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Glad you kept it confidential. Josh is too smart and too ambitious for such a puny job. His horizons are surely national if not international mixing with the movers and shakers of high political and so called intellectual pursuits.

This is only an issue when the team being awarded the free kick seeks to play on. The play on rule is open to abuse. Players take possession of the ball and run a bit and, if they are on the infringing team, so long as they don't kick the ball there are no 50m penalties imposed. If they are on the infringed team, they can get an unfair advantage because they are not tackled as play has apparently stopped. Until the rules are amended to allow only the player infringed upon to play on this will remain a sore point.

Our backline was so effective because they played as a team, not as a collection of individuals, to direct, support, encourage and gang tackle the oppos. Injuries and other issues to May, Petty, Maxie, Lever, Hibberd, Salem and Tomlinson have a way of unsettling and reducing the effectiveness of the group. It is unfair to single out one part of a group. Let's hope that they all overcome their issues and come together to dominate as before.

+1.

Didn't lollie blues use Silvagni as a ruckman? Just stop the oppo ruckman from delivering and marking. Maybe height doesn't matter as much if the game plan is adjusted to revolve around mobile contesters in the ruck. Perhaps tell dogga to play small and become a proper midfielder. Weid can also play mobile. Time to change the plan.

They have not spoken yet.

Goody smashed them. Just too good and too smart. How lucky are we to have Goody and Gawny. GO GOODY GO DEES

This should be over. That it is not is a consequence of media madness and Gill wanting to be seen to do something. Time for the middle finger to the AFL and the media 🖕

Some lessons to be learnt. 1. Team mates should watch out for each other and prevent the breaking of team rules eg. the others should have been able to step in and stop May from drinking and should have stepped in sooner when it became nasty. 2. A strong leader makes all the difference in picking up the pieces. Need not be the coach or admin if the on-field captain is more than good enough. 3. Why are players allowed to drink during the season? Absolute ban is required. 4. Perhaps the club should implement a chaperone system for those who might need it. 5. I realise that this suggestion might infringe on players' freedom but maybe it is time for players to be directed by the club to spend nights out at certain approved and acceptable venues where they can let their hair done in a monitored and controlled environment to prevent occurrences like this. 6. It is time to start preparing for Maxie's successor. Select a small group of younger players and coach them in the dark arts of leadership. CP5, ANB are first nominations. 7. All of the above.

Maxie is the most impressive captain and leader in the AFL by a wide margin. It is simply amazing that he could grow in stature by so much this year. No other captain in recent times has shown his level of sophistication and intelligence as a leader, both when we won the flag and now when the club is under some pressure. I would follow him anywhere. Lead on Maxie.

The form drop can be explained by tiredness, shorter pre season due to late finish in 2021, injuries, loading and any number of variables that are plucked out to explain why the media over cooked our performances to 10/10. I would like to believe that it is predominantly the result of loading and injuries leading up to the QB game given that Monday's game will be the only game we play for nearly 3 weeks thereby allowing a extended period for tapering and resting. Note that this is all pure amateur conjecture but it makes me reassured that it is nothing worse.

Correct. In 1964 we won by 4 points against the filth with an aging team at the end of a 10 year premiership window. Then RDB left. We won the first 8 games mostly by relatively small margins and last minute escapes (our % was nothing like 147). Then we were smashed on QB by St Kilda who were on the march to a grand final that year. And then Norm Smith got sacked. 2022 is totally different. Dominant 2021 finals campaign, 10 game 2022 winning streak, settled administration (forget the HS garbage - that was last year), team filled with a mixture of outright champions still in their prime as well as emerging young players, a confident, capable coach nearing his peak and the same captain to inspire and lead. GO GOODY GO DEES

Even harder to find.

I have just read the report on Nathan Jones speech to the club this week. It is full of class and humility in line with his playing career and demeanor over the years. Given his outstanding career and contribution to our club when combined with the incomparable Robbie's contribution is seems to me that the number 2 belongs in a special place. Accordingly, number 2 should be retired permanently and elevated to legend status in the pantheon of our club's icons.

Firstly, because there was once 12 Victorian teams so if you hated all opposition supporters there was no one left to be friends with. Secondly, no matter how one eyed and fanatic we might be, we all love our great game of footy first before we become partisan supporters.

Whilst many people talk about our "premiership window" developing young players for the future is the surest way to prolong the so called window. Goody on the club.

I understand from your text that you are upset. Are you?

This has nothing to do with playing swannies at less than full strength. It has all to do with the integrity of the AFL rules and tribunal and, in some respects, the future of footy. For him to get off would be a bad look and would severely diminish the reputation of all concerned. Here's hoping.

Sam has had his chances to show what he can do as a forward. I still rate him as a player but, like many other forwards who failed to "click", would like to see if he can make it as defender facing the oncoming ball rather than having to wait for it. Swans McCartin is a current example and footy history is replete with other examples. The rest of the year at Casey beckons.

For the statistically minded posters, there are now 12 teams (/18) with a percentage above 100%. Has this happened before because, as I understand the maths, percentages should cancel out over the 18 teams.

Gawn and Jackson would overwhelm Keating. If we add Langdon and Brayshaw and allow them to add Akermanis to complete the sets then it would be a contest of the bests v the bests of each era. The dees should be better through weight of top class numbers.

A good system relies on talented players who can exploit the system. As stated above, we have both. Plus we have no obvious gaps or weaknesses that can be exploited by the opposition. One week at a time.

10/10. That's all that matters.

Absolutely, if there is a spot available. No matter how perfect we believe our list to be, things can change quickly and, given our recent success at draft picks, we should top up with a tall, if available. Although having Daw, Tomlinson, Smith and Weideman in reserve would ordinarily be considered a luxury by most teams. Medium size players we have in abundance.

Those of us who concentrate with our tongue out always know when to retract to avoid a bite. An instinctive, intuitive and instant self preservation technique, not dissimilar to avoiding tackles.