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[AlexRRR]

3 hours ago, BookmanBkk said:

 

Gawn is Gorrrnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!
@@AlexRRR

 

Look above......WILL be like a recruit when hes fit an back.....Big man department well stocked, unlike Swans that need a dominant big man we do it form the midfield fella....

[BookmanBkk]

15 minutes ago, AlexRRR said:

Dont you worry about the Dee big man department, Luke Jackson first round draft pick is playing game 1....the Weed of course and lets not forget Pruss is ready to step up as well.....and Tom MaC can play ruck too ......I have never bought into that you need a dominant big man to go all the way....

 

Plenty of teams have won a GF with just an average ruck man...Tigers and Eagles the last 2....

Sydney havent had a dominant ruckman forever

 

I worry about Maxxy, he seems a sensitive type.  Was he friends with Jesse?

[Will27]

47 minutes ago, AlexRRR said:

Dont you worry about the Dee big man department, Luke Jackson first round draft pick is playing game 1....the Weed of course and lets not forget Pruss is ready to step up as well.....and Tom MaC can play ruck too ......I have never bought into that you need a dominant big man to go all the way....

 

Plenty of teams have won a GF with just an average ruck man...Tigers and Eagles the last 2....

That's a good call Alex.

 

WC won without NN.

Both Gawn in the preliminary and Grundy in the GF

Had no impact at all.

 

Two A graders both well beaten by a couple of B graders.

[Will27]

Gents

 

Can anyone tell me why these blokes who win the toss in finals decide to bowl?

 

Batting first, I reckon you can add 20 runs to your score with scoreboard pressure.

 

Reckon the Strikers have the best bowling line up in the comp, so why wouldn't you prefer to defend!

 

FMD.

[ripstanley]

1 minute ago, Will27 said:

Gents

 

Can anyone tell me why these blokes who win the toss in finals decide to bowl?

 

Batting first, I reckon you can add 20 runs to your score with scoreboard pressure.

 

Reckon the Strikers have the best bowling line up in the comp, so why wouldn't you prefer to defend!

 

FMD.

Three teams left and two from Sydney. There could be an all Sydney final. The Thunder would have to buy the Renegades a few beers if they make the final.

[BookmanBkk]

I had a squiz at the betting odds for the upcoming season

 

Two of the interesting futures are Teams to Make the Top 8 and Teams with lowest total wins

If the punters are correct @Thechook, @wendyfromoz and @AlexRRR it will be a long season for St Kilda and for melbourne.  Sydney also looks like suffering, but that is to be expected.

North is looking midpack for punters @farmerjo. After snagging Rhyce Shaw id thought there might be more love there
 

 

[Will27]

1 hour ago, BookmanBkk said:

I had a squiz at the betting odds for the upcoming season

 

Two of the interesting futures are Teams to Make the Top 8 and Teams with lowest total wins

If the punters are correct @Thechook, @wendyfromoz and @AlexRRR it will be a long season for St Kilda and for melbourne.  Sydney also looks like suffering, but that is to be expected.

North is looking midpack for punters @farmerjo. After snagging Rhyce Shaw id thought there might be more love there
 

 

You always get a bolter and a slider.

Melbourne to be my bolter with Geelong being my slider.

 

Looking at those odds, Ken Hinkley will come under serious pressure

if Port don't play finals.

 

Speaking of coaches, who are under the most pressure?

Hinkley and Goodwin for me.

 

I don't think Melbourne has to play finals, but they cant finish bottom 4.

Finals is a non-negotiable for Hinkley methinks.

Essendon have a succession plan in place for Woosha so I won't include him.

Edited February 2, 2020 by Will27

[Thechook]

1 hour ago, BookmanBkk said:

I had a squiz at the betting odds for the upcoming season

 

Two of the interesting futures are Teams to Make the Top 8 and Teams with lowest total wins

If the punters are correct @Thechook, @wendyfromoz and @AlexRRR it will be a long season for St Kilda and for melbourne.  Sydney also looks like suffering, but that is to be expected.

