gs77

This. 100% this.

At the start of the year the curious stat went around that no premiership line-up ever played together in full thereafter. I recall chatter on this site about how we could be the first, which was dashed by injury prior to round 1. Then later in the year it was mentioned that we were almost back to our best 22 (being the flag 22). Here's hoping going forward we embrace the evolutionary philosophy required to remain at the tip of the AFL spear.

Lever, May, Langdon, Ben Brown, Dunstan. 4 were vital elements of our premiership team.

My worry with this is the Cargo Cult Science issue. There's no point duplicating a program outputs if the inputs have changed - player conditioning, injuries, schedule, etc. I hope the 2021 program wasn't being followed blindly, but rather the methodology for its construction was being followed, allowing for evidence-based evolution. The talk earlier in the year that we were being flogged even harder on the training track and that we'd be even fitter than 2021 worried me. We looked knackered as this year wore on. Sparking out of the blocks, getting leads mid-game, and being steadily reeled in and overrun. Week after week with few exceptions.

Guaranteed he'll play just one blinder next year, no points for guessing who it'll be against. 😡

Promised by Melbourne or Freo?

The algorithm would have the result in miliseconds, yet the AFL would still dribble the selection information out over 2 laborious nights of coverage.

Maybe he's preparing for 40-odd exit interviews to be held in a couple of days?

Nope Ok, Oliver, Fritta, Petty - that's about it

Thought he'd cracked a shin he seemed in so much pain. Relieved to see him out there.

Gawn! Come on.

I'm having to rehydrate something fierce to offset the nervous peeing already today.

What a time to gift an opposition goal. Idiocy.

Hopefully not in a gastro way

He was something to behold in 1994 and prior. I was at his post 3rd knee comeback game. That was pretty special.

Sorry who TF is Truck?

Good lord how does that get kicked into the person on the mark. Thank heavens for Daisy's work to clean up the aftermath.

I'd happily take a 100pt lead at 3/4 time in each of our remaining games.

Someone send them Trac's Norm Smith highlights reel.

We have simply no choice but to win the flag now. I will die from the cringe if I see another team doing this in mockery of us otherwise.

Delighted for Fritta. 50 goals - best medium forward in the AFL by a country mile.

Kozzy with the bookend goals that quarter. He is such a gun. So glad he's a Dee!

Very poor umpiring. Not paying it signals to the players they can get away with it and the last 5 mins of thuggery is the result

Zorko is an absolute gutter crawling piece of faeces.

Brought in by Casey apparently when Daw retired, but had a calf injury I believe so this is his first game.