Go on - shower me with gifts, love, and frankensence...
Actually I am just testing adding things from my phone while in sunny Adelaide for Soundwave. Adelaide. A very FLAT city. A very QUIET city. And after a loss by the Crows last night probably a very SAD city. But I am still of the opinion that pre- season games mean very little to anything and Mr Buckley had a little more riding on a win than Mr Craig.
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Saturday 27 February 2010
Sunday 21 February 2010
Season 2010: Sinners
Yes, the Sinners are a handy team... indeed I picked em for the Granny, but THIS is the memory you will have after GF 2010 - LIl Nicky crying after the Crows have smacked em again a la 1997. Glory Days. *sighs*
Actually, to say the Sinners are a handy TEAM sums them up. OK, Riewoldt is handy when he isn't missing easy goals, and Goddard can play footy, which is just as well cos he is one ugly mudda, but really they are just a team of slightly better players rather than superstars. Line em up against the Cats and most of the time you'd take the Cats player.
That said, the Sinners will finish Top 2.
Season 2010: Sydney
At the end of last year I thought the Swans would be in Trouble come Season 2010, but with a couple of key recruits I reckon they'll do ok.
Lets be honest - the outs were already gone - either old, useless, or yesterday's heroes. Crouch, Hall, Barry... yeah yeah yeah... goodnight, thanks for coming. Agreed that Jolly is a big loss, but he's just a ruckman *coughs* and the inclusions of Bradshaw and Kennelly adequately cover the rest. Goodesy is likely to step up and win another Brownlow - dominating all over the park - and Kirky and Bolton will have their standard reliable years.
That said, the Swans will not be contesting the Grand Final... positions 7-10 beckon.
Lets be honest - the outs were already gone - either old, useless, or yesterday's heroes. Crouch, Hall, Barry... yeah yeah yeah... goodnight, thanks for coming. Agreed that Jolly is a big loss, but he's just a ruckman *coughs* and the inclusions of Bradshaw and Kennelly adequately cover the rest. Goodesy is likely to step up and win another Brownlow - dominating all over the park - and Kirky and Bolton will have their standard reliable years.
That said, the Swans will not be contesting the Grand Final... positions 7-10 beckon.
Friday 19 February 2010
Season 2010: West Coast
Ahhh the golden years... It is hard to believe that in the space of 3 years the Beagles went from back to back Grand Final appearances with the youngest team in the comp, to duking it out for bottom of the ladder. While they have shifted on their problem children (Gardiner, Cousins, Judd) and kept others (Kerr?), they were an absolute shambles last year.
Indeed, it appeared that they were in a battle for last, throwing games left, right and centre, but unfortunately for them, they were up against some stiff competition. No one was going to have the balls to throw as blatantly as Dean Bailey (no coincidence that Deano spent some time with the Paps eh?) - so they eventually decided to try and win a few games... and... oh lordy... they did. In the process they found some big huge talented mutha that you can call Naitanui.
That's a name that will be in every dream team in the comp, and he, my friends, is the reason why the Beagles won't finish bottom. That and the fact the the Dees are still crap. But will they threaten for the 8? No. Will they threaten for the 10? No. Will they threaten? Well... No. Those days are behind them. And those days are WELL ahead of them...
For now they will have to be content with 11-14th, but they'll worry a few...
Indeed, it appeared that they were in a battle for last, throwing games left, right and centre, but unfortunately for them, they were up against some stiff competition. No one was going to have the balls to throw as blatantly as Dean Bailey (no coincidence that Deano spent some time with the Paps eh?) - so they eventually decided to try and win a few games... and... oh lordy... they did. In the process they found some big huge talented mutha that you can call Naitanui.
That's a name that will be in every dream team in the comp, and he, my friends, is the reason why the Beagles won't finish bottom. That and the fact the the Dees are still crap. But will they threaten for the 8? No. Will they threaten for the 10? No. Will they threaten? Well... No. Those days are behind them. And those days are WELL ahead of them...
For now they will have to be content with 11-14th, but they'll worry a few...
Tuesday 16 February 2010
Tour of Duty Feb 2010
Another weekend, another Tour of Duty. Yep I went down to Melbourne for the (long) weekend to see the Mighty AccaDacca in all their glory at Etifart Stadium with The Nipster. The ToD had it all... Golf, Alcohol, Vomiting, Footballers, Rock, Roll, Collingwood Supporters. All boxes were ticked.
Yep, the Nips managed to lob a wedge 130m into the hole for an Eagle on his way to a 4 over-par 76 off the stick. Handy. What he won't mention is how cocky he was on the 9th as he lobbed the ball within a cuppla metres on the par 3... he had already written the skin down, but I reached into his bag, took out his pitching wedge and lobbed it well inside. Skin: Luke. Birdie: Luke. OK, he also got a birdie but who cares. It should be noted that his 43 points, 4 over off the stick effort was after he started the round tearing up cos I suggested a 9 handicap was closer to the truth than his self-handicapping of 15. Off 15 he would have scored about 3,000 stableford points. And MAYBE won the skins... which he didn't. Beware the Nip.
