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indo-dreaming started the topic in Sunday, 2 Mar 2025 at 6:21pm

Season starting this week so we need a thread to document Collingwood's run to its it's 17th premiership and the year Nick Daico's wins his first of four brownlow medal's.

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indo-dreaming Sunday, 2 Mar 2025 at 6:21pm

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indo-dreaming Sunday, 2 Mar 2025 at 6:25pm
indo-dreaming wrote:

Season starting this week so we need a thread to document Collingwood's run to it's 17th premiership and the year Nick Daico's wins his first of four brownlow medal's.

Edit one "It's" only (cant edit first post of thread)

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AlfredWallace Sunday, 2 Mar 2025 at 6:40pm

IndoDreaming. Hi pal.

‘ Houston, we don’t have a problem’. Go Pies. AW

Edit. Just done a whip around, it’s blustery and big on the swell up north, but in Bass Strait its blustery and on the pump swell wise, (from the SW) and I know a place will be going off in strait offshore winds, the locals will be laving it. If ya know what I mean.

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southernraw Sunday, 2 Mar 2025 at 6:34pm

That Thursday game in Brisbane is standing out like dogs balls.
Might wanna bring a snorkel catters!
Sounding like they might re schedule it.
Up the mighty Bombers!!!

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indo-dreaming Sunday, 2 Mar 2025 at 7:41pm

At least the ground will be soft :D

Players always complain that ground is hard and even causes injuries.

But yeah the forecast looks crazy, unless things change dramatically it's hard to see it going ahead, not sure what they do then though?

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blackers Sunday, 2 Mar 2025 at 8:52pm

Love talking footy but can't agree with the sentiment in this thread's opening post. The Pies are gonna fall in a mid season heap, Nick is going to get tagged all season and lose his cool, so no Charlie for him. Brisbane for my money, GWS as a solid side bet. As long as the blue baggers keep fluffing their lines all will be good in the world. As for my team, well the spoon awaits, so I will get my pleasure watching the carnage of others missing their opportunities elsewhere.
Oh yeah, can't wait for the opening games. Bring. It . On.

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southernraw Sunday, 2 Mar 2025 at 9:02pm
indo-dreaming wrote:

At least the ground will be soft :D

Players always complain that ground is hard and even causes injuries.

But yeah the forecast looks crazy, unless things change dramatically it's hard to see it going ahead, not sure what they do then though?

Yes!! splashy soft!! Yeah a bit unprecedented @indo.
Great thread btw. Can't wait for the season to get underway and the best thing about this thread is it'll piss off all our NSW/QLD brothers and sisters!! hehe.
fwiw i reckon Swans will bounce back this year under Dean Cox and probably go close.
Nth Melbourne a dark horse.
Pies definitely gonna be in the mix.
Bombers will start strong but who knows after that.
And hopefully the Gold Coast can finally string a season together and get into the finals!

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southernraw Sunday, 2 Mar 2025 at 9:03pm
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As long as the blue baggers keep fluffing their lines all will be good in the world. . On.

This may as well be poetry as far as i'm concerned.
Dirty rotten Blues. Almost as bad as Collingwood!

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durutti Monday, 3 Mar 2025 at 3:23pm

Now I understand the ‘dreaming’ part of your name.

Lions back to back, let’s go.

Ashcrofts > Daicii

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Season starting this week so we need a thread to document Collingwood's run to its it's 17th premiership and the year Nick Daico's wins his first of four brownlow medal's.

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GuySmiley Monday, 3 Mar 2025 at 5:22pm

@AW, time is short, repent your sins and that stain your uncle gave you, switch to the Cats before the season starts and live in the bright side of life!!

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basesix Monday, 3 Mar 2025 at 5:32pm

I actually didn't mind it for what it was, it was such a bizarre and dopey premise. For younger kids it might have been a bit edgy, a punky brewster genre show but with a naughty alien muppet that ate cats.. 'lucky' wasn't it?

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AlfredWallace Monday, 3 Mar 2025 at 7:05pm
GuySmiley wrote:

@AW, time is short, repent your sins and that stain your uncle gave you, switch to the Cats before the season starts and live in the bright side of life!!

GuySmiley. I mate. I hope you are doing fine. I do agree with your short statement, time is short and I think it’s the most important aspect of life and living.

We ferret away all our precious time, chasing the dollar, comfortable living, we end up working enormous hours, become very tired, irritable and grumpy so as to always stay ten feet ahead of debt.
There really is something wrong with the whole premise of life and living in our society.
Time on earth for all of us is very short, must make the most of it. I’m not scared of dying at all, but I don’t really want to.
I’d like to meet you one day.

So, following the Pies is just one aspect of a life well lived.
Unfortunately I’m scarred for life. AW

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indo-dreaming Monday, 3 Mar 2025 at 8:02pm

@AW

Must not be easy being a Pies fan down that way, i know we are suppose to hate Carlton and Richmond etc the most, but Geelong has been the team ive hated the most over the last 15 years, they just always seem to be competitive and same with Hawthorn, until recent years we always matched up badly against them.

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blackers Monday, 3 Mar 2025 at 8:58pm

Yes, nice post, Alfred. I agree with nearly all of the sentiments, apart from the Collingwood bit.....
But yes, life is too short to hold petty grudges. Go support your team.

