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I think you're projecting. He could usher in a new era.

Obviously the team's feng shui is also out of alignment and their chakras need tuning. Kade needs to practice some "tai chandler" during training.

Can't they throw in Buckley for the quadrella?

You all need to stop reading every bit of football media. They just drag up the same old names for clicks and I suspect most of it is speculative, especially the stuff on X (formerly Twitter). I'll wait for when the new coach is appointed, whoever it is.

Next ones must be McVee to Fremantle and Petracca to GWS then. Who's off to the Suns and Hawthorn?

Yes, but that was their second-largest loss this year (Suns by 87). Collingwood only beat them at Marvel by 29, Brisbane won by 19 in Brisbane. Those teams must be terrible.

Very accessible for country supporters landing at Southern Cross station.

Sounds like waiting for another straw (the St Kilda loss) to be put on the camel's back before digging the boots in ... again.

At least the others have one-third of a brain cell, if my maths is correct.

14 hitouts to advantage is well above AFL average. According to Wheelo ratings, here's the HTA averages for 2025: Witts 11.1 Meek 10.7 O'Brien 10.6 Grundy 10.5 Xerri 10.2 Gawn 9.9 Nankervis 9.6 Goldstein 9.5 Sweet 9.2 Madden 8.7 English 8.3 Gawn's opponent on Sunday, Marshall, averages 6.8.

Whatever the question is, yesterday's coaches like Buckley and Longmire are not the answer. BTW, how have the Swans, North, Eagles and even the Saints gone with new coaches? Any better? (Not suggesting we keep Goodwin either.)

No, the exact opposite.

That's all very well, but the rage here against anything to do with the Deemocracy group, and the inherent support for board manipulation to retain the status quo, was palpable. Mostly from the same people whinging about the whole of this season.

The people who are complaining most vehemently here about the team performance and the club are the same ones who poured scorn on the alternative board challengers last year.

The members had a chance to stir up the club by bringing in some new blood and give the board a bit of a rocket at the last board election, instead they all voted for the status quo.

Your user name matches your misery level.

Have we reached peak misery yet or is there still some way to go?

Don't let Wanganeen-Milera run riot.

Let's try something other than kicking the ball to Wilkie.

We've reached peak MFCSS.

One difference ... I'm glad we've got Kozzy Pickett and not Jesse Motlop.

It's a small part of the general malaise of "ball butchery". Unfortunately our senior players, particularly the midfield and some of our stars, are the worst offenders.

Umpiring is a raffle. It's just that some teams and some players hold more tickets.

We didn't drop Spargo, he's got a fractured shoulder blade. His kicking inside 50 might have been useful today.

However, 12 of the top 15 goalkickers for 2025 are still tall. Only Jamie Elliott, Jack Higgins and Ben Long are smaller forwards in the top-15 list. What is interesting is how accurate the top 15 are. Name Team Games Goals Behinds Score Marks Shots % Last Game Jeremy Cameron Geelong 12 38 14 242 70 52 73.1 5 v West Coast, Round 12 Jamie Elliott Collingwood 12 33 16 214 63 49 67.3 5 v Hawthorn, Round 12 Ben King Gold Coast 11 32 13 205 36 45 71.1 1 v Fremantle, Round 12 Jesse Hogan GWS 9 30 6 186 48 36 83.3 0 v Richmond, Round 12 Jack Higgins St Kilda 12 29 9 183 26 38 76.3 1 v Melbourne, Round 12 Darcy Fogarty Adelaide 11 28 5 173 56 33 84.8 2 v Sydney, Round 12 Riley Thilthorpe Adelaide 12 27 15 177 68 42 64.3 2 v Sydney, Round 12 Jack Gunston Hawthorn 10 26 15 171 58 41 63.4 1 v Western Bulldogs, Round 13 Charlie Curnow Carlton 10 24 15 159 62 39 61.5 3 v GWS, Round 11 Nick Larkey North Melbourne 11 24 11 155 45 35 68.6 1 v Collingwood, Round 11 Mabior Chol Hawthorn 13 24 8 152 55 32 75.0 4 v Western Bulldogs, Round 13 Mitch Georgiades Port Adelaide 11 24 18 162 60 42 57.1 3 v Fremantle, Round 11 Josh Treacy Fremantle 12 23 11 149 62 34 67.6 0 v Gold Coast, Round 12 Ben Long Gold Coast 10 23 13 151 50 36 63.9 1 v Fremantle, Round 12 Brody Mihocek Collingwood 10 22 11 143 42 33 66.7 4 v Hawthorn, Round 12