Nick's Posting XXII - Round 19 2014

[Tannin]

When the side is struggling, all a coach can do is look for demonstrated form on the training track and pick 'em on their merits. No coach's favourites need apply: if you ain't been tearing it up on the track, there will be a young Nickster out there this week wearing your gurnsey.

So who has caught the coach's eye this week and cracked it for a senior game?

Beast has been very active and - unusually for him - also been cool-headed and clearly focussed as well as forceful and direct. Is that a New, Intelligent Football Brain he's wearing? Will it transform his game? Can Beast match it with Port's big men? Let's find out. You're starting in the ruck, son. Show us your stuff.

Swoop 42 has been outstanding. So good, in fact, that he's forced his way into the side and will start in the forward pocket. Keen students of the game will notice that he's already playing in the centre and has, in fact, captained the side all year. Not a problem: the lad's in form, we will give him the extra responsibility and see how he goes.

Young Go Woodsmen has been flying under the radar for a while now. We have promoted him from the rookie list this week for his first senior game. He will start in the green vest on Sunday. Do us proud, son! Magpietothemax comes into the 25 on the strength of three magic words in an excellent post which most of you may not have noticed - possibly the three most astute and insightful words in the posting lexicon. Watch this space, the boy has talent and style. He will be first emergency on Sunday, and fast-tracked towards further promotion is he can repeat the dose in future weeks.

What'sinaname is nothing if not consistent and this week he has been right up to his usual standard, which is why he was not considered for selection in the senior side. Mugwump is another consistent poster, always there or there-abouts, seldom recognised with Posting 22 selection, I dunno why. Well, actually I do know why: he has never offered the Coach a bribe, and generally even avoids flattery. But I'm going to break a rule this time and pick him anyway. Welcome to the madhouse, Mugwump, you're on the half-back flank and I expect to see you drilling that long, low left-footer of yours straight up one of Sixpoints nostrils. (You decide which one. I'm not a micro-manager.)

OK, I admit it: Defender is a loud-mouthed, opiniated old piss-pot, so what's he doing in the team? Replacing one or two other loud-mouthed, opiniated old piss-pots, that's what. I mean, after all, what other sort of player do we ever select in Nick's Posting XXII? He's a natural.

[jackcass]

Start the push to clone Swoop, worst case scenario is we'd end up with a pet goat for a mascot.

[Tannin]

You mean we don't already? Then what is Woftam for?

[John Wren]

this is a discrace. corpertate footy at its worst.
this is worse then ever. how do posters like swoop get there games. this is an outrage, those.

[swoop42]

Redlight told me to stop spawning.

I've shown him.

You just can't keep a good goat down.












And let me tell you I've tried.

[Tannin]

What is corpertate footy and what does one do with it? Possibilities that cross one's mind include drinking it, smoking it, and shoving it up one's unmentionable orifice, but these are merely uninformed speculations.

[Breadcrawl]

Swoop's new avatar is almost as hot as his last one

[rocketronnie]

Clearly most members of this team have got digital images of this coach's night time activities, as that is the only way most of them will get a game. Which chicken farm was it again? I've heard he doesn't care if they are free range or caged.

[rocketronnie]

[Piesnchess]

Dropped again, the side could rue the day for my omission. at least I have my dogs and the goat for company.

[stui magpie]

[3.14159]

Arf a League, arph a league,
Half an League onward,
Charging the Barrels of old Port
Rode the Nick's posting 22.
"Forward, Nick's 22!
"Charge for the barrels!" he said:
Into the valley of Goats
Rode the posting 22 brigade
....
Goats to right of them,
goats to left of them,
Goats behind them
The coach volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with cold dim-sim and p.ms.
While goat and hero fell,
They that had posted so well
Came thro' the jaws of Nick's bulletin board
Back from the mouth of HAL,
All that was left of the barrel of olde Port was
3.14149...etc ...and a few others (but they were legless by then).
~
Our valiant coach was right behind his brave men.
...(About 20 k's behind)!

[Mugwump]

Flattery ? Bribes ? Jeez coach, who d'you has been delivering pizza to your door every night for the last week ? The Domino's delivery boy ? Well, actually, ok, I admit it, it was the Domino's delivery boy - but if you stop ringing us, we'll stop delivering.

By the way, a ballsy selection putting Beast in the ruck - he's bound to get a six-week layoff from the MRP for intentional, head-high high-impact contact to half of his own side.

[woftam]

[swoop42]