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No one is immortal....dead at 72........a reminder as we get closer....Barry Round passes away... https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/afl-legend-barry-round-passes-away-at-the-age-of-72/news-story/4a0714617e137fc84178b7cdf7f4e7ab one of the last of the lumbering giants.....

 

Meanwhile....Wills mate signs a contract as an assistant at the Demons,,,,Ben Cousins..... https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/ben-cousins-lands-new-role-as-he-returns-to-the-football-world/news-story/9911759fad11f7937409fa69da558083

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On 12/30/2022 at 8:42 AM, farmerjo said:

My nephew is on the list at the Demons.

Might be able to learn something off Cus,footy wise i hope.

 

The Kangaroos have assembled quite a rich list of coaches,just realised big Monky has also landed as ruck coach.

I hope Clarko goes with the let's kick 4 goals a quarter method,if a side kicks seventeen to beat us at least it will be entertaining for the fans.

 

 

Who's the nephew Fj? i can cast my eye over the young fella for ya....

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On 12/31/2022 at 11:41 AM, farmerjo said:

https://www.perthfc.com.au/football/senior-players

 

56 Alex.

Had a few injuries early last season so hope he has a better run this year.

Gees you made me look it up, couldnt recall his name? No 56 on Demons list, stops at 50 with Ben Brown.....want to thank you once again from the bottom of my heart for him, im sure hes going to have a great year this year....

 

56 on Casey's list is Riley Baldi, a dead set west aussie name that is and aligned to the Dockers as a guess...you might have been a hunsum young man Fj if Riley takes after the Fj family..... https://www.melbournefc.com.au/teams/casey-demons/squads/vfl

 

Your clubs new years resolution.....https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-news-2022-every-clubs-new-years-resolution-analysis-biggest-problem-strengths-and-weaknesses-preview-of-next-season/news-story/0aad69e9ab9caae0762e371333217327

 

Demons......expecting that ruck combination to work....but you need them little fellas around for the crumbs.....

 

North.....to be able to score....just kidding....who is Nick Larkey? apparently pin the hopes of the entire club on his shoulders a la Jack Watts...

 

Swans......that one day in sept wont put that list off......

 

Eagles....gees there cruel.....douts about fitness....gees these jurnos are off at the bar some where in Bali.......well there close to a dads army there and them older guys do get injured a bit more etc....but that didnt stop the Cats last year...

 

11 weeks to go men....

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7 minutes ago, farmerjo said:

Just being discreet Alex,don't want to put extra pressure on the young fella by plastering his name all over asia's most famous forum.

Larkey,a dead eyed dick to 35 metres out but not a Benny Brown.

Personally i would of played him more at centre half forward as his body is pretty banged up for his age taking on two defenders most games.(but who plays genuine CHF's these days)

Still has potential to kick 70-80 goals in a season as he reaches his late twenties.

The shining lights for me at Arden street is Ben Cunnington and Will Phillips back fit and healthy.

Going to be a big year for the two young ruckmen in Xerri and Coleman-Jones,how they play could shape our season and interested what Josh Gibson can do with the likes of Bonar in the backline.

You will probably have to look up most of those names to Alex????

11 weeks would go a lot quicker if we had some competition in the cricket test matches this summer.

Six wins for the year will be a good result.

 

At least the Scorchers have been getting it done FJ.

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I don't like cricket....could never see the sense in sitting at the G in the heat waiting.....waiting ....waiting.....for a play....in fact im no fan of any bat to ball games...well even the Olympic is a yawn.......well except for women beach volley ball.....particular Brazil.....and in known to sit down for 30 min during the women dive.....thats it...

 

You need hoppy sir......i lashed out for FM23 and got the editor....means i can cheat now....for an extra  11AU$, all the energy i put into starting off with a club to get sacked 15 weeks later....I turned off getting sacked, hehe, but they may not renew my contract.....well i found a way to keep extending it....i think...and helps when you can fiddle with a few key positions players ratings....i twinked my already good striker to much with offers flooding in.....with PSG willing to splash out 90M plus sell on % i tweaking him down, that got  rid of the interest....well im still learning....I promise im just doing it to one player on each line to help sirs....

 

Im thinking to invest in an electric 2 wheel thingo in a few months.....the trafficccccccccccccc....my god....of i might move to the country side....what do you think?

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‘There’s too much money in local footy’: the bidding war for Aussie rules footballers

Local Australian rules football clubs are paying large amounts of money to secure top players. Some say it’s corrupting the spirit of community sport

 

Joel Dwyer thought he was lost. It was his first Australian rules football game for a regional Victorian team that was paying him and two mates $700 each a week, and he’d never been to his new home ground.

As he drove through Victoria’s flat and desolate north, he saw no sign of a town that could support a football team.

“We drove past two clapped-out buildings and down a gravel road and then you just see the light towers at the footy oval, and that’s the first thing you see,” he says.

