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One kick difference in a few games over the past few weeks and Essendon or Collingwood are out of the eight and we're in the top three or whatever. No point calling the road to finals right now.

A clear hole on our list since before 2021. What do you want us to do?

I don't care about your spelling. Fullerton cost what as a back-up? Grundy was a disaster but we should have persisted? Was the trade approach a disaster, or? Who are our forwards is a good question, but the club is not blind, spending our two top draft picks on key forwards following our premiership. Our mids, very good ones, are seriously out of form at present. How is this related to drafting, unless you think we should have pushed Oliver, Viney and Trac out earlier?

All you're going to say? A more constructive approach would be maybe suggesting which key forward we could have attracted for $600,000 or so ahead of other teams.

Watching the hurling again today confirms my belief that the skills of the sport are as closely matched to the AFL as Gaelic footy, if not more. Hard to exactly pin-point, but it's in the aerial movement and space I think. Kicking skills were brought up before, but I'm not convinced kicking a Gaelic round ball prepares anyone better for an AFL ball skill-set than any other random sport. If not already explored, I urge the MFC to take a look.

Okay. You're the recruiting and drafting team since 2021. Go!

The opposition coach fails to mention the outstanding performance of Melbourne a couple weeks ago and Demonland loses its [censored]. Melbourne gets properly done and Demonland loses its [censored], mostly failing to mention the outstanding performance of the opposition. On their home deck, on the other side of the country. It's evident that like me, not many on here actually watch other teams. We were poor no doubt. Losing our backline coordinator in the early stages and our defensive organisation broke down. Definitely a concern, as is our midfield form and a bunch of other longstanding issues. But all credit to the Eagles for a fine display.

This is the key point. The argument is that the Territory and Federal governments would cover any operating shortfall due to an expected return on investment in areas such as health and justice. From a corporate perspective, the pressure on energy company sponsorship makes things a little harder, but I imagine there would be massive interest from organisations country-wide keen to attach their names to an Indigenous-focused team. On field, it would be hoped that a local team would unearth hidden talent and encourage more participants, such that the pool isn't diluted to the extent of the AFL's other recent expansion teams. Playing a Territory brand of football should also keep audiences engaged. Lastly, a lot of people are concerned about the Top End climate, but it's a national competition and there are numerous other quirks of our game (non-uniform ground dimensions, etc.) which make it interesting. Clubs will get better at playing up north and negating the effects.

I went to the 2016 Australia Day T20 match between Australia and India and a Cairns basketball match not so long ago. Everyone was well behaved, but as far as sports go, it all felt pretty disgraceful.

Too late.

You're right. My bad. My life as a borderline gen X outcast. Should have said Chapellgt incident.

The under Naarm sounds a bit like the Chappeli incident.

Which friend? Moonshadow? There's nothing you and me can do to impact the level of shadow across the moon from the perspective of earth, unless we go inside.

I think you meant Fullartime!

Was ready to add another no meme, but sure, why not? Thinking of Paul Chapman to Essendon: relieved of midfield duties and kicked 20 or so at his new club as a half-forward (Dusty seems a fraction fitter). It's better than our small-fry contribution and Martin is a calibre above, if he wants to come for a couple years on a reasonable contract, which is doubtful. But the combination with Trac is tempting even on a bigger budget while we're in our window. Also look at Isaac Smith to Geelong, who walked away with a Norm Smith.

In line with the advice on hair and some herbs and flowers such as daisies, you need to cut them to promote further growth. Seems you're on top of that though?

Out: JVR, Rivers, Woey Don't need these kids getting any ideas about sunnier climates.

This hot-take is a little bit for @binman. I worked out why BT stands out as a particularly loathsome commentator among a hotly contested field, beside the obvious. He doesn't use qualifiers. Everyone gave BruceMac grief for framing every statement with 'you feel like' or 'don't you think' - but BT just says dumb [censored] as if it is fact, and doesn't seem to have a good handle on nuance.

For those unaware, cats are actually highly emotionally tuned. If you're feeling down, they will often come and give you some cuddles. I don't have a cat, so have to pop some bubble wrap instead.

Can we make this a weekly thread? With the "not why we lost" or I'm not a conspiracy theorist" but . . . proviso.

i don't have access to a replay. The Trac htb in the dying stages? Seemed a bit stiff as to prior, and how the rest of the game was adjudicated.

By my calculations, Carlton hasn't had a clean win against us since 2016.

At one stage in the tense final quarter, Chandler tackled Cincotta over the boundary line. I've been stuck ever since trying to work out a worthy 'double-chin' pun. What was the end score?

Melbourne copped an owies. The equivalent in Portuguese is doi doi. I know this, as I currently live with a Portuguese kid with a fondness for scissors. But if he got caught in a perfect tackle and hit his head: holding the ball little mate.

What percentage of teams win when the opposition kicks 100-plus?