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3 hours ago, whatwhat say what said:

nah, i'd rather win games than have a moral victory

14 out of 18/19 games is a Bazball winning total. We got out of jail in Fourth Test and cheated another Lords  result 2 series in row. I was at both. 
 

 

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    22 hours ago, Tarax Club said:

    So get out the abacuses, slide rules, Casio desk calculators, power up the IBM mainframe and call in the statistical analyst think tank.

    Q. To ‘objectively’ decide what?

    A. Max Gawn as a ruck man ‘qualitatively’ has the greatest influence on team success of any of the ruck men in the land.

    It's the contested marks that is the difference - 2.3/match, more than 50% better than all comers.

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    Here are Gawn's stats for 2023 with and without Grundy.

    Metric With
    Grundy     		Without
    Grundy     		Diff
    Matches 14 8 -6
    Time On Ground % 78.1 86.2 +8.1
    Rating Points 12.3 16.6 +4.3
    Disposals 14.7 20.8 +6.0
    Metres Gained 229.4 320.0 +90.6
    Centre Bounce Attendance % 49.7 88.0 +38.3
    Clearances 3.4 5.9 +2.5
    Marks 4.2 5.4 +1.2
    Contested Marks 2.2 2.5 +0.3
    Intercept Marks 1.2 1.6 +0.4
    Goals 7 3 -4
    Score Involvement % 17.3 23.7 +6.4
    Tackles 2.0 2.0 +0.0
    Ruck Contest % 47.3 75.0 +27.8
    Hitouts 21.8 32.5 +10.7
    Hitouts Win % 50.8 47.0 -3.8
    Hitouts To Advantage % 29.5 30.8 +1.3
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    Cheers appreciate the abstract,  summary and key points fellas. So that finally puts to bed the supposed benefits of the Tapp brothers synergism. KISS and make up works a treat.

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    On 01/02/2024 at 20:38, John Demonic said:

     

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    AFL Journo's posting trade rumours on Feb 1st

     

    I reckon Ive seen this critter at Casey!!

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    15 hours ago, 58er said:

    14 out of 18/19 games is a Bazball winning total. We got out of jail in Fourth Test and cheated another Lords  result 2 series in row. I was at both. 
     

     

    don't be absurd; there was no cheating

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    On 03/02/2024 at 16:55, 58er said:

    14 out of 18/19 games is a Bazball winning total. We got out of jail in Fourth Test and cheated another Lords  result 2 series in row. I was at both. 
     

     

    Think 13 from 20 is the accurate figure.

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    Pay decent money for a guy who obviously wants to be no.1 ruck? What could possibly go wrong!

    Real talk though he'd be a worthy successor, hard to know when that will be though. 

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    • 2 weeks later...

    Gary’s got the beard again! Splendid! 

    Tim, teenage bomber prodigy. Is he just bored or has the little man on the inside gone awol?

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    Maxy took unders on his last contract so we could re-sign our other stars on long deals and will play for another 3 years if he remains uninjured. I actually thought that Petts did really well playing as our tall marking outlet from defence when Max dropped back.  

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    2 hours ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

    Maxy took unders on his last contract so we could re-sign our other stars on long deals and will play for another 3 years if he remains uninjured. I actually thought that Petts did really well playing as our tall marking outlet from defence when Max dropped back.  

    So Max has 3 more years of his contract.?
    He took unders - can you explain this please?

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    1 minute ago, Dingo said:

    So Max has 3 more years of his contract.?
    He took unders - can you explain this please?

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    Hi Dingo. He's hinted himself that he took less than market value when he signed his last contract in order to ensure there was enough left in the kitty to re-sign the likes of Gus and Vines to long term deals when other clubs were sniffing around them both. He might only have one year left on that contract (I think?) but I think he could play for another three at a high level, making it less than likely that we target another No.1 ruckman for at least two of those years. 

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    2 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

    Good news.  He’s soft. 

    Let's try for Ugle-Hagen and/or Bont instead.

    I remember years ago posters would say ... let's offer next year's first pick ... and Bate and Dunn!! Not sure who the current versions of Bate and Dunn are!!   

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    On 12/08/2024 at 21:47, Winners at last said:

    Let's try for Ugle-Hagen and/or Bont instead.

    I remember years ago posters would say ... let's offer next year's first pick ... and Bate and Dunn!! Not sure who the current versions of Bate and Dunn are!!   

    Tomlinson and Chandler?

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    Bulldogs taking dangerously long contracts with players, like we do…

    or just locking up their best talent, like every other club does?

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