I hope there is room for both matter-of-fact, plain talking footy stuff and we should also allow the flowers of rhetorical nonsense to bloom in their glorious colours every onw and then - it makes you feel human. One caveat is that if we do froth forth in wordly slpendor, we shall expect and deal wi...

Austtralia are now the number one gambling country in the world. Highest gambling participation in the world. 20% of the worlds pokies are in Australia. BBC ran a story on our escalating gambling. Source please https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-42362194 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-20...

tedtheodorelogan2018 wrote: ↑Tue 12 Feb 2019 10:54am One thing you can't change is the cosmic order on a physical and scientific level.

Say this to yourself when sleeping in....(gives you at least another hour)

Agree 100% with that CQ

Hamill was a 23 yr old 90 odd gamer when we got him and he had four and half good years out of him. I don't know about his stats. Fair weather supporter me, started to get more footy from about '04. It seemed he was brave and bustling and a great character to have at the club. By the time he was Han...

An informal quiz in an EFL (Englsih as a Foreign language) class once. It was a ‘forced choice’ and the students had to choose with, in terms of living the right, better, optimal (or whatever you call it) life the goal is a) to challenge yourself, never just accept who you are now, strive, strive, s...

Our great new warrior, surrounded by expertise, and matured and tempered through experience has now gone down twice before the first game! Ouch!

Decline Areas: * Pokies I think we are in danger of conflating pokies with gambling in this discussion. (Woops, gambling IS pokies!) Austtralia are now the number one gambling country in the world. Highest gambling participation in the world. 20% of the worlds pokies are in Australia. BBC ran a sto...

I also don't do FB or instagram, but in my mid 50s, I tell myself every year, I must get over my fears and cynicism and join up, but each time i get close (i have two dead accounts) I get close, I run away. Here is the thing, I am wondering if my doubts about social media, how I detest the way it sh...

Over population is the elephant in the room that most governments can't talk about because of the economic models they are tethered to. Indeed. Growth, growth, growth.. clap, clap, clap... no one even asks about per capita...just overall growth - their super fund is tied to overall growth, ditto th...

Our manager at work....also like Richo - very uninspiring which doesn’t motivate you at all. Nearly all staff hate or don’t respect her as a result, plus can’t be trusted as there isn’t open two way communication. My boss is the same as yours in that respect. He deliberately wears a, “leave me alon...

Geary first picked as captain, then hard to look passed Webster and Roberton. If Carlisle is out then I'd be tempted to see if Bruce could play back for a game or swing with battle. I don't know how good Oscar is yet but not many better first games than a fellow cellar dweller to debut in. I'd also...

So they will probably all miss? Gold Coast are mysterious. They have the big guy Wright, Day coming back and both should be keen and then the new wild card recruits in the forward line. Damn it Carlisle is frustrating!! Not his fault of course, but because he looks laconic and 'economic' (almost laz...

Brown suspended.
Carlisle still not training properly (back flareup)
Austin Logan Shoulder (played only 7 games in 2018)

What are the odds and how would our back six look?

I have now retired to Sri Lanka after 35 years in Australia and 25 years following Saints . Lucky to have discovered "Watch AFL"....costs around $180\year. Has All the regular shows : Afl 360 , on Couch etc . In addition ABC Australia (International ) broadcasts all AFL games ...in fact j...

I think the most appropriate Moomba float for St Kilda would be called ‘The Sin Bin’ with an oversized inside out model of an HQ panel van, showing a young Plugger, Greg Burns, Cunningham and Spud sucking tinnies on their way down the Western Highway to a pre-seasontraining game.

I wonder if the demographic that frequent these establishments may turn away other types of business investment that might generate a profitable opportunity. Would you think Hawthorn have lost business because of their lucrative pokie haul? And how about those RSL and NSW clubs that have now made s...

Pokie revenue: We only ... gross ) $2 mil. ...pokies have cost us (net) millions....not worth it! Moral issues (yes, they do matter!): I suspect that we are actually doing minimal damage (c/f + Kennett heading up 'Beyond Blue' = hypocrisy But..., One of the things that I'm most proud of re out wond...

Just realized that this whole pokie thing media story played out in the first part of last season. Lots of coverage. Teams ranked on pokie revenue, Collingwood pulling out of Pokie announcement etc., etc., So now too late and kinda no big deal, except some teams will find a way to extract the $$ som...

I also seem to remember that one of the reasons we left Moorabbin in the first place was that our Pokie Licenses were being cut back - only to be given to South Side Six. Thought so too. So that makes me think it might be political posturing by our club. Maybe they made a deal that they would say s...

Did the Seaford move have a little wiff of Pokies iabout it? With the Moorabbin, or Kingston (whatever it is called now) council? Like, we wanted more machines but couldn't have them so we went to Seaford....not the main reason, but one factor?

Seven Sundays until the Suns hand the sun to the Saints. This review is totally off the rails, but how else can you predict what will happen? 1) Gold Coast have started the season pretty well over the past five years, winning three of five and losing one by less than a kick. Last year, after Round F...

In an interesting article on the front page of todays Moorabbin Leader (6/2/2019) Saints Pokies Pledge Club says long term aim is quit gaming income. They have discussed this with the AFL and are working to identify other revenue streams. Great news for everyone concerned. Pokies are no good for an...

Allow me to indulge. (or don't) I think that the difference between what you 'want' and what you 'need' is not a neat slice because they end up being the same thing. Although I never wanted a big boat with cocaine chicks by the pool in the Med because I knew I would screw up the registration or insu...

This scares me a little. I am not a gambler. Gambling scares me. I have written about the damage done by Crown Casino before, but if St Kilda is hell bent on raising its credentials as a 'community-responsible' club, I think they should take a good look at the 'Family Club' Hawthorn, who I am led to...