North is looking midpack for punters @farmerjo. After snagging Rhyce Shaw id thought there might be more love there
 

 

I'm not to concerned by those odds.  Still believe the saints will cause a few upsets and Finnish in the 8.  Our backs our developing very well best it's been in years. We have the most versitile ruckman in the comp, Rowan Marshall and with Ryder playing backup Marshall can float forward. Brad Hill will add extra speed out of the midfield.  Saints didn't really play in the draft but did very well in the trade period. Good draft picks in 2017 and 18 and those players are developing very well.  Yes I think it will be a satisfying season  

[BookmanBkk]

1 hour ago, Will27 said:

You always get a bolter and a slider.

Melbourne to be my bolter with Geelong being my slider.

 

Looking at those odds, Ken Hinkley will come under serious pressure

if Port don't play finals.

 

Speaking of coaches, who are under the most pressure?

Hinkley and Goodwin for me.

 

I don't think Melbourne has to play finals, but they cant finish bottom 4.

Finals is a non-negotiable for Hinkley methinks.

Essendon have a succession plan in place for Woosha so I won't include him.

I cant see any Port coach surviving as long as his Highness David 'small' Koch is there in the background. Certainly underperformers in the last few years and may have missed their window.

 

I'm with @Thechook about the Saints chances. They have done well in the trade period and drafted in some okay players. McCartin has been delisted. In many ways the Saints supports can thank Sydney, for providing them with Tim Membrey, Zak Jones and Hannebery.

Should be challenging for the bottom of the 8

 

Melbourne has the cattle on paper to make the 8 and it will be a test for Goodwin. If he doesn't make the 8 then he has to be on his way

 

[BookmanBkk]

On 1/23/2020 at 11:28 AM, Will27 said:

Well gang, a rumour is going through the village this morning like a bushfire raging out of control, that former tipping champ BookMan is returning after a long lay off.

 

Will he return like Ben Cousins?

Not the player he once was and it was pretty sad seeing him running around for Richmond.

A former champ who couldn't stay away but ultimately went on a year too long.

 

Or will he return like Conor McGregor?

Lost his last contest easily and directed his focus into other things, but

he couldn't stay away either.

Returned in impressive style to remind everyone that he still is dangerous.

 

Hopefully all will be revealed soon.

 

Watch this space.

 

 

 

I'm sensing a bit of fear on your part

 

2nd is okay buddy ... well for most people anyway

[BookmanBkk]

@AlexRRR

 

I asked the dog what he thought about Melbourne making finals
Disbelief!

 

 

 

Edited February 2, 2020 by BookmanBkk

[Will27]

1 hour ago, BookmanBkk said:

@AlexRRR

 

I asked the dog what he thought about Melbourne making finals
Disbelief!

 

 

 

Funny that.

 

They asked Virat Kohli the same question last night.

 

 

 

 

[Will27]

Was at a party last night and asked a group of people the chances of 

BM beating me in the tipping comp.

 

 

[AlexRRR]

1 hour ago, BookmanBkk said:

@AlexRRR

 

I asked the dog what he thought about Melbourne making finals
Disbelief!

 

 

 

see what I mean?...ask it any questions and you get that look....only its owner could love that dog...

[BookmanBkk]

24 minutes ago, Will27 said:

Was at a party last night and asked a group of people the chances of 

BM beating me in the tipping comp.

 

 

I saw it more like this

Will regretting that week he picked the demons in their must win game resulting in te loss of the tipping crown

 

 

[BookmanBkk]

[BookmanBkk]

29 minutes ago, AlexRRR said:

see what I mean?...ask it any questions and you get that look....only its owner could love that dog...

The dog is pure Iron buddy: 100% pure Chick Magnet

[Will27]

24 minutes ago, BookmanBkk said:

The dog is pure Iron buddy: 100% pure Chick Magnet

Takes after his owner mate

[AlexRRR]

Expresso Monday morning, start with an instant with sugar and milk 10 am head of for the coffee shop to get my expresso injection...the cutie behind the counter does it a little stronger than her two offsides hope she's there again this morning....

