Preview Round 22 Sydney v Gold Coast @1:45 ... time to squirrel away 4 points

[TheMase]

The good news is that NOTHING will grow in it. It was made from bugs but with the treatment it gets it's sterile.

You may have ruined my life

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

Steak- medium rare?

still mooing is how I used to order it.

as for the cereal debate … bah!

the major debate which should be settled is very strong double espresso goes in the cup then the whiskey

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

And this is why we'll beat the Suns!

Oh, and how can you not have butter with Nutella?

why ruin wonderful butter with Nutella?

 

[sataris]

Rethinking my rankings of best posters ... may even call the police

Only thing worse was my wife having juice on her cereal to speed up breakfast

When I'm really pressed for time, I just put the milk, cereal and juice into my mouth at once and mix it as I chew.

People on the train look at me weird, but it is what it is.

 

[MR0808]

why ruin wonderful butter with Nutella?

Nutella brings our the boldness

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

Dippies or soldiers with your boiled egg?

 

[The King!]

When I'm really pressed for time, I just put the milk, cereal and juice into my mouth at once and mix it as I chew.

People on the train look at me weird, but it is what it is.

It's probably the showering that puts them off

 

[GotTheGoodes]

A brief and concise preview this week (hope that’s OK Ticky009 ) – partly because I’m pushed for time and partly because there’s not a lot to talk about when it comes to the Gold Coast.

Key Details

Sydney Swans (10th) vs Gold Coast Suns (14th).

Date: Saturday August 12.

Time: 1.45pm AEST.

Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground.

Weather: long range forecast is sunny & mild. Perfect footy weather. Buy your tickets now.

Preamble

Imagine the following scenario.

Geelong name a team including Matt Rowell, Touk Miller, Noah Andersen, Ben King, Jack Lukosius and Charlie Ballard.

How do you think they’d go?

If you’re like me – you’d instantly think “wow, quality side, top 4, no question”.

But alas, transpose those same names onto the Gold Coast and once again, it’s a case of bottom 6 mediocrity, yet another sacked coach and the usual year of nobody really cares.

Which is not surprising. The history of sporting failure on the Gold Coast extends well beyond the Suns. A trip down memory lane includes the following professional and heavily bankrolled teams all confined to the (often nose-candy driven) scrap-heap of history:

Rugby League: Seagulls, Gladiators, Chargers.

Soccer: Gold Coast United.

Basketball: Cougars, Rollers, Blaze.

Rugby Union: Aces (never even heard of them until I googled “failed Gold Coast sporting teams”).

Why is it so? Why do sporting teams located on the Gold Coast perennially fail to compete?

I think its best summed up by Rugby League deep thinker Brent Todd in the following 1992 interview:



Three decades later, professionalism still hasn’t quite arrived on the Gold Coast.

But – the Suns remain loaded with talent (on paper) and this can safely be classified as a danger game.

Win and the lid comes off.

Lose and … well …. the autopsy thread will be Pulitzer prize winning stuff.

The Teams

Nick Daicos is out for 6 weeks.

Does anything else really matter?

Not really.

But for those who can overcome their grief (Punts , hope you’re OK mate), Touk Miller does return for the Suns, after his holiday for squirrel gripping Dayne Zorko.

As an aside, I couldn’t help but notice that Touk’s squirrel was the only thing that earned the Gold Coast a mention in last week’s press.

From a PR perspective, it was therefore a masterstroke. Because for one tiny, fleeting, surreal moment, the Victorian press actually cared about the Gold Coast. Merchandise sales spiked in the aftermath.

Of course, then Bontempelli got a few kicks, Nick Daicos didn’t - and everything in the press (and commentary boxes) returned to situation normal.

Just on squirrel gripping and its historical use (for PR related purposes), the great Adam Goodes employed a similar tactic, under instruction from the Swans’ marketing department back in 2012. History has since acknowledged this (and the resultant media storm) as the sole reason Sydney membership numbers exploded in 2012. Many a PhD has been completed by post-graduate commerce students on that very topic.

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Please note, dear reader, that I do not endorse squirrel gripping on any sporting field. Having said that, I do, on occasion, wish my local café owner would administer a pointed squirrel grip to the hordes of lycra-clad Mamils that descend on the café at 9am every Sunday morning. There is simply no excuse for 50 year old men walking into a café with cut lunch on display. My view - squirrel gripping should be permitted, if administered by a qualified barista, as a means of repelling the growing plague of Mamils – because I honestly don’t know what other form of defense remains available to society.