The tiger-esque effort was, however, balanced out by the sight of opening the toilet door and seeing his bloodnuttedness "sitting" on the toilet, pants down (thankfully), dribbling something about struggling, and vomiting into the crotch of his own jeans. On the inside. I can't remember eating salsa but there it was, spread evenly over his bonds jocks and g-star jeans. Glorious. DAMO! TURN AROUND! THE TOILET IS UNDER YER ARSE! THAT IS WHERE PEOPLE ARE SICK! It made breakfast more fun though as he picked the dried bits out from under his watch...
You have never seen someone so excited to have their photo taken with someone else. He came up to me, said he had heard about my tipping comp, was sorry he couldn't be in it but wanted to have a photo taken with me. Doesn't he look thrilled? I of course told him how much I loved him AND respected him. His feet weren't as big as I assumed they would be. I told him the whole 'clown' thing was just a joke - he seemed to take it in good spirits. He didn't ask for my facebook id though which seemed strange although maybe he already knew I didn't have an account. Also in action were Pettifer and Nathan Brown. Pettifer is as talented as he is beautiful. Neither of them asked to have my photo taken with them. So I had another beer.
To be fair it had been a big day. We had gone to the St Kilda Festival thinking we'd keep it quiet. We finally find a pub that you didn't have to pay to get into. The beers start. The Mess Hall are playing the main stage but well... we'll miss them and just catch You Am I... A few more beers and we look over... who do we see...?
RICHO!!!!!
You have never seen someone so excited to have their photo taken with someone else. He came up to me, said he had heard about my tipping comp, was sorry he couldn't be in it but wanted to have a photo taken with me. Doesn't he look thrilled? I of course told him how much I loved him AND respected him. His feet weren't as big as I assumed they would be. I told him the whole 'clown' thing was just a joke - he seemed to take it in good spirits. He didn't ask for my facebook id though which seemed strange although maybe he already knew I didn't have an account. Also in action were Pettifer and Nathan Brown. Pettifer is as talented as he is beautiful. Neither of them asked to have my photo taken with them. So I had another beer.
In the meantime the Nipster began drinking at a pace that can only be described as Glacial - which makes his later purge all the more bizarre. It isn't taking the truth too far to say that the climate change lobby have started measuring the speed of change using his beer drinking pace as a guide. Their current measure is that within 14 Nipster beers, St Kilda will be 3 foot under water.
You Am I came and went... without us... I think... and I am guessing some more beers were drunk. Apprently there was a game of cricket on the telly. And the Dogs beat the Lions. Although I do also remember a small glass of something coming clear my way. Taxi. We assume. Another pub. Order a pizza... slow walk back to the Nips where an angry pizza delivery dude has been waiting for 15 minutes. Jeez they are IMPATIENT eh? Quiet beverage or 2 more. "Luke... I think I need to go to the..."
The rest is history. He is still picking it out from his jeans. Nice.
The rest is history. He is still picking it out from his jeans. Nice.
There was of course some Rock n Roll. Yep the Mighty AC/DC rocked hard in front of a crowd that seemed to think they were going to watch Collingwood in one of the very few games they are not playing at the G this year. It felt like I was walking into a Prelim Final with all the Black n White faithful. The stench was of filth. The combined crowd IQ = 231. The hair was either everywhere or nowhere. Or both. Scientists should move away from the diggings and go see the Acca if they want to find the missing link - there was a complete chain of them. While it is true that only half of the crowd still had their day-release ankle bracelets, thats only because the other half had managed to somehow break it off - the police are still searching. But straight up, they rocked. Classic after classic. Gold. Gold. Gold. OK, the obligatory new album stuff provided ample opportunity to grab a brewskie, but other than that.... GOLD I tell you... GOLD!
Richo sends his love to you all.
Tuesday 9 February 2010
Season 2010: Western Bulldogs
Them Doggies came pretty close last year but never really looked like being the Ones (or even Two's). If you wanted to piss off Rocket, you just turned up at a press conference and asked what he was going to do to fix the small forward line. In the space of ten seconds he would turn from being a mild mannered accountant type with an uncanny resemblance to Gutterguard, to an accountant who has just been told he was being audited by the ATO.
Enter The Hall.
What is going on? Halfway through the season 16 teams and all the supposed experts (aka Mike Sheahan - he's an expert - just ask him) said they would (and should) never take him - he's a firecracker, he's a liability to the team, if Roosy can't control him, no one can blah blah... A lost final later and B Hall is on the books of the Doggies and expectations are high... But let me tell you that it is extremely hard to influence a game from the sidelines. I personally like Big Bad Bazza. I liked the way he stuffed Christmas Turkeys this year on those ads. I liked the way he threw the arms out in despair after smackin some defender across the chops as if to say... "what? me? i'm INNOCENT!... he's FAKING it.. ". Yep, Bazza... As a guy with clear anger management issues, he is a handy footballer. As a handy footballer he is not so good at handling the anger management issues.
