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Why in that graphic is Brisbane named first?

Hermannsburg is also renowned as being the birthplace of Albert Namatjira.

1 hour ago, Whispering_Jack said:

Five games in and they’ve already named a railroad station after him!

And a hotel and a whole suburb.

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My perception is that the umpires changed the technique of boundary throw-ins not long ago. They sling it across their chest more angularly, rather than just straight over their head.

This might be to get the ball thrown a greater distance, but I think it has lowered the depth accuracy and given more error in direction. You often see the ball going well left or right of where the ruckmen expect it to land.

5 hours ago, BoBo said:

I saw it last night yeah, I guess my inclination is, if umps had been paying the dissent rule more often, players wouldn’t feel like they could keep going? It’s another rule that is a victim of being applied seemingly at random thus players are now doing it more often. If it’s a rule then apply it every time it happens or get rid of it is my thinking. 

Pavlov's dogs only needed occasional reinforcement to stop. 😄

"Since round 10 last year" is picking an artificial point to skew the stats.

3 hours ago, Roost it far said:

What would that lesson be? Lever himself feared he’d ruptured it.

The lesson would be that Lever and everybody else shouldn't jump to conclusions.

10 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Then there’s some players whose nicknames I’ve yet to hear: Tom Fullarton, Jed Adams, Will Verrall, Kyah Farris-White, Lachie Hunter, Shane McAdam).

Surely they'd be Fullo, Jeddo, Willo, Kyo, Hunto and Shano? ☺️

29 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

What you described is a Melbourne match under Goodwin; congested, defensive, low scoring and boring.

Last year Melbourne scored 2002 points, Sydney scored 1994. Not much different.

2 hours ago, Roost it far said:

Is Fullerton happy to hit packs?

I wonder if Fullarton is happy that no-one can spell his name?

14 minutes ago, IRW said:

It's difficult to understand why Hogan and that other guy went West then.

Tip..they didn't want to play for the MFC.

Not difficult at all. They were both lured home (by Fremantle) and for family reasons. "The other guy" worked out for Fremantle, Hogan didn't and still wasn't happy. He had a navicular stress fracture and mental health issues that didn't help.

On 10/03/2024 at 12:26, rjay said:

Dermott is no genius and all your banging on doesn't change it.

...but it's not an easy fix otherwise it would have already been done.

Yes. I take issue with the word "refuse" in the SEN headline. Just because we can't fix a problem doesn't mean we've refused to address it.

What forward has actually realistically been available for trade or at our draft picks? For all I know, we've tried.

Spargo will be part of the new, improved delivery inside 50, or I think that's the theory.

11 hours ago, Gunna’s said:

Times have changed….for the better.

They have.

I remember when Matty Whelan got lauded by us for his hit on James Hird.

5 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

He must have something going for him given he was awarded VIC metro's best player in the carnival.

As for Langdon, I can't put my finger on it but he seems to have gone a bit down hill since 2021. What's the difference between 2021 Langdon and 2023 into 2024 Langdon?

He was just meh on Sunday. Not good, not bad. However he's certainly in my side for round zero. 

He cut his hair and, like Samson, lost his power. Same thing happened to Ben Brown. ☺️

1 hour ago, rjay said:

The big match winning moves of yesteryear are very rare in the current game.

Yes, but some still yearn for the idea of the full back going forward in the last quarter and kicking three goals, or the full forward going in to the middle and crashing the pack to win a clearance.

13 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

McVee spent his first year at Casey.

I no longer trust Wikipedia!

Early debuts are not that unusual, especially for players picked before #10. These players all debuted in round 1 after their draft.

Oliver
McVee
Viney
Brayshaw
Fritsch
Sparrow
Pickett
Billings (for StK)
Tomlinson (for GWS)

Petracca probably would have if not for an ACL recovery.

In addition Rivers debuted in round 2 (delayed due to Covid), Salem and Spargo debuted in round 6.

Melksham debuted in round 3 for Essendon, May in round 6 for Gold Coast and Lever in round 6 for Adelaide.

Doesn't really matter what our population is, it's how many start playing in the junior ranks to feed the senior competition and whether these numbers increase with anticipated population growth, stay the same or even maybe decrease.

One factor will competition from other junior sports. Another could be parents' negative attitude to their children potentially facing contact injury and concussion.

1 hour ago, Macca said:

Instead of concentrating on a number (amount of k's that Petracca runs in a game) the focus of the discussion within this thread was whether Petracca was a burst player only

If Petracca has 40 bursts with the ball in a grand final, that'll do me!

On 07/12/2023 at 22:04, WERRIDEE said:

Is there a worse team than the stars collectively? I think they have the worst team in world sport. They have Maxwell and the rest are a joke. Whoever was the brain trust in trading Zampa for Harper must be sacked immediately.

That aged well.

The worst team collectively is the one Zampa went to.

This is just a thread for optimists versus pessimists.

75 members to ask when the light bulb is going to come on for the team.

On 15/12/2023 at 16:35, Demonstone said:

If you want to feel old, just work out what age you'll be if Tommy Green ever plays for MFC.  

I think I'll be -6.