I'm curious how people think $186K is manageable. What sort of income is coming through your clubs!! I expect they will be given at least 5 years to pay the fine so that's still $37K a year. Some clubs would struggle to even budget for that amount of money for player payments. It's one thing to pay off a debt if it's something like a loan for lights etc. when the club is otherwise in a sound position on and off the field but clearly Gaza aren't in that position. Wouldn't have a clue who is left to pick up the pieces at Gaza and good luck to them if they can make a go of senior participation in 2024 but it must be hard for them to even reconcile the 'what now'.
Don’t pay any players, use that money to pay the debt.

18 weeks x $2500 = $45,000

Gives $400 a week left to maybe pay a player or two.

Should have bowled the last ball underarm.

amber_fluid wrote:

Armchair expert wrote:

gadj1976 wrote:

Armchair expert wrote:Carlton for spoon after that practice match performance!

"The Prophet"

FFS. it's February!

I'm putting my grand final tickets up on ebay this evening

I’ll take them.
We’re dead set certain now

You’ll be outbid by North supporters

For me, when the pressure was applied late in the season with a final’s possibility, he/the team wilted. Harsh but those two late season smackings have just been forgotten.

Booney wrote:

Brodlach wrote:Booney will be walking to the footy and stumbling back, so he won’t need his driveway

I give up too much information.

If you said I'd walk past Alberton Take Away on the way home I'd be worried.

Not a hard guess, you love beer

Really shows how good of an innings that Root played and that’s the method he should always play.

Booney wrote:

Brodlach wrote:There is probably only three Crows supporters left who pos in the Port Adelaide thread; mots, MW and myself so it was a good chance I’d get named

It’s the place to be.

NRL practice games

Harry deserves a contract, he’ll get one elsewhere if the SACAs don’t give him one.

Marnus needs a spell

Jim05 wrote:

Brodlach wrote:Marnus needs a spell

In a bad patch or have opposition bowlers worked him out?

Hopefully just a bad patch, everyone goes through one. The team winning has covered over his form.

stampy wrote:

Brodlach wrote:Marnus needs a spell

and replace him with whom?

wonder if trav would still be there if he had a similiar run of outs like marnus

Move Smith back to where he should be and get a proper opener in.

Booney wrote:

locky801 wrote:Top order fails yet again,

On a green top.

NZ pitches always have that look, I don’t necessarily think the are traditional green tops

How level headed was Green in that interview, very mature for such a young man.

Voges and Hazelwood

Hundred partnership

Let’s get these 3 wickets first

That’s actually a good score in Sydney, their games are quite low scoring

Spargo wrote:

Brodlach wrote:Only saw the last 4 minutes but how good did Richmond Oval look. Should play AFLW there.

Barring the Bay it’s the best SANFL ground, always has been.

New toilets, grassed areas and even the scoreboard looked good

Ground is always in immaculate condition, just need the team to mimic the ground

You clearly love fishing

After smashing the WI in the first test they took their foot off the WI throat and took their minds off the job. I honestly think it was more the Australian lackluster effort and they thought they just had to turn up to win.

Good on him for sticking up for his players!

Darren Smith under rated

Harry McKay over rated

So Booney wearing sneans over winter?

Armchair expert wrote:

Armchair expert wrote:2/62

one more before lunch would be good

Armchair on fire

3/71

You shouldn’t be trying to light your farts then

I know it was only a trial game but every time we play West they are dull boring snoozefests and tonight was no exception .
We got the win but it was an awful game as it always is against them
Surprised and encouraged by the two games scores.

A spectacle for the ages it certainly was not, but neither sides intensity and work rate could be questioned. Thought West looked more potent ariallly up forward although we were missing a couple in Grace and McCormick. Dogs midfield recruits looked good..gone are the days where we look undersized on ball… Nutta junior and Gaspar will add polish around the goals..
We were missing a stack also, looking at the reserves I expected West to get smashed but I was very pleased with the result

The Dark Knight wrote:When international cricket and AFL footy is on at the same time, nice time of the year.

And NRL

But cricket (and England) is the winner

DOC wrote:One for Dutch and Spargo.

