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A lack of indigenous coaches trumps a lack of emotional intelligence. A win for colonial MFC over those cry-babies at Collingwood.

How many current and passed rockstars read/post on Demonland thread.

Well can you at least share what really happened to Kurt?

I'm not sure if I agree. Actually, I'm not sure what you're agreeing about.

SWYL - when it's you calling for a more circumspect and patient approach then I know my concerns must be well out of line.

Once again - 39 points up by the 10min-mark of the 2nd qtr. and a hard-fought win by 24. Not complaining or being negative but the root cause needs to be identified and the problem addressed. We kick just two more goals after going up by 40 and the opposition are effectively buried. Leak two goals by fiddling around or taking the foot off and suddenly it's a four-goal game with an opposition sniff and the problems compound. One day it could really hurt.

The nick-name 'Tomald' is revelation enough. It can even be used as a verb. Like when you Tomal the ball directly to the single opposition player standing in the middle of four of your own teammates.

I agree.

I think you can compare player-to-player by year at footywire. Though in my mind there is no doubt that Clarry is comparatively a fair way ahead.

The most contested possession across two games (career): Trent Cotchin - 36 Dane Swan - 37 Joel Selwood - 39 Dustin Martin - 40 Jobe Watson - 40 Gary Ablett Jr. - 41 Chris Judd - 44 Nat Fyfe - 46 Josh Kennedy - 46 Clayton Oliver - 46 (2017; in career games 30/31) Patrick Dangerfield - 48 (2017; in career games 190/191)

We should lend him the club Corolla with some bourbon & colas in the glove-box. Imagine how good he would be with another kick-up-the-bum? Add a few more indiscretions and he'll eclipse Dusty in no time.

I was coming at it from the presumption of Lever leaving Adelaide and choosing between us and a wealthier suitor. That if for example, Lever was offered 650,000 by Adelaide and then 700,000 by us and 800,000 by Collingwood he would be more likely to take Collingwood than if he was offered 500,000 by Adelaide and then 700,000 by us and 800,000 by Collingwood. In the psychological sense that if Adelaide are seriously low-balling, then any much greater offer is already considered a significant 'win', which leads to greater consideration of other factors. I'll see if I can dig up a paper.

This was my take a few weeks back after the last comments coming out of the Crows. In a completely unfounded amateur pop-psych marketing-principle sort of way, I get this vague hunch that a serious Adelaide low-ball may be somehow extra beneficial for us. As in: if you're offered a choice of two monetary deals that are already significantly better than your current position, you may be less inclined to simply grab the higher figure and instead better consider other factors. @Danelska? Any behavioural economists I can cite here? Kahnemann or someone?

46 contested possessions in the past fortnight. Against two big-bodied mid-fields. Insane. Can someone with Twitter ask Champion Data what the two-week and three-week records are? (This question was asked re. tackles earlier in the year and quickly answered).

Ben reminds me of an enthusiastic young Labrador with boundless energy and the equivalent trainability. If North tell him to stay, he'll stay.

Still being managed though T.O.G. And you can tell when it's happening, as it coincides with our flat-spots in the centre.

You ruined the bit where people have to ask me what it was. I'm downgrading my experience of seeing you on my stroll as just pretty good.

I once went for a walk and saw something amazing.

Lolz Bulldogs and their Bernie Quinlan curse. Tippet now? Still looking for a replacement after all these years. Why don't they just employ a forward development coach fcs? They think they're Sydney but they're doing it wrong.

I'm curious. For those with the patience to venture onto opposition fan-sites, which Demons players have sparked 30-page discussions on their potential poaching? Probably not 30 pages, but I'd be interested to hear in general who opposition fans think they can prise free, the currency suggested, and their perspective on these players as compared to our own.

Two straight first round picks? Would that be the most ever offered up for one player? The AFL is creating a monster which will come back to bite em' on the ass. Basically allowing clubs to disequalise themselves in a desperate short-term grab for cash and a flag. Note, North and Saints are leading the charge; clubs which need success now to financially survive. But wait until the fans turn away when half the league has bottomed-out after having sold their farms and stretched their caps beyond wiggle - (although that's when we'll likely see the AFL rules-on-the-run specialty come into play). I'm not an economist but I think this requires very very careful strategic planning and foresight - that perhaps we're in an inflationary cycle and could capitalise on the rebound. The problem is, it's happening as we're building our window and we also need success now, and I'm concerned that we will/will have to go with it.

Disappointed to eagerly open this bump and not get a fix of crushed bones and twisted arms.

In 2011, the progression was smash first before learning to win.

I mentioned it in the OP as an exception (although I failed to clarify which season), along with our otherwise ordinary win against Brisbane.

Although the scores were basically level, we did this between the second and third quarters against the Saints after we'd withstood and overrun their crazy pressure and they subsequently dropped their heads - and I was sure tempo-footy was a directive from the coaches box - but in this instance we did it very well by playing patient and lowering the eyes. For a quarter. Before we started fiddling with it again in the last.