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    6 hours ago, rpfc said:

    Neale Daniher assured us that Chris Lamb had a long future at the club - delisted later that year.

    Iā€™m not sure that thereā€™s any correlation between the two thingsā€¦ a lot changes in the way of club culture over a period of 20(?) years or so. I hope he gets his chance.

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    5 hours ago, DiscoStu17 said:

    Thatā€™s a pretty low bar

    I think Huddo is a great commentatorā€¦he wears his love of the game on his sleeve and is like your mad keen supporter, but one who is able to communicate what he is seeing, in ways well beyond any of us. Iā€™m not worried that his knowledge of the game might not be perfect, as thatā€™s why they have experts on hand to provide their expert comments.

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    4 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

    Red 11 35 1 17 5 3 6 20 19 15 8 13 2( Rooey absolutely killing it) 31 37 26 21 disco( no number) 7 32

    Grey 39 (forward) 35 42 33 28 30 (too good!!!) 9 42 29 40 25 38 22 Roy George 26 and someone I didnā€™t recognise probs Casey

    Call me dumb, but I really did not understand any of that. Iā€™m guessing itā€™s player numbers, in which case, not really being across most of our teamā€™s numbers, Iā€™m completely lost. Iā€™ve got some serious studying to do in the next seven days!! Ā I hope that one day the AFL might see the benefit of putting the player's name on the back of the jersey.šŸ˜µā€šŸ’«

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    1 minute ago, redandbluemakepurple said:

    Should not be picked until his kicking improves.Ā  Some players go through a career being a crook kick.Ā  Expecting them to improve in the firsts does not seem to happen.

    Heā€™ll be in the side and likely taking a wing position. His general kicking is pretty good, but at the moment his goal kicking is not good at all.

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    1 hour ago, GS_1905 said:

    Fn AFL. Letā€™s fly a team over on a 4 hour flight then put them in another 2 hr bus ride.Ā 

    Thatā€™s something I couldnā€™t understandā€¦ wouldnā€™t it have been easier as well as financially more sound, to have had all of these non Victorian club games as home derbies?Ā 

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    2 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    he would have simply played today or at worse named as a emergency.Ā 

    Iā€™m pretty sure he was named as an emergency, but yeah, I agree heā€™s probably not quite there yet. I do want to see him get a run at some point, but in the meantime, I really liked what Johnson broughtā€¦ heā€™s not a particularly elegant player with lots of tricks, but rather a meat and potatoes kind of a player who brings plenty of physicality into the contest, creating a little chaos that sees the ball spilling loose, giving our smaller forwards something to crumb. Heā€™ll only get better and will contribute goals.

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    4 hours ago, Bang Bang Bang said:

    He did some good things but he seems to have mastered the panicked dump kick turnover that can be so costly, as it was today. He didnā€™t have that in his game in the early days.Ā 

    I thought Bowery looked troubled by the heat and just couldnā€™t get himself going. He seemed a step off the pace, which is very unlike him. Heā€™ll be much better once the real season gets under way.

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    5 minutes ago, Bang Bang Bang said:

    Geez we look sloppy today. Yet another afternoon where Treacy and grandpa Walters do as they please.Ā 
    Not a big fan of the chip/mark game plan in defence. We donā€™t have the skill for that and it just feels pointless.Ā 

    Easy misses from Salem, Fritsch, Sharp, AJ and Billings hasnā€™t helped massage the scoreboard. Billings is so useless, looked defeated as soon as he marked it.Ā 
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    Just a praccy match but definitely close to worst case scenario on what I didnā€™t want to see today.Ā 

    If thereā€™s just ONE positive that Iā€™m going to take out of todayā€¦ you have fixed the Bnag in your profile name!!! Now THATā€™s cause for celebration!!šŸŽ‰šŸ™ŒšŸ‘

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    48 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

    Fritta went backwards imho.

    Not so much because he kicked less goals but he looked like at not a few times,lĀ  he had lost passion. Too many times I saw him jogging after a few opposing players rather than sprint. His tackle count was too low and he seemed to be doing as little as possible.

    A shame with Fritta because he is a freak of a talent. I get the same feeling about Kozzie at times. I love the bloke but not convinced he's as yet to give 100 % week in week out.

