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Unfortunately Buddhadatta got turned back by customs in Cairns as they had the wrong visas (they admitted it was due to their own carelessness). They are now back in Japan considering what to do next.

ok, my apologies to all… I think. I did misread the room. It’s nice to see so much support for Luker, and like everyone else, I just want him to recover well and then have a good run at cementing his place in the team.

Sorry, but as terrible as this is for poor Luker, the comments here are just so typical of why the MFCSS acronym was ‘coined’. Sure he kicked 24 in 17 VFL matches last season, but it’s no guarantee he will have continued success at AFL level. I want him to succeed, and I also want Jeffo to succeed, but the fact that they are unavailable for the start of the season, is not the end of the world as the tone of some of the comments might suggest - I mean to say, we don’t even know the results of the scans yet, so how about we shelve the doom and gloom stuff at least until we learn what damage has been done (then we can panic!!! j/k). In the meantime we have Mihocek and Melksham who we know are proven goal scorers, and as was shown in Friday’s ‘game’, we are now looking for leading forwards as opposed to just bombing it long and hoping. If we can stick to King’s game plan, I see plenty of reason to be optimistic.

I’ve always been of the thought that it should be the action and not the outcome that gets punished.

Well, in all fairness, the entire squad is learning our system, as King is introducing pretty much an entirely different game plan to that of his predecessor. At the moment, my greatest fear is that we aren’t handling rebounds well at all, and unless our defence really tightens up, we’re going to suffer big time against better teams. I love Petty, but I wish he’d reign it in a little so that he’s not giving away so many free kicks.

Yes, as I understand it, the initial injury is painful, but as it often severs the nerve(?), the pain can be very short lived. From memory, when my son did his acl, he initially cried out in pain, but after that, was not feeling too much at all.

That’s ok Beelzebub… I’ll need to look a few more times.

I saw it that the Tigers player was in a contest with the other Melbourne player, had eyes for the ball, and unfortunately Luker got taken out. Clumsy yes, and he may do time, but I don’t believe there was anny intent involved.

Don’t worry, @Ghostwriter got in before you 😉

How did you see it @dice ?

Isn’t this the third time we’ve been involved in such stoppages… lightning in the west(?) and lights out in Brisbane…now this. If I were religious, I’d think god’s not a fan.

This is one thing I really dislike… there was absolutely no malice in what was essentially a footballing accident. Why is it that every time one of our players is injured, it must have been done with intent?

It’s an Australian Rules football.

And finally…

For whatever reason, I seem to be limited to thee links per post, so here’s three more..,

I’ve probably posted these elsewhere in the General Discussion forum, but I thought I’d put together a bunch of links to clips involving people who have helped me out on my journey by sitting in with my band on various occasions, plus a couple of unrelated clips of things I’ve done; the guitarist in the final clip was Mick Ralphs (from Mott the Hoople and Bad Company), first cousin. See if you can identify the other musicians…

Weird… I always thought it was a boat that went out on a three hour cruise, never to return, all on board assumed to have perished.

For anyone who might be in Sydney and who might be interested in what Los Romeos Oxidados are up to… we have the following gigs lined up: The Butchers Brew on Friday 27th March from 7:30pm The Marrickville Bowlo on Sunday 10th May from 4:30pm The Gasoline Pony on Saturday 23rd May from 3pm There could be a few surprises if I do my usual off the rails recruiting, so free your minds and…git along li’l dawgies!

He’s certainly showing signs of D-gradation.

I could have my years wrong, but I seem to recall Jeffo getting a run towards the end of, was it, 2024, and started to look a tad more aggressive and doing all the right things, but injury put an end to his season; he hasn’t had much in the way of opportunities since…but as I said, I might have that wrong.

For Sydneysiders, my band Los Romeos Oxidados have following gigs lined up: The Butchers Brew on Friday 27th March from 7:30pm The Marrickville Bowlo on Sunday 10th May from 4:30pm The Gasoline Pony on Saturday 23rd May from 3pm

At first glance, I thought that first one said ‘Drive By Demons’. As for the Gawn one, I find it a bit puerile, but i wouldn’t consider it distasteful.

Edit: This is supposed to be quoting @Tarax Club’s post above. Being as how I was always more of a Tarax kid than Marchants, how could anyone not be, after watching Gerry Gee suck that stuff down like a Hoover driven ventriloquist dummy, it was a given that this post would worthy of a big thumbs up! Couple that with the use of one of my favourite words of late, ‘diaspora’, and it was always going to be a winner. Now, where was I?… oh yes, aerobic fitness…I agree, and this was one of the things that caught my attention as well; in 31C (is that right?) temperatures, to be able to bring that game home with a six goal quarter, was pretty impressive, despite there being some players subbed out at half the me. With players like JVR, Sparrow and, if my eyes didn’t deceive me, Salem, all looking slimmer, trimmer and as a result, fitter, I get the impression that they’ve been working hard on that aerobic side of things; have they been doing a lot of ‘out of office hours’ work? Additionally, Heath looks to have great stamina and should be a perfect replacement for Max, going ahead…the fact that he pretty much broke even with one of the comp’s best in Xerri, was really impressive; once Max gets his 9th (is it?) All Australian, I think we’re well positioned in the ruck stakes for quite a few years to come. Ok, I think that the mental energy spent trying to post something witty, yet on point, has short circuited my grey matter. Thanks for your attention…

I guess everyone has covered the individual efforts and team efforts, the seemingly improved game plan and ability to execute etc, so I see no point in adding to that; not that I could anyway, having the short term memory span of a gnat. However, while I agree somewhat with those talking the match down because of the quality, well, lack thereof, of the opposition, the way that I see it is that an 80 point win against anyone playing in the AFL comp is pretty decisive and cannot simply be dismissed offhand. All I can say is that this result and some of the plays, both individual and set moves, have given me great cause for optimism, to the point where I’m feeling like we might actually improve our position on the ladder by a couple of spots, up to 12. I now only hope that Friday’s upcoming match against Richmond doesn’t bring me crashing back down to earth… if we can bring that same teamwork, energy, intensity and commitment to the game, and manage another win, albeit against a weak opposition, I’ll be over the moon!

I’ve watched a few of these games and most have had a very good quality image (although a poor jerky feed), but why is it that we seem to have got the work experience kid operating the camera (or is it his phone?). I’ve found it very hard to watch.