I am surprised the primary vote held up as well as it did for One Nation But it hasn't translated into many seats. And there is the problem for people who aren't real fond of Labor Governments at the moment. One Nation are pulling votes from the LNP in big numbers...minor numbers for the ALP Labor actually increase their majorities in the Parliaments because the LNP and One Nation are fighting with each other for votes. Voting One Nation is further empowering the very governments they have an issue with.
I think the obvious will happen and that One Nation will hook up with the Liberals/Nats at some stage, One Nation are popular not because they have any policies but because the major parties are so unpopular and incompetent. Labor have proved fortunate with some very competent operators in Peter Malinauskas and Chris Minns at State level wall papering the cracks in Labor at Federal Level and giving Labor some credibility in the Media and with the voters. No love for Albo even at Lakemba Mosque where he would have thought he was amongst friends after his lack of action regarding anti semitism and support for ISIS brides returning but he knows he still has a massive lead in held seats and the Libs are a rabble with little hope of bridging the gap unless they do something weird and team up with Pauline.
Id expect to win well given Melbourne are in a bit of a rebuild, Freo who are a very good team bullied them and exposed their midfield where they have a lot of kids and they managed to neutralize Gawn and K.Pickett. My only issue would be the latter two probably dont play too many bad ones in a row and we dont have any matchup for Pickett.
Ben gave me the impression late in then year that he was best as a clearance type player, not as a winger like his brother and old man.
The old man left as he had had enough of the coach.
Yep Ben would have played. Most VFL watchers had him as 'next in line' before he got suspended. The first half of this season is pretty important for both the Camporeale boys. I saw a couple of clips through the off season of "Who is looking good at training as judged by the players" and both the brothers got a mention or two. They are different. Ben is more a 'coalface' player. Hopefully they can push for selection but the issue they have is that their postitions are mostly the ones where we have the greater depth.
Both look better suited to Port Adelaide imo...Port need a new Travis Boak(Ben) and have been struggling for wingers having to import Wehr from GWS. Butters for both Campos sounds fair...
Voss showed he hadn't and get left behind with an outdated game plan. Unlike others, I think our list isn't too bad but not the right person to to drive it. For years our attitude hasn't been consistently good, generally poor. We can tend to give up pretty easily. When all that happens people everywhere tend to revert to "poor list" when it's not always the case. We've generally been a bad club inside and out for 25 years, bar some odd years, especially under Ratten. Doesn't matter how good your list is, that situation means you do no good.
We started with a rebuild then they gave us Bolton, Teague and Voss to take charge of it. A Hardwick-type may have been different. He got 2 sides with ordinary attitudes too fire brilliantly.
Skill level has always been an issue and the brand we play is terrible to watch. The gap is getting wider between the best and worst teams imo in terms of quality of football being played.
The USA Presidential trail isn't exactly a conga line of truth, justice, integrity, morality and achievement is it?
In fact, apart from 45 and 47, it is.
Even Tricky Dickie was honest in comparison to Taco.
No it isnt you need to brush up on your history....Bill Clinton not exactly a moral citizen and in the same black book as Trump ( see Epstein),Whitewater, impeachments, dodgy pardons George Bush...weapons of mass destruction disaster see Iraq....see Afghanistan Barack OBama...lied about everything while he was in office. Joe Biden...failed everywhere including destroying the economy which eventually gave Trump a free pass to victory and then pardoned his dodgy son Hunter. Sure Trump has got all bases covered in terms of being corrupt, incompetent etc but the others were all fails and incompetent as well and it just shows that integrity isnt part of the job spec to be Pres of the USA.
Taco recently told reporters that one of the former presidents told him he wished he had been the one to bomb Iran. Bill Clinton, George W Bush, Barack Obama and Joe Biden have since confirmed that not only did they not say such a thing, they have not spoken to Taco for some time.
Is he delusional or a pathological liar?
The USA Presidential trail isn't exactly a conga line of truth, justice, integrity, morality and achievement is it?
Dylan Buckley was the same. Give them time. He had a turn of pace, and a bit of aggro, and was a bit of a turnover merchant too but he might have had a much longer and finer career had his body help up better (he had that ankle injury that saw him limping off the ground too often).
Lucas threw up in his second game against Hawthorn so he is willing to push himself and he has at worst performed about as well as Chesser has to date in the small sample size of both.
Ultimately, I think we are doing something clever, and trying not to play too many youngsters all at once, which means the opportunities are harder to come by, and something that other clubs have done a lot better than us through the rebuilding years. You cant afford to play too many sub 50 gamers together, as they are not conditioned, and then lose their heads, which might explain some of these fadeouts we have been having.
Agree, it's difficult for the coach having to win games to save his job and also provide development opportunities to players who are probably borderline only.
Turnover merchant like Florent, not great under pressure either. I'd like to see Lucas Camporeale on a wing. Acres will probably get an upgrade and I do like a taller winger but I think we need to look to the future..
Lucas will be on a wing alright, next year in South Australia I reckon.
I'm still hopeful he has some more upside and just needs opportunity, same with his brother..
Chesser for a newbie is pretty clean, we have quite a few long terms that could learn a thing or two, I'd have to watch the disposals closely before deciding what is good or bad, but I have to say I haven't noticed anything too negative, no worse than some of our front line.
Thurs night wasnt Chessers best work.
Turnover merchant like Florent, not great under pressure either. I'd like to see Lucas Camporeale on a wing. Acres will probably get an upgrade and I do like a taller winger but I think we need to look to the future..
I'd go with HOK for his forward work potential and the fact Harry and Kemp hasn't worked. Gawn will get his 40 hitouts but we will still win the clearances as Melbournes midfield is depleted with Viney missing and their outs in the trade period. Stkilda got punished for their loose defense and we need to make sure we learn from that.
Dees are thin onball without Viney but have the firepower down forward to trouble us. We have no matchup for K.Pickett and Gawn looks more motivated with the troubled players now gone. Coach King is still in his honeymoon period but it will be interesting to see what the Dees are like if we get an early lead and he has to make a few moves ..
I guess if you surveyed the wealthy inner trendy Melbourne suburbs about the nightlife, arts , food, culture etc they would give it a big tick. I reckon if it was Melton, Caroline Springs, Dandenong, Franga etc you might get a different set of results. Bit like surveying Queensland in places like Maryborough, Lockyer, Ipswich West, Tablelands, for the preferred Prime Minister of Australia and Pauline being the clear winner....
The PSA blood test is 100000% more effective than old cucumber fingers. An recent advances in prostate imaging have been a game changer.
I have an old school doctor and he says the PSA is important but only tells half the story and he still recommends the physical exam as well to provide a full prostrate check.
I hate the physical one and a lot of my friends say what you did that the PSA is all thats needed so i always wonder do i need it.
I trust my doctor but he is a bit stubborn and getting a worse on certain things.
Mine was the same but now just does the PSA, but he does it every 12 months rather than every 2 years which is the new Government recommendation.