    Iā€™m pretty sure that Fritta was dealing with more than one injury for a large part of the season, and that could have accounted for his appearing disinterested.

    1 hour ago, old dee said:

    Thanks GW, funny there is nothing about the game in the press up here in Singapore.

    Strangeā€¦I was of the understanding that Casey have a large following in Singapore. I was told by my friend who operates a stall at the Newton Food Centre, that thereā€™s a guy named Hung who does road maintenance around the Johor Causeway area, and who owns a transistor radio that he has permanently tuned into Casey Radio. If you ask around, you might be able to track him down and get some stats.

    Oh, and as an aside, my medication seems to be doing its job.

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    Ok, I decided Iā€™ll have a go at this one. There is no real method to my madness, and my list was built on the assumption that the names that easily sprung into my mind, were the bands that had the biggest affect on me. They are in no particular order, other than the fact that listing one band of individual would trigger memories of other bands, hence the reason that all of the Australian bands of grouped together (again, no specific order within those names).

    Anyway, I give youā€¦ my top 200 bands (including some individuals):

    1. Ryuichi SakamotoĀ 
    2. The Clash
    3. The Jam
    4. The Style Council
    5. General Public
    6. The (British) Beat
    7. The Dictators
    8. The Nails
    9. The StranglersĀ 
    10. The Members
    11. The Damned
    12. Doll By Doll
    13. Psychedelic Furs
    14. Gang of Four
    15. Elvis Costello (the Attractions, the Imposters, the Coward Brothers etc)
    16. Joe Jackson
    17. Brinsley Schwarz
    18. Graham Parker & the Rumour
    19. Dr Feelgood
    20. The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
    21. The Cream
    22. Humble Pie
    23. The Small Faces/The Faces
    24. The Jeff Beck Band
    25. Roxy Music
    26. ELP
    27. The Nice
    28. Mahavishnu Orchestra (John McLaughlin)
    29. The Steve Miller Band
    30. The Allman Brothers BandĀ 
    31. The Velvet UndergroundĀ 
    32. James BrownĀ 
    33. Lou Reed
    34. Pop Will Eat Itself
    35. XTC
    36. King Crimson
    37. Curved Air
    38. Be Bop Deluxe
    39. Van Der Graf Generator
    40. Tangerine Dream
    41. Kraftwerk
    42. The Residents
    43. SnakefingerĀ 
    44. Frank Zappa & the Mothers of invention
    45. Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band
    46. The Sex Pistols
    47. The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
    48. Viv Stanshall
    49. Led ZeppelinĀ 
    50. Chicago (first couple of albums)
    51. Blood Sweat and Tears
    52. Pacific Gas & ElectricĀ 
    53. The Kinks
    54. The Beatles
    55. The Rolling StonesĀ 
    56. The Yardbirds
    57. Fairport ConventionĀ 
    58. Steeleye Span
    59. The Pogues
    60. The Strawbs
    61. John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
    62. Blue Oyster Cult
    63. The Throb
    64. The Reels
    65. The Easybeats
    66. The Loved Ones
    67. Lobby Loyde & the Coloured Balls
    68. The Purple Hearts (featured our former bass guitarist Bob Dames)
    69. The Wild Cherries
    70. Mike Furber & the Bowery Boys
    71. Company Caine
    72. Spectrum
    73. Ariel
    74. The Stars
    75. Carson County Boogie Band
    76. Broderick Smith Big Combo
    77. The Dingoes
    78. Wendy Saddington & Chain (also with Copperwine)
    79. Chain
    80. Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs
    81. Daddy Cool
    82. Mighty Kong
    83. Sons of the Vegetal Mothers
    84. Billy-T
    85. Paul Madigan & the Humans
    86. The FerretsĀ 
    87. The Lime Spiders (featured our guitarist Ged Corben)
    88. The Cruel Sea (Ged Corben was a founder member when they were essentially an instrumental band)
    89. Hunters & CollectorsĀ 
    90. The Birthday Party
    91. Boys Next Door
    92. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
