I hope to go…er, the deity of choice, that Max was taking the pizz. What they should have done was have every player choose Country Road just to completely ruin it for Brisbane. The only time I’ve ever even slightly enjoyed that song was in the Studio Ghibli film Whisper Of the Heart, where it is sung in Japanese.

Yes, why aren’t the AFL aware enough to have all of the Round 0 teams play each other in Round 1, to give the rest a chance to catch up? Seriously brain-dead at AFL headquarters!

Or the Curling team.

That says a lot about me I suppose 🤣😂🤣. Fair comment!

How old is Langford?? ‘Believe’!!?! Ok, I’m sure there must be a few Cher fans out there, but what’s a young fella like Langford doing listening to that stuff? And as for Max, what the hell?? or should I say heaven? To me there are just three, two of which I give a barely passed mark… Daft Punk nearly had me until the god awful autotune kicks in… Titanium with Sia is pleasant enough, but JVR, who appears to have been raiding his parent’s record collection, wins with Rock the Casbah (although there are 50 Clash songs I’d probably pick before it😉). If you’re going to go through the parent’s collection, Verve’s ‘Symphony Bittersweet’ is a good ‘un as are songs like Itchykoo Park (Small Faces), Iggy Pop’s Passenger, Bowie’s Life on Mars or Heroes… I know everyone has different tastes, but, well, er, um, jeebus…I don’t know…

Maybe hairline fractures heal faster? I had a broken arm right at the shoulder (fell out of a tree) and that felt like it took forever to heal; also modern surgery techniques probably accelerate the healing process. The worst thing about my broken arm though, was that while I was waiting to go for surgery (Children’s Hospital in Melbourne), Rolf Harris came through giving all the kids wobble boards and promoting Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport! And as for the ‘wobble boards’ they were just a piece of friggin’ Bernie Board, that he hadn’t even bothered to sign! Was a scumbag then, and right up to the end!

Nothing to do with your response (although I do prefer Howes for his run and carry), but do you know when you’re quoting others, the quote is appearing three times?

It’s probably just me, but I thought Kolt looked a lot more comfortable in a defensive role, but if he is picked, I’m guessing it would be to rotate in the forward half… but I doubt he will be picked; Culley yes, but Kolt no.

I’d rather that Rivers is played in the midfield, not back. I’m sleepless in Dulwich Hill, and totally wired out of necessity, so, at the risk of making a fool of myself, I believe that Howes could be useful, based only on his pre season, which I thought was not too bad at all…he attacks the ball and provides run and carry; I’d love to see him and/or Jiath(?) linking up with Windsor, to get the ball quickly into our forward fifty.

Indeed it did! What a way to get busted!

Useless factoid: the guitarist/pedal steel player in my band, Ged Corben, along with his brother, were founding members of the Cruel Sea. They started out as an instrumentals band.

It could be worse I suppose…they could have that god awful Kiss-Cam like they have at American baseball games during the breaks in play.

Yes Barrett was probably a better songwriter than musician, but I loved the way he sung with a real innocence/naivety to his voice… a shame he dropped a little too much acid. Gilmour is a great player, although my favourite British guitarists are Peter Green, Albert Lee and Robert Fripp.

Are you certain that they soothsayer was directing his advice towards the Dees?

Is it at all possible that we’ve struck a deal with Caulfield and so have signed on for Waverley as an interim solution? Could there be further announcements coming soon?

I was actually a big fan of Syd Barrett.

It was my favourite album back in the very early 70’s… Careful With That Axe Eugene which was used in the film Zabriski Point, was my favourite track. I was fortunate enough to see them live at Knebworth in the UK in 1975, performing Dark Side of the Moon complete with a Spitfire (3 of them) fly past right on the stroke of sunset. Despite the fact that I’m one of the few people who aren’t particularly impressed by DSoM, it was a brilliant show.

I think in honour of us dinosaurs and our very own Picket Fence, the Pink Floyd number, ‘Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In a Cave and Grooving With a Picket Fence’.

I would love to have been at that show… considering that he (Leonard Teale), died on the 14th May, 1994. Edit: saw your edited post… yeah, Shhh…atner would be an excellent substitute.

No, as much as I love Leonard Cohen, I do mean Leonard Teale… he did a spoken word version of Stairway to Heaven, on Andrew Denton’s, Money Or the Gun.

How about we drag out the old Hammond organ from storage room of Tommy Hanlon’s It Could Be You, and have one of those organ fanfares every time a goal is scored, with a voice over yelling out, in true Jack Little style, “By Hecla, it’s a goal!!”.

I’d be happy if we could have a latter day Leonard Teale (I’m pretty sure that Leonard’s dead ‘n gone) doing a spoken word version of the players’ favourite songs.

I’m really unsure of how I feel about our chances in this game. The ‘Aints didn’t look too inspiring on Sunday, but Nasiah (“no, he’s just a naughty boy!”) looked very very good; dangerously good!! I have this nagging feeling in the back of my mind, that is telling me that we are going in with a lot of players who don’t have a wealth of experience, and we are going in with a new coach and new game plan, and we are yet to see just how well they have adapted and are able to consistently carry it out… yes we saw glimpses in the pre season praccy matches, but let’s see how they go when real shots are fired. The other thing that hit me, was that I barely recognise the game of AFL anymore! The speed of the game and the ability of players to close opponents down in the blink of an eye, the ball rebounding like a giant game of pinball, leading to a lot of ground-ball handling errors and so many poorly judged passes by foot… I just hope we are able to compete well in this kind of environment. This however does give players like Windsor, Langford, Lindsay, Culley, Howes etc a real chance to shine (from what I’ve seen, they all seem to be taking to the new game plan, quite comfortably)…I don’t know, maybe it’s just my Inner MFCSS speaking, but I won’t be able to relax until around 6pm on Sunday.

And a belated Happy Bidet and IWD to you too!!

If anyone has chosen ‘Country Roads’ (or whatever its proper title is), I will personally get off my deathbed, use whatever means available to me, to drag myself down to Melbourne, and stick the USB, SSD or whatever media they are using, as far up the person responsible’s aaaass….sk your mother for sixpence, as possible. And that goes equally for anyone using ‘Bohemian Rhapsody!!