Engorged Onion

A good article this week on how Jake Lever demonstrably fits in and guides our game plan

I may have missed it if someone has already posted - but here is a great read Jackson = Unicorn

Well done, a nice concise site. Perhaps linking in Mongrel Punt and Stats Insiders stuff on The Dees would be good as well.

Agree on both points 100% - thus it's not risky.

How so?

Well, lock down is hard, but I need to remember it’s not Afghanistan hard, or being indigenous hard, or being a Collingwood supporter hard 😂

Apologies- yes I did… one of those nights

Yeah… I’m hoping those players hold on to the pain like some vitriolic supporters - as though that’s a driving mechanism

Did we not do it 2 weeks ago - 🙄

I hear that it’s meaningful for you @tiers - I’m not sure many others are so vigilant about language as you are. Language evolves - 100 years ago - ‘ladder’ didn’t mean what you currently interpret it to mean and hold dear to your heart. 😘

FMD - two people have it - just spill the gawd.damn.beans :p

That is so ruthless... I love it.

Holy Moly - there were jungle drums beating about this perhaps 2 years ago... Happy to be guided by anyone else as to what he would offer, or assist with that we don't currently have.

Are you referencing your optics there @Chook or particular stats?

So ordinary, you had to say it twice!

I personally feel Port will get up - Dogs defence has been susceptible all year...

As nice as it is to win the match against Geelong - I'm hoping we manage/rest as many players as possible. If not for the benefit of the team, but mostly for the reduction in concern on this forum, and the inevitable extrapolation about what a loss means.

shut down role on the wing - its been explained many times... is he perfect? - 👎

And he'd jhave locked the 3 (or 2 due to Seedsman) brownlow votes today...

Permanent anxiety now that I have expectations of 'my' team. 🤣

Reminder the the aggrieved masses - handballs over the head is in vogue... it's not the 90's anymore.

I hear you... and I'm a little sad. Feels like it's not on his terms (which I guess it aint).

Teams may hold fears for us as supporters. I doubt it as the players, (sure, they'll do their research) - they've had months of evidence that they're a solid team, that opponents can throw whatever they want at them, and they typically respond well. Goodwin and the FD have been preparing the team for this scenario for years. Mature heads, some seasoned bodies, with a game plan that consistently stacks up (or has, less imperfections than other teams in the heat of finals), as well as players that know how to consistently execute their role. For Finals, its any team, any where. - and now we've demonstrated that essentially we can do, any team, anywhere - it's clearly our best chance for 60 years.

Why? You can have an ideal of what a place is like, it doesnt mean you feel valued by the current incumbents.

Huh? I don't understand what you are saying.