@antipodean said in Bledisloe II:

substitute will for should then.

No

@mariner4life said in AFL 2018:

@act-crusader said in AFL 2018:

@mariner4life said in AFL 2018:

I'll go to the Lions grand final in 2020

The ones from South Africa?

St Kilda fans are in absolutely no position to throw shade at anyone

When you get beat by the Eagles and we cough cough defeat the Kangaroos this weekend, we will finish above the lowly Lions.

@mariner4life said in AFL 2018:

I'll go to the Lions grand final in 2020

The ones from South Africa?

@nta said in Aussie Politics:

@rembrandt when even a subset of the Liberal Party echo chamber won't support him in the face of the government's failure under Abbott and now Turnbull, it's clear he's not even well liked there; the closest thing he had to a safe space.

As for what I think is wrong with him - the unfortunate personal appearance doesn't help, but that's not his fault and shouldn't be the focus.

What he lacks is:

• Charisma.

• Ability to win his seat by more than a handful of votes.

• Enough hardline right boomers in both the party and the electorate who will put up with his shit.

• Ability to handle the increasingly large Ministerial portfolios he was given

• Attachment to previous failed Prime Minister Tony Abbott (great in opposition as a barking dog, but a shit guy to run a country)

• Support for gay marriage, Aboriginal rights, or immigration by pretty much anyone other than white people

The failed leadership challenge being probably the final straw.

The country's political scene at both state and federal levels is going to shit at a rate of knots, because most of them on both sides of the table aren't in it for anyone but themselves.

Dutton is no worse than a lot of the others. But all of them are worse than we need.

Here, this should give you all you need to know about our politicians:

Nick that is fake news. The unions cooked that so-called back bench quote up

Historically Aussie rugby players have always been paid more than ABs. I remember seeing a list back in the day that had Gregans wage and it was eye watering. Then there was the Medicare Matt, Lote and Hello deals.

GWS has a terrible injury toll and it will take a huge improvement from their bottom 6-8 players to really impact the finals.

Nothing will happen before the World Cup but we will keep seeing these types of articles if they keep losing.

The pressure will ratchet up if they lose to the Boks or Argies at home more so than what happened on the weekend.

I’ve been following Zion for the last few years. He’s got amazing athleticism for a guy his size. That full package has seen him dominate high school and AAU ball. He has improved his outside shot.

His game is NBA ready but it’s often the other stuff of being in the NBA that impacts on young stars. Going to college for even a year or two will help him with that.

When’s the team named again?

With Crotty and Ioane definitely ruled out some forced changes to the starting lineup and bench.

I think ALB comes straight into the starting 12 shirt. From what I could see there was some alternating by ALB and Goodhue in their attacking positions. ALB has started at both 12 and 13 for the ABs. Laumape comes on to the bench where he’s played that role for us previously.

Ioane has been a mainstay on the left wing since coming into the side. Two years ago when we played the Wallabies we played Naholo on the left wing and had Bender at 14 and Dagg at fullback. We pumped them by a similar margin as Saturday.

I thinks it’s very possible we see DMac start at fullback and then it’s a question of whether we go with Richie or Jordie on the bench.

The other option is for Skudder to come straight into the starting lineup to pair with Naholo and Smith and DMac is kept in the same role.

Forwards should be unchanged unless Ofa has made a miracle recovery.

@shark said in AFL 2018:

I'm rapt. Need to have a look-see at who we might get in the first round.

Here’s a decent predictor of where it all might land after the final round.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/the-finals-equation-all-potential-round-23-and-afl-finals-scenarios-explained-for-every-top-8-contender/news-story/c5ba44fa464b9c92723a274d2a842798