It was 2016 and the town, which in that year’s census had recorded a population of fewer than 100 people, needed players.

Through a convoluted series of events, including a Contiki tour someone involved with the club did with one of Dwyer’s mates two years earlier, the coach came upon Dwyer’s mobile number.

Dwyer says someone from the team called him up and asked if he would be interested in making the drive north from Melbourne every week, if the price was right? And did he know anyone else who could play?

Such is the often strange world of semi-professional Australian rules footballers, some of whom are said to be paid more than $60,000 for a 20-week season – almost double what the best players in the AFLW competition make (though the recent signing of a new enterprise bargaining agreement means this pay will be doubled next season).

 

Read more....

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jan/08/theres-too-much-money-in-local-footy-the-bidding-war-for-aussie-rules-footballers

 

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Interesting article, but nothing really new.

I was involved in bush footy for years, playing barman at the most successful country club of all time, and all of the bush league clubs used to have big money for recruiting.

Most prized were SANFL (this was pre-AFL days) players at the end of their career.

I remember a decent back pocket from a very ordinary team kicking a 100 goals a season for several years at a riverlands club, and well paid for it.

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Ahhh these guys are at it again with there adverts plastered all over my 27 inch screen.......whats with TV or asean......??????

 

Hey mods.....i cant move that big yello brick in front of my eyes....im not going to subscribe got it?  and if i did it would go to the spam folder......we all understood?

 

Liking it didnt get it LOST....

 

Well chaps something to wet your appetite, this young fella who dont like cricket cause he is stuck to his pc all summer is reviewing the new modified AFL jumpers, Reg Ansett would lift a thumb of agreement for North... the young fella trashes the Dogs strip.....fine line or balancing act here boys one where to change a colour from red to white...anyway...

 

I would be embarrassed to be a Bomber supporter.....

Only reviews about 5 strips, sadly only North for the TV Mob rest of us might have to put up with what there been wearing for a while.......I like to send Simon an email about the Demons away strip, firstly its hardly revolutionary secondly we wore that horrid blue from the start of colour tv untill Northey took over, maybe Ron Barrasi had something to do with it before he left but wearing that we must have got the wooden spoon about 6 times and hardly ever above 9th in a 12 team comp.....brings back so many dark days including the arctic park record score kicked against us.....plz drop it Simon......

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Giddy men......i now can see the X to get rid of that yellow box.....thanks mods.....and im on a an expensive mac (well its a 2017 model now but hey it was king of the castle at that time) before you say im blind....not a cheap charlie on a Dell....we don't recommend Dell....to even an enemy....though them Ruskies must be decked out in them as they cant hit anything worth while over in the snow fields off the Ukraine.....

 

I just set up my phone and mac with a printer...wifi of course....it is 2023 you know....was so easy like that record breaking GF ride we had in 2021, which might be the last ride of my life time......me and Chooks sitting as old men on beach road watching the beach and the freelancers etc...nothing to live for anymore.....But there was a hiccup Dogs were in front till think mid 3rd quarter.....and as its known in the Vatican there is always someone who wants to get to your backside......(RIP Cardinal Pell) and HP did....like i did reply to there survey with the words....something along the lines in more pointed tones referring to.... i did not need to sign up for account to print from my phone but i did from my mac....you should have seen the password i used....You know in construction we try and keep things simple so we dont get tantrums.....ho i dont know....i dont suffer fools gladly.....

 

Met a man at the ATM machine the other day....looked like a North supporter or a Dog or even maybe a Saint, his card was ummmm stuck in the ATM machine determined not to go home....and after taking to him i know why....meanwhile im waiting for the ATM service man to fix mine....no i was just queuing....polite service guy didnt even know i was there....waiting.....waiting....anyway all these conspiracy ideas this guy had....god dam refugee from the motherland of the UK, made me run away......like you wonder why he hasn't thrown him self under a tuk tuk or something....his glass wasnt half empty it was totally empty....imagine the type off women this guy hangs around with.....or he could be gay....maybe Asexual?

 

We got some wierd ones around Pattaya men.....seen the Pattaya version of the Bombers away jumper today....when i went to get my medical for a Thai drivers licence......here you are.....signed and delivered 150B all they did was take my blood pressure....nice.....this guy was in long mid green socks...ala Dockers, forget the shorts colour but man his t-shirt was bright yellow.....cant believe how  many failures are walking around here....

