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Well, it looks like all will be revealed sooner than we may have been expecting, according this this article (http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/jcurve-takes-new-turn-for-injured-dees-20120111-1pvf7.html#ixzz1jBwZLg1D) in Real Footy: "The new captain and leaders will be unveiled the week leading up to the Demons' first NAB Cup game on February 25, rather than in the lead-up to round one."

I still believe that if it isn't Green it will most likely be Moloney with Jones as VC. I doubt Neeld would be so immovable as to believe that Moloney's single indiscretion would preclude him from the captaincy... in fact I would think he would view Moloney's resolve to improve himself post-incident, that it may even improve Moloney's chances. If not Jones, then I would not be at all surprised to see Rivers fill the VC position.

Haha, yeah... and even funnier is the fact that I removed Petterd who I had with 25 - 30 along with Davey. But fantasies aside, I am a little surprised that no-one seems to be picking Davey to make a reasonable contribution.

Jurrah with 62 Clark with 55 - 60 Green with 45 - 50 Howe with 40 - 45 Watts with 35 - 40 Davey with 25 - 30

But the pricing discussions were directly related to the Footy channel. The sticking point/issue for some is the fact that they must take the (in their case) unwanted Basic package in order to be able to have access to the Sports package. That is entirely relevant to the discussion of the Footy channel and access to it - they want something more affordable that will allow them access to the footy coverage. The counter points made by myself and others regarding general affordablity are a usual part of any healthy discussion. No one was getting abusive, no one was hurling insults at Rhett as a Foxtel representative and no one was giving away state secrets.

Careful, or you shall have to be sent to room 101 where someone will give you a stern talking to.

I have many in mp3 format... among them one of my favourites... an episode in which false teeth all over England are disappearing and mysteriously show up as castanets at a Spanish Restaurant.

not really a one liner, but another great Neddy Seagoon: <sound of knocking> "Who is it?" "It's me!" "It can't be... I'm in here"

Yeah... in a past life he was a butler and now he is employed by Foxtel. Actually, I don't think he has stated what he does at Foxtel... for all we know, he could be there on work experience :-) Rhett... I know you are the son of KB, but out of interest, what is your position there? Obviously you have a vested interest in AFL, but am I correct in assuming (from your various Twitter handles) you are more involved in the general marketing/PR of Foxtel? Also, Jack7 makes a very good point about the cost which I hadn't considered... I no longer buy a newspaper in the mornings (read online) so all I am doing is redirecting my $2 to the Foxtel bill - and if you have kids, Foxtel is not a bad investment as there is plenty on there for them... not that I'm condoning long hours of TV viewing, but as far as material that is relevant to their education, there is a lot on there. So yes, it is $2 well invested.

DC, he's not making it up...I assume that he is referring to the cost of pay per view on the Main Event channel where you might watch a WBF Title bout but it will cost you about $20 for the pleasure. His is simply a conclusion drawn from that. I re-read your post I last replied to and owe you an apology for misreading...you wanted a 6mnth Sport channel subscription without taking the base package, which I (mis)read as wanting it on top of the base package. And yes, it is Oracle I am referring to...and you might be surprised at the mess they could make of it; particularly if some of their internal systems are anything to go by :-)

I actually wasn't suggesting that there was any connection between Foxtel and the db software provider... was just stating that sometimes what might be considered simple, isn't always so. It is possible to purchase the basic raft of programs for $45pm and get the Sports channels on top of that for $16 extra per month (I doubt it would be much cheaper if you could get individual channels). Also, I may be wrong, but as far as I am aware (and from memory after talking with Foxtel reps), it should be possible to deactivate the sports channels for as long as you like, so you would only pay the extra while you have it activated, presumably for the duration of the footy season.

Regardless of what any of us think about the programming options/packages/pricing on Foxtel, I get the feeling that Rhett isn't in any position to influence Foxtel's policy on such matters.

Yes, to an extent it is about commercial monopolies and greed... but do not for one minute believe that just because something is computerised it suddenly becomes simple. I work for the world's leading database software provider and believe me, they can sometimes make the most simple looking processes ridiculously convoluted and complicated. As alluded to by big_red, the costs of being able to create your own programming schedule by selecting individual channels, would end up costing as much, if not more, than the standard packages they already have in place.

After the rocket from Neeld, I'm looking forward to seeing how Davey and Watts take up the challenge. Also looking forward to seeing how the revamped forward line performs as well as Bennell down back... I get the feeling he will have a breakout year. I also look forward to the continued Rise and Rise of Nathan Jones.

I doubt that any provider in the history of pay television has ever offered users the option of taking a single channel... the logistics involved would be ridiculously complicated when you consider how many channels there are and the number of permutations you could end up with if the viewing public had carte blanche. For simplicity's sake, they need to operate from a basic service that can then be built upon.

Maybe you should have had a quiet word to Neeld and Misson as they obviously have no idea of what they are doing?

I believe hat Neeld did exactly the right thing in publicly "encouraging" the likes of Watts and Davey to lift the respective games. In doing so, not only was he sending a very clear message to those players (who he would have spoken to in much more depth privately anyway), but he was also making a very clear statement of intent that this club will no longer accept mediocrity and that all members and all opposition and all media pundits should take note. Personally, I think it would be far more humiliating to be delisted by a club after failing to live up to your potential.

"it were always rainin' on Denleigh Moor, 'cept when it were fine...but even then it were drizzlin', and if you call drizzle rain, well, it we're always rainin' on Denleigh Moor." - Eric Olthwaite

Although I agree with much of what you say, I have to ask on what "authority" you are able to suggest anything. In your earlier post you state you have had occasion to speak to MN a COUPLE of times... that hardly qualifies you as an "authority"; or is there more to those occasions than just simple banter?

Don't care what anyone says, I like the Derm... sure we loved to hate him, but at least he could take just as much as he handed out. Who could forget the '89 GF when Geelong's Mark Yeates knocked him out... got up vomiting and then went on to put in an amazing game. We need inspirational players like him. Matthews was the Hawk I despised as a player.

Add Kalifornia to that list. Pitt is one of those actors who was at a disadvantage for having good looks - people tended to focus on that aspect and overlook his undoubted talent as an actor who, like Depp, is willing to put himself out on a limb by taking difficult roles in non-mainstream films.

He's a coach, not a media personality. I really couldn't give a fat rat's clacker about his ability to perform in front of a microphone or camera. As was said, as long as his actions speak louder than words, then we should all be very happy.

"They say that travel broadens the mind, till you can't get your head out of doors" - Elvis Costello (God's Comic) and a few from Tom Waits - who seems to have a bottomless well of one liners: "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." "I knew him when he was nothing and he hasn't changed a bit" "I'm so goddamn horny the crack of dawn better watch itself around me." "Coleen's belly was shakin' like jelly And I'm gettin' harder than Chinese algebra." "The large print giveth, and the small print taketh away" "There ain't no devil, there's just god when he's drunk" Go here for a more complete list: http://www.intercom.net/local/shore_journal/yas11015.html

Another Spike Milligan description in reference to, I believe, the town of Woy Woy (his parents' home) as: "the world's only above-ground cemetery" I prefer to use it as a reference to Canberra where I did for a short time, work as a gardener in the Woden Cemetery.

particularly nasty weather!