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Does it involve stopping to scull a pot every 200m or so? We could end up with quite a large rehab group at this rate.

Well, Jack Trengove tweeted about 3 hours ago: "No shock to hear@nathan2jones crossing the line 1st in the 3km time trial this morning. Sub 10min in movember is impressive."

To be fair, it was actually: Scully said: "I know my future's here and I anticipate I'll be here for the rest of my career." You can blame the journo for the "Giant for life" comment.

I just received an email detailing the first artist announcements for next year's Byron Bay Bluesfest... so far they include among others: Roger Daltrey, the Pogues, Earth, Wind and Fire, John Butler Trio, Yes, Buddy Guy, Brian Setzer's Rockabilly Riot (my personal fave), Johhny Lang, and Steve Earl. I wonder if they have a sponsorship arrangement with Zimmer?

Maybe he's just had an update on his knee condition?

Spoken like a true Dees supporter WJ - nothing like having the ability to make a sow's ear out of a silk purse :-)

That's crazy talk! You better be careful or you may be dragged over the coals for such seditious comments! (nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition - fetch the comfy chair!!)

It IS quite simple. As far as the accident is concerned, that is an issue between the police and the driver - however, the fact that Col was the owner of the car and handed over the task of driving to a friend who may well have also been over the limit (or at the very least was driving dangerously) and then left the scene, brings into question Col's ability to make smart decisions - but yes, that should not have any bearing on the club imposed penalties. As far as the drinking is concerned, Col has obviously confirmed to the club (and no doubt the police - who may well have breath tested him for all we know) that he had been been drinking and I would imagine there is a good chance he would have told them just how drunk he was (or maybe it was obvious to all and sundry?). Drinking the night before training is a no-no and the club acted accordingly. The drinking was obviously considered by the club to be worth taking reasonably strong action over. The fact that the club also put him down for the alcohol related course, would tend to indicate (unless it is a bar-tending course) that they considered it to be more than just a couple of sherberts at a mates place - perhaps the police passed on a reading to them? To say that if the accident didn't happen the club may not have acted doesn't cut it, as he still could easily have denied drinking the night before regardless... that is, of course, unless there was irrefutable evidence that he had been so drunk that he needed to be driven home. Proof? No... but there is plenty of circumstantial evidence.

It doesn't seem to stop you posting with regularity here :-)

Err, that isn't possible... an edited post is marked "edited" automatically; no way around that. See:

Yeah, it looks like a track in the photo... and a correction... it's Chip Frawley tweeting, not Trengove.

I see Jack Trengove Chip Frawley is tweeting something about going for a ride in a V8 supercar (is he at Surfers?) - it's so tempting to tweet back with a CS reference :-)

Why is it that so many posters here are simply focusing on the fact that he was "just a passenger in a car" (never mind the fact it was HIS car), and conveniently overlooking the fact that he had been drinking the night before a training session as well as being put in a position where he was unable to attend that training session?? Col was representing the MFC as a member of the IR team and as such, apart from letting down his IR team mates and coaches, he has let down the MFC (I agree with you that the punishment fits the crime - just disagree that it was an "off season" occurrence). I wonder what the comments in such a thread on here would have been like if instead of Col, this had been about Didak or Shaw?

How long was 426 (I can't even remember his name anymore) hanging around on the list?

Wish I hadn't flipped through the rest of those shots... rather unappetising shot of Shea McNamara (Pies) giving us a view of what he ate for breakfast.

Trengove tweeted a short while ago: "@MichaelNewto29 @jtren9 @SamBlease spewed” wouldn't be a normal pre season without it!"

Yes, I do understand what you mean about Hendrix. Some of the stuff that Davis did with John McLaughlin ([censored] Brew sessions) is pretty incredible.

Well, I tend to disagree... yes Hendrix created a whole new genre, but as far as abilities and originality go, I think there are a number who come close (if not equal him). The obvious one would be Frank Zappa who was not only the master of major genre bending, but he probably had an even more unique sound than Hendrix. Peter Green of the original (and good) Fleetwood Mac was another... when he wasn't playing some of the best blues guitar around, he was creating some incredible improvisations such as on his album End of the Game. Another who I see as being just as important as Hendrix when it came to creating a whole new genre is Robert Fripp (one of my personal favourites).

There's been a lot of great music post 1990, but unfortunately I think the marketing machine had well and truly started to dominate by then and more and more music and performers were being "manufactured" rather than coming up through the live music scene. If you want to see what marketing has done to music in Asia, look no further than PopAsia on SBS on a Sunday morning. It's a real shame, because there used to be a lot of really exciting stuff going on in Asian music - well, I suppose there still is, but there is so much more dross that you have to wade through in order to find it.

OK, firstly, for the record, I was NOT one of those calling for harsher penalties... I was merely thinking out loud as to why those posters may have been thinking along those lines. Secondly, in Sylvia's case, the events of that morning (and the night before that led up to it) could definitely be construed as relating to his general on-field performances, as he was guilty of approaching the IR contest with a complete disregard for his team mates and the coaching staff, and guilty of acting in a completely unprofessional manner; for a long time people on these forums have been accusing him of a lack of commitment and this just served to reinforce that belief. If this had just been a case of having a few the night before and then being involved in an accident when he had no other commitments, then fine, it could have been considered a stupid thing to do, but in the wash-up, no harm done... unfortunately in this instance, that wasn't the case.

I am saying that the correlation relates to his off-field misdemeanours and his on-field performances - in essence, Col's attitude in general sucks and by hitting him hard as a result of his actions, it may hopefully result in a big change in his attitude when it comes to his on-field performances as well as his off-field performances - in other words, posters' views of what constitutes fair punishment is not necessarily being tainted by his on-field performances.

You don't think there could be some correlation there? Attitude can cut across all areas of an individual's life.

Is Sylvia training the house down?...like a man on a mission?

True Grit is in mine now.

Maybe my wording was ambiguous, but if you bothered to read the article that was linked by another poster, you would have seen that Sylvia contacted the club several hours after the accident and after the police had contacted the club. And scale has nothing to do with the clubs reaction. They have rules, he is very aware of those rules, and the club acted according to those rules. No knee jerk reaction, but rather a well considered response that was in accordance with those rules. Youthful exuberance has absolutely nothing to do with it... he did the wrong thing at the wrong time plain and simple.