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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

I think I'll be -6.

They have for the last three years. ☺️

Watt

I've got no issues with Kayo on a Sony Bravia Google TV. It even operates perfectly happily in HD on a 7Mbps ADSL connection.

What sort of ground has a set of goals, then more white posts, behind the goals? It's a visual mess.

They desperately need a railway extension to Clyde with an intermediate station at Cranbourne East/Casey. No way I'd drive to Casey from way out the other wide of Melbourne. Ikon Park is far better.