 

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/26/australia/australia-day-lamington-death-intl-hnk-scli/index.html American journalism in the CNN Aussie version is it? or American Editor......she died of something like a seizure during the competition not from choking on a lamington anyway the Lub of lard at 60 should have known better, I have of course been amused watching dicks munching down on 200 hot dogs in like 90 seconds or slopping down 150 dim sims or laminations in record breaking time, amused becasue I think there pigs if they can do it.....on the other hand I have a different feel for gluttons who can down a yard glass....I was a glutton I guess once, didnt do the entire yard glass just the bulb twice in the same evening about 15 min apart....but I was 21 and still maturing ....thats my excuse.....I was very pisseddddd I might add....and it hit me soon after....I do recall sitting on the coach with my admirers all around me when it just went woooosh like being possed and feeling like I was sliding off the coach....I did manage to stay on it though dont know how....and yeah a few hours later I did drive home....so you know im not proud of it now since I matured a few years ago.....but in those days at 3 am there were even less cars on the road except for that police car that tailed me for several miles....I think I got lucky that night they got a call and wooooooshed off...my old man wouldn't have been amused getting a call from the cop shop to come get me @7 am....he was a righteous one....once myself and mates got caught up in a brawl close to home with these drunk uni students who thought they were hot to trott by trying to pinch our girls at the pub, of course I lay the blame at the foot of my best mate's gfs sister, a spunk she was who attracted attention and decided after some of these guys had blown there allowance on her she would go home with us....words were exchanged and of course there were a few whiter knights in our bunch but not me as these guys were older and taller than me so you know I just shut up and mind my own business and try and distance myself from spunky, but alas we got drawn in to it, cops picked myself and  another mate up just outside my place... like we were still teenagers then....dad came out to see what was going on and this is midnight....he of course thought it a good idea I spend the night in the can....same thing where I ended up getting drafted in the last intake before Labour closed conscription, "Make a man out of you" that sort of thing...well I actually was happy to go in, I had talked myself into the fact it would be a great adventure, at that point I handnt thought that id be watching bullets wizzing by me in the jungles in 6 months...nor did I ever experience how hot Asia could be at 20.....well I been to Vietnam twice and let me tell you I would rather be in the army in Thailand.....its good dam steamy there, and stinks...well Saigon does....and scary...first time I walked around the city I instantly understood why soldiers came back rattled.....then in the jungles viewing the boogie traps....OMG is all I can say....anyway my excitement quickly turned to dismay as they were shoving us around from medical room to medical room...I quickly came to realise that we were cattle not humans and as I approached my last doctor who asked me something like do you think you have any reason to not pass this medical or something like that...well it was an entire life ago now....I produced my left hand which had an ever so slight birth defect, mainly in the thumb it doesn't bend over like the right hand and missing some flesh behind it...he was interested to see that....asked to squeeze his hand which I did ever so slightly.....then said....ahh you would struggle with grip climbing with ropes and thats how I got out of going in and missing an adventure of a life time.....

 

https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/tattoos-victorian-england-conversation/index.html Tattos....I do not like tattoos on women nor men, a few most can get away with and more is a sign of brain drain.....on legs? absolutely a turn off....especially on women...no men too.....seen lot of girls with Tatts on the upper leg, darling you missed out on your 2oooB from me.....regular women have too....wandering around the streets of BKK like a lost soul people watching I have come across a number of farang women with Tatts running up there leg whe're your tongue should be....mate its so un attractive....My daughter has a love of Tatts....I do my fathers impression when ever I notice then remind her when she gets to 40 she will look like an old porn star........

 

https://thebeaverton.com/2020/01/militarys-procurement-of-generic-snow-shovel-10-years-late-6-billion-over-budget/ Well who would have thought??????.....evolving tech has reached the humble shovel....glad it dont snow in Australia......

 

https://www.afl.com.au/news/367924/who-has-a-big-point-to-prove-in-2020- Who at your club has a lot to prove....well there hepping it on poor old Stevie May at the Dee's....think there are about 30 in front of him like that hibernated dude, Stevie sure turned up somewhat disappointing after all them years at the Suns......but was doing pretty good by seasons end so leave him alone.......Crow Bryce Gibbs could pick up his game.....and Dom Tyson.....Traded way to cheap to North from the Dee's, injured most of last year...so he would of felt right at home if not traded out....good player can play inside and out and do not understand what they were thinking.....Oh and Jake Carlisle....lets just say the tall hasn't ever lived up to expectations.......a list clogger if there ever was one, keeps his place just because hes over 6ft....2.....something like that...mAybe 4....well he is tall.....and not much good for anything......

