Engorged Onion

I’ve made it from the farm… and it’s dry! And, Viney is built for these conditions and these contexts. Expecting a continuation of his ripping form.

It's hammering down here on the coast to the west of Geelong. About to ease into Friday night and catch PT up to the big smoke.

Beers? Pills?

But this is just a snap shot in time. Just like we could have said the same about the Dees in 2017 - 'And look at the Dees now' - yet 5 years further on - we still made the same decision re: James, 'And look at the Dees now'. I guess what I am saying, is the decision to end Boomers career, has no baring on the future of North, just like James McDonalds' had no baring on where we are, and similarly where Freo will be.

The use of psychologist is a protected title - much like a Dr. and is illegal to use it if you are not accredited. Unfortunately you can't stop people using language such as - 'studied psychology'(could be a 1 semester subject vs a 6 year process) or 'have a background in psychology' , or 'mind-coach' as part of their spiel. Further you can complete a Masters or Doctorate in Psychology, and still not be accredited by the Psychology Board of Australia/Australian Health Practitioners Regulation agency.... which doesn't cover people who claim to be mind-coaches, life coaches or counselors. They were not psychologists.

Good work @Demonstone, nonetheless, maybe Demonlanders are channeling their aversion to Tuesday night televised games, onto you?

sure do trav, you should receive an email, with a unique code.

I think this suits the western district farmer in me.

Perhaps Goodwin is a little neurodiverse... and he was being rigid with language. It could have been just a literal reference to Langdon who ostensibly stays right on the boundary line. 😇🤷‍♀️ Not a reference to different training regiemes and volume and intensity management.

gday @Winter Dan - post here for the podcast :)

Great research Andy

Probably right,. By my bit of research he has 3 for the year, Touk has 7.

Current coaches have spoken about it in 2021 and 2022 - from Goodwin to Scott to Fagan to Longmuir, to players such as Selwood to Gawn. It can't be pretty meaningless if the high performance managers are paid they coin they are, and if the gains are minimal (so to speak) I'd be pretty hacked off as a player... Let me list some reasons why it wouldn't be appropriate to talk about from a variety of lenses. disrespectful to acknowledge it publicly towards your oppostion gives information for future planning to opposition if it is publicly announced/acknowledge it then influences the integrity of betting markets... much like tanking...(this is the big one for me, though it's unfounded and influenced by the paradox of the AFL linked into this space).

I can't recall, did we struggle to move the ball at the G between Rounds 1 and 10?

As per @deanox's post How does @george_on_the_outer @Demonland @binman interpret the current outcomes of scores for and against, vs the context and different challenges of 2022 vs 2021.

That's a great stat. If we boil down, the output is all about points scored vs points against. Aesthetically it feels different from last year- but perhaps that's a little subconscious need for the replication of the end of the 3rd quarter of the GF weekly... We've had to play against more contenders as part of our draw in the second half of the season. We've had our spine severely depleted in different ways, injuries, injuries in game, which have made as easier to score against, and potentially harder to generate scores. So all that context , lends itself to a belief from me that we are tracking better than last year. 😎

Mongrel Review

Why do you prefer him as a defender Jimbob?

Makes sense Sue - I agree with the synergy comment.

In descending order, what's the worst potential outcome(s) for JVR and or the club if they choose to debut him from your perspective @sue?

Interesting that you note that Joel Smith played as a forward rather than the usual back. Were you at the game @Vipercrunch? Overall how was Joel's impact?

A+ for accuracy. Keep the system, no need to search for a Plan B, when fatigued, because the 'muscle memory' keeps going for when you're good enough to execute with vigour and more accurately, when you are not fatigued. I'm not an emotionless robot, but if I was, I'd have a formula a bit like this. PreSeason Planning How many wins (or losses) is reasonable realistically throughout a season to get top 4. Consider when you may wish to ramp up loading and thus the influence of fatigue on performance, whilst considering your opponents and the fixture you have been given. How does that then marry up with your version of how many losses is acceptable to be where you want to be. Input loading into formula. Keep system/structure occurring when loading. Lose matches when loading... (or when players are injured and off ground, in game) -> see the supporters response....have your own measured response.

Not the only metric, but how many goals for JVR for Demonland pundits to head on down to East Melbourne and march in on the selection committee demanding JVR's inclusion this week? 3 goals?🤷‍♀️

That's a weird statement Lucy, I think you're aware that no one who advocates for loading as being the main contributing factor, considers it to be the sole factor. That's been cleared up time and time again.