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This season is far too compromised already. The fact that they announced a postponement to the season prior to our round one match was a minor grizzle. Whatever resolution they find for the latest development will create further intolerable inequities whatever they decide. That's on top of hubs and travel and the sacrifices already going on. I'm guessing AFLHQ will either split the points or award us the win. If it's the latter and continues over the next couple of rounds then Essendon have been effectively and unfairly erased from the shortened season through no real fault of their own. We'd be outraged if it happened to us. And what happens to the next team with the positive Covid result? It will become an absolute farce if teams are eliminated one by one due to misfortune. If it's the former - we split the points - then the integrity of the competition this year is finished already. Meanwhile, we're robbed of possible percentage points and match fitness. Imagine we were meant to be playing Gold Coast (old Gold Coast) and we didn't get a potential percentage boost while almost every other team gets one. The only solution is to somehow eliminate percentage this year. The season is over. They need to pivot immediately and come up with some revised competition that doesn't include the ordinary flag. I have no idea what that would look like. I do in fact have one idea but it's pretty radical and warped. Still working on it. Any suggestions from the brains trust on here?

Immediately after the game Gawn was on Twitter. The club's leadership and cultural issues persist.

We could end the round in the 8 with a percentage of 80%.

How many players and administrators are currently involved in the AFL - let's say roughly 1500 - all ostensibly following the same protocols? How many of those have traveled overseas over the past couple of months? I'm intrigued by this coincidence. Also, how many grew up in Europe? This virus still has so much to reveal. I suspect Conor could end up providing some clues.

Just to add to the fun, Andrews has hinted at the potential of locking down localised corona hot-spots as is being done in Germany and elsewhere abroad. One of the current hot-spots: Casey.

Cool. Let's run Brown and Weids as our two KPFs.

Career average is 0.96 actually.

I still reflect on a few misses I made in under-15s and have strange dreams about it. One was from a game when I was switched forward and kicked 12 goals but blotted my clean score-sheet with the easiest kick of the day 15-out straight in front. Two others were goal-square fluffs where I should have worked through it better. I remember these occasions vividly from 25 years ago and they still haunt me - although we won two of those matches. I can also recall at least six other misses from that season.

Thanks for the link Fifty-5. I liken Gawn and Grundy to the AFL's version of Federer-Nadal. Gawn is the best tap-ruckman I've ever seen and by a long margin. Grundy is a fantastic as a new prototype. And they're both above average in what each other excels at. With Jackson we may soon have one of each.

I'm out. Thanks for wasting the 15 minutes I spent on a constructive response. Erased now.

What Petracca did on the weekend marks out an AFL 'superstar' - demonstrating the physicality, determination and touch to observably bust through a scrum, collect the ball and accelerate out the other side of a pack. What Oliver did on the weekend and every other weekend is to negotiate congestion and open space through deft touch. It's less noticeable, and often I'm left completely astounded by something he does that I only barely caught. They don't show replays of those things.

I don't know if this is allowed. Was my personal perception at the time with absolutely no evidence to back it up whatsoever. Lived in West Lakes, had Footy Park membership, went to almost every Crows' game in their first eight years. Roo was on the juice.

Nae.

Is a detour the same as a derail? I'm curious. Brayshaw slags Adelaide, Roo slags everyone in response. Would the peeps on here prefer our board or management behaved more in that way or not? Serious question.

But as a combination they might be. Wagner are not in Fyfe's league.

And there's your answer if you've ever been curious as to what the plural of Petracca is. Still not clear however if intended as plurale tantum or an irregular plural though. Anyone know if Trac has a brother on our list? Maybe an easy mistake: I'm pretty confident that we have the most ever brothers on our list with brothers by number playing in the AFL.

