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14 minutes ago, old55 said:

Poor judge further proves his poverty.

Isn't he just a bogan Norf supporter.  Not exactly a balanced view

 
20 minutes ago, Salems Lot said:

Isn't he just a bogan Norf supporter.  Not exactly a balanced view

From recollection he’s a Pies fan.

2 hours ago, Katrina Dee Fan said:

You don't get scores per se in VCE, it's a ranking (confusing considering they call it a "study score").  If you are able to show in your outcomes that you know the content and can demonstrate the skills, you get a satisfactory outcome of an individual are of study.  For example if you get an ATAR of 85, it means you performed better than 85% of the state. A semester may have up to four areas of study - if you fail one you fail the semester - in Year 12 that means the whole year (you have to achieve a satisfactory for all areas of study to pass the subject.) You only get your VCE if you can pass 16 units across the two years. A unit is semester long, with Unit 3 (semester 1 in Year 12) being the rerequisite for Unit 4 (semester 2 in Year 12).  You can go unscored which means you still get your VCE, you just don't get an ATAR.

Ah right so as long as you pass those 16 units you're ok. 

 
1 minute ago, ChaserJ said:

From recollection he’s a Pies fan.

his twitter handle seems to focus pretty heavily on the Shi*boners

People get far too focused on who “won” or “lost” trade period. 
We were roundly rated a B+ for getting Ben Brown while losing Hannan and Preuss in 2020 but it led to a flag the very next year. Geelong were seen as a loser in the 2021 trade period losing Clarke, Kruger and others and only bringing in Segler and some picks (that led to Stengle), they filled their need with Stengle and won a flag.

The fact is that a true challenger is unlikely to set up their flag tilt in the trade period, the bulk of the list needs to be set, we had Trac, Oliver, May, Lever, Gawn, Langdon, Kozzie already set and brought in a key forward who turned out to be all we needed 2020-21. Geelong had their midfield, backline and forwards already set, needed a small forward and some changes to strategy, flag. 

We went in needing a quality ruckman, tick, a quality wing/outside mid, tick (although I think Hunter will have stiff competition in Jordon, Woey and Howes), KPF, realistically there were none available, especially when we started without any first round picks. 

Draft best available at 13, a KP or ruck at 37 (if 13 isn’t one), Rookie a developing ruck and/or an established back up ruck and have a look at a lockdown running defender and we’re set.
 

The upside on our list is massive, we came second in the H&A and were ahead in both our finals with Petracca injured and having a shocker in front of goal all year, Max sore down on form, Salem totally out of sorts, Ben Brown barely able to move, TMac out all second half of the season, Langdon down the second half of the year, Lever sore all year, Sparrow a bit off, ANB well off his 2021 form, no Bowey, No JVR, no Jordon, no Chandler, no Disco, Tomlinson struggling. If even half those players get back to their best or break into the team we’re elite. Only Oliver, Viney, May, Petty and Fritsch were consistently at their best in our run home, that’s a huge upside. We’ve added some needs and will add some young talent, who cares if we won trade period, let’s win the whole thing again!

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