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The Sports Desk / Re: God help me
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 on
Patrick Patterson was less known but a lot of batters of that era said he was the most dangerous... Easy to forget Marshall and then later Ambrose, it was a never ending line of quality quicks. Marshall gets forgotten but his record is sensational and while smaller in stature he was highly skilled and bowled players out rather than blasting them out.

Watching live Marshalls run in was something to behold, very long and very very fast.  Then he would unleash the ball and you wouldn't see anything until the batsman hit it or the keeper caught it.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 on
I'm heavily in the Blue Chips, Utilities, Reits/trusts, supermarkets and the big LIC's and ETF's, still keeping a good portion of cash as well not that you get much in the banks these days but I sleep better than being 100% in stocks.


I think you need about two years of spending in cash so you can ride out the inevitable storms.  It crossed my mind to sell everything before it hit the fan here but because of that buffer I decided not to..  Whilst I've recovered most of the losses there were some real bargains at the height of the storm.

The sharemarket is gambling and highly capitalist which would have made my leftist uni self disown  or even shoot me. lol
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
After losing over 100k during the big fall I rejigged and sold off some and went heavily with those that pay fully franked dividends and are solid long term, one bank and mining then some funds. I find my broker fairly useless now and shy away from anything he recommends. lol Fortescue, who he told me to avoid, have been brilliant and I get over 100% return per year from my original investment.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Sam Walsh Mark of the Year
  That mark marked was a turning point for Sam's season. There was talk around then of Walsh being overtaken by Smith and Rozee. The doubters shutup after that game and I was half thinking at the time that it may have been in the back of  Walsh's mind when he went for the mark.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: CV and mad panic behaviour
Quote from: mateinone on
Take this with a grain of salt, because I cannot confirm the voracity of the source, but...
There is talk Tim Pallas will be the leader, possibly by as early as tomorrow, but at the latest next week. With the supposed "word" being that Pallas has the numbers and so Dan will resign citing "family reasons" in a bloodless coup.

The depth of talent in state parliament has always been shallow and if Tim transurban Pallas is next in line god help us.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: CV and mad panic behaviour
Quote from: mateinone on
Jenny Mikakos has stood down.
It was pretty obvious from yesterday's statements this was going to happen, but it is a good thing, because she was absolutely inept.

And it it... she was pretty damning of Andrews, making it clear she felt like she had been thrown under the bus by him

She was thrown under a bus by the same person who was driving it.  Her tweet which I couldn't copy was telling and obviously not cleared by the premier.  The faceless pen pushers should also be the ones falling on their swords but that never happens.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Post Game Philosphical Discussion: AFL 2020 Rd 18: Carlton vs Brisbane
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 on
I thought Williamson was ok, gave us some drive and run and his kicking was good.
Gibbons had a shocker IMO, I'm a fan of VFL moneyball players but from what I could see was picked up by
Rich who was close to BOG and everytime he got the ball we suffered with those long kicks and he never had an opponent all night.






Thats as much a coaching problem. You need to man up on Rich like others have done to us with Doc.