DannyBoyFromOz

stolen from a FB group. you sure you werent stolen from a FB group yourself?

Holocaust jokes aren't funny, Anne frankly I wont stand for them myself.

19 please

I've actually followed the team since its inception in 98, and whilst I'm pretty gutted by whats happened I'm not really surprised. The NRL itself is a farce, calling itself the "National" Rugby Leauge when it only incorporates 2 states and reluctantly 1 team from Victoria. Most NRL fans have never wanted a Melbourne side and would have been absolutely seething that the Storm have basically dominated the competition for the amount of time they have. Sure they've "cheated" but this salary cap business is such a wank that the only way a team can stay successful and retain their players, as demonstrated by this, is by cheating the system. So basically if this is to be the death of the Storm I will quite happily give up any interest in the sport and I hope all the good players realize that to make any money they've got to head to England which is already happening. I'll continue to support them as long as their alive, if only to hope to deny those north of the border any further satisfaction in our demise. But that's the problem with all ball sports in OZ Rules are really based in in Victoria & S Australia League is Queensland & NSW Union is a middle class sport (rather an UPPER middle class sport in OZ) played in public schools everywhere The $$$$ chasers have tried to expand the games country wide but it hasn't really worked Don't agree with you 100% there, Aussie Rules has done a pretty good job going country wide, 2 teams in Western Australia, 2 in South Australia. The rugby dominated states of NSW and Queensland are both getting new teams in the next two years so they'll both have 2 teams as well. And the existing teams in those two states have arguably been very successful with both having around 30,000 members each and winning 4 premierships between them in the last decade. The only two states in Australia that dont have an AFL side are the Northern Territory and Tasmania who are traditionally Aussie Rules states. Football on the other hand has the potential to grow and grow. It's suffered badly in previous years under inept leadership and organization, but everything the FFA have done in recent times can only promote the game more, coupled with the National team's involvement in major tournaments like the World Cup

I've actually followed the team since its inception in 98, and whilst I'm pretty gutted by whats happened I'm not really surprised. The NRL itself is a farce, calling itself the "National" Rugby Leauge when it only incorporates 2 states and reluctantly 1 team from Victoria. Most NRL fans have never wanted a Melbourne side and would have been absolutely seething that the Storm have basically dominated the competition for the amount of time they have. Sure they've "cheated" but this salary cap business is such a wank that the only way a team can stay successful and retain their players, as demonstrated by this, is by cheating the system. So basically if this is to be the death of the Storm I will quite happily give up any interest in the sport and I hope all the good players realize that to make any money they've got to head to England which is already happening. I'll continue to support them as long as their alive, if only to hope to deny those north of the border any further satisfaction in our demise.

Lakeside Drive, as far as I know, extends from the track to an intersection which is maintained as public road whereas the circuit part of the road continues into a...circuit. It may not be "open" to the public as such but the road with which it intersects that he was pulled over on is all open. As for these "hoon" laws, as stupid and Summer Bay sounding they are, were implemented in the past year or so to try and counteract and discourage illegal street racing and dangerous driving. Was thought that the threat of immediate impounding would be enough to keep some of those who value their cars so much from risking it.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/formula-o...o-1225846192192 was trying to find something to help explain

Lewis Hamilton just been pulled over by Melbourne police after "dangerous driving" whilst leaving the Albert Park track.

Was actually watching this when it happened, thought it was brilliant, apparently it was on an email sent to him labeled urgent and to read now, poor bastard

Blokes a nutter, ultra conservative journalist over here who basically argues against or slags anything with an idea that might be even slightly left of center, doesn't matter if its a domestic or international issue. He's been on about climate change being bollocks before but everyone basically ignored him, so its not surprising to see him come out with this shite.

Would love to see us make it out of the group stages again, not expecting anything more than that. However if we are to be bundled out in the knockout stages I don't think I could handle another heart breaker like the game vs. Italy. Very interested to see how they structure the pots considering there's quite a few teams some people may regard as being "weaker".

James (Robinson 46 mins), G Neville (Mills 46 mins), R Ferdinand (Brown 46 mins), Campbell (King 46 mins), A Cole (Konchesky 46 mins), Beckham (Hargreaves 46 mins), Lampard (Murphy 46 mins), Scholes (Jenas 46 mins), Dyer (Vassell 46 mins), Beattie (Jeffers 46 mins), Owen (Rooney 46 mins). Subs Not Used: Wright, J Cole, Upson, Parker, Davis. (Full Squad) Weak England side that looks

Easy mistake to make.

Anyone going?

Cheers, will have a look at those. Might be useful to clean up cat vomit

Have been wanting to read one for quite a while now and now finally have some time to. Was just wanting to know of those who have read any which they would recommend as there seems to be quite a few, cheers.

I'm a Victory supporter, been to a few games this year and crowds have definitely been down so far, but I think it is due to the AFL and NRL seasons and also that we haven't really had any of the big crowd pulling matches v. Syd and Adelaide. Would be surprised if crowd numbers don't pick up in the coming weeks. Don't think the quality has varied at all though, although i've sat through some fairly ordinary games this year. what's an average for attendances , lads? I think Victory's for last season was about 27,500 which is the highest for the league, the rest were anywhere between 7 and 13,000.

I'm a Victory supporter, been to a few games this year and crowds have definitely been down so far, but I think it is due to the AFL and NRL seasons and also that we haven't really had any of the big crowd pulling matches v. Syd and Adelaide. Would be surprised if crowd numbers don't pick up in the coming weeks. Don't think the quality has varied at all though, although i've sat through some fairly ordinary games this year.

Australia: Melbourne Victory Germany: Bayern & FSV Frankfurt France: Marseilles Spain: Sevilla & Barca

At least give him a name change, it's worked so far for Armchair Penis

Whats Roeder up to these days?

RIP Sir Bobby . He was the man that confirmed my love for Newcastle and indeed football itself. Sad that he had to go with the club the way it is at the moment, shows you the type of person he was showing his commitment to the end.

Bit disillusioned by some of the decisions made by Ponting in the last session. Siddle should have had more overs and Hauritz was overused imo. Match that should have been won

Task is starting to look a bit harder for you guys now with Flintoff gone. Haven't seen much of this England tail end before, do they have the mettle to hold out?

So playing for the draw today?