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I'm lost for words.
You may be a bad horse but that was a GOOD story.

Geez I thought the landline went the way of the dodo bird .
So using Dodo internet with a landline is apt?
 

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South American players are the best.. a lot of em grew up in poverty.. street fighters.. if we get Dybala.. an Argentinian mix in the side would be awesome.

African players aren't doing too badly for is either!

Dybala is a gun, would love him. As though we aren't scary enough going forward as it is!

With Keita wrapped up we'd only get stronger next season and can really push for the league title. I'd like Can to stay but he's far from consistent and I think we can cover him comfortably enough.

Would like another CB as Lovren gives me palpitations too often. VVD is a monster and Matip is a good partner, but we need a better 3rd option.

Would love an upgrade on Mignolet also. Karius has had an excellent second half of the year, so he stays for sure. Allison looks very pricey and is far from perfect.
 
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African players aren't doing too badly for is either!

Dybala is a gun, would love him. As though we aren't scary enough going forward as it is!

With Keita wrapped up we'd only get stronger next season and can really push for the league title. I'd like Can to stay but he's far from consistent and I think we can cover him comfortably enough.

Would like another CB as Lovren gives me palpitations too often. VVD is a monster and Matip is a good partner, but we need a better 3rd option.

Would love an upgrade on Mignolet also. Karius has had an excellent second half of the year, so he stays for sure. Allison looks very pricey and is far from perfect.

Dybala is great with the dead ball as well.. we don't necessarily have a free kick specialist.. laser like foot.. and of course that Argentinian fight.

You're right.. Can is good.. but we can cover him.

We need cover the right full back spot as well.

And another tall defender along side SVD
 

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Dybala is great with the dead ball as well.. we don't necessarily have a free kick specialist.. laser like foot.. and of course that Argentinian fight.

You're right.. Can is good.. but we can cover him.

We need cover the right full back spot as well.

And another tall defender along side SVD

That's true, Stevie G was the last thing we had that was anything like a deadball specialist and tbh that's being a bit generous to SG, sublimely good footballer though he was. Coutinho was good but not elite.
 
Not sure how they will replace his voice, its pretty distinctive
I’m a big fan of FM, particularly their 70s stuff, and I don’t mind Finn. But you couldn’t pay me to watch them live with Finn.
 
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I’m a big fan of FM, particularly their 70s stuff, and I don’t mind Finn. But you couldn’t pay me to watch them live with Finn.
Agree.
Buckingham was a key element to FM's overall sound, particularly how his voice meshed so well with Nicks (they actually harmonised each other voices).
Remove him and the sound will suffer
 

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Good kid......tough situation to be in. All the best Ben

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Collingwood youngster Ben Crocker bravely discusses dad Paul’s early onset Alzheimer’s disease on On the Mark
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April 11, 2018 8:45pm

  • “He loves Eddie McGuire, because he watches Who Wants to be a Millionaire so he loves Eddie, so whenever he comes on he knows it’s Eddie, and he loves Bucks.

    “But it is sad when I think about that he doesn’t really know what’s going on and I can’t talk to him really about anything, so that’s hard to deal with.”

    Crocker and his family all help care for Paul, which the Magpie understandably finds difficult.

    “I’m not going to lie, it’s really tough, and I don’t enjoy it at all. It is really hard and you’ve got to build strength around it,” he said.

    “There’s times when he gets really agitated and I might be coming off an eight-hour day at the club and I’m absolutely knackered, and I fall asleep on the couch and I don’t watch him for ten minutes and something can go wrong.

    “He obviously needs help going to the toilet and stuff like that so I’ve had a few instances where I’ve fallen asleep and he’s accidentally gone to the toilet in the living room or something like that. Those are probably the moments for me where I sit back and go, wow, I can’t believe this has happened.

    “You tend to get a bit upset but you’ve just got to find a way to deal with it — you can’t be a sook about it, constantly thinking about the negatives isn’t going to get you very far.”

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    As Crocker’s father battles the condition, he has had psychotic episodes, which Crocker has had to deal with while also embarking on his AFL career.

    “He has episodes where he doesn’t know who his own reflection is, so he shouts in the mirror and gets pretty violent,” Crocker said.

    “That’s something I’ve never grown up around, he’s never been violent. The other day was the first time he didn’t know who I was or thought I’d done something to him, so he was quite violent towards me.

    “He’s starting to swear a bit now which sometimes is funny but when he’s coming at you and swearing at you and trying to punch you and stuff, it’s something that’s not natural. I don’t think any kid would want that happening to him.”

    Early on, Crocker did not know how to deal with his father’s condition, and says he is “ashamed” of how he handled it.

    “I used to treat him so badly because I thought he was just not quite himself, or maybe just acting a little dumb. That was probably the shakiest bit of our relationship,” he said.

    “I was so angry all the time and that effected how I hung out with my friends, how I approached school, the way I talked to Mum as well.

    “Looking back on it, it is something I’m a bit ashamed of. If I could give advice to anyone going through the same thing as what I am is just to be open about things and don’t make it about you. I definitely made it about me and how I was feeling.”

    And Crocker bravely explained to On the Mark how, eventually, this illness will take his father’s life.

    “Mum’s been told that this will eventually kill Dad. He will die from this illness,” he said.

    “They have said the time frame with people who develop early onset Alzheimer’s is usually about eight to ten years, he’s had it for five now.

    “I honestly don’t think about it too much, but I’d be lying if I said that when people ask about Dad that doesn’t come to my mind, because it does.

    “And I think the older I get the harder it gets to realise that when I have children and get married, Dad’s probably not going to be around.

    “It’s sad to know that my kids and wife isn’t going to meet my Dad because he is such a good person, and he’s been massive in my life. It’d just be telling stories about him. And then you think about Mum, it’s obviously hardest for her, the person that she’s married and loved isn’t going to be around.

    “You tend not to talk about is much but there are times ads come on about life insurance and stuff like that, and you kinda sit there in the room and no-one says anything, but you know you’re thinking the same thing.”
 
It is a cruel and gut-wrenching disease. The sufferer becomes unknown to themselves, and after 5-10 years their families and loved ones can't help but forget so much of who that person once was.

Must be harder still for a young bloke to watch his Dad slip away like this. Close family and good mates are vital.
 

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It is a cruel and gut-wrenching disease. The sufferer becomes unknown to themselves, and after 5-10 years their families and loved ones can't help but forget so much of who that person once was.

Must be harder still for a young bloke to watch his Dad slip away like this. Close family and good mates are vital.

I think it is the worst disease ever.....I have watched my brothers father in law go from a energetic vibrant man in his 60's to a vessel of nothing.

Shocking disease.
 

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Just a reminder of life, health, perspective.

Lots of things go on behind the scenes.

Wish them all well.
 

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Lost my dear old grandmother to Alzheimer’s and the only way I can describe the experience is absolutely torturous.

Also goes to show that just about everyone we walk by down the street, work with, or watch play footy every week is likely to be fighting a battle we know nothing about.

Kudos to Ben for sharing his story.
 
That’s really tough for Ben and his family. He’s still a kid and having to deal with the stress of playing AFL and all that entails, combined with helping to care for someone at home. I hope he manages to find some downtime and ways to relax.
 
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