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AlfredWallace Monday, 3 Mar 2025 at 9:02pm
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@AW

Must not be easy being a Pies fan down that way, i know we are suppose to hate Carlton and Richmond etc the most, but Geelong has been the team ive hated the most over the last 15 years, they just always seem to be competitive and same with Hawthorn, until recent years we always matched up badly against them.

IndoDreaming. Hi mate.

Wow, we’ve disagreed a lot in the past, I’m very stubborn sometimes, have learnt to butt out when it’s not my area of expertise.
But on this occasion, I’ll give you a rolled gold yes to your statement .

It is difficult being a Collingwood supporter when the entire both sides of my family herald from the Great Ocean Road towns and Geelong, everyone is Cats mad. Biggest sooks of all when they don’t win.
G-Town goes into a temporary depression when they lose.
One of my most hated sounds is the ‘Go Cats, go Cats, go Cats makes me sick.

Nobody can argue of their successes, probably the most consistent team of the last two decades, they appear as though they rarely slump and bottom out.

I reckon Collingwood will definitely play finals by year out.

How’s ya renovation coming along ? AW

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AlfredWallace Monday, 3 Mar 2025 at 9:17pm
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Yes, nice post, Alfred. I agree with nearly all of the sentiments, apart from the Collingwood bit.....
But yes, life is too short to hold petty grudges. Go support your team.

Blackers. Hi mate.
How are you and your loved ones ?

You are a Bombers or Tigers man if my memory serves me well. The only way is up.
I turned 60 last week, didn’t decide this just now, but the rest of my life is going to be on the move often, work little on good earning projects then not work for months, spend most of Winter in Indo bugging Supafreak.
Life passes us by very quickly, before you know it , you’ve been nowhere and done very little with yourself, you’re a pensioner with a pension card and taking out insurance with APIA ( Australian Pensioners Insurance Association ).
Life is more than ownership and collection.

How’s your surfing and great photography coming along ?

Break the chains, see the nation and the world, you can’t stop entropy.

I’d also like to meet you one day. All the best. AW

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GuySmiley Monday, 3 Mar 2025 at 9:43pm

@AW, didn’t read your post until after my 90 minute guided meditation class, tonight’s class started and ended with surrendering to the earth, powerful stuff that coincidentally reinforces your sentiments above ^^.

Mmm, you know the christians have this prayer about earthly penance, being a pies fan with a brain-box (a rare thing) well you’re straight to heaven, no purgatory for you good sir!

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mattlock Monday, 3 Mar 2025 at 9:44pm

Go for it AW
I turned 58 last week and my 2 kids are still in Primary school!
We are similarly aged but at completely different stages of life.

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mattlock Monday, 3 Mar 2025 at 9:45pm

BTW. They took my team away.

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mattlock Monday, 3 Mar 2025 at 9:50pm

My self guided meditation class started with a jazz cigarette and will finish after 3 maybe 4 whiskeys.

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AlfredWallace Monday, 3 Mar 2025 at 9:51pm
GuySmiley wrote:

@AW, didn’t read your post until after my 90 minute guided meditation class, tonight’s class started and ended with surrendering to the earth, powerful stuff that coincidentally reinforces your sentiments above ^^.

Mmm, you know the christians have this prayer about earthly penance, being a pies fan with a brain-box (a rare thing) well you’re straight to heaven, no purgatory for you good sir!

GuySmiley. Great stuff mate, you always make me smile and laugh.
That time out machine ( your class) you’ve just stepped out of sounds relaxing and orgasmic, those two words go together, probably not , but ok with me.
Life’s looking back at you that’s for sure, I hope we’re all watching, it can pass you by, very quickly. AW

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basesix Monday, 3 Mar 2025 at 9:52pm

happy birthdays @AW and @mattlock!
go well young fellas, good eggs, the pair of you.

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AlfredWallace Monday, 3 Mar 2025 at 9:56pm
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BTW. They took my team away.

Mattlock. Hi pal. Hope ya well.

I’d say pretty well, with the Devils Lettuce spooning and snuggling up close with a bit of 2backy , shroud in Ventii papers.
Liquid refreshment in the other hand, life’s temporarily good.
58 years and cruising, you’ve got it sorted, may it continue to bring pleasure.

Who is your team ? Fitzroy ? . Good stuff. AW

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AlfredWallace Monday, 3 Mar 2025 at 9:59pm
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happy birthdays @AW and @mattlock!
go well young fellas, good eggs, the pair of you.

Basesix. Cheers pal. We will meet soon, I have no doubts. You are of a few good men. All the best . AW

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southernraw Monday, 3 Mar 2025 at 10:06pm

Hip Hip!! Happy 60th AW. Thats epic.
I hope the Pies get up for you in their first game....and then no more for the year. hehe.
Hope you had a great bday mate.

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mattlock Monday, 3 Mar 2025 at 10:15pm

Yeah Fitzroy AW.
My old man played reserves for them and was Fitzroy social club secretary for years.
He said he only got a game because all the good players were killed in the war. He survived it though.
He was 46 when I was born. The same age as me when I had my first. I was number seven for him.
My boy Arthur carrys his name.