Official Match Thread SEASON 40, ROUND 16: Gold City Royals vs East Side Hawks at The Golden Throne

[Robertio]

Robertio

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Stay in bed then.

 

[raskolnikov]

Robertio

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tobacco - meh
alcohol - meh
coffee - meh
masturbation - NOOO!!

 

[sausageroll]

I thought LA was closer to SF than that

Actually further. I live just north of LA and measured the distance from my suburb.
I drove up there and back around 5-6 weeks ago. Drove up the Pacific coast (had to do a big detour around areas closed from landslides) and then back down through Sequoia.

Had one overnight stay on both drives.
Could have done both drives without a stop but there's too much to see.

 

[Brenton Davy]

Actually further. I live just north of LA and measured the distance from my suburb.
I drove up there and back around 5-6 weeks ago. Drove up the Pacific coast (had to do a big detour around areas closed from landslides) and then back down through Sequoia.

Had one overnight stay on both drives.
Could have done both drives without a stop but there's too much to see.

California is surprisingly large. Been there a couple of times and getting from one end to the other is a hell of a hike

 

[sausageroll]

Its raining today and we're supposed to be doing a building site tour today so we'll so how that plays out.

Rain will hit us tonight and stay for several days.

Have you had a chance to look around San Francisco? I actually really liked it I'd want a place with secure parking though if I lived there.

I left my car in the hotel parking on all but one day (when we wanted to cover a lot of different places) and took Uber and Waymo everywhere on the other days.

Which reminds me, take at least one trip in a Waymo. It's great. You have to be in San Franciso though. They won't cross the bridge to Dublin.

 

[sausageroll]

California is surprisingly large. Been there a couple of times and getting from one end to the other is a hell of a hike

Yeah, I definitely wouldn't want to walk it. It was long enough by car.

 

[sausageroll]

Goodnight sweet Prince.

Sweet Prince?

Is that the Royals recruitment pitch?

 

[Cadsky]

Actually further. I live just north of LA and measured the distance from my suburb.
I drove up there and back around 5-6 weeks ago. Drove up the Pacific coast (had to do a big detour around areas closed from landslides) and then back down through Sequoia.

Had one overnight stay on both drives.
Could have done both drives without a stop but there's too much to see.

Sounds like an amazing drive

 

[Cadsky]

Rain will hit us tonight and stay for several days.

Have you had a chance to look around San Francisco? I actually really liked it I'd want a place with secure parking though if I lived there.

I left my car in the hotel parking on all but one day (when we wanted to cover a lot of different places) and took Uber and Waymo everywhere on the other days.

Which reminds me, take at least one trip in a Waymo. It's great. You have to be in San Franciso though. They won't cross the bridge to Dublin.

Yeah I saw the waymo while I was in town on monday. Kinda freaky these self driving cars.

 

[Crimson Azure]

Sweet Prince?

Is that the Royals recruitment pitch?

It is now.

Welcome!

 

[Cadsky]

Sweet Prince?

Is that the Royals recruitment pitch?

Congratulations, you picked up on our secret message. Welcome to the Royals!

 

[Robertio]

Sweet Prince?

Is that the Royals recruitment pitch?

Haven't we sent a pitch to you yet mate? I thought everyone had one.

 

[Robertio]

Congratulations, you picked up on our secret message. Welcome to the Royals!

Going by the poaching thread he joined us last week.

 

[Hoop1888]

Jinny Stynes definitely deserved his Brownlow and i was a fan of Setanta they just couldn't find his right position but without a doubt the best Irish player we had at Carlton was Ciaran Byrne he just couldn't adapt to the Melbourne lifestyle.

Interesting. Never heard of Byrne, but not from a county well known for footballers. I read Tuohy's book and he wanted to be a professional sportsman from a young age, so he seemed to have the right mindset.

Is Melbourne the Australian version of 1980s era Beirut or something? A few Paddies who came home after a trial or couple of years at clubs based there. Probably the uncouth kinds.

 

[Robertio]

Interesting. Never heard of Byrne, but not from a county well known for footballers. I read Tuohy's book and he wanted to be a professional sportsman from a young age, so he seemed to have the right mindset.

Is Melbourne the Australian version of 1980s era Beirut or something? A few Paddies who came home after a trial or couple of years at clubs based there. Probably the uncouth kinds.

I remember reading an artical on Toohey when we recruited him where he said he would swim to Melbourne to be a professional sportsman, he really wanted it so he took it.

 

[grumbleguts]

I still remembet them panning to Melbourne supporters crying after the game.

When I was walking out of the stadium, through those tunnels they used to have, we were walking past Melbourne supporters in clusters crying in group hugs. Consoling themselves with Oh Well at least we still have Robbie Flow.... Oh crap...

One guy about 22 years old was walking past each and every one of them screaming into the group "Gary Buckenara is a f**king CHAMPION!!!"

I thought that was a bit rough, and I felt sad, I had to console myself with three premierships in the next four years. It was tough.

I actually couldn't see Bucky's goal, there was too much pandemonium. All I could see was Brereton's arms in the air.

 

[raskolnikov]

When I was walking out of the stadium, through those tunnels they used to have, we were walking past Melbourne supporters in clusters crying in group hugs. Consoling themselves with Oh Well at least we still have Robbie Flow.... Oh crap...

Oh well. They got their moment in 2021. You have to feel sorry for them though that their first flag in however many years had to be played outside Victoria.

 

[sausageroll]

Sounds like an amazing drive

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I felt like a Hobbit/Halfling next to the trees at Sequoia.

 

[sausageroll]

Yeah I saw the waymo while I was in town on monday. Kinda freaky these self driving cars.

They're great. THey have heaps of them. Never had to wait long for one to come after booking one on the app.

 

[sausageroll]

Haven't we sent a pitch to you yet mate? I thought everyone had one.

There must be a hell of a lot of people in the SFA feeling like Princes at the moment.

 

[sausageroll]

Going by the poaching thread he joined us last week.

Going by YOUR poaching thread

 

[Brenton Davy]

Going by YOUR poaching thread

If it’s in our poaching thread then you can take it to the bank…

 

[Robertio]

 

[sausageroll]

If it’s in our poaching thread then you can take it to the bank…

I just checked the address of the bank. It's in Snowtown.

 

[GreyCrow]

Ahh Snowtown

Which ironically is the home of the big blade