Shinboner in the North Melbourne colours going in the next at Echuca

And as expected came last

Hail the great man Hail!


Well done Alex!

Lightning McQueen wrote:

Booney wrote:Pat!

Selfish

I’m sure Alex would be more interested in the win.

“I didn’t care, I didn’t want to get back on strike”

Happy Birthday Fourth Estate


May your Raiders continue to be crap.

I took all Jamie Kah’s mounts to be place in a multi @ $13.71, alive into the last race. We all know how this ends, with a fourth placing

Heard someone say she was $1.01 for the JC?

This puts it to bed.


Australia's captain Pat Cummins has admitted he was clueless to the fact Alex Carey was two runs away from a century as he hit the winning runs in Australia's second Test victory over New Zealand.
Carey edged close to his second Test hundred with Australia needing seven runs to win in the 64th over with the wicket-keeper batter on 93 not out.
Ben Sears' first delivery went to the boundary after a Carey pull shot before the 32-year-old claimed a single with the second ball.

Cummins then hit the final delivery through cover point for four to seal victory but unfortunately rob Carey of a century.
Post-game, Carey admitted to TVNZ+: "I was happy with that, I didn't want to get on strike again."

Speaking to ABC Radio as well, Carey added he was no certainty to get past the mark anyway.
"(I was) pretty happy I didn't have to face another ball, I was pretty up and about at that stage and might have played a rash shot with the energy going the way it was", he said.
Cummins revealed his plan was to reach the target "any way possible" but was unaware how close Carey was to a ton. 
"I had no idea he was on 98 so that would've been embarrassing if he was celebrating and I wasn't looking," he told TVNZ+.

4/45

Could we, could we?

Happy Birthday Spargo, hope you have an awesome day. May the beer be cold and plenty of geegee winners

Is it true the new Joel Selwood stand at Geelong has a low roof so everyone had to duck to get in?

Difference in being salty and sharing some past experience about him

Not sure why anyone has to buy food at the footy, if you need to eat in that 120 minutes take it with you.

I don’t drink at the AFL as I would need to pee every 15 minutes and it’s annoying for others to constantly get up and down.

SANFL, well that’s different. Trees on the outer side get a good watering in winter

Good, ordinary player.













Probably one of the few I would have liked to play for us from Port, great clubman and I’m told an even better bloke. Has had a stellar career and deserves the accolades he is getting.


Good, Ordinary Player????

Far better than ordinary.


Wasn’t being serious, thought my comment at the bottom would have said that .

Plenty of Superstars have never won a premiership, some never even play finals.

Aaron Keating won a premiership medal, would never rate him above Boak.

Truly a champion clubman

Does anyone still drink at their local pub?
And if so how often?
I haven’t been to my local for 2-3 years now due to being time poor and also cost of beers these days.

Wednesday night 8 ball around the Port pubs and home every other week. ( Had a moment last night, broke in our doubles game and potted out. :lol: Haven't done that for years. )

Thursday after work I pop into the Woodshed for a couple on the way home, usually meet Mrs Boon there when she finishes.

Friday might have 1 or 2 at the Alberton after work.

Saturday 4 of us get together from 12:30 until 2pm, have two or three and some bloke time to have a yarn and a punt.

So, yeah.

You’re a social butterfly

Great story (I actually initially thought you meant the town Colac )

Condolences

You’re alright Micky, you keep being you.

Hope all goes well

The Dark Knight wrote:Winning another premiership! By one wicket!

Well done TDK, very well done.

Doesn’t mention that he is in the last wicket partnership of 40* to get the win. Always the clubman.

Booney wrote:What happened at the 'Bool?

Track unsafe for jumps, race 3 abandoned but the rest going ahead late

Wedgie wrote:Would make sense as the reserves are after the game at 4.20pm, you'd think they'd have it the other way around if not for TV.

I only make sense

I’m not sure what else he could do? Is he expected to pull out of the contest at the last moment?

Eyes were on the ball the whole time. Cunningham contributed just as much as him IMO

With everything going on in footy, anyone else losing interest in the game?