Posts posted by hardtack
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5 minutes ago, Deeman said: Let's not forget that the Casey game is being played tomorrow morning so we need some big man strength there to counter Noah Balta.
Well, let’s hope it’s not Fullerton. If you’re going to bring the guy in for a well deserved debut, you don’t just send him back the next week… he needs a real run at it.
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58 minutes ago, Tarax Club said: 
"No man is an island, entire of itself, every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main,"
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31 minutes ago, DeeZone said: Harvey “The Bison” Langford
I haven’t searched to see if this has been discussed at all, but is the ‘Bison’ nickname derived from his hair, that somewhat resembles that of a buffalo?
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My band played our last gig for an indefinite period of time on Saturday 12th April. As the chemo has had a direct affect on my voice, making it quite fragile, I brought in some friends from local bands to help out. They included Paul Field (The Cockroaches and Sacred Hearts), Brendan Smith (The Stray Dogs), Marcus Phelan (Brave New Works and The Beatels), and Mickey Mahoney (The Treble Clefs and The Allniters). It was just as well that I did invite this crew as during the first set, I gave myself three songs to perform and by the second I was starting to sound like the love child of Tom Waits and Donald Duck! Fortunately, by the time the second set came around it had warmed up and worked well for the rest of that and the third set. Other invitees included Richard Burgman (The Saints and The Sunny Boys), Richard Rhule (early Dynamic Hepnotics drummer), plus a couple of unplanned fill ins.
It was a real spirit lifting afternoon despite it happening at the end of the first week of my fortnightly chemo cycle which is when I’m at my lowest ebb.
Later during the week (last Wednesday) I again met up with Seiko, Mitsuteru and Takami from the Japanese band Buddhadatta, for coffee and general chatting. A nicer bunch you couldn’t hope to meet and another real spirit lifter!
The Irinotecan and Fluorouracil that they have me on for my chemo, is having a cumulative affect on my body, and while not being too vicious on my appetite and my general energy levels (I can still walk to the shops just making maybe three stops on the way to regain my breath), but it has now completely [censored] up my taste buds… everything, but…EVERYTHING tastes absolutely foul!
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Just now, hardtack said: I wasn’t going to read through this topic to see if it’s been asked already, but what is the “shadow puppet duck) hand signal that Petty gave after each of his goals, and as the players got around him to celebrate, what did the two handed shove in the chest signify?
1 hour ago, Fromgotowoewodin said: 
Yes, but what does it mean?
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14 hours ago, roy11 said: Spargo, not the when quickest but was solid today. 19 disposals, 3 tackles in f50, 7 score involvements, 14 pressure acts etc, only knock on his game was his miss
And his trying to wrench the ball from Melksham’s grip… that was a real jaw dropper!
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Personally, I’d rather we find someone who has played the game in relatively recent times., and is across the modern game (yes, I know SG fits that description, but he ain’t working). Search for another Mitchell… it may take time (so start NOW), and there’s a certain element of risk involved, but I’m tired of Melbourne always taking the safe road.
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Treacy with 3 goals in the first 7 minutes! Richmond with 3 goals… looks set to be a fast, open, high scoring game.
My only complaint… do we have to listen to Derm?
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On 11/04/2025 at 14:55, seventyfour said: Goodwin's issue seems to be the complacency in the years following. Stubborness with the gameplan, misfires in recruiting and drafting, and letting poor behaviours creep into the culture.
I think that rather than stubbornness with the game plan, it’s his inability to come up with a new and effective game plan, and, it would seem, a backup plan; he is incredibly slow to react to what is happening on the ground. With no backup plan, when things are getting away from them, the players just seem completely lost.
I think after yesterday’s effort, his cards are probably marked, and the search for a replacement is probably underway, behind closed doors.
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4 hours ago, Dee Zephyr said: My question wasn’t directed at you so to speak, the term move player X to the bench is used a lot here and you just reminded me to ask the question.
Your meaning of moving Jeffo to the bench is having him in the starting 23?
No, in the starting 22. Start Fullerton at FF and Jeffo is used to give either Fullerton or JVR a break… it gives us some height up forward plus it means we’ll have rested forward to come in when one of Fullerton or JVR is taking ruck duties.
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On 08/04/2025 at 12:09, Flowergirl said: They are not performing. I think JVR would benefit with some Casey time for confidence, but because it's a VFL bye round I think that Fritta should be dropped to make a statement. Bring Fullarton in for Fritta, keep JVR for now.
