mauriesy

What a boring game of football Ess v StK was. Chip kick the ball 25 times around your back half, then kick it down field only to have it marked by your opposition. Rinse and repeat. Three goals each in a half of footy.

Saying you can't have Viney, Petracca, Brayshaw and Oliver in the same side is like saying Brisbane would done better if they got rid of one of Voss, Black, Lappin and Akermanis.

You're getting tiresome.

I think lack of pressure is also a problem with Brown. Probably why he's not getting a game.

It's easy analysing draft selections through the retrospectoscope a few years down the track. I bet most people here thought Lumumba was a good pick-up when first recruited.

Lumumba for Clark wasn't an error. It was just a trade swap of players (not controlled by Taylor), both of whom did nothing at their respective new clubs. We didn't win or lose. Any player from a rookie draft is speculative, and hardly a major fail when they don't make it given the price you pay for them.

This is just a nonsense. Firstly, Taylor isn't respoonsible for trades. Secondly, just classifying picks on a "success-neutral-error" basis is totally subjective and far too black and white. As is the assumption that we would have picked the same player another team did with a traded pick. Remember that 19 other recruiters overlooked Fyfe at pick 20, for instance. The only way to assess Taylor is against his peers (i.e. how other recruiters at other clubs have performed with a similar range of picks) and how his actual picks have gone against the average number of games for picks in the same range. For instance, getting a 90-game player like Salem for pick 9 in 2013 is hardly an individual "error". How many games on average would you expect to get out of a first-, second-, third- or fourth-round recruit? To reduce the overall score for Taylor by saying: Sparrow and Jordon are "neutral" when they are still second-year developing players taken later than pick 26, and Nietschke is an "error" when he's out for the season. Jackson, Pickett and Rivers are "neutral" when it's their first season. is either jumping the gun, or a poor assessment of players who have played a handful of games. I think they are all showing tremendous promise.

I seem to remember they both played their early games forward, not back.

Gee, conspiracy theories are alive and well on Demonland. The blue and rose-coloured glasses are very thick. The rationalisations are strong. If that was an opposition player you'd all be baying for 6 weeks. The precedent with Burgoyne is irrelevant. The AFL wants to clamp down on tackles that cause severe concussion. Neal-Bullen was overly aggressive (as he often is) and the tackle was very dangerous. Besides, Neal-Bullen played an extremely poor game. His possession count was low, kicking efficiency woeful, and he gave away too many free kicks. As a Melbourne supporter I don't have that much time for him, and the enforced holiday just avoids him getting dropped anyway.

You think so? Three goals up with 10 minutes to play and 99% of games are over.

Didn't know that! I'm waiting for the meltdown when Brisbane scores the first goal or two. ?

It was only five days ago that the sky was falling in, five minutes into Sunday's game day thread.

Did we? I thought our pace and carry againstthe Hawks was pretty good.

The further we go up the ladder, the less North's pick is worth.

Thought he moved pretty well. Hardly stuck in the one spot on a plinth. ?

The outliers on the right side of that graph are the best current midfielders. Getting the ball out of traffic and handballing it to players outside is what they do that makes them good.

You can watch the first two 2018 finals 30 times.

As long as it's not Taking it Easy. Maybe they're Standing in the Breach?

Hoping the Boo Factory becomes the West Coast Boo Hoo Factory. ?

Who says there will be an asterisk? With 17 rounds, not playing lower-ranked teams twice, shorter games, closer fixture and all the other associated isolation issues for team performance and health, it will be a hard premiership to win. Looking forward to Sunday when there is no crowd noise at the Boo Factory. Maybe we'll get a better ride from the umpires than usual.

Same old, same old.

He's a restricted free agent at the end of this year. I'm guessing if he hardly plays in 2020, then Essendon won't get that much compensation for him, unless the bid is ridiculously high (in which case the Swans would have to be basically stupid). If he doesn't play much this year because of OP, I'm also doubtful that the Swans will even renew their offer.

Would they get a top 5 pick for Daniher? If he hardly plays any games over 2-3 years, it's hard to see.

Hmmm ... the MCFSS is strong in this one. ?

I like it. My young grand kids love it. No sooner has the BBL finished, they've stopped playing cricket and they're out there with their Demons jumpers on and No. 6 on the back playing AFLW.