Engorged Onion

The only thing I love about these nights (prefer port to lose than Essendon) - is that it really shows up team deficiencies that can be exploited. I am seriously looking forward to the next half of the season and when Hogan and Gawn come in, and Smith et al develop and knock on the door...we can match any team..except Cyborg GWS

Good on Cale, been slaughtered in the press recently... was hoping he'd become a Dee... nice that he is hitting some form...shame about the bun.

We've been in all games - lost due to injury(ies), 20 minutes lapses, and never ever been out of the game from the 3rd quarter. Ideally, we wouldn't have lost to Geelong, Richmond, Freo, Hawthorn and even North (all winnable games). We could be 10 and zip actually. I genuinely see us a smokies heading into the finals. And if it aint 2017 - gee the next few years look like a flaming log fire on a cold winters night.

Commentarys not directed towards the 35+'s mate - its all about the young uns

Not about you at all P-Man - can someone give a rational explanation in how it will mess with their heads? They'll have worked through a multitude of options based on a multitude of scenarios....so all strategies would be sorted. The Collingwood FD would not be batting eyelids at all.

So many reasons not to pick up Tippett, Reid and Rohan...

There is always the World Cup Qualifier... I hear some league is on...but meh

Lazy cliche about Bugg... he aint no Ballentyne.

Yeah, hope he's not trade bait...

@danielE288 an eclectic 'favourite player mix' from a few era's... are you Ben Hollands mum by any chance?

Erm, Melbourne v Collingwood at the MCG MELBOURNE In: J.Spencer, J.Kennedy-Harris, C.Salem Out: - Thought Spencil was not going to be in - and glad that JKH gets another run (hasn't shown anything at AFL level, but I seem to have a spot for him in the cockle of my heart)...

Not necessarily, Again, the ownership is on Fasolo to recognise his mental health and what he can manage - remember this is what he does for a living - the onset, the precipitating factors may have nought to do with football...and the recommendation from his psych - would be to engage in activities that facilitate a sense of purpose - return to work programs always advocate for this. And guilt if processed correctly is a great motivator and would NOT worsen the condition. I work in this space for a living... so I think its important to gain accurate information - even on a forum such as this.

Not even slightly trying to be patronising. Pretty certain FD's are sophisticated places and have multiple plans in place before the game...dependent on a multitude of contexts.

Again, Im sure the FD know wha they're doing - Grundy will dominate vs the 3 backsups... I guess if they're holding firm on philosophy of not bringing in folk who are under done then it makes sense.

It's just noise mate - hopefully it brings a few more folk through the gate four our coffers...

Journalists - trash or otherwise are humans too - he's got a redundancy and that may or may not be great for him...it certainly can suck for to get a redundancy if you're in Hazelwood, or Ford or, Alcoa etc etc - just think some of these posts are in poor taste - but perhaps I am just a snowflake... I guess it is a forum though, ...entitled to their opinions and all the jazz.

As a reluctant armchair expert - and thinker of all things implicit - as much as I hope Hogan plays and we revert back to 'ducks and drakes' with team selection - I don't recall Goodwin ever bullshiting anyone.... he has the straightest bat I have seen in a long time. Thus, Hogan not to play

Rumors = Demonland mastication?

Why so much vitriol to journalists?

The ownership of 'mental state' goes to the individual...

I'd bring in JKH - 43 touches at VFL - he is BACK BABY!

Perhaps changing the culture is also about changing language - and thus remedying the fact the QB is "our Grand Final" and starting to make the real Grand Final "our Grand Final".

Again, there is no 'flow' moments, or 'flow minutes' - (flow is oft used, and outdated). I'd rather have the athletes execute consistently no matter how they feel, rather than putting energy and effort into 'getting into flow, getting comfortable, reducing anxiety'. This appears to be what Goodwin is educating... and it works on a physiological level (i.e. fatigue) as well as a psychological level (exposure to the discomfort whilst executing correctly = reduced anxiety as it feeds into competence in those situations (and thus confidence)) - THIS is what will hold MFC is great stead come finals... Personally I can't coach for [censored]...but I can psychobabble until armageddon...

@Skuit - nice breakdown. Without lecturing or admonishing you - the inverted u hypothesis is archaic and redundant, and I'd be worried if this was one way that the department made sense of psychological states and reasons for not performing well, or in line with the brand. The inverted u hypothesis is about getting to your optimal performance state... which doesn't exist there is no evidence that exists (even though its a lovely fuzzy concept) and certainly is not sustainable. Was Jeffy in flow state in Alice? Was Hall in flow state in the first qrt...nope - both were simply 'on task' when the opportunities presented. So it's a fallacy (read, a [censored] waste of time) trying to pursue optimal arousal states, when the real emotional experience of playing AFL is... stressful, anxiety provoking, includes fear and (the positive emotions)... it takes far too much emotional effort to try and avoid that discomfort whilst trying to perform. This is what actually increases performance inconsistency. Trying to fix legitimate experiences, whilst not willing to have them and stick to behaviours that you would do when feeling good/comfortable/not fatigued etc etc etc Jargon such as mental fragility, mental toughness are catch all, simplistic terms for making sense of - at a particular point in time, why was x person unwilling/unable to do what matters while x (thoughts, feelings, emotions) was showing up. And the punters/commentators use such term, to make sense of - x person typically can do a behaviour (kick a goal) , why not then, i am soooooo disappointed. Goodwin speaks of brand --> read this as personal values. And the only reason anyone is ever willing to have discomfort ...is in service of what matters (gut running, the emotional experience of getting collected under a high ball, the urge to guide a kick under stress rather than kick fully through it).

So Zach, what you're saying is...