But I digress.

In other teams news, Will Powell will miss, after suffering a nasty ankle injury. That’s actually a pretty significant out – Powell has been very, very good for the Suns this season. Of course, they’ll probably replace him with Alex Sexton, who’ll promptly kick 6.

On the Swans side of things – hard to see any changes, but until the dreaded injury update comes out mid-week, its impossible to know who has suffered a season-ending injury completely unbeknownst to all.

The Verdict

The Swans should win this one, given the form we’re in & what’s at stake.

But……..

Gold Coast have been a notorious bogey side in recent years. And it could be difficult for Horse to get the side up once again – the risk of a costly mental lapse must surely exist after the:

Battle of the Bridge

Silvertails vs Fibros

Big Brother vs Little Brother

Sydney Derby.

Nonetheless – Gold Coast are 14th for a reason and their finals hopes are now officially gone. Which in previous seasons has seen them collapse into late season awfulness of West Coastian proportions. Presumably because their mentality shifts into Brent Todd mode.

Swans to win and surge into the 8.

Exciting times. But a danger game.

Bravo! Brilliant preview!

 

[GotTheGoodes]

I have a Cereal take: pouring milk first and then cereal is the way to go. I know people will say I deserve the death penalty but it is what it is.

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Heathen.

 

[GotTheGoodes]

.... So.... How bout them GOLD COAST SUNS EY?!?!

 

[GotTheGoodes]

.... milk THEN cereal... Wtf.

 

[Jack Lord]

A brief and concise preview this week (hope that’s OK Ticky009 ) – partly because I’m pushed for time and partly because there’s not a lot to talk about when it comes to the Gold Coast.

Key Details

Sydney Swans (10th) vs Gold Coast Suns (14th).

Date: Saturday August 12.

Time: 1.45pm AEST.

Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground.

Weather: long range forecast is sunny & mild. Perfect footy weather. Buy your tickets now.

Preamble

Imagine the following scenario.

Geelong name a team including Matt Rowell, Touk Miller, Noah Andersen, Ben King, Jack Lukosius and Charlie Ballard.

How do you think they’d go?

If you’re like me – you’d instantly think “wow, quality side, top 4, no question”.

But alas, transpose those same names onto the Gold Coast and once again, it’s a case of bottom 6 mediocrity, yet another sacked coach and the usual year of nobody really cares.

Which is not surprising. The history of sporting failure on the Gold Coast extends well beyond the Suns. A trip down memory lane includes the following professional and heavily bankrolled teams all confined to the (often nose-candy driven) scrap-heap of history:

Rugby League: Seagulls, Gladiators, Chargers.

Soccer: Gold Coast United.

Basketball: Cougars, Rollers, Blaze.

Rugby Union: Aces (never even heard of them until I googled “failed Gold Coast sporting teams”).

Why is it so? Why do sporting teams located on the Gold Coast perennially fail to compete?

I think its best summed up by Rugby League deep thinker Brent Todd in the following 1992 interview:



Three decades later, professionalism still hasn’t quite arrived on the Gold Coast.

But – the Suns remain loaded with talent (on paper) and this can safely be classified as a danger game.

Win and the lid comes off.

Lose and … well …. the autopsy thread will be Pulitzer prize winning stuff.

The Teams

Nick Daicos is out for 6 weeks.

Does anything else really matter?

Not really.

But for those who can overcome their grief (Punts , hope you’re OK mate), Touk Miller does return for the Suns, after his holiday for squirrel gripping Dayne Zorko.

As an aside, I couldn’t help but notice that Touk’s squirrel was the only thing that earned the Gold Coast a mention in last week’s press.

From a PR perspective, it was therefore a masterstroke. Because for one tiny, fleeting, surreal moment, the Victorian press actually cared about the Gold Coast. Merchandise sales spiked in the aftermath.

Of course, then Bontempelli got a few kicks, Nick Daicos didn’t - and everything in the press (and commentary boxes) returned to situation normal.

Just on squirrel gripping and its historical use (for PR related purposes), the great Adam Goodes employed a similar tactic, under instruction from the Swans’ marketing department back in 2012. History has since acknowledged this (and the resultant media storm) as the sole reason Sydney membership numbers exploded in 2012. Many a PhD has been completed by post-graduate commerce students on that very topic.

