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lotsa speculation without any actual acknowledgement of change process football departments in clubs tend to operate by consensus decisions not the whims of individuals one thing i have noticed in the last year is that goodwin seems to be primarily a bench-based coach rather than sitting in the box - and has been so since midway through last year correlates nicely with our run of form since the port adelaide shellacking i think? he has always been said to have a great relationship with the players; their support for him has been unanimous since day dot, and he seems to be very much a 'relationship and communication' based coach

as a matter of interest, how many games has weed played in the vfl over his first five years with the club? he's obviously had 50-odd afl games, but what about lower level down? i think it's easy to forget how little he's actually had; missed a lot of underage footy too he's had some super weird injuries over the journey

developing quickly into everything i wanted dom tyson to be - tall, inside / outside mid who tackles with intent and (more often than not) hits targets has hit the scoreboard on a couple of occasions this year; future burns bright for the kid

if you like don quixote i highly recommend salman rushdie's "quichotte"

you can't stop an lti if a player is incapable of taking the field, they don't play all players are sore already at this point of the year we are playing consistent, process-driven football by dint of having a consistent side with a consistent approach you don't 'mess' with it when you've achieved nothing; we're not richmond

good god no play the best team every week to win every week consistency of personnel is key to, well, consistency

plugger mac, easy he kicks THROUGH the ball

You rang?

Jerdan for the Demonland spelling of choice for his surname?

McKay would command double the contract pay as Weed despite having - prior to 2021 - had an almost identical statistical output

anb got 3, which was upgraded to 4 when we appealed that was in a 17 game season based on that precedent, lycett should by looking at 5 that gets upgraded to 6 when they inevitably appeal

ahem, and hannan could hold his screamers cos it always looks better on the poster if you don't drop the chest mark* *see also: melksham, jake

carltank playing some good footy mitch hannan's set shot kicking still poor

putting the maggots in white would go a long way to differentiating them from most teams

The beauty of going to the game is not having to listen to ch7 if it’s a FTA broadcast or der-Wayne if it’s fox

Meth Coke predominantly in blue; maggots predominantly in blue Never change afl, never change

amazing work @Nasher imagine if the football media actually analysed footy like this; yes, i realise it's a bit myopic to have a single-team focus, but the thing is 'centre clearances' in this game were starkly in contrast to the rest of the stoppages and ultimately the result fascinating stuff, two hours well spent i say!

no change

First win over buddy at the g then We are definitely having a record breaking season

Our first win over Buddy?

6: Oliver 5: McDonald 4: May 3: Salem 2: Harmes 1: Jordon

classic melbourne weather - from 27 this morning to 11 this evening, with a light drizzle three stops from the g the last half an hour or so getting psyched

another franchise day from the looks of things - gw$ doing it easy against the peptides and gc17 look better than aints early days

or andy from the fauves

i'd rather buddy play so we can FINALLY chalk up a win over him