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Jack was very very good at not buying into his frustration. The quick multiple shakes of head - but steely eyes on Liberatore.

From an Explain Pain (and Fatigue) perspective - the body wears in, it doesn't wear out. Not only was Burgess/Gooodwin/et al. exposing the body physically to distress, but emotionally to the discomfort as well - both are forms of exposure therapy and imperative in managing the experience of pain . Which dovetails in to the anecdotal experience of what @tiers has mentioned above.Here is one of the coolest video's I have ever seen on explaining the science behind pain, as well as been amusing, it takes very complex understandings and makes it digestible. Without boring people about one of my favourite topics -(pain and psychology) - what influences the pain (and fatigue) experience is 'meaning'. What I mean is the meaning behind the experience, will amplify the 'felt' experience. Take Dermott in the 89' grand final - he wasnt superhuman - his brain was sufficiently able to experience the discomfort in service of what mattered - as it was a grand final (the meaning) - this would not have happened in round 18. What does this mean for Burgess and the playing group - well, clearly there are thesholds that the tissues being used can sustain before its over its tipping point... but what Burgess and Co have done, is slowly increase the baseline of that threshold....and the lived experience is that the players can cope - both physcially and emotionally - and this is ALSO what plays out in the final quarters of matches - its belief - and I mean genuine belief that the players can 'run out' games - as its based on lived experience, which means that they are less stressed (which impacts on fatigue experiences --> disposal efficency) etc... I would presume the athletes will also now be MORE willing to continue to train in a similar manner, and push the envelop - due to the rewards that have come in 2021. (Like Pavlov's dogs - linking success to earlier discomfort in service of something important).

In having a one month anniversary watching of round 23 onwards this afternoon, before I head out to a local pub. (with my 5yo who wants to wear a tuxedo 🤣 and we will honour, as he wants to go to a fancy restaurant (its the BHP))... Every single time I see this person, post Max Gawn's goal against the cats, snapping form the boundary - I just feel he/she encapsulates every Melbourne supporter who drinks...EVERY.SINGLE.TIME *I'm just going to neck what I have in my hand, get another, kick back and enjoy the show!

No blame here - I was more concerned about your 'oft quoted' OCD traits... 😀

Presume that's the other way around Andy?

How's me math!! 🤩

I heard about it yesterday - apparently at The Potato Shed in Drysdale @drysdale demon - but the proceeds do not go to the club, allegedly.

Let's say it is $30 and a70,000 attend. That's a cool $2,100,000. That $2,100,000 can be used towards a belated thorough analysis the 2018 Preliminary Final.

I suspect EO was using a bit of 'dry' humour.

gets lots of the pill though...

Thanks for that, but is there a given reason why they are adverse?

Why are they particularly adverse? Personally I am in two minds about it.

Did I see on this thread (which I now cannot find) some uber cool shoes for sale - were they new balance? or adidas? the gif rotated through the varying colours , and I was rather hammered at the time I looked at it. 🍺

Nah, just trying to find 'somewhere' to wedge in a $hite reference to his name from the run sheet.

Hall of Famer?

Does anyone who follow other sports and leagues around the world have another team where there is a similar scenario going on? Or are we here in the AFL (and I suspect we are) the only league whereby not all teams play each other twice, and/or multiple teams share one home ground as well as other ground inequities?

I thought the same with that statement!

Where the Dees Can Get Even Better. For those that are considering the ebook - but unsure of the writing style...

I just worked out it downloaded to the book thingy on my mac... you can control the font size so its down to 210 pages...anyway what I am enjoying about it is the conjecture early on about our structures and how they were to go for the rest of the season and the praise given to Goodwin for his tactical acumen. eg: Referencing the first match against The Dogs. “THE TACTIC NO ONE WILL TALK ABOUT This was a really sneaky little move by Simon Goodwin and his coaching crew, and I hope that someone highlights it as part of their TV reviews. If you’ve got the game recorded, you can do it, yourself. When the Dogs had the footy in their back half and were looking to switch it, I want you to concentrate on the Melbourne player given the responsibility to leave just enough space between him and the next defender in the line to tempt the switch. That player was Kysaiah Pickett, and with his closing speed, all it took was one slightly wayward kick to create a pressure situation out of what would normally be a standard two kicks across the defensive fifty to open up the game. Pickett managed to create a bit of havoc, forcing the next defender in the chain to kick hurriedly out of defence, often to a contest and rarely displaying any composure. The rest of the Demon forwards would press up to create congestion across half forward and the middle, leaving Pickett to work back and man the switch. Poor Taylor Duryea found himself up a particular creek[…]” “Teams will work out how to successfully bypass the Pickett pressure at half back, but it was something that troubled the Dogs greatly, and with Pickett causing mayhem the Demons down the line knew to play in front to mark the dump kick from the panicked defenders. A great move by Goodwin - bloody intelligent.” Excerpt From: Brett Meyers. “The Mongrel Punt: Melbourne Demons, Year in Review - 2021.” Apple Books.

The best $6 you'll spend on 410 pages of pretty darn good content. * I have no affiliation - HB Meyers and his crew are just fine writers and far more forensic than other more digestible content.

Very evocative and errrrm a bit of weird editing re: order of the final 3 goals of the 3rd.

Posting to username quite high on this thread.

Just to light a fire... what about James Sicily to our backline to free up Mr H Petty to roam forward in the TMAC role. A big clunker of marks. A reverse Frawley if you will....

It's probably Demonland Royalty... the question is... which poster?

I agree about Harmes and the gap between when he is being really effective vs ineffective on the field as quite large. The ruthless part of me is I would be satisfied if he was moved on, the sentimental part of me is very satisfied that a boyhood Melbourne supporter has won a premiership with the team he loved growing up and was able to extract enough from himself to be picked in the side for that premiership.