View attachment 1766459

Please note, dear reader, that I do not endorse squirrel gripping on any sporting field. Having said that, I do, on occasion, wish my local café owner would administer a pointed squirrel grip to the hordes of lycra-clad Mamils that descend on the café at 9am every Sunday morning. There is simply no excuse for 50 year old men walking into a café with cut lunch on display. My view - squirrel gripping should be permitted, if administered by a qualified barista, as a means of repelling the growing plague of Mamils – because I honestly don’t know what other form of defense remains available to society.

But I digress.

In other teams news, Will Powell will miss, after suffering a nasty ankle injury. That’s actually a pretty significant out – Powell has been very, very good for the Suns this season. Of course, they’ll probably replace him with Alex Sexton, who’ll promptly kick 6.

On the Swans side of things – hard to see any changes, but until the dreaded injury update comes out mid-week, its impossible to know who has suffered a season-ending injury completely unbeknownst to all.

The Verdict

The Swans should win this one, given the form we’re in & what’s at stake.

But……..

Gold Coast have been a notorious bogey side in recent years. And it could be difficult for Horse to get the side up once again – the risk of a costly mental lapse must surely exist after the:

Battle of the Bridge

Silvertails vs Fibros

Big Brother vs Little Brother

Sydney Derby.

Nonetheless – Gold Coast are 14th for a reason and their finals hopes are now officially gone. Which in previous seasons has seen them collapse into late season awfulness of West Coastian proportions. Presumably because their mentality shifts into Brent Todd mode.

Swans to win and surge into the 8.

Exciting times. But a danger game.

Quality preview, Dubai Quacker !

 

[RedBloodBlackSwan]

Dippies or soldiers with your boiled egg?

You lost me at boiled egg

 

[MR0808]

.... milk THEN cereal... Wtf.

No wonder the world is going to crap, people aren't having a good morning

 

[DeathlyAccurate]

Mouthed off at an umpire.

Rumour that i just made up is that it was about whether cereal is a soup.

PS: It is.

Vsauce watcher?


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[DeathlyAccurate]

.... milk THEN cereal... Wtf.

Butter with Nutella and people dipping toast in tea? What a bunch of sociopaths.


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[Dubai Quacker]

Errol diagnosed with turf toe - 6 weeks*






* the above statement is completely false, but desperate times call for desperate measures & a bit of shock therapy was all I could think of to snap (crackle and pop) posters out of the cereal talk.

 

[GotTheGoodes]

Errol diagnosed with turf toe - 6 weeks*






* the above statement is completely false, but desperate times call for desperate measures & a bit of shock therapy was all I could think of to snap (crackle and pop) posters out of the cereal talk.

Please don't ever do that again.

I spat my coco pops all over the place...

 

[dosser]

still mooing is how I used to order it.

as for the cereal debate … bah!

the major debate which should be settled is very strong double espresso goes in the cup then the whiskey

Philistine!

 

[dosser]

A dash of water is the ONLY thing to have with your scotch. Unless it's blended, then have it with Vegemite, for all I care.

 

[Dubai Quacker]

A dash of water is the ONLY thing to have with your scotch. Unless it's blended, then have it with Vegemite, for all I care.

Is a single ice cube permissible?

I hope so, as I don’t want Vegemite anywhere near my single malt.

 

[dosser]

Is a single ice cube permissible?

I hope so, as I don’t want Vegemite anywhere near my single malt.

Nope. You put your thumb on the end of a straw in a glass of water then lift your thumb off when positioned over your glass of single malt. That's all the water you need, grasshopper.

 

[Wolftone]

It would be funny if they literally did have to drag Errol of the training track.

And then he pretends to be complying, only to dash off to run more laps.

Apparently he practices his skills when everyone else goes in. Ever wondered why he is such a good kick? It doesn't just happen. I had plenty of talent but as soon as I discovered beer I did not put enough work in on the track. I put the work into bending the elbow.

He starts off with a high skills base but develops them to superior skills. That goal on the weekend is near impossible to kick on the run. The level of skill required is off the charts. His endurance is off the charts

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[sataris]

Nope. You put your thumb on the end of a straw in a glass of water then lift your thumb off when positioned over your glass of single malt. That's all the water you need, grasshopper.

The correct amount of vermouth in a martini is none.

Also martini's made of vodka are not martinis!

They are vodkatinis, or as known in my house, "please leave"

 

[BloodySwan]

A dash of water is the ONLY thing to have with your scotch. Unless it's blended, then have it with Vegemite, for all I care.

There's nothing wrong with blended Scotch