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Yep, that's how I see him too. I'm old enough to remember him leaving and I don't really give a rat's clicker about it at all as long as he can give really good footy insights to the game as an expert commentator. He can't. He finds a couple of things to gripe about and then bangs away about it most games. I look at how much I'm paying for Kayo and then look at the wall of commentators at every game and just wonder why we need them all. I want someone who can fill in the gaps and provide insight when I'm sitting at home interstate watching the footy. I don't think GH provides that.

They had some great vision of that as a set play out of Gawn's ruck work. Latrelle came from space way back behind the ruck around the boundary at pace. Both the Pickett lads are just getting better and better at squaring the ball to players in space instead of blazing away. It adds a lot to our accuracy and goal kicking from more central locations. Lovin it.

I can only guess that Fagan watched Essendon play the posession game and looked to do the same. What was great compared to previous years, seems to be that we learnt from it last week and the Lions were getting pinned with the ball in their back 50 and by the time they went to the wings or centre, we had them covered for a contest really well for a large part of the game. I reckon you could put it down to learnings (hahaha) At least the learnings were implemented and we adjusted. That's exactly what you want from the coaches and players. It brings me a lot of joy to see that we seem to be re-calibrating during games now. Not going into our shells. No more bunny in the headlights!

We must be at the point where we can use AI to apply a Gerard or Dwayne filter to the commentary. Geez he's a plonker. Matt Hill is fantastic. He just calls the bloody game as it is. Listening to Gerard is like being sat next to a cranky old coot at the footy and listening to him lament all day. (A bit like this post really) Isn't it amazing how a change in how we play with so much run and freedom now has brought bigger and louder crowds to the G in a really short time. Thanks to everyone who turned up and jigged for Jimma. Sounded great on the TV The new rule changes have actually helped too in general.

Loved the Pickett lads post game interview. Koz was asked, what's the rule from the coach about when you're in the midfield and when do you forward. He just laughed and *said oh Kingy just tells me to go out and have fun *Or something close to it. So happy to see Chin really develop into a fantastic offensive and defensive player. He just held on for a couple of years, but has now just developed into a really important part of our backbone in the team. Lastly, loved the way we iced the game. Not by turning around and chipping it backwards being too defensive and safe. Instead we still worked it forward to twice get a mark inside f50 to run the clock down. Really determined team effort. I reckon they'll rub Pickett out because they just always do. Go Dees

That was a fantastic football action, cheap, grubby and on brand. I think we've reached a point where we need an annual award to recognise excellence in cheap shots for those clubs that only get fined. It could be called "the fineys" or "the Christians" or the "nothing to see here's" A top ten video list for the year showing players that get off for grub acts with a fine And then... A special category maybe "the lower club losers" where the most outrageous suspensions for the most minimal acts are showcased. Butters would be up there. Maynard will head into the leaderboard for "the Christians" by next week. Nice elbow grub

I think these shows were more about people being a bit dumb. The AFL appears to be able to do dumb and corrupt

Just finished watching. I was confident we'd win today and so were the players. Was North Melbourne, now Essendon. Weirdos

For those in SA, I'd really recommend getting along to gather sounds tomorrow. Bad//Dreems are headlining and it's their final run of shows before taking an indefinite hiatus. Great Australian rock and roll band.

Is this conversation relephant to the thread?

It would sound like a Jive Bunny remix from outside they're scoring so fast. To those who are too young to know what Jive Bunny is, look it up, you'll really love it 🤮

Are they playing 12 a side? This is insane scoring

Geez Tex, I think you've got a bit of milk in your mo

Yep and everyone knows how Ticketmaster doesn't work. Shameful and frustrating service to use.

Would love to know the fors and against for ump 22 - Williamson over the last 5 years for our games

Yeah, we seem really fit. We're running games out incredibly well. Minimal injuries and we're in with a shot with the way we're playing.

Yeah. We're in for a wonderful ride watching Koz bring Latrelle into the game. It's so cool to watch. Especially mature age recruits breaking through. Can't guarantee he's there yet, but you just feel the two of them together could be just dynamite. I feel like Lindsay is slowly but surely turning into our new Gus for us too. He's been a really a really slow starter, but there's something very "brick wall" about him that makes me happy he's just growing in this team. Maxy really highlighted that mid tier of players need to stand up this year and it's happening. So good to see the freedom and flow in our game now. A big thanks to our coaches for enabling this. Lastly, Greard Healy - Kozzy Pickett needs to learn how to run defensively - pffft gagfff And ump22 - Nathan Williamson - did you get overruled by a boundary ump late in the game? Trying to get Goldy back in it with that oof call? Any data nerds out there that can work out the frees for and against Melbourne for our games he officiates? Might have to watch the last quarter again. Our defensive pressure through the middle was just a joy to watch Go Dees Ooh and Salem, it was Christian's best game in quite a while and he's a gun for us off half back when he's firing

I guess the risk is (and it seems like what might have happened) that someone can easily record a conversation out of camera shot. That's not the end of the world if the discussions aren't sensitive. I suspect the whole meet and greet was probably a really good idea to do. As mentioned above, families and partners are critical to a players performance in lots of ways. Maybe the meeting was a good idea until someone went down a rabbit hole instead of saying "we just can't discuss this due to privacy reasons" If you've got something delicate to discuss, you'd do it just with your employees / players and then do it really carefully in a controlled environment. Anyways, yes it's a lot of speculation about how it went down and exactly what was said. I have the feeling the intent and idea was great, somehow they just went into a discussion they shouldn't have had in that forum.

This is the thing, on reflection, it seems so unbelievably loose that there must be another context to this story. It seems so crazy. If it's BS, then Morris should be held to account. (I know he won't) Just when I thought we had a new beginning and a fresh start to our culture, this looks really ominous.

If these words are true, it's damming and Richo should go. I understand the intent but the breach of privacy for a very sensitive matter like this is truly horrible. You could say there are "snakes" at the club but really? Opening this sort of stuff up to such a wide group seems completely mad. What did they think would happen?

Hopefully. If it is, sounds like they've dragged her through an arduous process. Anyways. Yes fingers crossed.

Righto then. New appointment of AFLW GM which sounds good and..... Thanks to Shae Sloane for overseeing the role.

I reckon this might costs us long term. The players (and Shae) probably feel very neglected by now. I reckon there might be more of our players heading to Geelong and other clubs next year. Really disappointed with the club right now

Yeah, that tap on to our advantage while in mid air and then driving his shoulder into Zac's ribs all in one action was amazing. I don't think he's in Carey or Ablett's league yet at turning games but Sunday's game (one of his best I think) really made me think. I don't think I've ever seen a player like Koz for just pure excitement, skills and awareness. My wife commented that he has incredible - Proprioception - our sense of body awareness. It helps us to know where our limbs are, how much force to use, and how to move smoothly without needing to look. It’s essential for coordination, balance - I had to ask Clarry was amazing at his best in close, but Pickett probably matches him in that department and then has really sublime and well weighted kicks. His vision to get through traffic and then hit the right target makes him probably the most exciting player I've ever watched when he has ball in hand. A damaging forward but also runs hard both ways and gets back to defend. I thought he really willed himself into the game with some incredible end to end running early on. He just needed the rest of the boys to lift with him. I can't think of a player that's had me reach for the remote more often to rewind and watch his incredible awareness and skills. Is he up in the top 20 players of all time? Probably not yet, but I would be hard pressed to think of a more electrifying player when he's anywhere near the ball, anyhting can happen.

Go Sainters