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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: 2025 Practice Match vs St. Kilda
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Need I say more.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: 2025 Practice Match vs St. Kilda
Practice Maths....
2 + 2 = 4



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Robert Heatley Stand / 2025 Practice Match vs St. Kilda
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread
Kohli was out to a fair catch but, unlike India, we accept the umpire's decision and move on ...
I'm not expecting an ACB spokesperson to criticise the decision![]()
I wonder if that would have been out, if it wasn’t for last weeks outrage?
Luckily, he was removed a short time later anyway. But ...
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Happy New Year 2025
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread
Problem is there's no ramifications for substandard performances. Khawaja has clearly been on the slide for ages, Marsh is just s**t, the rest are very risky conveyances. Far too conservative with selection.
[1] Starc - if he isn't 100%, which seems reasonable, he should push himself tomorrow and then have a rest for the final test. He can come back when he is really fit.
I'd be replacing him with Spencer Johnson, another lefty with real pace.
[2] Marsh must go, fit or not: Marsh hasn't done anything with bat or ball, although he has taken some really nice catches. Get someone else in; Beau Webster is a better batsman than bowler and did OK in the trial match, Sean Abbot is a good bowler who can bat adequately, Tanveer Sangha is a spinner who the Indians haven't seen much of. He might not be the all-rounder we're after, but he could offer something on a crappy Sydney pitch.
[3] Sydney pitch: I hope see a pitch that doesn't spin so much, but I would consider another spinner if the groundsmen in Sydney are idiots. After all, the Indian doctor their pitches for every game they play when they're at home. Tanveer Sangha is a good, young leggie. There are a couple of others as well that should be looked at.
[4] Khawaja: alas, he is past it. Pity. I'd love to replace him, but we might not heading into Sydney: he has played well there in the past and it was his original home ground. I'd still be looking at someone else.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Merry Christmas 2024!
Καλά Χριστούγεννα
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Blah-Blah Bar / Merry Christmas 2024!
Glædelig Jul!
Häid jõule!
Gleðilig jól!
Hyvää joulua!
Joyeux Noël!
Frohe Weihnachten!
Boldog karácsonyt!
Nollaig Shona!
Buon Natale!
Priecīgus Ziemassvētkus!
Linksmų Kalėdų!
Schéine Chrëschtdag!
il-Milied it-Tajjeb!
God jul!
Wesołych Świąt Bożego Narodzenia!
Feliz Natal!
Crăciun fericit!
с Рождеством Христовым!
Срећан Божић!
feliz Navidad!
Nadolig Llawen!
з Різдвом Христовим!
Gëzuar Krishtlindja!
Srećan Božić!
Veselé Vánoce!
Vrolijk kerstfeest!
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Today.....
The Panama Canal
Greenland
Canada....![]()
Tomorrow....
Australia![]()
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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW List Management 2025
Ive been told the whole club was happy to see the back of her. Utterly full of herself.
Quality player albeit a bit 1-dimensional, but having heard a few insiders talk about her, I'd say you don't cut out a cancer just to invite it back in.
I had high hopes for her, but the recent attempt to get to a 4th club basically says it all: not a team player!
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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me - the Test Cricket thread
Both openers needed runs and neither had a chance to get any. Smith and Labuschagne were not dissimilar, as they haven't been in the runs in recent times.
Our bowling: losing Hazelwood as we did showed the issues with having 'the Bison' as an allrounder. He is a hundred or a duck man, (with scores usually closer to the duck) and he doesn't bowl enough. Granted, he is probably playing because Cameron Green isn't, but the issue remains. Green probably wasn't bowling as often as he should have been and his batting is still a work in progress (it was progressing nicely).
I would like to have had Michael Neser available to bowl, as he is a top bowler (and a decent tail ender - not quite an allrounder, but closer than most). However, he is also injured at the moment.
The only thing with Boland is his age: he should have been playing international cricket a long time ago. He has his limitations, but he is a good workhorse.
Of the 'allrounders' going around, Beau Webster is probably the one that stands out. His bowling has come on a lot on recent years. He still bowls in the 120's, not the 140's, but it isn't crap and he did get wickets against the Indians earlier in the series. His batting is probably more reliable than most as well. I'd still play Neser in front of him, but ...
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