 

Short post today.....washing my bed sheets as I have a guest staying over for a couple of night....dont want her to think farangs are pigs you know.....WILL have to run around the room and make sure there are no black hairs laying around wind cheater girl mulches much more than my dog....and you know you can sweep up and two days later another bunch of hairs appear......and there not mine.....

[BookmanBkk]

1 hour ago, AlexRRR said:

.once myself and mates got caught up in a brawl close to home with these drunk uni students who thought they were hot to trott by trying to pinch our girls at the pub,

????????????

Sounds familiar... did it go something like this?

 

 

 

 

Edited February 3, 2020 by BookmanBkk

[Will27]

Not sure what Uncle Alex makes of this.

 

 

AFL House

@AFL_House

Paperwork lodged: @MelbourneFChave signed Harley Bennell as a Pre-Season Supplemental Selection.

2:10 PM · Feb 4, 2020

Edited February 4, 2020 by Will27

[BookmanBkk]

2 hours ago, Will27 said:

Not sure what Uncle Alex makes of this.

 

 

AFL House

@AFL_House

Paperwork lodged: @MelbourneFChave signed Harley Bennell as a Pre-Season Supplemental Selection.

2:10 PM · Feb 4, 2020

Great strategy by Melbourne. Demons need an experienced player to keep Max Gawn company in rehab this season

[AlexRRR]

3 hours ago, Will27 said:

Not sure what Uncle Alex makes of this.

 

 

AFL House

@AFL_House

Paperwork lodged: @MelbourneFChave signed Harley Bennell as a Pre-Season Supplemental Selection.

2:10 PM · Feb 4, 2020

What do I make of it......Harry WILL play off the beach when fit....as a pinch hitting goal sneak crumbing forward mid....like blitz for 10 min a quarter...I can see it now......2020 Grand Final against the Eagles Harry replaces that dud hibernated guy @ the start of the 4th quarter, Dee's 4 goals down....Harry has an instant effect crumming to Big Mac takes the ball on the 50 meter arc and slots in dead through the middle.....2 min later Harry hand balls to Christan P who  kicks a 60 meter torpedo punt from the half forward flank....GOAL......12 points down and growing in confidence......from the back line...Lever pulls in a specie handballs to May who takes off for a run too the centre.....stab pass to Harry who hand balls to a running Oliver Harry flies past and takes a hand ball from Clayton drops it on his boot from 40 meters out Bang another goal....Harry has lite up the Dee's.....

 

Harry goes into the forward pocket, Luke Jackson (remember him? Eagles will pay 10 first round draft picks for him one day) goes into the ruck with big Maxi resting at full forward....the seeds have been sown....Viney takes it off Yoe....Mcgovern mowed down flat....silky smooth ball movement by the Dee's ....ball lopped into the forward line by Jackson big Maxi palms it down to Harry on the run....Goal from the goal square...6 points in it....10 min to go...Eagles haven't answered........Few min later Harry on a lead 30 meters out on an incredible angle HITS THE POST.....5 points in it......Eagles kick out, right to where Luke Maxi and Harry are.....bit of fancy dancing to get out of trouble from the triplets sees Harry storming towards GOAL....1 point up.....and we goooooo on to win handsomely with Harry kicking 6...he got 2 earlier in the game.....its all planned dear sirs.......cant go wrong.....and since that last player you choose to stick on your list has like a 1 in 1000 chance of getting a game its not like were going to loose out of it......

[BookmanBkk]

43 minutes ago, AlexRRR said:

What do I make of it......Harry WILL play off the beach when fit....as a pinch hitting goal sneak crumbing forward mid....like blitz for 10 min a quarter...I can see it now......2020 Grand Final against the Eagles Harry replaces that dud hibernated guy @ the start of the 4th quarter, Dee's 4 goals down....Harry has an instant effect crumming to Big Mac takes the ball on the 50 meter arc and slots in dead through the middle.....2 min later Harry hand balls to Christan P who  kicks a 60 meter torpedo punt from the half forward flank....GOAL......12 points down and growing in confidence......from the back line...Lever pulls in a specie handballs to May who takes off for a run too the centre.....stab pass to Harry who hand balls to a running Oliver Harry flies past and takes a hand ball from Clayton drops it on his boot from 40 meters out Bang another goal....Harry has lite up the Dee's.....

