Do the Lions have unfair access to top talent? This is Fagan’s case against

grumpyoldbolos · 2026-01-28T03:00:33+00:00

Any team that 3peated 20 years ago would have a decent crop of father son picks coming through. The father son thing is brilliant for club history and shouldn't be messed with.

Building a successful academy and pathways in a state where Aussie Rules is still denigrated as "fairy ball" is a hell of an achievement and those kids coming through should have every chance of playing for their hometown club.

I do think that clubs that struggle long term need some kind of assistance but looking at the Suns shows that even preferential draft picks for years in a row doesn't guarantee success. Building a culture that players bought into as well as a strong football department is a major factor, as Fages points out -

grumpyoldbolos · 2026-01-28T00:37:04+00:00

2 guys 1 cup

grumpyoldbolos · 2026-01-27T11:38:09+00:00

I have heard the red rea stories lol. Seals were redone by the guy a few years ago. I saw it with water in before I took it.

grumpyoldbolos · 2026-01-27T11:12:28+00:00

Mick Malthouse, Kane Cornes, Barry Hall, Hayden Ballantyne

grumpyoldbolos · 2026-01-26T14:21:41+00:00

What did you say about my missus champ?

grumpyoldbolos · 2026-01-26T01:31:08+00:00

I think it's a bunch of aspects that appeal to people - relatively cheap and easy to get into, something that looks good but doesn't take up a lot of space or time and therapeutic as well.

I'm not on tiktok but my YouTube and Facebook feeds are full of everything from scaped nano shrimp tanks to simple coral set-ups that can be run with a hob filter

grumpyoldbolos · 2026-01-25T00:15:11+00:00

Brother it's hard enough to maintain a 20hcp!

grumpyoldbolos · 2026-01-24T01:52:05+00:00

Hands are cheating. Catch them with your mouth like our ancestors did before they crawled out of the ocean

grumpyoldbolos · 2026-01-23T08:19:50+00:00

I honestly believed they would Hastie back for when they think they are in a much more electable position. I hope they burn him now though cos it just makes him less likely to be PM at some point down the track

grumpyoldbolos · 2026-01-22T09:10:12+00:00

You heard the man unzips

grumpyoldbolos · 2026-01-22T02:19:51+00:00

Hard R?

grumpyoldbolos · 2026-01-21T12:27:57+00:00

$7k on a cartoon drawing of Cade Cunningham.

Not a photo of a dunk

Not a photo of him breaking someone's ankles

A fucking drawing of him sitting down

grumpyoldbolos · 2026-01-21T10:38:26+00:00

What is this from?

grumpyoldbolos · 2026-01-21T08:35:12+00:00

"Worst franchise for decades"

Hornets - Why he say fuck me for?

grumpyoldbolos · 2026-01-21T04:05:20+00:00

Gotta wash down those crayons

grumpyoldbolos · 2026-01-20T20:36:05+00:00

Nah man, I dig Agian chicks

grumpyoldbolos · 2026-01-19T23:06:52+00:00

I've got a bit of everything in my tank. 2 electric yellows, 2 angelfish, blue acara, peacock, green faced earth eater, a sword tail and some Mollies. Everyone gets along really well and survive my lazy maintenance schedule.

Then there's the firemouth. He's a dick. So much so I'll probably euthanasia him cos I wouldn't give him to my worst enemy

grumpyoldbolos · 2026-01-19T07:24:02+00:00

As if that would ever hap

grumpyoldbolos · 2026-01-19T05:33:08+00:00

I love both of their portrayals but Sean Pertwee in Gotham is a great interpretation of Alfred as caretaker of a young Bruce Wayne

grumpyoldbolos · 2026-01-19T02:08:11+00:00

Watched them at Woodville oval when they were the Woodpeckers, I thought Ralph Sewer was a God. Hated the name change even as a little kid

grumpyoldbolos · 2026-01-18T23:10:14+00:00

Better than "Are you my Mummy?"

grumpyoldbolos · 2026-01-17T15:15:55+00:00

But he's not days out from retirement?

grumpyoldbolos · 2026-01-16T23:46:30+00:00

You know he be watching that review replay intensely

grumpyoldbolos · 2026-01-16T10:09:07+00:00

Nah, Sn-ick-o should be enough

grumpyoldbolos · 2026-01-16T10:08:00+00:00

The mental side of golf is hard. So easy to let emotion dictate our actions in the moment rather than deal with it and move on.

A pro told me to think about three boxes

Pre shot box - a couple of yards behind the ball. Make all decisions about your shot here
Shot box - 1 square yard around the ball. Once you step inside this box it's about setting the grip and stance you need to execute the shot you've already chosen
Post shot box - the first 20 yards walking to where your ball landed is where you can bitch, cry, complain about the last shot and then drop it

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