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5 hours ago, beelzebub said:

Would Kozzy be that naive to think Goodwin would always be there ? Doubt it. Pickett has feathered his nest, and we'll. Good on him.

Probably not so naive, but he is human and it seems fairly obvious that he has a very close relationship with Goodwin as his coach. As I said (to cover my [censored] 🤣), it’s just a thought.

All of this talk about changing coach must be making Kossie a bit nervous; particularly if one of Trac or Oliver (or both) were to be traded out for picks. These are the people who he has a good relationship with, and it was those relationships that probably played no small part in getting him across the line.

How would he feel having just signed a 9 year deal, only to lose the people that he felt closest to? I hope that if things do head down that path, that it doesn’t have a detrimental affect on his game next year. I understand that such decisions must be made for the betterment of the club, and I know they’re supposed to be professionals and would be expected to cope with such events, and yes, I know that one player cannot be bigger than the game, but Kossie strikes me as someone who is quite sensitive and it could take him some time to get over such moves.

Just a thought.

On 15/06/2025 at 18:44, adonski said:

IN: Kalani White, Jefferson, Tholstrup

Umm

On 15/06/2025 at 21:58, Tom Dyson said:

Time for Greeny to roll up his sleeves and teach the lads how to kick for goal.

He was a pretty straight kick back in the day.

He was considered to be one of the best shots on goal in the entire competition at that time.

Having just started cycle #11, things are still heading in the right direction… in fact, I was informed by one of the nurses taking care of my infusion, that it looks like I get a break from (or complete?), this bout of chemo as it all seems to finish with cycle #13, which pretty much equates to six months worth.

This is good news in as far as it means I’ll be able to start looking at booking a few gigs in the coming months. On the flip side though, I have experienced a couple of bouts of vertigo over the past few days, so I will be undergoing a CT scan on my head and neck just to make sure that there’s nothing sinister going on… who knows, they might discover a brain in there somewhere.

In keeping with my previous posts, here are some more photos and an AI image… the hands, while being heavily edited, are pretty close to accurate. As a result of peripheral neuropathy, the finger prints are almost completely gone and the skin is smooth and almost plastic like… my fingers actually feel like they have those plastic elastoplast bandaids all over them.

Enjoy…

16 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

I wonder how Luker would go playing forward 🤔

I’d like to see all of our prospective forwards, including Jefferson and Van Rooyen, spend time playing back at Casey… if they can learn how defenders think, that would be very advantageous. Neitz started as a defender, TMac showed a lot when he was moved forward, Petty and now Disco have unfortunately not been settled in one position for any great length of time, which could explain their inconsistency when sent forward.

Just a thought.

On 14/06/2025 at 10:08, junk said:

Most of his team mates would be happy for him , considering that they would NOT be getting a u beaut pay rise in the near distant future.

It does NOT matter if we put all our eggs in the one basket and it does NOT matter if we cannot afford decent key position players.

Relax… you shouldn’t get yourself all tied up in NOTs over this!!

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

Lucky it was Rundle Mall. Any other Adelaide road and he'd be making a no-fault claim with Zurich.

I don’t know…when you’re in Rundle Mall, if you suddenly hear the strains of Duelling Banjos approaching… run!!!

On 12/06/2025 at 15:06, Dee-tonator said:

(1) We have no way of knowing whether a 34-year-old Kozzy will have anywhere near the pace and zip that excite us all today.

A 34 year old Kozzie would not be expected to have the pace and zip that he currently excites us… rather, he will have developed the smarts to make the most of the talents he has at that stage of his career.

Do players like Travis Boak, Darling, and other veterans, keep going with the skills they had when they were in their early 20’s? Of course not… they have honed their skill set and adapted it to suit their current physical abilities.

Kozzie will also, at that age, be a great mentor for players entering the system. No one would or should expect him to be performing at the level he does now, in the latter part of his contract.

On 13/06/2025 at 14:33, DistrACTION Jackson said:

In regards to players to bring in we have been linked to the following so far:

We’ve also been linked to GWS’s Brown apparently.

On 20/05/2025 at 12:27, JJJ said:

We can also expose him to the work habits and expertise of the greatest ruckman of the last decade

Sorry, but I have to take exception to that comment… it should read, the greatest ruckman of all time!!

1 hour ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

I'm surprised anyone would pay the Perryman for this length of time.

How long have you been waiting to use that one? 🤣

On 10/06/2025 at 10:33, DeeSpencer said:

We need to shop if we can. We need a main man up forward to take over from Melk but they’re nearly impossible to find.

Brown from GWS… supposedly were showing some interest. He’s got good hands, a great kick, agility and a good tank. I’d be happy if we were to get him on board.

2 hours ago, dpositive said:

Will do my best to meet them. We have many fine musicians in Beechworth and I am always looking for recruits for IndigoFM our local station which promotes Aussie and independant musicians . We now podcast and stream and have many remote listeners.. Im happy to talk to the guys who arrange the gigs at Tanswells.

Pass my name Greg Clydesdale on to them and Im sure we can meet over a beer.

Will do. Jeff may be hard to contact. But Steve and Debbie I’m constantly in touch with. Thanks.

What was Max thinking with that last kick? I’d love to know what May said to him?

Also, earlier in the Gameday topic, @dpositive said:

2 hours ago, hardtack said:

Not too bad thanks GWW! All of the numbers are heading in the right direction, but the chemo/immunotherapy is making me feel like [censored] and draining my energy resources. Thanks for your concern… greatly appreciated!

With you HT. Stay positive, its all you can do . Treatment and care has progressed so much.

If you need a break in Beechworth to recharge,let me know. We have a cottage Lochwood Cottage AirBNB and have offered to Dees as aprize in the past.

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Beechworth? I have a couple of friends living there and one was going to organise a gig for our band at the Beechworth pub. If you ever run into Steve Burrell or his partner Debbie Healey or a musician (one of Australia’s best guitarists who used to work with Slim Dusty) named Jeff Mercer, please say hello.

Just now, dazzledavey36 said:

All the best in your recovery HT 👊

Thanks DD… a win today will go a long way towards securing that! Go Dees!!

8 minutes ago, ghost who walks said:

Hows the health Tackie

Not too bad thanks GWW! All of the numbers are heading in the right direction, but the chemo/immunotherapy is making me feel like [censored] and draining my energy resources. Thanks for your concern… greatly appreciated!

6 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Maynard isnt playing, Charleton Heston, interesting thought, Chin "To play on the" anyway back to the game......

That’ll teach me not to check playing lists before the game. Thanks.

2 hours ago, demon3165 said:

I hope the football staff remember to give Fritsch the umbrella cap today as his hair will trouble him all day

I noticed on Friday that Keays had dropped his Fritsch lookalike hair… is it a coincidence that he was subbed out injured?

We need to ensure that there’s a fully qualified hairdresser with an advanced certificate in coiffology, on hand for any folical emergency that may occur.

1 hour ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

  3 hours ago, picket fence said:

2 Chin to play a defensive forward game the planet of the apes look alike

Ummm, what?

I think that PF possibly thinks, that either Maynard resembles one of the population of said planet, or possibly that Moore resembles Charlton Heston?

3 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Is Caseys’ Lual related to Bombers’ Lual?

I asked my son that same question yesterday… he didn’t have an answer.

11 hours ago, picket fence said:

How many weeks for A.J??

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.

19 hours ago, DeeBlood said:

PERCENTAGE BOOSTER!!!

GO DEES!

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!!

13 hours ago, DeeBlood said:

PERCENTAGE BOOSTER!!!

GO DEES!

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…”.