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Ahh for the quantum mechanists out there. Schrödinger's cat is both (neither) dead or alive These bowls are both (neither) broken or unbroken On Demonland, Charlie Spargo is both (neither) amazing or awful ...but really, he is quite bloody good...

Doesn't he @Mazer Rackham...what I love is there is no tentativeness... in ruck contests he is certainly happy to tap the ball, even to himself and then go and get the ball... didn't quite come off today a few times... but the composure will come. Whilst I'm always dubious on Hunt's disposal (except for goal kicking)... he did bloody well today, and I hope that gives him genuine belief through experience that he can run [censored] quickly and execute accurate kicks...because today, well, he could.

Thanks for sourcing that @Hellish Inferno. I think this is a very astute comment from the Geelong fan. We can now physically match it. I live down Geelong way, and I distinctly remember Brisbane coming to Kardinia Park with Voss, Akermanis, Black et al, physically smashing Ablett, Johnson, Chapman etc... those boys were 18-22 at the time in 2002-03 (so was I)... and then a few years later, the physicality of Ablett, Johnson, Chapman (their midfield) was on display through maturity of age. This is where we as a team are now...no doubt about it.

I was interested in Messr's Pickett rebuke to Selwood in the fourth. Anyways, as Petracca kicked a goal at half time - here was Joel, loading up to give him a gobful unrequested. Kysaiah doesn't look to be the mouthy type Oliver however...?

the age quote. "Bayley Fritsch finally took full toll in front of goal, slotting four majors. The smooth-moving forward is on the cusp of stardom."

That's one of the most sane things you have said on here :) I concur fully... Actually on the subject of Bailey - as stick figure as he is, he does put his body on the line...his fourth goal in particular.

compass fixed? or game by game proposition?

it's bucketing here on the bellarine... can only imagine what the frigid waters off marengo look like. Enjoy :)

Sausages by most reports...

Would he be just as heartless in the red and blue??

Mmmm 8% beer. The pedant in me comes out... why in that graphic, does it cap out at 150+ assuming you play 15-20 games a year - its an 8-10 year overview... so you're 26-28 years of age... do the next 50 (150-200games) not gain your further experience, knowledge, insight?

AFL being punitive to Collingwood - re Beams/Edward TPP...

Ya, I know... I was commenting on how quick the passage of time goes... him playing feels like yesterday (just like Guy Rigoni) I'm early 40's - Corey deserved a brownlow.

Corey McKernan - didn't he finish his career only 4 years ago Alan? My god, where does time go.

Re: the saints Well that's an awkward reminder.... Anyways...just goes to justify my thoughts, that in actuality, you're never as bad or as good as you think you are.

@Rusty Nails, dont you get it mate ? - ambiguity is great for the game. It's great for debate, it frustrates people endlessly. Silence = apathy = death.

Probably preseason injuries... Not a crack at you @Bring-Back-Powell, and jeeze I hate 'bathwater' as a catch-all phrase for, getting a head of yourself. No team... ever drinks their own bathwater... you don't think all coaches drill in to the players that they haven't achieved anything until they've won a premiership... (or the players don't understand this through all their coaching and know it innately?) Their gameplan has been torn to shreds... and they're quite a limited team...as evidenced by losing to us last year...

Sorry for your loss.

Do you consciously stop at the keyboard and write the word Essen(drug), or J(eelong), or is it automatic for you these days?? Sorry for thread derail...genuinely curious.

Perhaps a worthwhile read - about the emotional experiences of the loannee https://taleoftwohalves.uk/featured/loan-system-work For those that can't be bothered In the context of soccer/football Loaning a player used to mean; “We can’t find a buyer for you at the moment, and we want to get some money for you, but if we leave you in the reserves no one will see you and your value will reduce. So, we’ll loan you out to a team at a lower level and then more people will see you in action and may want to buy you”. But it seems to have moved to; “We can’t find a place for you in our first team, but there’s that little club over there who would do anything to have a player of your ability, so we’ll loan you out to them. They can play you more regularly and return you as a much better player. Then, if you haven’t developed, they can keep you permanently, and we don’t lose out.”

What is noticeable is that we are winning matches with our structure. Not with class of certain players. The beauty (and the evidence on exposed form) is that Oliver, or Petracca, or others, can have a quieter game, errors can (and will) be made by all players, yet the system holds up. We don't even have our 2 best available forwards...and the system still holds up. We are winning due to a system... and we have multiple plans A, B and C if you will... which the game day coaching staff switch on the fly, and the players respond... actually - word of mouth is, the players are enacting this stuff on the ground So the system may not allow you to win every week..., but it gives you best opportunity. This is what I am excited about...it's a [censored] system that works, with the demographic of our list....and like all systems and all new players... it takes time for there to be cohesion with it. It's all coming together very nicely... *From season one fully in charge - Goodwin has shown he is an innovator. He is a switched on cat, who has surrounded himself now with relevant expertise. Remember Yze was meant to come on board 2 years ago, not just the most recent off season. Change is a long drawn out process, so is recruitment of relevant personnel (players and fd staff). Go you fire trucking good things...

Perhaps the question is @Farmer, have you ever being frothing so much about the future talent that we potentially have? As spectacular as Kossi is - Rivers will be a mothertrucking rock back there for the next decade.

Is that an old version of having mangoes?

was the word cockerel?

Thanks for the response @Bombay Airconditioning I guess I am coming from the perspective - that if we aren't quite doing things well enough, it may not be anything to do with the players not being switched on - it's that the other teams actually are quite good and well structured. It's almost being dismissive that other teams don't have capabilities and don't put work into our strengths and try to leverage that themselves...