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110% - and the search function of the website is amazing in what can be trawled up

Shot Charting Explorer (for all teams and all players)

Evidence as to why Goodwins philosophy hinges on the contested ball/clearences is found in this article, but perhaps not in the way you would think. I'm assuming all FD's across the league are abreast of this info... I need to think about it, to see how it feeds into what it looks like we are trying to do.

Apologies about my fascination with what you choose to type (it must be lockdown). ..I just did a check - and I must confess I thought it would be at least 10% of the time...but of your 20,000 odd posts - 231 include the phrase 'no excuses' or derivatives of. It's only 1% of your posts, but jeez it feels immense. All the way back to 2009, no excuses. For a bloke that bangs on about no excuses, incessantly you're a pretty patient one

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Nothing meaningful at all - just being a pedant.

So you're not sticking with the old one week at a time then?

If these are the obvious ones, and you feel they're furphies, in your opinion, what's our one wood @binman? Which essentially is, what is the 'game plan' that drives these things as an outcome?

Binman, I feel I am really ordinary at seeing the big structural things (which is why I love this thread). And ill pass comment on your Lever quote. On Lever, essentially a question to put to the ether is 'how long, or how much evidence does one need to have, when they're coming back from such a significant injury (on top of his junior knee reco) to really genuinely feel they are 'safe' and ok, and therefore act less hesitantly. He has really being building into it, since his return.We got to remember, it's his livelihood, he has a kid... he doesnt want to do it again...its bloody scary to front up weekly (4 days) rinse and repeat (considering how innocuous his last one looked) Harley will be the same. On the notion of risky kicks. I look at risk as - what is your capacity to competently complete a task. Eg: If you can competently hit a kick x distance, long and flat... then the evidence is you can do it... thus its not a risk from a biomechanics perspective... so as spectators (coaches, parents) it's helpful not to get caught up in the outcome of the executed kick..but naturally we, coaches and the player does... and this then leads to either, willingness (and confidence) to do it again... or back away, play safe, be less daring and move away from [censored] up...which in turn moves away from game plan... Believe me in that I know that Goodwin has been schooled in language that helps open up players to make errors and keep taking risks in service of being at their best. Naturally though, each 18yo comes into the system with 18 years of not wanting to upset, disappoint, get judged by making errors...so the tension for goodwin is to help them have those emotional experiences of making errors but still compel them to 'go for it' - whilst under immense public scrutiny. On a side note, One of my pet hates is the language around confidence, or someone is a 'confidence player...' Confidence is a feeling, and it ebbs and flows, dependent on tasks completed, and outcomes of said tasks... see Weid's goalkicking last night. Confidence IS NOT the reason for him to be able to kick a ball through the goals (he already has the biomechanical capacity to do it)... but if he believes he NEEDS it first... then it's a problem. Confidence merely makes it easier... On Weid, he will come good...if he can work through his own stuff around the need to feel good as he is running in to take his kicks... Essentially, when he is playing in a Grand Final in 2021 in front of 100,000 30m out directly in front...how in the hell would you feel 'good' at that time... so it's a good thing for him to be aware of and work through. But, what is sound, is biomechanically his ball drop and follow through is great. And that bodes well for his consistency.

Neale has this year sewn up... Trac will be top 3 methinks....

Jeez, I love the composure of this young guy. Solid penetrating kick, good in the air, very good decision maker.

Ahhh, coincidence then. No irony to be seen here good sir. Goodnight, Yours in pedantry EO

Perhaps you could rename yourself Sparlie Chargo in honour of the wee man? Speaking of Dom - shame he wasn't playing tonight

What is the irony?

Yep. That's the right call for one of their careers.

Many many many hands @dazzledavey36 - it's a pragmatic decision that benefits the team immensely.

Loving the pirouettes - just dont blow a knee.

Just like 4 days ago... carbon copy.?

All things that all teams strive to do all the time.

Did you see that Petracca goal?

Cluncked 3 marks? 2Goals 2? Score assist x 3?

Correct weight, you do have no idea about that (nor do I) - No doubt Goodwin and Co in selecting Melksham are not being divisive - that'd be one way to bugger up culture. I suspect they've got a finger on the pulse of how it would be perceived.?

Allegedly Lever is ?‍? **Haha, I'll never trust a facebook post again!

Jake Lever ?‍✈️

On your last point, sure you’ll take it and then spend the next week moaning about how it’s evidence that ‘every team thinks we’re gettable’ ?