    93. Sekret Sekret
    94. The Sports
    95. Harem Scarum
    96. Jo Jo Zep & the Falcons
    97. Drowning Not Waving (Dees supporter, David Bridie)
    98. My Friend the Birthday Cake (Dees supporter, David Bridie)
    99. The Huxton Creepers (Dees supporter, Archie Law)
    100. Mackenzie Theory (Dees supporter, Rob Mackenzie)
    101. Radio Birdman
    102. RegurgitatorĀ 
    103. Crowded House
    104. Kevin Borrich Express
    105. Kahvas Jute
    106. Tamam Shud
    107. Tully
    108. The Bee Gees (pre Saturday Night Fever)
    109. The Seekers
    110. Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band
    111. Skyhooks
    112. Matt Finish
    113. Midnight Oil
    114. The Angels
    115. The Screaming Jets
    116. The BackslidersĀ 
    117. Coloured Stone
    118. Gondwanaland
    119. The Living End
    120. Warumpi Band
    121. Paul Kelly & <insert band of choice>
    122. Kutcha Edwards
    123. Archie Roach & Ruby Hunter
    124. Gurramul & Mandawuay Yunupingu
    125. Mixed RelationsĀ 
    126. Yothu Yindi
    127. The Hitmen
    128. Mental As Anything
    129. Dog Trumpet
    130. The Aliens
    131. La De Das
    132. Ayerā€™s Rock
    133. Healing Force
    134. AC/DC (Bon Scott era only)
    135. Flowers/Icehouse
    136. GangaJang
    137. The Allniters (featured our early guitarist Mickey Mahoney)
    138. Kush
    139. The Numbers
    140. Freshwater (featuring Alison McCallum of ā€˜Itā€™s Timeā€™ fame)
    141. Sun (featuring Renee Geyer)
    142. SPK
    143. Severed Heads
    144. BuffaloĀ 
    145. Alberto Y Los Trio Paranoias
    146. Prodigy
    147. Pink Floyd
    148. MC5
    149. The Ramones
    150. Television
    151. Iggy & the Stooges
    152. David Bowie
    153. Traffic
    154. The Spencer Davis Group
    155. The Texas TornadoesĀ 
    156. Los Lobos
    157. Lemmy (Hawkwind & Motƶrhead)
    158. Ministry
    159. Van MorrisonĀ 
    160. Quicksilver Messenger Service
    161. The Byrds
    162. Jefferson AirplaneĀ 
    163. Big Brother & the Holding Company (Janis Joplin)
    164. They Might Be Giants
    165. WheezerĀ 
    166. The Blue Hearts
    167. BuddhadattaĀ 
    168. The 5, 6, 7, 8ā€™s
    169. Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
    170. Japan
    171. Little Feat
    172. Manfred Mann Earth Band
    173. The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
    174. Yello
    175. Yellow Magic Orchestra (aka YMO)
    176. Jimi Hendrix (Experience & Band of Gypsies)
    177. Fleetwood Mac (Peter Green era only)
    178. Argent
    179. Neil Young
    180. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
    181. Joni Mitchell
    182. Procol Harum
    183. Robin Trower
    184. Genesis (Peter Gabriel era)
    185. Kate Bush
    186. Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
    187. Asleep At the WheelĀ 
    188. The Rock ā€˜n Roll Trio
    189. Weather Report
    190. The Screaming Blue Messiahs
    191. Rockpile
    192. Dave Edmunds
    193. Nick Lowe
    194. Wreckless Eric
    195. Thunderclap Newman
    196. Talking Heads
    197. ZZ Top
    198. Hank WilliamsĀ 
    199. Bob Dylan
    200. The Band
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    9 minutes ago, Go Ds said:

    no one will care long-term about the result a few months .... weeks ... down the track

    Whether we supporters or media pundits care or not means nothing, this is about the team taking confidence into future meetings with the Dockersā€¦ beat them today and the seeds of belief will be planted.

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    Just now, Go Ds said:

    It'd be preferable. But if Freo thrash us in the next 5 real matches even if we beat them by 30 goals in each pre-season match during that dominance it'll mean nothing. (That said good team and player performance today is preferable.)

    Yes, but we need to start somewhere, for our own belief, and a practice match is as good a time as any šŸ˜Š

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