Engorged Onion
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Good to see some passion for the Dees! Must admit, a few losses can sting, but is there a magic number of loses that qualifies a team as totally predictable? Especially when you consider every team loses games. Maybe you have a secret list of the truly unpredictable teams out there? Just curious who they are for future reference!😇 -
Does the MFC follow Demonland? Anyway, they’re putting this out publicly for a reason.
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Huh?
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Nah, he’s a [censored] kick 🙌🏼🤷♂️
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Having a quiet beer, pondering Demonlands - Most maligned players currently on list ⭐️⭐️ 10. Ben Brown 9. Josh Schache (when it’s recalled he is on the list) 8. Charlie Spargo 7. Trent Rivers 6. TMAC 5. Kade Chandler 4. Tom Sparrow 3. Christian Salem 2. Clayton Oliver 1. Harrison Petty 👊 *has EO got the order right?
Flew in last night… Gonna to be a long night methinks. Already have some pre game drinks sorted at The Pineapple And Ze German Club… any other recommendations? Its not even midday and have seen around 10 people with their Melbourne tops on, biceps glistening in the warm sunshine up here ☀️
Leaving that one hanging @Dee Zephyr - 😅 which way is the blow out? 😇
Hello 💪 I've missed your obnoxious posting 🤩
Mmmm, the only club with cultural issues. Uh huh. Let's think back to WCE during the mid 00's, or individuals of the Hawthorn, Geelong and even Tigers teams. during the 00's and 10's. There is a serious, serious issue with linking nonperforming teams and having that code for 'cultural issues'. But it is the court of public perception and people don't mind drinking that kool aid... It's low hanging fruit. I also get that people don't see it my way.
Fair enough. 😀 Here's the last 10 years (from last year). All clubs, including Geelong and Hawthorn have had periods of being flaccid. Here's a little thing I put together via Reddit. (hope it's not too small). Whilst Longmire and Scott are verry good coaches, Sydney and Geelong have clear (and now often spoken about) niche, boutique and geographical advantages that attract certain players at a 'discount' compared to other clubs. A fair, or unfair competitive advantage on the rest of the competition.
It's midway though the season and we are sitting 10th by % out of the 8. We haven't bottomed out, we're still in a window... but with all factors considered - it'll be tough to perform in finals if they are indeed even made. Going by Footywire and arbitrarily choosing the last 5 years... 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Geelong = 1st 4th 3rd 1st 12th Hawthorn = 9th 15th 14th 13th 16th Collingwood = 4th 8th 17th 4th 1st Sydney = 15th 16th 6th 3rd 8th Melbourne = 17th 9th 1st 2nd 4th We have a collective memory lapse at at times of how teams other than our own have progressed, and as such, things are never linear.
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/as-a-long-suffering-fan-the-demons-dynasty-looks-over-before-it-began-20240611-p5jl0j.html
You know that frustration seeping out of your pores, that, [censored] urge to point fingers at the coaches and yell at the players, yell at each other on Demonland? It's just not good enough, the team let me down, the players are hacks and the FD department are useless... if only I could recapture '21. Here's the thing, *geeks, which I am one* have a term for what's happening: Regression to the mean. Statistical inevitability. So, here we are. God football is emotional.
Tom Lonergan agrees with this post.
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/enough-is-enough-simon-goodwin-on-personal-attacks-and-the-demons-culture-20240605-p5jjl8.html
