Resource Non-AFL General Chat

[Clemen]

I’m over east for a break and it’s past midnight. Happy new year to you all. Is it too early to say that there’s always next year for the flag?

 

[King Huskii]

I hope everyone has a great New Year with friends, family, and Sepultura.

Happy Sepultura to you too

 

[DQ 4EVER]

Happy 2026 to you all.
I think I will enjoy today by listening to every genre of music, except metal.

 

[chaosball32]

I’m over east for a break and it’s past midnight. Happy new year to you all. Is it too early to say that there’s always next year for the flag?

This is our year. I’ve never been wrong 32 times in a row.

 

[stax on the mull]

Happy 2026 to you all.
I think I will enjoy today by listening to every genre of music, except metal.

Some music fans are very open minded and listen to both genres - death and metal.

 

[King Huskii]

Some music fans are very open minded and listen to both genres - death and metal.

Thrash metal is best

 

[stax on the mull]

Woman commentator on the BBL just told me that Mitch Marsh has nailed 99% of his balls.

 

[ubiquitous226]

Woman commentator on the BBL just told me that Mitch Marsh has nailed 99% of his balls.

Wait, I thought we were reading last rites for Mitch Marsh.

 

[stax on the mull]

It's hammer time for Mitch Marsh.

 

[Kram]

Power hitting.

 

[Piggy Smalls]

Woman commentator on the BBL just told me that Mitch Marsh has nailed 99% of his balls.

Sounds painful

 

[Piggy Smalls]

Thrash metal is best

There are a couple of decent bands I would consider thrash death metal. Cannibal Corpse and Deicide. Deicide in particular have some really groovy riffs.
Oh and Carcass were sick too.

 

[Piggy Smalls]

Good to see Marsh, Hardie, Turner and Evans will all be coming off decent knocks next match.

 

[King Huskii]

There are a couple of decent bands I would consider thrash death metal. Cannibal Corpse and Deicide. Deicide in particular have some really groovy riffs.
Oh and Carcass were sick too.

Yeah Deicide I agree either Carcass is pretty good too

Cannibal Corpse I'm not a big fan of.

Slayer are the ultimate metal band. Arguably the best drummer of all time and best live performance bar maybe Pantera.

 

[ImperialPurple]

I think Hardie should have got POTM. Higher strike rate than Marsh plus took a couple of wickets.

 

[largebus]

New year, new Marsh apparently after his horrible start to the campaign.
Pace bowlers are still inconsistent as. Beardman needs to better some variation if he's gonna be a good white ball bowler, unless he ends up being able to bowl at 150+ consistently

 

[anchor man]

I think Hardie should have got POTM. Higher strike rate than Marsh plus took a couple of wickets.

Marsh got the ball rolling. Set the standard. Took , I think two catches. Maybe three!.
Marsh by a fair way.

 

[anchor man]

New year, new Marsh apparently after his horrible start to the campaign.
Pace bowlers are still inconsistent as. Beardman needs to better some variation if he's gonna be a good white ball bowler, unless he ends up being able to bowl at 150+ consistently

Beardman is still only 19. Still learning. He is developing very quickly.

 

[Jezzitizle]

Did not have Trump abducting a South American president on my bingo card for 2026.

I mean Maduro doesn’t seem to be a legitimate ruler, but that is pretty full on.

Even if Maduro has anything to do with drugs, it’ll just be next man in and it won’t make a blip.

I wonder what your run of the mill magaite makes of it.

Looping in our chief US correspondent Daddoo - what are your lot up to over there?

 

[Piggy Smalls]

Settling in for a day of cricket between Westpac and Toyota

 

[ImperialPurple]

Settling in for a day of cricket between Westpac and Toyota

Yeah call me old, conservative (not politically!), outdated, whatever… but a Test kit should be white, and should not have advertising on the front. It shits me coz it’s shit.

Edit: numbers on the back shit me too.

 

[Purple_Turtle]

Settling in for a day of cricket between Westpac and Toyota

I thought we were Toyota last year?

 

[Purple_Turtle]

Did not have Trump abducting a South American president on my bingo card for 2026.

I mean Maduro doesn’t seem to be a legitimate ruler, but that is pretty full on.

Even if Maduro has anything to do with drugs, it’ll just be next man in and it won’t make a blip.

I wonder what your run of the mill magaite makes of it.

Looping in our chief US correspondent Daddoo - what are your lot up to over there?

Venezuala have an opposition that actually won an election before Maduro just ignored the outcome. With Maduro gone the best case is Machado takes power quickly. Worst case is Maduro's cronies hold out and mass violence against the Venezualan public.

Iran also on the ropes. Staring down the barrel of the Ayatollah's regime collapsing. Or another big massacre of protestors.

Venezuala have also been keeping Cuba going with oil. Potential for a Communist Party collapse there.

2026 is either going to be amazing for democracy and human rights, or completely terrible disappointment.

 

[Piggy Smalls]

Venezuala have an opposition that actually won an election before Maduro just ignored the outcome. With Maduro gone the best case is Machado takes power quickly. Worst case is Maduro's cronies hold out and mass violence against the Venezualan public.

Iran also on the ropes. Staring down the barrel of the Ayatollah's regime collapsing. Or another big massacre of protestors.

Venezuala have also been keeping Cuba going with oil. Potential for a Communist Party collapse there.

2026 is either going to be amazing for democracy and human rights, or completely terrible disappointment.

Hopefully it is human rights that are the main focus here.

 

[Purple_Turtle]

Hopefully it is human rights that are the main focus here.

Hopefully, but depends who's driving the show behind the scenes. There's some other motives at play as well (regional stability, great power competition with China, oil, etc.)

Rubio? Can believe human rights and the plight of Venezualans under Maduro's regime are a significant factor.

Vance? Mole of a human being, and effectively driving a seperate foreign policy selling Ukraine out to Russia.

The Separation: Inside the Unraveling U.S.-Ukraine Partnership

As President Trump sought a peace deal and Vladimir V. Putin sought victory, factions in the White House and Pentagon bled the Ukrainian war effort.

www.nytimes.com

I don't expect anyone knows how this will play out for another few weeks.