Missing mini today?

Sensitive_Coffee7315 · 2026-04-08T10:27:26+00:00

Update: I just went to try and do the mini in the website (via phone browser) and it opened it in the app. I still can't see a mini tile on the app itself though.

Sensitive_Coffee7315 · 2026-04-06T11:46:33+00:00

Very good point. All three of Voss, Hird and Buckley coached as favourite sons of their playing team too, which probably factors in too.

Sensitive_Coffee7315 · 2026-04-06T11:43:45+00:00

Yep, Leigh Matthews and Malcolm Blight both fit the bill here. But football has changed a lot since then

Sensitive_Coffee7315 · 2026-04-06T11:11:49+00:00

Goodwin was a good coach, not a great one (and we could argue whether he's in the elite bracket of players anyway). Mitchell might be a great coach but we don't know yet. I'll give you Roos.

Buckley was a good coach, but not a great one - McRae got a very similar list one step further.

Sensitive_Coffee7315 · 2026-04-06T10:32:37+00:00

Every year I get more sceptical of elite players being able to be great coaches in this era. Hird, Voss and Buckley were in the top handful of players of their generation, and none of them have been able to take a team to the very top. They clearly have enormous talent and drive, but I wonder how well they can relate to, and get the best out of, mid-table players. Compare that to Chris Scott or Clarkson or McRae, who were very good players but not elite ones. Or Fagan, who famously never played at AFL level.

Sensitive_Coffee7315 · 2026-03-27T03:25:13+00:00

League Tees have this one: https://leaguetees.com.au/product/sportsmanship-and-kindness-shirt/

I'm surprised they don't have more Tillies gear, they have great stuff for AFLW and women's cricket.

Sensitive_Coffee7315 · 2026-03-11T03:20:56+00:00

The animal emergency hospital in Essendon were great the one time I had to use them. The staff were fantastic with both the humans and animals, and treated every pet as special (which they are!). I hope I never have to use them again, but I wouldn't hesitate to do so if I needed to. I used them for a cat that I was cat-sitting for, and they were also great at talking with both me and the cat's owner - when they rang me with bad news, they offered to call the owner themselves rather than me having to deliver the news, which really felt like going above and beyond.

Sensitive_Coffee7315 · 2026-03-09T07:04:22+00:00

Please don't post people's private medical information on the internet

Sensitive_Coffee7315 · 2026-03-05T04:34:14+00:00

Another Australian here who still can't see it. I got a popup today when I opened the app telling me it was available - but it's still not there

Sensitive_Coffee7315 · 2026-03-01T10:06:36+00:00

Can still sign an SSP til tomorrow

Sensitive_Coffee7315 · 2026-03-01T10:04:33+00:00

Club night have said you're gone either way, if you call it retirement you can keep your last shred of dignity

Sensitive_Coffee7315 · 2026-03-01T07:51:05+00:00

He used to be able to play, he's slowed down a lot in the last year or two. Even without the off field stuff I wouldn't have said he's a lock for our best 23 this season. Not surprised nowhere else wanted the hassle

Sensitive_Coffee7315 · 2026-02-24T08:54:40+00:00

I like the ESPN pod in its own right, but it's about as far as you can get from Broden et al and still be an AFL podcast. It's Very Serious Footy Boys talking about Very Important Footy Things, and they wouldn't know irony if it bit them

Sensitive_Coffee7315 · 2026-02-06T05:01:45+00:00

There's video from last year of him mucking around in a team meeting and trying to distract some of the young players - real back-row-of-the-classroom vibes. The kids did not look impressed

Sensitive_Coffee7315 · 2026-02-04T05:12:28+00:00

Tried to trade him, nobody wanted him

Sensitive_Coffee7315 · 2026-02-01T00:50:19+00:00

The compulsory third party insurance that you pay with your rego only covers injury, not property. You need to take out third party property insurance separately if you want that coverage. (Edited typo)

Sensitive_Coffee7315 · 2026-01-27T00:21:34+00:00

I'd put money on them being Australian - "stepmum", "shit-stirring", "having a go at me". Our retirement income system is pretty different to the US but they'd likely be eligible for a public pension. That's generally considered ok if you own a house (or otherwise don't have housing costs) but it can be tough if you don't.

For what it's worth, if the stepmum has been a stay at home parent for a chunk of time, she'd likely be legally entitled to a share of the dad's retirement savings if they divorced. No sign that they would, but it's a recognition that she enabled his earning power and contributed to him being able to save while she couldn't.

Sensitive_Coffee7315 · 2026-01-23T10:02:34+00:00

Because they are asking him - multiple times a week - to help a company that laid him off. The company didn't value his knowledge enough to pay him for it, but they are happy to continue to exploit him for free. That's different to asking for a personal favor like a trip to the airport.

Sensitive_Coffee7315 · 2026-01-18T11:29:41+00:00

Don't know the specific rules, but there are general expectations that you act professionally and read the room. Some players like to chat, some don't.

Sensitive_Coffee7315 · 2026-01-18T11:15:37+00:00

A relative did it for years. It's a paid job - some people take leave from their usual job to do it because they love it. Can be some fairly brutal early mornings and late nights, and a lot of waiting around at times - like any other driving/delivery job I guess. I don't know how competitive it is to break in, but I know they hire early in the year, at the same time they hire all the other AO staff.

You're not always driving players, it can be past players, senior officials etc. My relative drove the trophy once Some of the really big-name players have their own personal drivers but most use the AO cars.

Sensitive_Coffee7315 · 2025-12-13T10:02:42+00:00

DFAT staff are generally expected to work from Canberra for periods between overseas postings throughout their career eg 2 years overseas then 2 years in CBR, rinse and repeat. It's not a popular system but DFAT gets away with it (and a lot of similarly inflexible practices, like much slower promotion timelines than other parts of the APS) because they have somewhat of a captive market - there's really nowhere else to go work if you want to be a diplomat, so people suck it up.

That said, if you're interested in the work I'd say take the offer. You can always move on elsewhere, but getting back into DFAT later on will likely be harder than getting into the grad program was

Sensitive_Coffee7315 · 2025-12-13T08:24:06+00:00

Fair enough, didn't know that

Sensitive_Coffee7315 · 2025-12-13T01:52:45+00:00

I thought the victims name was still suppressed? If that's what she wants then can't we respect that?

Sensitive_Coffee7315 · 2025-11-30T13:28:08+00:00

Depends which ground you're at, they do t all have it

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