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    News Clubs operating league-sanctioned drug testing program to evade gameday detection

    Which was probably the only truthful thing to come out of Essendon over that whole period.
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    Round 3 Tips/Crowds

    I miss brad. Brisbane v Collingwood, Gabba - 11pts, 39k North Melbourne v Carlton, Docklands - 40pts, 48k Fremantle v Adelaide, Perth Stadium - 6pts, 43k Essendon v St Kilda, Docklands - 14pts, 50k (are these the two most untrustworthy teams in the comp, performance wise?) Port Adelaide v...
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    Think Tank Is it season over for the Pies if they go 0-4 on Thursday night?

    No, they are still a good side in theory - but making top four could be tricky from there. Being an MCG side means they might get all home finals if things fell that way.
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    Opinion Revisiting An Old Subject - "Substandard Club Songs"

    The one time you can guarantee there will be some crowd noise, it gets drowned out by fake "atmosphere". Is fakemosphere a word?
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    Opinion Revisiting An Old Subject - "Substandard Club Songs"

    If the fans of the given club are attached to the song, why should supporters of any other club give a s**t? Sure, some of them are old and a bit dreary by modern standards. But musical tastes change, if clubs had updated to 90s hip hop or grunge versions that would have dated horribly within a...
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    Tom Hawkins 350 games - What is his standing in the game?

    A great of his era; short of all-time great key forwards of the Lockett, Dunstall, Hudson, Coleman, Pratt category; but certainly one of the top of his time.
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    FIRST PLAYER PICKED

    Probably Davies-Uniacke
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    Game Day AFL 2024 Round 3 - North v Carlton Good Friday Appeal Game March 29th 4:20pm AEDT (Marvel)

    We'll probably post a reasonable score, while Carlton post a big one. High(ish) scoring slaughter.
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    Tas Tasmanian Election 2024

    Same here, even when I lived in Vic with 110+ candidates. With optional preferential voting in the Senate now, I don't see a need for Above The Line voting to still exist. Numbering 12 below the line isn't that much harder or time consuming than numbering 6 above, if anything having two options...
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    Tas Tasmanian Election 2024

    From memory his fist preference vote was because he was first on the ticket and above the line votes getting distributed down the ticket, so 1 goes to the top candidate. No ATL in Hare-Clark. But, yes, people would vote below the line explicitly to put him last.
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    Tas Tasmanian Election 2024

    Not exactly, they've conceded Liberals first crack at forming a government. If Libs can't get confidence on the floor of the chamber, then the question will be if Labor can. It seems a play at the party machine booting White and then still trying to form a government with "no deals". Or at...
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    Autopsy AFL 2024 Round 2 - North v Freo Sat March 23rd 1:45pm AEDT (Marvel)

    Essendon take the top seven spots, then Carlton in 8th?
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    Test Pick a likely Australian Test team for next summer's series against India

    There should be time, there doesn't seem to be anything after the white ball tour of England in September. So, players should be available for the Shield. What's the bet CA rests them instead?
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    Peter Wright contact with Harry Cunningham: Pleads Guilty and Receives 4 Week Suspension

    By tucking his arm in at the side as he jumped? There's no way that he was going for a mark or spoil, even by the time he left the ground. A few years ago maybe "bracing for impact" could be argued, that does not seem to be the case any more. All the rhetoric has been about upping the duty of...
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    The Associates thread

    Different sport, and has selection limitations, but Olympic football is not regarded as internationals by FIFA. (At least mens, not sure about womens as the women don't have the "under23 plus a few open agers" rule at the Olympics.) If the Games rules impose any restriction beyond ICC player...
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