Timothy Reddan-A'Blew

How to react to this morning's mail, after my <cough> 'contrasting' experiences at Casey and Docklands on the weekend?!

Anything this morning we can rail against? Or do we have the unicorn moment when they're all absolutely correct?

Thank you, 'bub! Thread back on ('off'?😄) track!

...however, tempering the awfulness of this new record tonight, it's sort of arbitrary, established between the arbitrary markers, within the whole game, of 3/4 time and full time. A Reddit poster notes (subject to checking, someone?) that the 'biggest “turnaround” in shortest time might be Sydney vs St Kilda, Rd 7 1994. Saints were down by 41 points with only 9 minutes left on the clock in the final quarter and came out 1 point winners'. The Saints took much longer to melt us this time... We may have the 'biggest' full-final-quarter meltdown but not the 'worst' final-quarter meltdown. That's as nice as I'm prepared to be tonight.

Arguably we own 'first' AND 'second' - a poster elsewhere noted our lead in the 1992 Bombers game stretched to 47 points at the 4 minute mark of the last...

Nothing perceived by the crowd, other than 'Baaaaalll!' for the Saint's tackle then 'Baaaaallll! for Bowey's. Hopefully Michael's at the game and not watching his TV...

Looks like you came in the wrong side, 'Numbers'? I did have to ask a couple of times where they'd hidden the 'vertical transport', but otherwise OK access (albeit arriving after game had started...)

With my slightly dodgy eyes from the level 3 gods, it looks like we're spanking the Pies. Nice, in my dreams.

My 'down on herself' comment arose after she 'dropped' a contested mark near the goal square. She followed up strongly, kept the ball in, got it inboard, and a teammate's goal resulted. But as others celebrated and the ball made its way back to the centre she was shaking her head and punching her sides. However, she showed a much lighter side joking with the Dees-staff goal ump when the ball was away.

That's a good 'Good lord', I presume? I particularly liked her team-oriented efforts -her worm-burner to McNamara was a gem. She still gets down on herself when she thinks she's stuffed up (she shouldn't, and she generally hasn't anyway!)

I wondered, too, BBP. In the 7 completed games, the average margin is 67.86 points. From afltables, the greatest average margin for a round was 77.33 points, in Round 21, 1986, but only 6 games were played. The greatest for 7 games is 69.14. We're ahead of the 8-games record (66.88). The tables go down to 20th-worst (63.83) with no 9-game entrant. With Collingwood playing Richmond, and who knows what will happen in 'that other game', I reckon Round 20, 2025 has the 9-gamer in the bag! If the round gives 77.33 a push, I hope we're on the right end of it!!!! (proudly, we contributed well to the current record - an 85-point demolition of North)

Thanks, A. So, 3 talls, eh? Hmmm... May further explain some of the drop off from the cracking show in the first half! And we watch, fingers crossed... Yes, the mids, and their back and forward links, were a fabulous group. As said earlier, it's going to be fun! 😊

No injuries queried, or mentioned by 'Brew', so all clear, it seems? Goodo!

They should be - they seemed to be in everything! 😊

All over, 9.8 to 4.4 (so Hawks by 2 points in 2nd half - they lifted their own movement). Anyone see who the injury was? (backline, other end from me) A tall; Gillard? Harris blood-ruled, too, I think.

1/2 time at the Hawks praccy game. 7.8 already (to Hawks 2.2). 8 on bench, so squad hit-out. General impression, super ball movement, marking, speed, attack on the ball, and tackling. And great team spirit. (I'm not good at picking out individuals, sorry) So, yes!

👏👏 And it's never too late (🎶 for the learning(s)🎶?) I'm at the girls' hit-out v. Hawks atm. Then boys v. Saints: let's 🎶See What Tomorrow Brings🎶

That's me clutching at straws, by the way, not you, Mr @Redleg! 😄

Oops! So you did, Red. My bad!😬 Clutching at straws, were Hogan and McDonald in the 7? (with Jackson, Bedford, Grundy, Jordon and Neal-Bullen (though you didn't mention Crows)?) They'd be 'disqualified', too...

That's sobering, isn't it... Although, it is offset somewhat by the draft outcomes that followed. And perhaps a bit harsh on Langdon's, Melksham's, May's and Lever's participations. Ironic, too, that this discussion is in this thread. His was a loss I don't think we (eventually) felt we suffered for! 😄

Goodwin was pretty specific (for him) in his presser on trading being part of this year's post season activity, even noting it as as distinct from concentration on the draft in the last few. Does team selection have anything to do with keeping trade prospects 'on show'?

Of course, GD. My point was that that particular number was so readily used by him, as opposed to, say, the more obviously rounded - and desirable - '300'. This, supported by him saying 'plus 50 games at Casey' ('rationalising' himself past a '300'), hinted at him recognising (expecting?) an end short of the opportunity to reach 300 in 2028.

At the end he says he 'has his head on' 2 more years, 'maybe 3'. Earlier he refers to 290 as his last game, currently on 240, i.e. 2 years including (premiership-winning?!) finals and the occasional 'managed'? So, we have him for 2026 and 2027. Then, maybe 2028 at a stretch.

Bang! Bang! BANG!

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