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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Last post by Lods -
Well the dust is starting to settle...for a day or two.

Trump's choice of Stephen Miller as his chief of staff is probably a signal he's not yet prepared to 'go quietly into the night.'...so there will probably be some interesting tactics employed in the coming months.

Many MAGA folk, whose Maths isn't a strong point, are having difficulty understanding and coming to grips with some of the results.

But it's not all 'Happy Day's' for the Democrats and complacency is not something they can really afford.
The Democratic party is a pretty 'broad church'...and the recent election has thrown up a group of candidates with a wide range of views who will now struggle for supremacy.
It probably won't be the most stable of periods for them, despite the big win.
The important thing is the voting blocs hold.

One lesson they have hopefully learnt, and a huge mistake they made last time, is not to waste too much time going after Trump and others with numerous investigations.
Don't give him the oxygen.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZtOOusohYvE
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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW 2026 Qualifying Final Carlton vs North Melbourne at home
Last post by Micky0 -
Quote from: shawny – on
I havent watched the womens comp for a few years so thought i would watch us in this final.

As a spectacle its so bad and no wonder they still cant get a decent crowd dispite $10 tickets and a double header.

Norths skills and ball movement are decent but our girls are still under 16 level at best! Still dropping basic chest marks missing 25 targets move then they hit. We were going at 30% disposal efficiency half way thru the second quarter and we are a finals team. hate to see the bottom teams play.

If our skill level is an indication of the lack of  quality still in this comp i wont be tuning in again for another few years.

if you like thats great but i cant watch such a low standard let alone pay money to watch it.

to be fair that was the worst game
i have seen us play for a while.

Seemed like we only took one contested mark!

Ronnie never got going today and Abbie was well held, Sophie had a stinker, Duursma tried and Cordner were good but that was about it today.
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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW 2026 Qualifying Final Carlton vs North Melbourne at home
Last post by crashlander -
NORTH MELBOURNE          0.0   4.2   5.5   7.7  (49)
CARLTON                             0.2   0.3   0.5  1.6   (13)

GOALS
North Melbourne: Shierlaw, Wall, Garner, Sheerin, Bruton, Gatt
Carlton: S McKay

BEST
North Melbourne: Garner, Riddell, Sheerin, O’Shea, Eddey
Carlton: Cordner, Hendrie, Hill, A McKay, Fitzpatrick

INJURIES
North Melbourne: O’Loughlin (knee)
Carlton: Fitzgerald (corked shin)

Back tot he drawing board, alas. I'm getting rather tired of North Melbourne.

Not sure what we're going to do some draft time either: we traded out our 1st round pick.
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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW 2026 Qualifying Final Carlton vs North Melbourne at home
Last post by Lods -
Quote from: shawny – on
I havent watched the womens comp for a few years so thought i would watch us in this final.

As a spectacle its so bad and no wonder they still cant get a decent crowd dispite $10 tickets and a double header.

Norths skills and ball movement are decent but our girls are still under 16 level at best! Still dropping basic chest marks missing 25 targets move then they hit. We were going at 30% disposal efficiency half way thru the second quarter and we are a finals team. hate to see the bottom teams play.

If our skill level is an indication of the lack of  quality still in this comp i wont be tuning in again for another few years.

if you like thats great but i cant watch such a low standard let alone pay money to watch it.


I'm not sure the weather conditions didn't play a bit of a part today.
and yes... it's still a mile off.
But it is a work in progress.
The skills will improve, histories will be made, rivalries will develop.
At the moment I personally don't feel the connection. I'm not fussed if we (they) win or lose...  but I understand many Carlton supporters have made the link and embraced the concept.
To each his own.
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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW 2026 Qualifying Final Carlton vs North Melbourne at home
Last post by shawny -
I havent watched the womens comp for a few years so thought i would watch us in this final.

As a spectacle its so bad and no wonder they still cant get a decent crowd dispite $10 tickets and a double header.

Norths skills and ball movement are decent but our girls are still under 16 level at best! Still dropping basic chest marks missing 25 targets move then they hit. We were going at 30% disposal efficiency half way thru the second quarter and we are a finals team. hate to see the bottom teams play.

If our skill level is an indication of the lack of  quality still in this comp i wont be tuning in again for another few years.

if you like thats great but i cant watch such a low standard let alone pay money to watch it.