This is a great shot Bing. Demonstrates how difficult footy is and how important back-line cohesion is. Swap the colours and the outcome to an intercept mark and everyone is annoyed that our boys didn't compete and held off looking for a cheapie. Split-second decisions. We were playing in front. How many games have these three played together in the back-line? Smith first game down back in however long? I know it has been going on for years. Here's the thing. Everyone is angry that Goodwin and co. haven't coached it out of them. But the anti-Goodwin brigade should be even angrier, furious even - he has been coaching it into them. At least on three occasions over the past couple years I can recall players saying that Goodwin has told them to back themselves to leave their man and get across. He wants most of this to happen. We just need to be better at it. And hopefully gel and trust. Would love to watch the footage again and see if there was any hesitation from any of ours. It's a bold move to fly while your man stays on the ground and needs total confidence and commitment.

I should have phrased it better. Fans aren't asking for a rebuild. But by demanding Goody's scalp they will get another compromised one.

Outside of the bolded the rest aren't likely to contribute to a flag (Melksham I don't know). If we get close it will depend on what the remainders contribute on the day of any given final. That is: they can't even be relied on to just fulfil a role. I doubt any other club has a list of seniors that looks anything like this. And it dates back through multiple coaches. Bailey set out on a rebuild and we pulled the plug and went for another rebuild. By the time Roos came on board he had to stem the tide rather than set off on another complete rebuild, and so brought in some experience at the expense of additional young talent. Compromised rebuilds. That rolls on to today. Fans are asking for it to happen again.

I’ve been with Goody from the start. I can see his qualities as a coach, and they’re the ones I think are important in contemporary football. I don’t always agree with his decisions but I can also recognise the logic in certain ones. Something I have failed to properly understand but which I think he does is that we are still in the process of a rebuild, due to the depths that we fell into in the past and the longer-term structural issues around our list that it has caused. That’s why he continues to act as if in teaching mode. Jones TMac Melksham Jetta One might be forgiven for thinking that was a list of our bottom four players on the weekend, whereas it’s our four most experienced players. The next two in line – May had a stinker and Hibberd was dropped. I’m afraid four of those six may be just about done. If we can’t get consistent input from senior players then our rebuild has a few more years to run yet. Take a look at the AFLCA votes for example and you will see 150+game players almost across the board. We have a crew of 80-game players carrying our team. This is a serious generational issue, and it’s a difficult one to address and manage. Goody has to find a way to bridge the gap between ailing seniority and the development of youngsters while building a winning culture. Thus juggling to find a way to manage the short- and long-term. Through that lens, you can maybe see why Harmes is at half-back. Jones is the most damaging forward among our midfield group and looked promising in the pre-season. A few extra goals from Harmes across a season is hardly going to make a difference to our fortunes. You can appreciate perhaps why Jackson was drafted and selected early if you think or were aware that TMac’s body is shot. We desperately need to blood this kid now. Goodwin already pulled the trigger on one senior player for a debutante in Rivers. It seems to have paid off. Calling for the heads of senior players is all good and fine, but that can breed cultural issues and then we also have a bunch of 80-gamers leading the new kids on field. Those complaining about Goodwin and culture probably also complained about James McDonald being let go. Firing Goodwin is a bad path, and it probably can’t be done now anyway. He’s grappling with the same issues that we are on here. How to get something out of TMac and Jones? How to forward-plan for our KPFs? Should Meksham or Jetta be dropped? What are the repercussions?

These are the exact and only stats I looked up this week. It was an issue in 2017 and I believe we lost close games due to it (and thus missed the finals). Then in the off-season they got Hogan and Gawn ultra slim and fit. In early 2018 suddenly we were top two for contested marks from memory. It's not the pack-marks. It's the outlet and release valves at half-back and on the wings which are needed. Edit: apologies to @Wiseblood who had already noted we were second for CM in 2018.

Sorry OD. Was talking about the upcoming corresponding match vs. the Bombers. I recall some time last year TMac going back and me being as frustrated as ever. But can't place the match.

Can someone help with my memory? In the corresponding game last year, my recollection is that Goodwin did the following; Ran Melksham through the centre bounces early where he was forced to apply some effort and had an immediate impact. Sent TMac down back in the second quarter after which we went on a seven-goal blitz.

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Hey My name is legion. Did you watch the first quarter?