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Supercars JUB JUB Supercars thread
Looks like Supercars are trying to find a fix for the scheduling hole created by the NZ races - or more specifically, the decision to ship the cars to NZ (rather than air freighting them). They're investigating the possibility of shipping materials not required for the Albert Park races, then...- Words: 120
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- Post #3,214
- Forum: Motor Board
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F1 F1 2026 Season
How ironic... the one track where the cars can be driven to their full potential (energy management) is also the one track where actual racing is physically impossible.- Words: 28
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- Post #726
- Forum: Motor Board
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Opinion Non-Crows AFL 14: Brad Scott gone
Or who dresses up as Father Christmas, on the last float in the parade? -
2026 Giro d'Italia
You're preaching to the choir. As I said before... I have him finishing 2nd or 3rd, depending largely on how the Giro fatigue affects Jonas. He's miles ahead of the other contenders. The kid is only 19 years old, and obviously still has massive amounts of development still to come. It won't... -
2nds 2026 Adelaide Crows SANFL thread
The most recent list reduction was a direct response to COVID, but the reduction before that may well have been blowback from AFLPA salary demands. -
2026 Giro d'Italia
I don't think he's strong enough to challenge Pog this year - maybe with another 1-3 years of development... Jonas has just finished the Giro, which inevitably takes its toll on riders who back up for the Tour. Pog achieved the double, but it remains to be seen how Jonas copes with the... -
2nds 2026 Adelaide Crows SANFL thread
Conversely, if you reduce the number of clubs by 2 then you reduce the overall player numbers by ~90... Another factor which nobody has yet mentioned is that the AFL is constantly increasing the number of players in the team - we only had 3 on the bench when Adelaide won their 1997/1998... -
2nds 2026 Adelaide Crows SANFL thread
You're conflating 2 separate issues. List Sizes & the number of clubs in the competition. List Sizes need to be big enough to provide a pool of reserve players in the event that the first choice players are unavailable due to injury/illness/suspension. Evidence suggests that current list... -
2nds 2026 Adelaide Crows SANFL thread
That's a bit of an own-goal argument, isn't it? The fact that Richmond & Essendon's injury lists are so long that these players are getting a game is proof that they need list sizes at least this big (arguably larger). There have been a couple of instances in recent years where clubs had to... -
2026 Giro d'Italia
I'm not sure how they can up their games, given that nobody is capable of matching Jonas & Pog when they're on song. Seixas appears likely to join that duo of Kryptonians in a year or two. Red Bull have gone out and bought the best GC riders not named Pog or Jonas - they've got Remco, Jai &... -
List Mgmt. List Management Thread
Hindsight's a wonderful thing. Pity we didn't know the AFL were going to change the rules, completely neutering ROB's game, when signing that contract. -
Opinion Non-Crows AFL 14: Brad Scott gone
I don't get the hype over that song. It does nothing for me at all - it's not bad, but I wouldn't have it in my top-5 personal favourites (and probably not top-10). I know it's the red hot favourite to win this year, but for the life of me I can't understand why. My personal favourite is the... -
2026 Giro d'Italia
Jonas' time beat the Strava record, but didn't they say that someone had done the climb in 37 minutes (a minute faster than Jonas) but it wasn't on Strava? This was when they were discussing how long the climb would take, before the riders started the climb. -
2026 Giro d'Italia
Jonas put 1 min into everyone other than Gall last night. Stages 9, 14, 16, 19 & 20 all have mountain top finishes. The final climb on stage 19 isn't big enough to establish major time gaps, but there's plenty of scope for Jonas flying solo on the preceding climb and opening up a huge gap... -
Opinion INTERNATIONAL Politics: Adelaide Board Discussion Part 6
It's interesting that AI came up with that particular argument. The 22nd is pretty definitive about a 2 termer not being eligible for re-election again. However, there is an argument that succeeding to the office, rather than being elected to the office, might not breach the terms of the 22nd...- Words: 120
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- Post #13,488
- Forum: The Backyard