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Spirit of '87

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  1. 1 hour ago, leave it to deever said:

    The Pies supporters booing while Fritta had a free on goal really made me angry. Wouldn't even acknowledge that. They really are a sub species of mankind.

    And roaring and cheering Maynard in support, to drown out the Melbourne boos, every time he ran to or from the interchange throughout the rest of the game. 

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  2. 4 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Americans say "Could care less"

    Australians say "Couldn't care less"

    Not actually sure which term is correct. 

    Couldn’t care less is correct, as it’s suggesting that it’s not possible for you to care any less than you already do, which is what people are trying to say with that term.

    Could care less suggests that you do still care somewhat and that it’s possible that you could in fact care less than you already do. 
     
    But who cares I guess 😂

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  3. 25 minutes ago, Fat Tony said:

    I understand why we get sent to Cat park every year due to our lack of supporters and commercial contracts etc but is there a reason we always play WCE in Perth and the Dockers as a home game?

    Same sort of reasoning, I would think - they assume that they’ll largely fill their stadium, no matter who they play, including Melbourne, whereas a home game at the MCG against those teams might only draw 20,000.

    Not saying that I agree with that thinking at all, but it’s perhaps along those lines. 

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  4. 9 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

    Poor Cameron McKenzie, gets presented with his jumper by David Hale. Surely Hawthorn could have got someone else. I mean Cadman got his jumper from Toby & the Essendon kid got his from Matty Lloyd 

    Although Hale is a triple premiership player, compared to Lloyd’s one; but admittedly Lloyd has a higher profile. 

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  5. 3 hours ago, old dee said:

    Well the netball girls today got a $15 million sponsorship from the Victorian government.  And still nothing for the MFC. What gives here? There is no votes in money for the MFC is the club praying for a change of government? 

    Seems to be a cynical white knight exercise to come to the rescue of the netballers ahead of the Victorian election - not sure why the state of Victoria’s taxpayers should be roped into paying for the sponsoring/baling out of the national team. 
     

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  6. 13 minutes ago, deanox said:

    To kick it off I'll be in Berlin for work, with a conveniently scheduled late flight, meaning I'll be free to watch the game during the day (1250pm local time).

     

    I’ll still be in Europe as well, but I believe the game starts at 11.50am local/Euro time, not 12.50pm - wouldn’t want you to miss the first half! 

     

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  7. 3 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    Same, Bingers. I’m a bona fide logophile, word nerd, grammar nazi, whatever the title. 

    Just a few of my pet hates:

    who’s/whose 

    born/borne

    everyday/every day

    (somebody slap me)

    loath/loathe

    A while/awhile 

    Stationary/stationery

     

    And anyone apart from cockneys who pronounces ‘th’ as ‘f’ 😡

     

    Incorrect use of:

    Set up vs setup 

    in line vs inline 

    Also:

    “Im going to lay down for a while” should be lie down. You can lay a towel down to lie on, but you don’t lay down. 

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  8. 1 hour ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    I am tall, but my brother is taller than me.

    And as for Viney, I daresay he’s taller than me, too. 😁

    It should more traditionally be “I”, as you are effectively saying “my brother is taller than I am…” 

    i.e. “he is taller than I am”

    hence “he is taller than I…”

    but “me” seems to be the more commonly used these days. 

    https://onlinewritingtraining.com.au/than-i-versus-than-me/

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  9. 20 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

    there's instagram direct messages going around of him asking for charlie back from before he was even drafted

    the notion that this was a one-off is hilarious

    From the footage, the way he was so confidently and casually taking it, it didn’t exactly appear that it was his first experience. 

  10. 47 minutes ago, Dee Dee said:

    Thanks for that info Spirit!

    I’ve got my seat booked for Mondays game and shall attend much to the annoyance of my wife. As I’m a member of the over 60’s demographic the thought of getting Covid is never far from my thoughts. However I’ll wear a mask and stay clear of all bars. (And I’ll yell and scream from behind my mask in a gentlemanly MCC way)!

    If it’s any consolation DD, I too am in the over 60s bracket, just, but thankfully my symptoms were mild and I’ve had common colds that were worse! 
    But I still appreciate the risks and that it seems to have varying effects from one person to the next, so good for you to be somewhat cautious while still attending. 
    Monday will be my last day of isolation, so I won’t be going, so please do some of that gentlemanly MCC barracking on my behalf as well! 

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  11. I attended Saturday night’s game against Sydney, which included some time in what was a busy Frank Grey Smith bar.

    A few days later I came down with what I at first thought was a cold, then tested positive to Covid. Don’t know for sure, but my best guess is that I got it attending the football.

    Not meaning to put others off attending matches, but the potential to pick up covid at the footy seems a contributing factor to lower attendances. 

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  12. On 5/3/2022 at 8:51 AM, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    I'm not sure they can. Clubs named after inner urban Melbourne suburbs, such as Collingwood, Carlton and Richmond are presumably a part of the same land as us and I imagine would also be part of Narrm. Perhaps interstate clubs and Geelong could do it should they choose. 

    It's a great sign of how we're going that any of Collingwood, Carlton, Richmond etc could have got the jump on us and called themselves Narrm before us.

    It seems that Collingwood and Richmond have their own Aboriginal names, so no need for them to assume ‘ours’. 
     

    Ten previously forgotten Aboriginal names for 19th century sites and suburbs of Melbourne have been recently unearthed at the Melbourne Museum. These include the names for Fitzroy (Ngár-go), Richmond (Quo-yung), Collingwood (Yálla-birr-ang) and Brunswick (Bulleke-bek).

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