Engorged Onion

I love this level of analysis. For me I am curious about about coaching decisions (or non decisions). Is there inflexibility and a steadfast refusal to change certain tactics - ie: cover the extra number? Is it simply - our system will hopefully beat your system? or in marking contests clearly spoiling the ball very long vs at the feet where our smalls set up or, say with Petracca operating more forward (thus removed from clearance situations) (doubly showing there is flexibility to choose to do something different) why aren’t these alterations done during the game? Is it Goodwin and co not seeing it as it occurring in game? Or is it optimistically the myth of, seeing their hand and keeping your powder dry?

We looked 'off' from the word go last night... I was at the ground and in the final quarter, I was pondering a comment made by @binman during the week in reference to Brisbane playing us at the MCG - they were presumably loading, and perhaps felt the % of a win at the G that night was 40/60% best. Thus, let's do some loading. I wonder from a scheduling perspective whether that was not dissimilar from our FD's perspective. It is worth the risk to be 'flat', within a 5 day window, and if we lose at Kardinia Park, then so be it. As a supporter, I don't buy into the need to make 'statement's, that's just emotional responses to either feel good, or feel quite [censored] as it justifies the weekly proposition that you are only as good or 'bad' as your last game. Goodwin (and all coaches) have been in and around the system and are shrewd enough to understand that Round 1-22 is merely the pre-season. The real season then begins. What feels like a more accurate reflection of what we can achieve from a performance perspective? Was it the games vs Saints/ Brisbane or vs Freo/Geelong. I'm either optimistic, or blindly naive. The question as always is why was our pressure and execution down....when there is plenty of evidence that we can perform a particular way. It certainly aint attitude.... If you like rudimentary graphs... here is one I prepared earlier (that's a nod to Gabriel Gate who did the menu at the presidents function). Scoring shots per round for the opposition.

What does he as an individual owe 'us'? He didn't pick himself to come to the club in the draft. We've got a premiership due to his (and everyone elses) efforts...*throughout the entire year. Fly free big unicorn guy...fly free.

Get the train to south Geelong, go to the pub, Barwon Club or sawyers Arms… maybe grab a burger at Kardinia Cafe for a ‘cultural’ experience. celebrate the win long and hard, fall asleep in someone’s flowerbed 👍

Corporate box tonight at the Presidents Dinner, dress code = Melbourne Demons Tie from the late 90's adorning my suit.

Feels like a triathlete question. Each person has a weakest leg... no matter how strong their other legs... Same for the Dee's. I have zero other insights aside from this this parallel.

Great straightforward analysis, thanks @Vipercrunch

Culturally, whilst they're interesting questions that us as supporters have no real idea about, it would seems very strange for any of these things to be accurate ,considering he is now back in the side at Adelaide. In other words, how could one club get it so wrong, if he was so egotistical, wasn't humble, hadn't learned, and have some sense that the world revolves around Tex... I just feel that is a poor assessment. I remember Lleyton Hewitt came across via the media, as all those things as an 18-24yo that you have mentioned... and then he grew. As much as people riff on Adelaide about rednecks and poor culture (it seems all supporters assume most clubs have poor kul-cha, if they're not in the top 8) Matthew Nicks is a considered person, and there would have been many decision makers and many consultations to choose to welcome Taylor (who is a human) back into the fold. If they have... then I can't see why we as a club, wouldn't take Taylor if he (and may others within the club) felt he could fit in.

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It'd be less spooky if the fixture was fairer and the home ground advantage wasn't permanently Geelongs..

there you go, is that helpful?

Really? It's punitive Demonland roulette....spin the wheel! There is such a vibe of harking back to 1987 on this thread...."I weally wish the key forward would still kick 7 goals a week like Pig Dunstall and Tony Lockett on Scott Turner and Danny Hughes each week, and if they don't! Well, they're pathetic!! It doesn't seem to matter how many times people with knowledge try to educate others who watch the same game... the education is rejected. Old mate Benny doesn't have the luxury of Tmac, who plays significantly differently to Mitch Brown or Sam.W within the structure... T.Walker wouldn't be a bad fit, if you're looking purely at the on field optics.

Hmmm, if we win the premiership this year, does Sam's contribution come into it? Or Bedfords? Just like 2021? He played his part...

Pondering if the delay in an announcement/signing of contract (whatever it may be) is an orchestrated maneuver, as all parties are part of the payroll/accreditation of the AFL... The populous are hungry for clarity... 'click' 'click 'click'* *Kevin Carter reference

For tears right? Tell me they're for tears...🤢

Not that Jason Dunstall is the bellweather for the Brownlow, and when listening to the commentary in the last quarter, it's the first time I have legitimately heard him (and thus the rest of the commentary team) genuinely laud Oliver. If you're a believer that the AFL and the media are all nicely connected... 3 Votes... Clayton Oliver said about 12 times I suspect on Brownlow night.

@Kent do you recognise that structurally we had some important players out? We had 9 scoring shots more than them and won by 29 points... There is probably 2 reasons and an outcome there that may help you make sense of your question.

Well done on 100... no one would have seen your career trajectory and highlights package coming, least of all your grand final performance. Anyway... glad he snuck through a goal tonight... Marbol and Bayley are the only two left standing... kicked a goal in every match in 2022...

Thread title is bang on... Content of thread is hilarious!

Structurally deficient. That was a very solid, and probably in the heat of the moment, an underrated win.

This is all Shannon Byrnes' fault.

lucky to make the 8 was a bit of dry humor... seriously, I do look forward to the run of free kicks either, not paid to us, or paid to Adeliade over the next 25 minutes or so. It's resilience training...

lucky to make the 8...

Etes-vous actuellment dans un montgolfiere, Fanatique?

If we win, we're definitely in the premiership window, and if we don't we don't deserve to be...* *jokes **In my online life, which is not my real life, I like to imagine being a person who actually says that sort of stuff, and genuinely believes it.