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That's irrelevant.

I don't recall him commenting on the 68 Muslim children slaughtered (along with 58 adults) in Syria just days before the Manchester bombing either... in fact, I don't recall seeing much at all in the media about that particular event.

6. Jones 5. Hibberd 4. Garlett 3. Oliver 2. Hannan 1. Harmes

Someone pulled the trigger a little early and shot himself in the foot... nice work!!

I'm gobsmacked as to why we started with TMac up forward. It worked once as an experiment late in the Adelaide game and failed dismally last week... we need him in defense to restrict early scoring by the Suns.

Thank you, thank you! I'm here every Friday. Please... try the fish!

Wouldn't it have been easier to fly, or are the air fares prohibitively expensive?

Who knows, it might help us out when it comes to free kicks.

Yeah, it's hopeless.

Google Translate does a pretty good job with that... auto detects that the language is Azerbaijani and returns: "I google to find a reliable translation".

I ran that through Google Translate, but all to no effect unfortunately. I do find it funny that you are so ready to put the boot into sites like Snopes, yet so willing to believe 21st Century Wire, whose founder Patrick Henningsen is also an associate editor for Alex Jones and his Info Wars and a geopolitical analyst for Russia Today. As far as truth is concerned... neither USA or Russia have any credibility under their current leaderships and certainly Henningsen's affiliations hardly give him much credibility in the media bias stakes.

Yes, a very reliable source you've used dieter https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/21st-century-wire/ Disproven: http://www.snopes.com/cnn-same-refugee-girl/

Nice to see you toeing the Russian line there dieter.

I get the feeling the game against the Crows really drained a few of them and in particular Watts who has been taking on a hell of a lot since Spencer's demise; he looked knackered from almost the first bounce. Add to that the fact that they were competing against one of the best rucks in the comp, it certainly didn't help. For me, we really lost this game as a result of playing TMac up forward for that first quarter... I think that probably cost us goals. In fact, that move surprised me as I seem to recall Goodwin saying after the Crows game that it was not something he would do regularly, but that these moves could sometimes take an opposition by surprise if used sparingly (or something along those lines). I'm just waiting for the day that we can jump out of the blocks from the first bounce and not look back (praying that will be the Queen's Bidet game when my son and I will make it down).

Sorry, but Oscar is, along with Weideman, doing very little...like he's running in treacle.

Is it next week already?

6th as long as Carlton do the unlikely and defeat Fremantle...7th is more likely the best we can hope for; but I'll take that!

Some bigots shine out like shafts of gold, when all else around is dark.

This is late news, but RIP Robbie Souter who passed away last week on the 11th May... he was the original drummer with the Dynamic Hepnotics, as well as playing with Mental As Anything, Slim Dusty and numerous small Sydney bands. Was a lovely guy and will be sorely missed by the many who knew him.

It's not a matter of anyone being a "hater"... if you consider 3-4,000 locals (and how many of them were genuinely interested vs dignitaries and people representing companies involved in sponsorships at the ground?) to be a good crowd in a city of 20 million, I'm afraid you're somewhat kidding yourself; particularly if it does get as much airplay as you are telling us. As an example, last year in Sydney (a city of what, 4 million?) an American College Football match between University of California, Berkeley and the University of Hawaii, drew a crowd of 61,247, mostly locals... and that is in a sport that probably has less local participation in Sydney than AFL would have in China. I hope it does become successful in China, but I remember hearing a few years back that cricket was taking off in a big way and that it was going to be the next big thing over there... and look how well that has gone. I'm not so optimistic.

If we win on Sunday, there's a better than good chance we are in the 8, as high as 7th.

But he makes so many clangers! He should be in the bottom 5 of voting.

Exactly! Migrants are no different to any other members of the community that "adopt" the game, in that they will be swayed in their choice of team to follow by their friends/associates and by who is making the biggest noise in the media and which team is the most successful. I doubt it is possible to just go out and expect to convince young (or old) adults to become a member of your club unless they are already interested to the point that they are already to some extent following the team (and that will usually be based on the team's success rate). How many of you on here have become Jehovah's Witnesses based on the copy of Watchtower that was kindly given to them by some well meaning chap in a dark blue suit (Seventh Day Adventists wear the brown and push bicycles) knocking at your door?

And Neeld was the greatest coach of all time who had the undying respect of players and supporters alike.

Well, according to the OP it would seem that Tyson is our weakest link, while Oscar is our strongest. Have I logged into Bizzarro Demonland by accident?