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This idea is the biggest [censored] myth on Demonland. All teams blaze away, all teams miss targets. All teams at times go lower than their expected score... some days that doesnt happen (see Carlton's first quarter)... We are changing the game style compared to the last 3 years because a) our midfield structure has changed, whereby we would bludgeon through clearances and pump the ball in and go for the weight of numbers philosophy... b) the weight of numbers philosophy (when it didn't work) became amplified because 16 of your opponents are already in the forward 50, making it harder... c) evolution - the change of style - to be more intercepting - is to reduce this effect. It is analogous to having a great tap ruckman, who wins 90% of the ruck taps, so the opposition therefore no longer tries to win the rucktap in of itself, it aims to shark the ball from that great ruck tapman, knowing that their ruck will not win it... In my mind, It's like people on here want perfection all the time... or at least are more accepting of it when we win, and not at all accepting of it, when there is a loss... that's a pretty [censored] up way to operate.

you can have more territory, and more inside 50's - and the context is to that - that the space is already jammed full of people. it's not a nuanced enough look at what is actually going on, rather than looking at the raw data, it's far more subtle... it's not necessarily poor attack, or poor delivery..., You've got to give some credit to the opposition and their structures and game plan.* Those stats were about the notion of us not converting well enough - we convert around the average or above average for the league over the past 4 years... *but if you are the sort of person that doesn't, then of course we're never hitting perfection, because of our inadequacies, irrespective of whether elite footballers are allowed to make skill errors or not.

2024 Average AFL goals per game = 12.1 2024 Average Melboure gpg = 11.8 2023 Average AFL goals per game = 12.1 2023 Average Melboure gpg = 12.8 2022 Average AFL goals per game = 12.1 2022 Average Melboure gpg = 12.5 2021 Average AFL goals per game = 11.5 2021 Average Melboure gpg = 12.9

one more, the obligatory Freo at the G....

Meditate on the fact that each individual out there (both sides) are working really hard for themselves and their teammates - and aren't thinking of me, whether they win or lose. I then meditate on the impermanence of everything, the victories, and the failures...of football and of life. When I was a kid @roy11, I'd go outside post loss and transform into Jimmy Stynes who'd then ruck it to Garry Lyon who'd handball it out to Ricky Jackson (sometimes Guy Rigoni a few years later)... and stab a little 20metre kick through a couple of young saplings on the farm... good therapy...

Gents/ladies - because it's not sustainable, nor physiologically and psychologically possible. It's a marathon and there will be fluctuation between effort and form, quarter to quarter, week to week. The undeniable naivety, or arrogance, or expectation of some supporters* does not at all marry up with the rigors of what the sport demands from it's players through training and competition for 8 months of the year- to put on 2 hours of entertainment for the masses each week. *not necessarily you Bobo

It felt like a familiar warm blanket 😘

It's almost like the AFL have designed an imperfect system to then enjoy the conjecture, the conversation, the air waves and the clicks.....hmmmm they may just be on to something here... 😘 💵💵💵**** ***In all seriousness, there is no other possible conclusion to draw as to why there are not further cameras between the goal posts facing the point posts...

For those complaining we don't score enough, and using 100 points as some arbitrary marker defining a competent attack. 18 teams x 8 rounds = 144 matches of those 144 matches, only 30 teams have scored over 100 points. I reckon that's pointing to something....😅

Hey Paul*, my thoughts on the language around an arm wrestle that's often used- is that in fact, it's not an arm wrestle - it's us constricting/restricting opportunities, managing fatigue, to open things up in the second half. I also don't think that the 'arm-wrestle' style is indicative of us not being aggressive nor switched on, they're not mutually exclusive. Whilst we are defensive/contest team first - the preference philosophically to restrict - we have shown time and again that we can get on a roll with scoring shots..and, at times, they've just not converted. Anyway, that's my pedantic take... *not really a comment about you, just that language used ubiquitously about our style

Why would all of a sudden the errors and sloppiness dissipate? They may be 'up' for the first 10 minutes, but there is only so long that cortisol and adrenaline can be used before its performance impairing, and you become dysregulated and fatigued, and thus revert back to type, or even worse execution, because you've spent alot of your emotional and physiological tickets... Actually, I hope they do 'come out firing' - they'll be [censored] by the middle of the second quarter... 😁 Our/Goodwin's methodical grind, has held us in very good stead for 4 years now... the odd 20+ point loss, the odd 35+ point win, it's why we are always, always in games..

45km in totally /22people = 2km per person??

I've just been travelling up from Townsville to Cairns via train - reflecting on albums by The Go Betweens, songs by Midnight Oil and Gangajang (see if you can get the reference)... Anyway... why do we actually believe we a superior in our fitness, and why would Melbourne be in fitter than any other club (aside from injuries)... anyone want to explain it to me?* *sometimes I like to ask questions I think I know the answer to, just for the conversation it provides.

Stop being so measured! 😀 Isn't this the time, where sections of DL say that they'll come out "fired up" and we're drinking our own bathwater and "better not be complacent"??

After reading that, I quite like Voss... a similar humility (from a coaching perspective) to Goodwin. Good on him... he was probably one game off getting the chop 2 years ago. and.... "Do you smell what we're cooking" 😁

I'd say they're very concerned with losing 3 in a row... and potentially rushing back in. Anyone know the stats around how many times the Premier of a season has lost 3 games in a row and gone on to win?

Personally I love this narrative. I also have a theory that the FD also love this narrative. The club is not trying to work it out - nor has it done so for the last half a decade, sure new people (JVR) have rotated through, but that's the process. Just like we laud the depth of the backline to stand up with main stays who are KPD's, there is an expectation that this is the same for the forwardline. The mainstays are Fritsch and Pickett, sure two bigger bodies are required, but JVR, Brown, TMAC, Petty, have all rotated through for 4/5 years - with the interpretation that it's unsettled. And that it lets Fritsch, off the leash so to speak... Not one other team has this narrative, so lazy journalism just perpetuates.... All the journalists are 40+ years of age, and hark back to their halcyon days of big lead up forwards.... it's not done like that anymore with the zone defenece...,we all know it, but we still desire the big key forward as an exemplar. but that's still the narrative pushed by the media... It's why Fritsch is still underrated even AFTER he kicked 6 goals in a grand final... Anyway I love the fallacy that we are still trying to sort out the mix, and I bet Goodwin does too. and that's my take.

.I like this place :) - which takes on board what you have spoken about Squiggle - https://live.squiggle.com.au/#

Due to the family connection - both teams should wear armbands for the existential death of Angus's career.

Ok, so looking forward to Carlton on Thursday... here are some questions. 1.What does the game plan look like after a 5 day break and the fatigue that will surely come into the match towards a) the end of each quarters and b) the last quarter and a half? 2.On evidence against Geelong (correct spelling) and detailed by Steven May, was the desire to short kick through the defence and then take our time going into F50, do we take the same approach against Carlton's defence? 3. What is Voss's M.O from a strategy perspective? Carlton's midfield typically matches up well against ours, managing Walsh, Cerra and Cripps will be pivitol (like all matches I suppose)...

100% this... Chris is no fool