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Ahhh, the main man Ricky Jackson!

With a stacked midfield - with the like of Oliver, Petracca and Brayshaw - he'd have to perform Shane Ellen-esque to get the Norm. ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gFYNEAm6Bo

How could it be anything but...it's Shakespearean in its tragedy..and depending where you sit in the theatre , equally amusing.

Thanks @george_on_the_outer - I'm grateful that you watch other games, to see what other innovations are in use. I guess with innovations, though - they don't always come off. From your perspective - as a consequence of setting up like this, what is the cost of setting up like that, and how would teams best counteract it? postscript: I just had a look at the first two quarters and couldn't seem to see what you are talking about... I am but a simple bloke. On the image here - are you talking about the horizontal arrows, or the vertical ones I THINK I GET IT NOW - the horizontal players - so in the first instance it was Dangerfield (left hand side of the screen) and Guthrie (right hand side) - Dangerfield did power through... Yes... the distance from the Geelong players moving in is very noticeable. So... having a leading ruckman Gawn- keeping an eye on which player is moving in and then belting it from where they came from could be a good strategy. pps: sorry for stream of consciousness

Aside from the 'existential' stuff - this would be one of my favourite clips of understanding the link between the .brain and the pain experience. It's amusing and insightful. And I suspect that is more of a factor for Harley. The notion of 'danger' (real or interpreted)....and most importantly meaning Meaning amplifies or reduces the intensity of the pain (or any emotional) experience. In relation to Harley (or any athlete) - the anxiety of reinjury is worse than the experience. And it perpetuates safety behaviours... now this is the brain working really well to protect you from uncomfortable experiences.. AND that's not necessarily useful in the context of sport - as it moves you away from task. Task in the present moment on the football field is everything that we talk about on here...and it's often the unseen stuff... going that 'little bit' harder to extend yourself when you're fatigued... etc etc. Harley will slowly gather more evidence that his body can hold up to the rigours of the game... and that is done quarter by quarter assessing and reflecting on how his body has held up - which means 'in game' he becomes less internal, less vigilance, or less need to monitor how he is tracking calf wise... and of course, if his attention isn't monitoring THAT stuff.. he's fully on task. also, Harley isn't an inside player... and that's ok.. AND what are the non negotiables of playing when you 'don't have the ball. We all (all players) understand it's a contact game, so if contact is going to be there... are you willing to have it... and bit by bit Harley will become a bit more comfortable having the contact.

look forward to him kicking 5.17 against us then.

Nice little read on the game. MELBOURNE V COLLINGWOOD – THE BIG MONGREL QUESTIONS

Someone on the board said a groin? Done for the year.

A handy little reference:

I see it far simpler @binman - it's not even about the fact he has had a relationship with the football club. He is a poor as commentator /analyst as all of them... the broadcasters choose this style for a particular reason. So essentially you could reword what you wrote a little - his and all commentators style that we listen to as 'a lack of understanding of the modern game and uninformed, poorly researched, emotive rants about any team'.

Serious question. Why does anyone care about Garry's views on us (or any club)? He is an ex icon of our club -and has now had a media career longer than his football career. He is as relevant to the football club currently as Luke Darcy is....but I get people romantically link his time. I wonder if Ricky Jackson had a commentary career, or a blogspot and he critiqued in the same way, would people get just as upset?

#tradegawnlesspredictibilty.

Not that we supporters are after perfection, but in case I missed any, any negatives tonight @Kent @[email protected]@Sir Why You Little #Noexcuses

@deanox I am looking forward to trialing your recommendation of the new ‘technology’ tonight - to look at the systems that both teams are using - appreciate the heads up.

That sounds brilliant. Can you write it down on a napkin and post the play for us??

You’re always solid Clint- hope your mail or ‘vibe’ is accurate

Well, if Grundy plays, I look forward to watching how our systems operate with the non dominant ruckman. Just on the midfield... Pendlebury and Petracca - I reckon if you do a drinking game on basketball references by the commentary team - you'll be passed out by half way through the 2nd.

Can you give the stats for Jackson's time management. Just so I can cross reference it with the standard form for 1st year players, that is sent out to all AFL clubs and their supporters. Everyone's wise in retrospect @Hogan2014.

Who's having parties these days? ? Speaking of parties, with Kozzie's quick feet - he'd be a monty to win twister... you know the one, where you drop the keys in the bowl?

To be honest I havent tracked his form this year... but Stephenson. does. have. worryingly. blistering. pace. I expect him to get an obligatory 4 goals, unless Mason Cox get's his.

I couldn't select both 'thanks' and 'haha' emoticon! Nice one!

Can we confirm you are Simon Goodwin now?

Fair enough @sue, I just assumed that all clubs, have all of champion data's intel on all clubs, easy accessible, relatively easily relatable to coach when the club itself would focus on what it can do, with minor tweaks (as its one player)..with the knowledge that roughly 7/8 days ago Gawn was going to miss. Tweak the need to shark Max's dominance Combat midfield as a consequence Kick Ins to Max Max dropping into the hole in defence. But, I do love to simplify things.

@chookrat - im not trying to be flippant... so collingwood plan for contingencies. Then an hour prior, the confirm Gawn is or is not playing... they then go through there list of what they need to do in 'said' situation. I'd argue there is no competitive advantage...it's not particularly effortful for them. It's as straightforward as, is it raining yes/no - long stops or short ones? BUT, help me understand what the competitive advantage is from your perspective.

Some overall commentary on the use of analysts in AFL and media. http://figuringfooty.com/2016/08/17/4-things-stopping-analytics-from-providing-afl-club-success-part-1/ http://figuringfooty.com/2016/08/24/2-things-holding-back-quality-footy-writing-and-analysis/ " The AFL have Little Incentive to Share Data In order to do any sort of quantitative analysis, you first need rich, accurate data. When it comes to the AFL, rights to any match scores and statistics are exclusively held by Champion Data, a company owned 49% by the AFL itself. Champion Data goes to great effort in hand collecting detailed data on each and every event that occurs in a match.2 They then make money by selling a watered down version of these data to clubs and the media who are obliged to buy it in order to remain competitive."