I want Fritta dropped back to Casey for a reality check. I want Fullerton to be sat at FF and JVR moved to CHF. And Jefferson on the bench.
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23 minutes ago, Go Lordie said: We were better tonight. In with a chance before another Q4 fadeout.
Not really… the Cats were all over us, but off target for the first three quarters. We were never a genuine chance. Sure our pressure was ok at times, but we were never able to sustain it. We seem to be unable to rid ourselves of the desire to just bomb the ball long into the forwards… watch the Cats, time and time again, they were able to find players with space in the forward line and hit them on the chest. We looked like a team without a clue and without a plan. We looked lost!
There’s just one word that sums up how I feel: Flabbergasted!
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Absolute rubbish… we have no forward line, no effective mids, still just play up the wings, cannot hit a player on the chest to save ourselves, our skills simply aren’t up to scratch… awful to watch!
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On 30/03/2025 at 00:36, kurtneverdied said: Don't think it's time to think for a rebuild as we haven't got next next years first and perhaps whoever coaches next will tell the players they have faith we can still make the 8 and bring and bring some spark back and hope of success.
Regardless of whether or not we have pick one, we cannot wait to start a rebuild, as next year is the ‘Tassie draft’ and as such, will be severely compromised for ALL clubs, except Tassie of course.
We will have to trade players for picks, and as I opined in another thread, the most likely candidates are Trac and Kossie, who will (read, should) net us at least three first rounders and a second rounder in this year’s draft. There’s no time to hesitate!
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Edited by hardtack
If we’re going the rebuild route, then it MUST start at the end of this season, as next year we’ll have the Tassie team scooping the pool. Trac and Kozzie are the obvious trades and should net us at least 3 first rounders and a second rounder between them. I agree with BDR in that we should keep Fritsch, but a real conundrum is, what do we do about the likes of Sestan, JVR, Jefferson, Adams, Fullerton etc?…I’ll probably be accused of blasphemy, but, if JVR doesn't show anything this year, then does he get traded while he has some currency?
On current form, we’re likely to finish in the bottom four, so we’ll have good picks for, hopefully, picking up a couple of decent mature age draftees in the second and third rounds; of course, a lot of how we can use our picks will be dependent on where White is rated, assuming he is our F/S pick.
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I don’t know what to make of this team. They look like they just aren’t invested in the game plan (whatever that may be), they don’t appear to be working for each other (very little talking or awareness of what team mates are doing) and they just appear to lack energy. Honestly, I feel like I’m watching a Neeld era match… it’s so [censored] awful!!
Fritsch can’t buy a goal, Rivers is having possibly the worst game I’ve seen him play, Viney appears to be disposing of the ball to players that we can’t see, Salem doesn’t appear to want to lay a tackle, Oliver still having the occasional expensive brain fart etc etc. And on top of all of that we lose Lindsay, one of our most productive players in the first two rounds, early in the game.
I am liking Johnson’s attitude if not his skill set, and I’ve liked Sharp’s run. Back to the game now…
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1 hour ago, Harvey Wallbanger said: Spargo arrived late, and whilst not named on Selwyn's injury list this week, the rumour is that he sufferred a concussion last Sunday.
He was actually shown as injured in the list of outs when the team was named, yesterday.
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I don’t know if anyone else has noticed this, but I received an SMS from MelbourneFC this morning saying:
“The only way to watch Dees v Suns LIVE tomorrow is with Kayo. Sign up mfcde.es/Kayo“
I know Kayl is a subsidiary of Foxtel, but as the game IS available on Foxtel, it is not exactly true, and could mislead some people considering it comes hot on the heals of FTA coverage being dumped on Saturdays (or is that just the night game?).
First world problem I know, but I had to take a walk up to my local pharmacy today and it’s left me feeling completely rooted and a bit grumpy.
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Sharing My Ongoing Cancer Experience
in General Discussion
Well, here I am back in for cycle #7 and feeling pretty positive. A quick consult with my oncologist revealed that my CT scan (taken last week) shows that the spots on my lungs and liver are shrinking… the largest spots in my lungs have reduced by about 33% since my last scan (whenever that was). My CEA marker that gives an indication as to how active the rectal tumour is, is now down from 26 when I started to 14. All good news so far, although I did lose 4.2kg over the past two weeks… something I’m kind of liking.