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Does Goodwin get any credit for bringing in Yze and Williams?

Seems to me a disposal efficiency somewhere above 70% and a couple of critical errors per game is league average or better. But some on here think only 100% DE and zero CE is acceptable, even in a game that was very high pressure, with showers and a slippery ball that was not conducive to great skiils or totally avoiding errors. Can we give some leeway from perfection without perjoratives such as "putrid" and "atrocious"?

I don't think much increased pressure and a more solid defensive structure is "fluff".

Good player that Jawdyn.

It's not as hard as it looks. Even Oskar Baker had one possession running down the wing on Saturday night, according to Luke Darcy. ?

It's a bit confusing describing it as a "barcode" when it's really just a number.

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On Sunday, shifting TMac was to shore up the backline when Tomlinson went down. It was Plan B ... the one that people on here say we never have.

So we "aren't all that different", except we've changed five backs, three mids, three forwards (i.e. half the team positions) and two assistant coaches?

Interesting that Rhyan Mansell had two rough conduct charges in the Tiger's match against Port Adelaide on April 9 and was fined $6000 (2 x $3000), down to $4000 with early pleas on both.

Except Collingwood 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930

It's all fugazi.

If you are calling your opposition "crap", surely you are diminishing your win?

I doubt they'll change it. Corporate advertising is a lot more important to them than crowd comfort.

My view is it was accidental. If you look at the replay in slo-mo, May actually pulled Hawkins towards himself by the jumper at the same moment Hawkins handballed. That exacerbated the close contact and brought his swinging arm from the handball closer to May's face. I don't see how you could possibly charge Hawkins with an offence, let alone think he did it in any way deliberately.

Just a note that the AFL abolished all affiliation fees for country football leagues in 2018. Maybe too late, but at least it was done.

I think there's a tendency when examining the forward set up to just divide them into "talls and smalls" and go by the old "two and four" maxim, as if talls have the turning circle of the Titanic and the smalls are the only nimble crumbers and pressure players. Rather than just height, mobility is a consideration as well as ability on the ground. TMac (since trimming down and getting fitter), Jackson and Weideman are all very mobile. Jackson is also very athletic, good below his knees and with development has the ability to play like a midfielder. I think the two and four "tradition" could get thrown out the window.

Gawn took a number of intercept marks in the backline last night, all of which could have saved a goal to the opposition. Saying that a 208cm ruckman who can reach higher than anyone else on the ground "should stay out of the backline" is silly.

Yep, Chandler would be good relieving in the ruck. ?

Trained today. Maybe he was visiting Aaron Neitschke in hospital?

Neville Jetta took a few years to become an overnight success.

Yes, by the sound of it. ?

Be careful in deleting that you don't lose data you want, or that sites you log in to using Facebook don't then lock you out. "Deactivation" might be a better option than "Deletion", because your data is kept. If you want to delete, there are also ways of transferring information like photos to other sites before you do so. I agree that Facebook's nuclear-option response is terrible. An alternative method of protest is to send a Spam Report to Facebook for every sponsored advert you see.

All very well, but what level he aspires to is something for Paddy to make, and some club to accept.

As is usually the case, it's not simply a matter of "yes", "no" or "take a punt". It's a matter of his fitness for football, his personal motivation and wellbeing, the likely length and risk for his future in football, what it would cost the club in terms of his contract conditions and length, and whether those factors outweigh any health risk. McCartin was a #1 draft pick after all. There's a big difference between offering, say, a 2-3 year contract and offering a rookie position on basically match payments. The club would consider all that in a decision. My feeling is "no", but there would be a lot to consider.