—coach—

Subi is long amd skinny (175x122m) compared to MCG (160x141m). plus game is at Perth Staduim not Subi, as per mono below, which is also longer (5m) and skinnier (11m) than the G. Still think he will do well though ?

Here is a list of our staff for those interested: http://m.melbournefc.com.au/club/people/staff-members As per Danelska’s reply above, David Williams is our sports psych.

Do you mean Leading Teams? https://www.leadingteams.net.au/ If so, I don’t hunk they are involved. Roos used them at Sydney for ages, Hawks as well. Don’t think we used them as much.

Restricted free agent, we would only need to look at trade options if WC decide to match our offer to him. So first base is to make an offer and see what they do

It’s 11m narrower and 5m longer

Just a question, was last years game at Subiaco or the new Perth stadium?

talk ad nauseum about ground dimensions and how we play better on narrower grounds. Then find some stats on our win loss percentage based on grounds 5/10/15/20m narrower than the G, then request we play all our home games at Adelaide oval as we love that ground

https://optusstadium.com.au/factsheets/afl-fact-sheet/

Hmmm that’s interesting. His dad swims laps at the pool I coach at, so will ask him when I see him next.

11 according to this: https://optusstadium.com.au/factsheets/afl-fact-sheet/

Yep it is: https://optusstadium.com.au/factsheets/afl-fact-sheet/

Oops sorry about that, stupidly trusted wiki which gave dimensions fence to fence not playing surface. Ground is definitely narrower though.

Interestingly Kenyan marathon runners don’t get navicular injuries and they run for thousands of kilometers in bare feet. There is some interesting research around to suggest the more you wear super supportive runners the more likely you are to get foot injuries because the foot no longer has to, or can do what it’s designed for. Also you loose propreoception between the foot and the ground leading to different running style (longer stride length and increased rearfoot strike) (studies of those with rearfoot strike versus forefoot strike report far greater injury rates in rearfoot strikers) when you then put on footy boots and no longer have the full support and cushioning of your runners, the loads in the foot can be through the roof. As the body works in a use it or lose system the runners are in effect weakening the foot muscles and also forcing you to walk differently. another study looked at injury rates in fitness runners pre and post the inception of the early Nike running shoes. Prior to that Dunlop vollys were the most popular running shoe (and we all know how little support they have). Injury rates went though the roof after the “modern” Nike’s became the norm. There are many sports dudes now training athletes in other sports in bare feet with great effect. Problem is in footy you have to kick a ball on the soft top part of your foot so some form of footware is necessary for some of the time. From my own experience I had plantar faciatis for 15 months and did everything the physio told me to do including wearing expensive shoes, ortodics, inserts, heal raisers etc and nothing was helping. At the suggestion of the S+C coach that I employ for my atheletes, I made one change to cheap ($80 versus $200+) Under Armours with bugger all support in them and the problem went away within weeks with no other change to what I was doing. Edit: ignore the change in font size, no idea why that happened.

Agree Sydney are the weakest team we play in the last 3, but reckon this is the game we are most likely to win. We play better everywhere else to the G because the grounds are narrower and in the case of Perth Stadium also shorter.

Well said ?

Spot on ?

Nothing like kids to cheer you up. Said as I’m putting the kids to sleep... My 3yo girl: Why are you grumpy Daddy? Me: Because the Demons lost. Her: Oh that’s ok, the Demons can win next time. ❤️❤️❤️

And we kick it over his head every single time instead of kicking in front of him to lead into

v Geelong 13.16 to 14.13 v Port 9.11 to 11.9 v Geelong 14.14 to 16.4 v Syd 10.18 to 13.9 Why don’t we simply spend more time on learning to kick straight and less time on frantic handball practice? We could be on 16 wins right now.

And we kicked 1.6. Had we gone 6.1 you would think it was pretty even

I hope your crystal ball is accurate!

No they are not, we’re just kicking behinds. Stats also suggest we’re ahead

Vanders has missed every shot so far ?

Demons up by 100 atm, Hogan has 8

Hehe, I found a box of LEGO that I kept from the 80s and unleashed that on the pests... I mean children the other day. Then I jumped on eBay and bought up a few vintage sets that I always wanted as a kid and never had! Did I take it too far good doctor Dee?!