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Thanks Andy, you have given me a few extra ideas for the never ending cycle of password updates for my corporate laptop.

One of few podcasts I’d look forward to every week. In retrospect it takes a certain personality to make a successful podcast and having two larrikins in Gus n Gawn was a treat. If Chin was to take over, he’d need a side kick. Not sure who though

I did see that photo too and there was a notable player (Trac) not present. There were others too so im not reading much into it, however the reason i raise the point, is that the media havent raised it either (yet). Just wanted to put a watch on whether they'll hang onto this to use for another time.

Agreed - the extra 2.5 m of space between the arcs and centre square at the MCG in comparison is a bit of an optical illusion.

Maybe, but TV executives would be all over it if there was a market for it - if there is anything AFL do well, its the monetisation of their product. But im not complaining i appreciate the analysis and why i listen to Hoyne on Tuesday afternoons religiously.

It is great analysis - particularly for those that are interested in this stuff but have an untrained eye. Having someone step through each play to explain whats being coached and seeing it unfoled is terrific. I don't however think the average punter is into this level of analysis and hence why the mainstream shows are unlikely to delve into it. But personally loved it.

So both MCInerny and Amarty are suspended. Not massive outs but leaves them a little short in their backline and forward line with Aaron Francis also concussed.

This is a 100% paid counter-attack (in the journalism sense) from Freo.

Every player has a hot patch and i vaguely remember those games (older age), but was his form consistently of a high standard. The narrative around here was that up until recently, Melk was one of Goody's boys and that he was always able to bypass selection integrity. I have never really seen him like that. He can lack some defensive accountability in the sense of how some High HF's play, but to me that is not his role. He has to play on the defensive interceptor / rebounder and exploit him the other way. Almost every team has one. He'd play on Lever if he was an opponent.

Also felt like it was a I can’t remember Melky pre 2021 for some reason. Was it suddenly he looks decent? He has always been in and out of the team. But finding a target in f50 comes naturally to him. Playing him HF for connection just seems so obvious.

We don’t have a first this year

What happened to the Swans players?

In the spirit of this thread what you’re talking about is for a first year med student performing successful triple bypass surgery without the aid of medical imaging equipment. It’s possible… but let’s not get carried away. We have much work to do. Our forward line looked much more functional and midfield was working well. But still making costly turnovers that were preyed upon by the Lions.

Come on, it was so clearly a set play to a leading Milkshake to execute a kick akin to the old 3.0 degree of difficulty in olympic diving.

TDK can at least play forward so IMV has his hand on the ruck / fwd role, which is probably on the bench. Xerri or Gawn can’t play forward so it’s gonna be one of them for #1 ruck position.

It was certainly a ? on his draft profile. i remember it on draft night. He does have speed though and great athleticism and a will to compete. Also his kicking comes good when he is going for goal as he has kicked some absolute rippers. Perhaps a confidence thing. You give him a mulligan as he's a 2nd year player and they are still prone to inconsistency which is exacerbated through lack of pre-season.

Right now Max and Xerri are fighting it out for the 2025 AA. Depending on the stat source you can mount an argument for either one. A good chance the AA selectors will go with 1 ruck this year. Although if both players keep this up you have to find space in your side to fit them both in. Both are in top 10 players (supercoach, afl player ratings) Id say the only thing Max has going for him is that MFC have won more games and he has beaten a good share of rucks. The main thing going against him is that Xerri absolutely toweled him up earlier this year and got 10 coaches votes for his performance too.

This stuff does my head in and just reinforces the narrative around the media and MFC. Im sure there is some truth to what he says, but i find it rather amusing that the media fail to represent this point around Kozzy to Freo and especially the Oliver to Geelong. I mean if there was ever a case to mount around the clubs trying to shape the narrative they both are contenders as they have dominated the trade headlines over the past 12 months.

Those pressure ratings are kind of sour... below AFL average again. it probably explains why Lions were able to get 60+ points from defensive half.

This is weirdly entertaining

Hopefully gets looked at. I think it was Rayner with the sloppy spoil attempt.

Its a bit like Jake Lever when he first got to Melbourne. If you dont put a match-up on Lever, he will run riot. He cannot defend 1-1 very well but is intercept master. Andrews a much better 1-1 defender but his strength is his intercept and rebound game. you take that away from him and well, you get what you get today.

He has been great, but lets not get carried away. He would just be in the top 10 half backs of the league at the moment. If he could get more forward half possessions, goals, inside 50s and score involvements then, he'd be in consideration for sure.

we are 4 points and percentage from top 8. Still a lot to play out and our draw will get a bit harder. Swans are plum for the picking next week with McInerny and Amarty almost guaranteed to get at least a week suspension and Aaron Francis with concussion. They are not super critical to their team but it does give us a real height advantage up forward.

100% i had him delisted in the near future at the start of the season, but he has turned it around epically. I'd love to see him get on a few chains and HB receives and kicking it from the front half more as well. Once/if those score involvements start going up, then he'll start getting noticed a lot more as well.