 

Harry goes into the forward pocket, Luke Jackson (remember him? Eagles will pay 10 first round draft picks for him one day) goes into the ruck with big Maxi resting at full forward....the seeds have been sown....Viney takes it off Yoe....Mcgovern mowed down flat....silky smooth ball movement by the Dee's ....ball lopped into the forward line by Jackson big Maxi palms it down to Harry on the run....Goal from the goal square...6 points in it....10 min to go...Eagles haven't answered........Few min later Harry on a lead 30 meters out on an incredible angle HITS THE POST.....5 points in it......Eagles kick out, right to where Luke Maxi and Harry are.....bit of fancy dancing to get out of trouble from the triplets sees Harry storming towards GOAL....1 point up.....and 

And then a magical fire breathing dragon swoops down and incinerated the entire eagles squad !! ...

 

Perhaps an even more realistic scenario than the one you gave

[Will27]

The Mrs is out tonight so I thought it would be a good time to watch some porn.

 

 

[BookmanBkk]

5 hours ago, Will27 said:

The Mrs is out tonight so I thought it would be a good time to watch some porn.

 

 

 

Extraordinary!
No goals from Melbourne up until half time?? 

I can see why they aggressively targeted Harley Bennell

[AlexRRR]

10 hours ago, Will27 said:

The Mrs is out tonight so I thought it would be a good time to watch some porn.

 

 

that was a yesterday dear ........WILL

[AlexRRR]

13 hours ago, BookmanBkk said:

And then a magical fire breathing dragon swoops down and incinerated the entire eagles squad !! ...

 

Perhaps an even more realistic scenario than the one you gave

That BIG fade out by an inexperienced finals team has been done before dear sir.....Dee's several times in the 90's and 00's stormed into the finals only to either fall by a point in a prelim.....or it might've been 5 thanks to Bucks....or walloped by probley the best team ever in the 2000 GF Essendon....nor lets not forget the best team of the previous 2 decades in the Hawks think around mid 90's GF....Hawks and too a much lesser extent Blues and Roos dominated the 80's and 90's....

 

Both times and seasons leading up to it were pretty much like 2018.....though there wasnt a falling off the season after.....im fair confident Dee's WILL come out hitting hard slot in around 4th and may even make the big one...

 

Who ever got picked by the Dee's to fill up the list was hardly likely to get a game anyway...so if Harry can get some run time into them calfs good chance Dee's WILL use him in Panzer like pincer moves...(been watching a soviet era eastern front war thingo on Tubi guys.....) come off the bench for 10 min spurts per quarter...they do it with big fellows so why not with. a potential match winner?

 

And you BOOKMAN...you will be ignored in all future put down of my club until Swans have 12 premierships in the cupboard.....thats looking like several lifetimes of IGNOR....peace be with you brother....may Allah rid the infestation of your arm pits and bed of them camel fleas and other nastys founding up there in tropical south east of Queensland....

[BookmanBkk]

12 minutes ago, AlexRRR said:

 

 

And you BOOKMAN...you will be ignored in all future put down of my club...

Rational conversation about your club is now banned?

[Will27]

36 minutes ago, AlexRRR said:

nor lets not forget the best team of the previous 2 decades in the Hawks think around mid 90's GF....Hawks and too a much lesser extent Blues and Roos dominated the 80's and 90's....

 

IMO, Brisbane are easily the best side of the last 2 decades.

 

Hawks won 4 flags, granted.

Three were against interstate clubs playing on their home ground.

Not saying it wasn't a great effort, but Brisbane far more impressive.

Was also around the time of the compromised draft due to the new teams

so clubs were unable to rebuild.

 

Brisbane, 3peat as well and were hugely disadvantaged by the rules at the time.

In 2004 had to travel away to the Gee to play Geelong in a prelim even though they finished higher.