Superunknown

^^ this.

A mix of dread and quiet confidence. Feels like the Bulldogs game a bit.

Age Footy Podcast talking Richmond/trades. They think Cerra would be mad to go to Richmond.

Jeepers - it's 1.90 with a 2.5 line. The markets think it'll be close.

Past performance does not predict future returns.

Good. Hopefully we are like Cadel in 2011. Ultimately chopped Schleck to bits when it counted.

I read posts like this and often try and picture someone taking the time to compose this and it always puzzles me. I usually find your posts interesting, but this is infantile dross. I'm puzzled about why you feel compelled to maintain a record of people you need to call out in this fashion. More specifically, to your point: I'm not clear what you told me. I've been very nervous for some time about our consistency and hardness, even during the 11-0 run. I do not have blind faith - you can use what appears to be an excess of spare time to trawl through my posts to confirm this yourself. As to expecting personal apologies - don't hold your breath. Deary me.

Someone here said it a while ago - good kicking is good footy. For the love of all that is good, can we please straighten up? None of these silly bananas.

Interesting. A bit like the responsibility of the maillot jaune in Le Tour. I mean, when you're as good as Pogacar, you can cover this, assuming a good team (I expected him to let O'Connor have it until the Ventoux stage but what do I know), but there's a lot of pressure. You have to cover everyone else, control everyone else. Everyone's agin' you. Having said that, I'd much prefer to be 1-2 wins better and sitting up there.

Squiggle now has us 3rd, playing Bulldogs in Qualifying Final, if losing that, playing the Swans at the G, if winning that, Lions at the Gabba in a PF. Top 2 is just so important. From Fox Footy - lots of media now saying "where is Ben Brown?!" MELBOURNE After a red-hot start to the season, cracks are starting to appear for the Demons, who were knocked off from first place on the ladder. Their loss to GWS on Saturday marked their second defeat from their last three games, while last week’s win over Essendon was far from convincing. There is a bit for coach Simon Goodwin to work on as the AFL world will now ponder if they peaked too early this season. Alas, they remain second on the ladder, although their spot in the top four is far from locked away. In the votes Christian Petracca tried his heart out, finishing with 30 disposals, 10 marks and six tackles. Christian Salem was also his usual busy self across halfback, tallying 31 disposals at 83 per cent efficiency plus 10 marks and one goal. The defensive pairing of Steven May and Jake Lever also continues to be a juggernaut and near impenetrable wall for opposition to get past. Bayley Fritsch finished with a team-high three goals and nearly single-handedly got Melbourne back in the game in the fourth quarter. Room for improvement The Demons’ inability to produce big scores or put teams away is now potentially becoming an issue. It marked Melbourne’s third-straight game where they haven’t scored over 70 points, while they haven’t reached the triple-figure mark since Round 7. It is surely time to inject Ben Brown into the side, who was recruited to give them more firepower up forward, or recall Sam Weideman and stick with. Either way, Fritsch was their only damaging forward against GWS as Tom McDonald was held goalless, showing they need more support in attack. Grade C

Post of the year

True the problem is we are looking like wasting the incredible start

I’ve been in panic mode since round 2

There is a very real chance we finish ex top 4 and exit week 1….

In- straight kicking

Pfizer in Vic apparently and Pfizer for under 40s nationwide

EOCY21

I like this

Super! Thanks for posting Sue. Two takeaways - 1. What FITB said - we'll be <in Team America Voice) Unstoppable, Gary. 2. Look at our scoring range v top 8 and bottom 8. We're consistent AF. Does that mean we're more reliable / less flat track bully? I'm not sure, but I thought asking this question would make me look like I might have some semblance of knowing WTF I was on about which on reflection may not be the case.

For those wondering about vaccine availability:

Paging @Yokozuna - any intel on Lipinski or Richards (I saw someone mentioned we might be into Lipinksi a while ago IIRC?). https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/clubs-circling-bulldog-lipinski-20210630-p585ou.html

Quality post. Murray gets paid to get eyeballs and to do that he stirs the pot of the angry right. It's that simple. 1. Paul and Peter are not the best political media figures in Australia. Maybe if you're a "rightist" - since you seem fond of lashing out with binary labels. 2. Because the Murdoch mafia and their IPA allies (along with the Innes Willox's of the world) aren't media sycophantic allies to the right? 3. Citation required on: - lockdown fatigue, by country - business closure, in AU (ProfitKeeper says hi) - mortgage defaults in AU (hint - little to no change thanks to JK and super withdrawals and bank mortgage holidays) - divorce rates (it's telling that you have positioned divorce as "wife losing")

The Murdoch media is also full of zealots - it depends on your perspective, don't you think? Me, I'm an by-the-issues person,. so I see zealotry on both sides, including in the ABC. Defunding the ABC is not going to solve the problem, and usually is a good marker for IPA-aligned thinking. This point serves as a useful strawman for Murray's ideology, but it's not useful until such time as most of the population is vaccinated and the borders are open. Posters here have made that point, as have health experts, so if one chooses to ignore this point, so be it.

I always like to start with statistical probability. Squiggle has us finishing first (up from IIRC 2nd last week). Matter of stats has us as 91% and 88% chance of top 4, depending on the number of simulations. http://www.matterofstats.com/mafl-simulations/2021-simulating-the-final-ladder-after-round-14. 30-35% chance of 1st.

Can you explain why this is an issue? The AMA, Hunt, QLD CHO, the NSW CHO (implicitly), have all recommended following current health advice informed by ATAGI. Here is the current ATAGI advice, dated 17 June 2021: link