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Has it been said anywhere yet whether we will be taking the full squad of players vs a smaller group, similar to what Port have done? Mahoney mentioned on Friday that there arguments for and against each strategy and that they'd be making the call yesterday.

What was the "Tommy Hafey debacle" ? And who is the "fat bloke" who played a good game in the NAB cup? ?

I'm probably an outlier, but I don't mind Sunday games for this very reason. Sunday lets me retain that (misguided?) hope/excitement all weekend, whereas a Thursday loss would leave me [censored] off and not wanting to watch any of the other games.

100% we were woeful, as we were against the Blues. There certainly wasn't the same sort of venom in here after that win though. I guess I just find it interesting how much the narrative can change based on literally one kick. We win yesterday and people would still be expressing disappointment at the way we are going (and rightfully so), but they'd also be talking about some of the better aspects such as us managing to find a way to win despite playing so poorly and being controlled for most of the game. And the overall tone of the "3 word analysis" would be very different too - which was my initial point. Look no further than the one after the Carlton game, despite playing not much better.

Yeah this isn't a good place to be after a loss. It's almost always the same and I keep telling myself to not even come here for a few days to avoid the worst of the toxicity, but I cant help it. Equally, the over the top gushing after a decent victory is just as ridiculous, and at times laughable when then it's the same people that have massive melts after a loss. This would be a lot more enjoyable place to be if there was a bit more balance rather than the constant swinging from one extreme to another.

This entire thread would have been completely different for starters. That's how fickle this place can be sometimes.

FWIW, something else Mahoney said last night is that Jones is struggling to run out games and get his regular km in. Achilles niggle.

Yeah it was. All of Mahoneys ones so far have been pretty interesting. Pretty sure they record the sessions as I remember that being said after the Richardson one. Maybe they post them on the club website somewhere?

Really? He's played 3 games, had 25 calf injuries and not run pain free in 5 years (until now), and you are surprised they are cautiously easing him back into a full workload?

Email comes around once per week from which you can register for the session/s you want to attend. Then on the day of you get another email with a link to the meeting. Agree with binman in that they have been really good. Next ones are Plapp on Tuesday and Mahoney next Friday. Mahoney is the regular one each Friday but others that have been on so far are Gawn, Viney, Matthews & Richardson. Edit - questions you want asked can be pre-submitted or asked during session.

Bennell has not been "dropped" He is being managed and will be all season. Get used to it.

According to Mahoney about 5 minutes ago (Zoom call). Jetta down on form and he acknowledges that himself. Hibberd coming in allows Harmes to get back into the midfield mix. Oh and Bennell... he said they want to work him back into it slowly. He was never going to playing every game this season. They want him to be a long term player and so he will be in for a couple then out for a lower intensity match in between, such as with this week in the scratch match.

3 of the ins and 3 of the outs are exactly the same as last week. Added to that this week is Jetta/Bennell out and Lockhart/Hibberd in Most thought Lockhart was stiff to miss selection last werk and if Hibberd coming in means Harmes can get back to the middle, then isn't that a good thing?

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Yup... I'm not bothered at all to play Fremantle in QLD, and would be perfectly fine staying up there to play both the Crows and Port too. Much less of an "interstate" game than playing them at Optus/Adelaide Oval, their actual homes, in front of a crowd. As for away games in VIC, are they really away games if there is no one in the stand? What's the difference, other than who controls all the LED boards around the boundary? Only true away games in VIC this season is GMHBA and we avoided that. Don't really get the melts, tbh..

Don't let a West Coast supporter hear you say that...

Or it could be [censored], and this is just an easy way to get the heat off Essendon and allow the AFL to press on with fixturing and keep the broadcasters & West Coast happy. Lots of problems have now gone away. Watch McKenna/Stewart have 14 days off anyway for "general soreness"

I for one am quite glad that we dont have our players exposed to their (potentially) disease riddled backline. Let Carlton be the guinea pigs.

The only player that has been deemed "close contact" is Stewart, who was apparently his wrestling partner. I guess snotting/spitting, wiping his nose and grappling with players during training doesn't count. ?

If you were sitting in your car when it was raining which would get you more wet? Window most of the way up (supermarket screen) or window all the way down (no screen)?

He probably assumed that our game vs Bombers would be played at some point next week and they'd then need to push out Cats game to give us a proper break?

How is it that many of the same people who criticise the club for gifting players games, are now getting into another tizzy when they don't? Demonland is so confusing sometimes.

And Port say nope.... https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/718636/chairman-s-message-update-on-prison-bar-guernsey-petition "To avoid any confusion, let me present some facts to you. At no stage did the current Board of the Port Adelaide Football Club sign a “once and done” agreement with the AFL to enable us to wear our black-and-white Prison Bar guernsey in our 150th year. FACT. In fact, the Collingwood Football Club were prepared for Port Adelaide to wear this guernsey in both 2020 Showdowns, on the condition that we would sign off on it being the last time and no more. FACT. Subsequently, we refused to sign off on anything preventing us from wearing this guernsey beyond 2020 with “the parties agreeing to defer further consideration of that issue to a later point in time.” FACT. Therefore, we are doing exactly what was agreed, picking up the conversation to be able to wear the black-and-white Prison Bar guernsey in Showdowns ongoing. And we are not asking to be the Magpies in the AFL. FACT. All we are asking is that we are able to wear our black-and-white Prison Bar guernsey in all Showdowns moving forward"