Engorged Onion

Oh! That's an easy one @sisso - the reason is, is that we haven't played anyone of note. Just half the comp effectively. 🤷‍♂️

Holy moly, those stats are unreal @WheeloRatings

The 'veil' is back 😏

Here is my hot take @Deedubs It's helpful to remember that our preseason started 6 weeks after most other clubs, fatigue management and our 'pre-season' is still occurring. It's occurring IN game, that we are 7-0 -> currently we're a bit more about absorbing pressure rather than having ours ramped up. Management and loading will change post mid season bye - in which case, barring injuries, we will have caught up so to speak with loading. Montagna would know this, King would know this, but it aint sexy for a narrative. It'd be great if they addressed it though... but then that feeds into the 'no excuses' mentality that perpetutated. It's not about bad habits... its about context. Further, the team had 5 athletes out from the premiership team against Hawthorn, this is also not spoken about in the media (see media this week in how 6 out will affect Fremantle). Pickett etc, as individuals bring a particular type of energy, in closing down space, it is their specific forte....again context is useful to make sense of numbers. David King might call it a 'mentality thing'... I'd call it deliberate, and systemic, and given the context of certain players being out last week in particular, and our defensive 6 in the first few rounds, again speaks volumes of our system and it's flexibility and how it allows certain features to be 'off' (at least from the outside looking in) yet the team can still perform at a high level and find ways to win, when these ratings are down. (how is the the other grand final team performing, with a delayed pre-season etc?),

can we make this the thread title @ElDiablo14 🤷‍♂️

🤷‍♂️ Still not a reportable act... 🙅‍♂️🙅‍♀️

Maybe they could talk to that one forward, and ask for his 'Secrets to knock-off Stephen May' and then write a 500 word article?

It's a great point. Jayden has always being willing to put his body on the line, as evidenced by a range of examples where he has been smashed in a contest, concussed etc. He know has technical/tactical acumen to act more defensively 'first' then use his assets offensively.

I'm conservative. Choose your own adventure @ElDiablo14 🤙

A lot of love for Patrick Cripps. I'm glad he is back to his best, after carrying injuries for a few years. Anyway, a little stat showed up last night via SirSwamp. and I thought I would compare Clayton and how he is tracking comparably. Well, with 13 games before he matches Cripps's 144 matches. Clayton sits on 877 clearances as of last night. He is averaging 8.6 clearances a match this season. 123 clearances / 8 as an average = should take him to 15 matches, and just short of the record. I am now on clearance watch. 🙂

Best place for a beer pre match with a partisan crowd… ?

Thanks mate. I was being a little sardonic… but what I hadn’t heard was Goodwins presser and being clear about attributes/behaviours we value being made so public - that’s fantasic

Hmmmmm......just on that, how many goals is the minimum for him to retain his spot? ....5? 😇

This was the other scenario I had thought of, and you put it really well Rod. And if this happened, personally I think it's brilliant for Simon. Just like it was for Ash Barty (of recent sports people we know in the public sphere) and for anyone living life and then going...actually this doesn't interest me anymore...time to exit stage left. After all, it is just a game... (it wasn't in 2021!)

If we were watching a press conference after a loss, and a question was asked to opposition coach - "You looked as though you prepared really well, and you were able to really nullify their strengths" What strengths would most likely be nullified, and what strategy(ies) would be used to do so? TIA...

I never said you stated that you said Goodwin would have to be sacked....and it is not tenable that Yze will coach Melbourne in the senior role, unless Goodwin is sacked. It is very likely that Yze will be a senior coach... and not in the timeframe that lends itself to Goodwin exiting. He won't be senior coach at this football club...based on how the side is tracking. No one would begrudge him for applying for and ultimately attaining a senior role, actually all in the community would support it - it is not a reflection of or of not, being appreciated.

Just so we are clear. In your opinion, if he 'walks' ie: secures a head coach position at another club. It is because he is under-appreciated. The only way to retain him and thus show appreciation is by sacking Goodwin, to ensure there is a role for him? ps... can you bullet point explicitly what he has done for 'us'? Because I thought I had appreciated him, but perhaps there are lots of responsibilities I do not know he does, and I would like to savor and appreciate him some more,.

Daniel Chick just missed selection?

[censored] me, the thread title stating "Covid19 claims" is a bit intense...

First game in 3 years live... staying up in Melbs also for the first time in 3 years (Jolimont) on Friday and Saturday.... anyone got some good recommendations for food that isn't fish n chips or good ol australian country town chinese takeaway?

There seems to be a strong anxiety on the board about us losing a KP Defender mid match, and thus TMAC is the only way to manage such a scenario, thus he retains his spot in the side... I'd argue there a range of other options, that don't include TMAC. Including one of the rucks to drop into the hole. If we lose a defender mid match... then so be it.... it happens.

You wrote the question, I suppose you know the answer your after?

downhill skiier 😏

kinky...

It's misery-porn. and it adds nothing to the spectacle.