And given so much does hinge on the Baz-fella, I can see the season spiralling out of control pretty early on. The Doggies have the oldest team on the park (or as a peer would say... they are very experienced...) and if they don't do it this year, they can count on a pretty barren run for the next few years.
They won't do it this year.
EXPECTED FINISH: 4-6
**** OK OK!!!! I REVISE!!!! Top Three for these guys but the Crows will knock em out in the Prelim on their march to Premiership Glory...!
Enter The Hall.
What is going on? Halfway through the season 16 teams and all the supposed experts (aka Mike Sheahan - he's an expert - just ask him) said they would (and should) never take him - he's a firecracker, he's a liability to the team, if Roosy can't control him, no one can blah blah... A lost final later and B Hall is on the books of the Doggies and expectations are high... But let me tell you that it is extremely hard to influence a game from the sidelines. I personally like Big Bad Bazza. I liked the way he stuffed Christmas Turkeys this year on those ads. I liked the way he threw the arms out in despair after smackin some defender across the chops as if to say... "what? me? i'm INNOCENT!... he's FAKING it.. ". Yep, Bazza... As a guy with clear anger management issues, he is a handy footballer. As a handy footballer he is not so good at handling the anger management issues.
And given so much does hinge on the Baz-fella, I can see the season spiralling out of control pretty early on. The Doggies have the oldest team on the park (or as a peer would say... they are very experienced...) and if they don't do it this year, they can count on a pretty barren run for the next few years.
They won't do it this year.
EXPECTED FINISH: 4-6
**** OK OK!!!! I REVISE!!!! Top Three for these guys but the Crows will knock em out in the Prelim on their march to Premiership Glory...!
Monday 8 February 2010
There's Gonna Be Some Rockin'
Oh lordy. You wouldn't believe the run I had on Sunday... in the immortal words of U2... Striders Bloody Striders... it was not a rebel song.... it was the Hornsby Hurricane... Yes, into the pits of hell we ran - if hell was full of mud and leeches instead of flames and devils - and out of it we came covered in... unsurprisingly, mud and leeches. And cuts. And bruises. OK that was probably just me. Aaargh! RUBBISH! Still I guess it was easier than the Tough Guy Challenge... - seriously looney. Next year.
But enough of that... after having a champagne enema to remove any of those little friends that may have wedged themselves internally, I am getting ready to head down to Melbourne to attend Etihad Stadium. I hear you all ask WHY I would head down there to watch some crappy pre-season game..? Well I wouldn't. Nup, I am off to join The Nipster for some Rockin! Yep, we are off to see the Mighty AC/DC ROCK the stage. GOLD I tell you. And no, that doesn't mean you should get the Spandau Ballet on...
To be honest I can't believe we are still playing International Cricket (sort of) as the AFL Footy Season is (sort of) starting! The Death of the ODI is being broadcast through the media... No one is going to the games apparently... but that wouldn't have anything to do with it costing $1000 to go see it would it? When you can watch it on telly at home? Or at the pub? Here's an idea... LOWER THE BLUDDY COST! I am truly a genius. Seriously. I am amazing.
Of course there is no tipping in the NAB Cup cos... well... no one gives a flying... but it's still nice to see yer boys jiggling about out there on the field, sweating it out in 37C heat, wearing the latest in ice vests, getting reported for running backwards into umpires, and scoring 9 points for the lazy 50m goal. Sure itgives absolutely no idea about team form, but what it does give us is some ideas on who to buy for $100k in the fantasy teams. And it also gives hope to teams such as Richmond, who win a couple of games, get all warm in the groin and then crash n burn... bliss :)
But enough of that... after having a champagne enema to remove any of those little friends that may have wedged themselves internally, I am getting ready to head down to Melbourne to attend Etihad Stadium. I hear you all ask WHY I would head down there to watch some crappy pre-season game..? Well I wouldn't. Nup, I am off to join The Nipster for some Rockin! Yep, we are off to see the Mighty AC/DC ROCK the stage. GOLD I tell you. And no, that doesn't mean you should get the Spandau Ballet on...
To be honest I can't believe we are still playing International Cricket (sort of) as the AFL Footy Season is (sort of) starting! The Death of the ODI is being broadcast through the media... No one is going to the games apparently... but that wouldn't have anything to do with it costing $1000 to go see it would it? When you can watch it on telly at home? Or at the pub? Here's an idea... LOWER THE BLUDDY COST! I am truly a genius. Seriously. I am amazing.
Of course there is no tipping in the NAB Cup cos... well... no one gives a flying... but it's still nice to see yer boys jiggling about out there on the field, sweating it out in 37C heat, wearing the latest in ice vests, getting reported for running backwards into umpires, and scoring 9 points for the lazy 50m goal. Sure itgives absolutely no idea about team form, but what it does give us is some ideas on who to buy for $100k in the fantasy teams. And it also gives hope to teams such as Richmond, who win a couple of games, get all warm in the groin and then crash n burn... bliss :)
Tuesday 2 February 2010
The Lloydy Factor
Tis a shame they waited until Lloydy retired - he would have been broke, and the AFL rich if they brought this in 15 years ago!
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