 

Well we have got to mid January without an AFL scandal, the boys have behaved on their overseas trips....John Nichols long gone so the Blues dont need to nail every thing down....Kieran Jack is still married.....you know the who harr mum and pop had with the new wife to be and then expecting to get an invite to the wedding....bit like Prince Harry and that ummmm magical sweet Megan....someone has frosty eyes...Blue Nick Stevens cannot coach anymore after a conviction of beating up the mrs.....or was it a gf?...another Blue Chris Yarran...stole a car and crashed it....naughty...John would be proud of Nick and Chris....Saint Sam Fisher.....ummm big league stuff....well 1kg of ice and 84g of cocaine was for personal use....wasnt it? but what about the 129,000 in cash? well officer i won it at the casino....Andy Lovell gets 22 months for beating up and harassing his Police woman gf.....funny that....just goes to show you loving someone you can almost get away with murder....

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Get to know jayden Hunt, Will...... https://www.westcoasteagles.com.au/news/1265296/get-to-know-jayden-hunt a hidden talent is breaking into vending machines......will have a good role model there in Ben....favorite thing about Perth."the beaches" well we got excellent beaches along the south coast but you need a wet suite to go in...or you turn to a block of ice in 2 min flat, use to love swimming around the Lorne area and along that surf coast when a lad....no sense no feeling you know....could go into that icy water easy....now an old man with 30 degree heat in jan cant get into my condo pool...too cold...

 

How's jayden settling in? not sure about letting the fella go you know....but we did compensate with that wayward doggie coming in and a true winger......well turn the list over....keep it fresh....

 

Seen a pic of Sparrow in the gym the other day while bored witless while out and about and waiting checked the Dee App to see it.....like you wouldnt believe....the guy is ripped...would be the most toned Demon on the planet....just goes to show you what that jumper is hiding....and hes just about ready to explode by the way, playing behind the likes of Oliver Brayshaw and Viney the young fella should state a case for himself this year, very much a Viney clone but stronger and bigger has some pace and expect him to be like Oliver breaking tackles....yes sir.....My tip is Andy will play across the half back line this season since the loss of Jay and no one coming in to replace him, Sparrow to just ooooooze class while Andy can surgically cut you up from the back line....

 

Well i cant wait for footy season men...im all templed out....them Thais cant get enough of temples, you would think seen one seen them all right....well some are unique but you know generally same same.....drop your 20b in the donation box pick up a flower go do some praying when you leave they gather up all the flowers and return to the donation box area to being all over again....and this one i went to yesterday had a 100B lucky dip that most of the crowed lined up to do, not to mention a full on market in and around the temple.......what did Jesus say about traders at temples? He should reincarnate and tour Thailand Temples to umm do some spring cleaning.....

 

Suns are my tip for big improvers this season.......will play finals.....it is written.....i knew it when that black cat rubbed up against my legs at the Temple yesterday then sat quietly between my standing feet for a little while....yes had Suns all over it... Its a given...

 

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8 hours ago, farmerjo said:

He went off the rails about the time someone in his family passed,should of been put on the market last year.

Our pres has jack dancer so not all well at the club.

Zurharr bagged 5 in a practice match and by all reports the new game plan is falling into place.

 

I know you don't like cricket Alex but have to say the BBL final last night was a ripper.

Still can't believe the Scorchers got home.:partytime2:

 

What a game FJ.

How good are the boys?

 

 

Scorchers.jpg

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On 2/6/2023 at 9:00 AM, ripstanley said:

If anyone is interested I started a Fantasy comp. It is called Thailand expats. It is open to the public.

Knew Fj would be the first to jump......remind us 2 weeks before as winning 2 flags was very draining there Rip...

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Well the world is in tears.....TB12 has retired, Man City is in the poos.....big time, The Toon are not helping matters by drawing games....that 3rd spot is looking perilous and European dream time too....come on Eddie....not to mention the Old Lady looking down the barrel of getting relegated again after more financial unfair play......Oh and Victory even under Poppy bottom of the ladder last time i looked....can you believe? Nani the 37 year old ex Man U they brought in looks like out for the season...whats with giving contracts to hacks?

 

How we are going to run 2 "gem" ruckman in a team is mystifying, of course one is going to play key forward role what else? Have a bank vault of mids that need to be playing, and the big guess this season where are they going to be playing Andy?

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13 hours ago, AlexRRR said:

Shame on you Fj, the little fella is in court.....another wayward North son and a West Aussie too.....a little pedo he may be......Barry Cable @79...... https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-14/barry-cable-trial-continues-tuesday/101970474 

 

Bringing us Australians into bad refute too... Just when we thought we got through the off season a bit of all right this turns up...5 women...well women now...2 were ummmm shall we say pre puberty....dont think Barry will be getting any invites to games in the foreseeable future...

 

If found guilty they should tie him to some Ukraine town flag pole in the Donbas and let Wagner and the artillery do its job....

 

If you want to catch up on the latest gossips and old scandals here you can.... https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/forums/scandals-and-rumours.58/

 

I like this one.... they certainly come up bette after a shower ditching the sports bras and throwing on some war paint..... https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/pies-captain-gets-gropey-with-young-teammate.1345495/

Well you can cross his name off as the voice

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