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he said IF ben brown is injured for the next month or so, it will change where he's training as a wing or as a forward

When things are glum there’s worse to come

exactly my point @Cards13 - i would suspect that eddie's surprise retirement tour announcement was done in the wake of requirements from sponsors in the wake of the initial findings in the report being circulated at a high level

an hour of slobbo four days a week? cancel my subscription!

also no mention of the grand final rights, which are currently not pushed from being fta 'exclusive' for 7 to being simultaneously on foxtel / kayo i tried streaming the gf last year via 7 app - was in 480p and barely watchable

timelines as follows: early dec: initial findings of the report given to the board, including a nike board member mid dec: eddie announces he'll leave at the end of 2021 late dec: full report given to the cfc board early jan: nike confirms new apparel deal with cfc late jan: full report leaks to the public early feb: yesterday's gloriously awful press conference now the query will be what comes next...

his retirement has far more to do with the health of his father-in-law - gavin robertson - than it does some salacious rumour

up until the last few years when it became clear what a weapon a 3 point shot was compared to a 2 there's a good ringer article here: https://www.theringer.com/nba/2019/2/27/18240583/3-point-boom-nba-daryl-morey i guess, ultimately, 3 points will always be worth more than 2, thus the risk-reward ratio is skewed 50% higher to the benefit of shooting a 3 than a mid-range 2 not to mention that - for the most part - the chance of an offensive rebound is far greater off the back of a missed 3 than a missed 2, due to the spread on the floor the other big change is that so many more players at that elite level are getting what's considered 'wide open' 3 point attempts; the % of players shooting higher % from outside the arc has increased exponentially over the years: from 22-24 foot (i.e. just beyond the arc) the likelihood of making a shot is insignificantly different from 4-21 feet to make it worthwhile to take the greater risk and earn 50% more points per shot made: people like the curry brothers, klay thompson, dame lillard etc are freaks when it comes to the long-range shot, but there's good reason as to why it has expanded as the go-to shot from back in the final years of jordan: but, back to our side, FOR GOD'S SAKE DON'T HANDBALL OVER YOUR HEAD!! taking a 3-point shot and handballing over your head are COMPLETELY UNRELATED as far as i am concerned, as the 3-point shot is a scoring attempt, whereas a handball over your head is effectively a no look pass to someone behind you which is just a ludicrous thing to do i hate seeing our players do it

sort of second this gimme a close, exciting game over a one-sided high scoring drubfest any day of the week...unless it's the dees! then more of the latter in our favour please modern football's atrocious skills is more by dint of too many teams, too many poor players running around in the 90s there were 14 and then 16 teams with 20 taking the field every week; now there's 18 with 22 and the focus has shifted from ball skills to incredible athleticism

the new standing the mark rule seems to be a direct reaction to the behaviours of hawks and the filth over the last decade who have become adept at using the mark as the first defensive mechanism to stop quick play waiting for the over-officiating to get the 'interpretation' of it wrong in round 1...

Eddie: "A proud day for the Collingwood Football Club" Probably not what I'd lead with...

in the herald-scum, slobbo sais eddie everywhere should resign immediately; rita panahi has gone all 'lefties see racism everywhere' - it was LITERALLY a report into institutionalised racism

afl finally deign to address it on their propaganda machine site; they filed the aap report - what happened to the supposed independent journalistic integrity??

in a surprise to absolutely nobody, not a mention of the filth report nor the liam baker capsicum spray incident over the weekend on afl.pravda.com.au...

pies mate who has kept working in the industry has a fine theory... Timeline becomes clearer now: Report comes out, Nike say action needs to happen before we sign deal, Eddie forced to quit

wait til 30k go to the tennis every day for a fortnight...

if you class trac as more inside-outside, viney is a miles better footballer than any other inside mid option we have other than oliver, and his defensive tendencies are better than clarry the amount of opprobrium for a former captain and multiple b&f top 5 placegetter on this site is baffling we are a much better side when viney is up and going than when he's sitting on the sidelines; here's hoping for a quick and full recovery

i presume that's a public holiday?

much more sensible to have two than every man imaginable

can't see the likes of hibberd and brayshaw (or petty and hore) being part of any practice match situation i think we are allowed play a six man bench in the practice games?

not if a demon is the culprit...

i'd go zerrett over kelly too; he's bryce gibbs 2.0 i struggle to see zerrett leaving peptides, but i think kelly's movement might depend to a greater or lesser degree on what cripps at carltank decides

He joined the club hungry too...

he played six games in 2018 so...no he had a reasonable year on the back flank in 2017 but saying he was at aa calibre at any stage in his footballing career thus far is utterly laughable

oh sweet bbp, you sweet, sweet fella... when are the little piggies sprouting wings and taking to the sky??