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On 4/19/2023 at 9:09 AM, MadAsHell said:
Australia’s 17-man Ashes squad: Usman Khawaja, David Warner, Marcus Harris, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Matt Renshaw, Cameron Green, Mitchell Marsh, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Mitch Starc, Scott Boland, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Alex Carey, Josh Inglis.
Handscomb a little stiff, but otherwise no real surprissurprises for mine. I expect Warner will be given at least the first two tests. But if he's struggling and/or we're down early in the series the selectors may look to make a move. Harris is in good County form.
Playing Warner in England is such a risk. If he doesn't perform in the first test (because of course they'll pick him) they have to drop him, but I'm not confident that they will.
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On 4/7/2023 at 1:34 PM, MadAsHell said:
Cricket news may be pretty quiet until the World Test Championship and Ashes later in the year, but I just realised this year marks 10 years since our fascinating World Cricket draft.
Should we do another 10 years on? Can now also have the option of including players from Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, Afghanistan and Ireland??
What do we think @Rogue @Biffen @Macca @H_T @titan_uranus @45HG @Scipio ?
I'm in mate!
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Time for Disco to bust a few moves perhaps.
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16 hours ago, McQueen said:
Surely Hibberd to impart learnings on Rivers and Bowey and others.
Melksham I’m not too fussed about but when injury hits he seems to be Goodwins ‘go-to-man.’
Not to mention Hibberd played pretty well later in the season.
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5 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:
Is Shane still running around?
My god he was another genuine freak at suburban level when he got delisted from North..
I think they both played last season in the Northern yeah. I remember always checking the scores to see him kick at least 6 every single game, nuts.
Kicked his 1000th NFNL/DVFL goal early last year in roughly 12(?) seasons!
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2 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:
Well no, it's not laughable at all.
As I said, depends who you talk to around Shepparton. That's a well known folklore about Adem's 21 goals at schoolboy level.
I've had debate with people who were/is involved with the Shepparton United Footy club and alot of the opinions pointed toward that had Damien had the same dedication and maturity as what Adem had then he would have easily had the better career. He was an unreal cricketer as well and at one stage all his attention was on that and not footy which was more of a social outing for him. Probably worth noting that he would also barely train over the summer or week nights.
In his under 18's year Damien had already kicked 100 goals as a 17 year old. A rare feat at any junior level.
He was a star footballer just like Adem. He just didn't want to work hard for it.
Sounds like some strong parallels to Shane and Brent Harvey. End of the day, one of both sets of brothers had a fantastic AFL career and the other did not.
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Tommy has a big future. Really knows how to use his size and his strength in the air is unreal for a midfielder!
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He's got the head of a dominant key forward.
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So what do we expect the ideal balance between Max and Grundy? I've not seen a lot of Grundy over the last few years to be honest, so not sure how he fares up forward. Maxy can obviously clunk a few marks but his kicking is suspect.
Personally I thought Maxy and Jackson worked really well together when Max was floating back and intercepting pretty much everything that came his way. Will they try something like that?
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History tells me that we tend to complete these trades for unders, only to end up with a net gain over the remainder of the trade period and through the draft. Fingers crossed that's the case again this year.
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36 minutes ago, SPC said:
It’s nice of GWS to continue to offer to incubate players for other clubs. Can they develop a key defender for when May retires.
Disco has us sorted.
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47 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:
Short Memories.
Played some excellent games for us before his knee poppedYeah I don't get this, he was unreal last year pre-injury. Everyone forgets. It's just unfortunate for Tomo that Petty is very, very good.
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16 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:
In the words of the great Mark Neeld..
"I did not see this coming"
The reality bus.
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4 minutes ago, Mickey said:
Essendon is a good fit for him. They are crying out for bigger bodied mids. All of their starting mids are relatively small/short
I'm still positive his best position is in the guts, so wouldn't be surprised if he played career best footy in the midfield for Essendon.
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Damn, I'd be sad to see Harmesy go.
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Don't think this is a miss at all and there's nothing we could do if he clearly announced that it was either Hawthorn or Brisbane.
I feel as though we have bigger irons in the fire (literally).
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1 hour ago, Macca said:
Suburban Melbourne premiers today (all games played in atrocious conditions)
Heidelberg def Bundoora NFNL
Noble Park def Rowville EFNL
Strathmore def Aberfeldie EDFL
Cranbourne def Cheltenham SFNL
Altona def Werribee Dist. WRFL
Heidelberg & Noble Park have won a lot of flags. Not sure on the Essendon & Western leagues but Cranbourne haven't always been in the Southern league
I thought Bundoora got up Macca?
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8 minutes ago, old55 said:
Pendlebury 34y8m, Howe 32y2m, Sidebottom 31y8m, Elliott 30y0m.
These players were crucial to Collingwood's performance this year. It doesn't last forever.
Plus a bunch of youngsters playing way out of their skin... reminds me a little bit of us in 2018.
So satisfying to see Collingwood lose in that fashion. Even more so to see their fans sooking about the umpiring, when they won a handful of their games later in the season on the back of suspect umpiring and gifted goals (including against us).
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4 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:
Jeff Garlett's Albury Tigers team who have been an absolute powerhouse of the ovens and Murray were eliminated last week. Same club where Daniel Turner was recruited from.
Leigh Williams who was a former rookie listed player, now plays for Yarrawonga and took our the league goal kicking. They're set to play off in a preliminary final.
Really good to hear Leigh Williams doing well, I remember when he had that brain infection episode back when he was listed.
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Could Goody's close relationship with Melksham have muddied his judgement re the contract extension? Obviously it's not entirely up to Goodwin but I do wonder about this.
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13 hours ago, WERRIDEE said:
If goes to another club I will boo him. You don't get away with leaving Melbourne unless you have won a premiership in my eyes.
That's ridiculous, if Bedford leaves he's just another young player looking for more opportunity. You can't blame him for that.
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Why would you boo Bedford?
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25 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:
Huh? Since when?
To be fair I'd hope we're looking at any forward that is a chance to move clubs.
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Christian Petracca a chance to win the 2023 Brownlow Medal?
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I reckon Trac is going to poll quite well. Umpires like him a lot and without Clarry for an extended period he'll score more votes than expected IMO.