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    I read the Federal Court decision, and it does feel like the board has failed to get the balance right between stability and accountability.

    The rules were very much designed to make it almost impossible for a major change to be made at board level. While good for stability, itā€™s less so for accountability.

    The fact that the election rules had to be changed seven times within a couple of years doesnā€™t fill me with confidence. The issue could have been resolved in a much less fumbling manner.

    The decision went in the clubs favour, but only because they appeased almost every element of the application before the decision. The end outcome probably strikes a better balance between stability and accountability, but fighting it out in the Federal Court isnā€™t the best way to achieve it.

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    The Economist recently published this article which considers how the weight of expectation placed on ā€œgolden generationsā€ of football players can be so damaging.

    I feel that a culmination of factors (our history, the pandemic premiership, strength of playing list) have created an oppressive weight of expectation which weā€™ve struggled to deal with.

    While not alone in struggling with it, Iā€™m curious to hear thoughts on how successful teams to thrive under the weight of expectation. What have you seen that works, if anything?

    NB. The link will only work for the first five clicksā€¦ as I had to use a gifting feature to share.

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    Is there any word about how Gus is doing? He seemed pretty shattered, as was Goodyā€™s reaction. I cant help but wonder if heā€™s told himself and loved ones that heā€™d give it up if he was concussed again. I wouldnā€™t blame him if this is the case. The risk of CTE is pretty scary.

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    Has anybody noticed that our performance at the MCG seems to have improved significantly since Goschā€™s Paddock was resized to match the MCG? Would this make any difference? I guess it canā€™t hurt, but there are undoubtedly several factors at playā€¦

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    It would have been nice to win, but I think we can take a lot from the match:

    - Our best is the best

    - Intensity lapses are costly for us

    - We seemed to have worked them out by half time

    - Max will be all the better for having the ruck load shared

    - We should have stolen it but for missed opportunities and some tough luck

    - Grundy not in the starting 23, but a good backup if Max goes down

    - Oliver will be better for the run

    - Fritsch will make a welcome return soon

    Next week against Hawthorn will be a tough assignment. We should win, but weā€™re probably best to finish in fourth spot and get a home QF.Ā 

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    I wonder if we keep it simple with Petty out, Oliver in. Send Clayton to Full Forward and see Carltonā€™s backline try to deal with two competitive beasts up forward.

    The midfield actually has a good balance at the moment. Clayton and Christian up forward could cause all sorts of trouble for the opposition.

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    Well we won, but finishing 3rd by percentage is going to make me very sad.

    Itā€™s quite plausible we finish on top too. Collingwood May only win one of the last three. I reckon thereā€™ll be three teams on top and percentage splitting the three.

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    The way that we won is the kind of thing that can inject that elusive and unquantifiable factor that makes success happen.

    The self belief that we will win canā€™t be artificially created any way other than on the field, as Jack, Jake, Trent, Max, etc. showed us on Friday night.

    That feels profound, as did our last round win in 2021.

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    8 hours ago, RedLegs23 said:

    Yeah old news DB. But im actually starting to think that it's the forwards that are having a major play on this.

    The footy IQ of our front half is real average... & that's probably being polite.

    I'm talking footy craft, & as a foward.

    Movement.

    As a forward you have to dictate the play. You have to direct the kicker where to go. Doesn't give the kicker many other alternatives but to dump kick it long if our fowards are all running back towards goal saying kick it here.

    Lloyd, Hawkins, Reiwoldt (Jack)... could go on & on.

    Start leading to the footy!

    & just for a moment, imagine this team with the front half of the Daniher era...

    This is true to a certain extentā€¦ but, leading requires space to move into. Our system sees a lot of forward pressure and therefore sees a lot of bodies inside F50.

    I wonder whether the tumble punt could be an interesting addition if forwards simply play in front. Itā€™s unexpected and doesnā€™t allow defenders a clean attack at the ball.

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    Great coaching and execution. We looked way more organised and structured than usual even.

    I wonder whether the absence of crowd noise allowed Lever and May to be even more effective with giving directions for defensive structure.

    Our defensive structure and runningĀ really seemed to trouble the opposition and they constantly appeared to have nowhere to go.

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    It might be best to maintain our structure with a simple swap for Petty. Same applies with Viney remaining unavailable, meaning Sparrow should come in for Baker. No other changes are likely this weekā€¦

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    6. Christian Salem (Stood up when it counted)

    5. Christian Petracca (No explanation needed)

    4. Michael Hibberd (For the number on Dusty)

    3. Luke Jackson (Contested marks, clean disposal, score involvements)

    2. Jake Lever (Organised the defence)

    1. Jack Viney (Tackles!)

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