Little Goffy

Way I see it, we're now all set to finish the season with a 6-6 record against top-8 teams. That might be enough to silence the knockers.

The SCREAMING THING performs "THE WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND" on the MUPPET SHOW.

Indeed. But at least there is a scope for actually responding in this thread! I've got no specific music suggestions but if we could get Bear McCreary to do a version of Grand Old Flag I'd be up for it. I also feel like starting an alternate thread for the absolute least apropriate song for the moment. But I'm sure it would be 'discussion over' right away if I started it with this -

Got any of these in red and blue? I have a feeling this is going to be one of my less well behaved afternoons. On the bright side, I'm having memories of 2005 vs Bulldogs flash across my mind unbidden. That's a good sign, yes? I was not well behaved that day either.

Paging @MSFebey Paging @MSFebey Actually I'm just tagging you because I want you to know someone else has already rolled their eyes in irriation at another completely unnecessary thread started for no reason.

I'm only able to follow on radio/stats at the moment so can anyone fill me in on exactly who is hurt? Prospects of them missing next week?

It delivers what it promises and has a fun time doing it. I'm not regretting seeing it even though 'fright' movies aren't my usual thing. Most importantly, it definitely worked for holding my attention and keeping my mind off footy! Maybe the Freo players were watching it too? Their minds definitely weren't on football for the same period.

It being a slow saturday and not wanting to have too much football on my mind, I went and saw a daft movie. As I was going in I had a little chuckle and a raised eyebrow of hope at the quarter time scores with Freo ahead of Geelong. By the time I came out, Freo had done about as well as the "charming bromancey nerd trope" minor characters did against the megashark. There are moments you should just look away.

Wow. It turns out it is possible to respect Neville Jetta even more than I did before. For anyone hesitating to follow the link, go for it, you wont regret it.

As they say in the classics... "It's time to write your book, Brendan".

In my mind, for a long time all stadiums in Perth are Subiaco. No matter how many times they rename it. It would appear this prevented me from remembering that there is actually a new stadium. Well, after sunday it will be renamed The Sam Weideman Picnic Ground...

I had a really nice coffee the other day and it was only $3.50, I couldn't believe it, I was expecting $3.80 or even $4, it is in Sydney after all. Does anyone know why the barista had it so low?

People forget that having really smooth skin and a nice tan make you look a bit skinnier than you are. Weideman is being brought in to fill a role, rather than be a star, and if he focuses on doing the team things then the he'll do fine and get a couple of opportunities by weight of numbers in that big wide Subiaco spaces. 3 goals, no behinds, and a couple of occasions of keeping the ball trapped in the forward line that ultimately results in a goal, is my tip. I just have a good feeling.

We've not yet eliminated the 20-minute nap from our game. We got a glimpse of what it looks like, during that extraordinary surge of form early-mid season. Maybe that surge came from a kind of perfect storm of factors peaking together. On the one hand physically we had match-fitness but not yet the tiredness of a long season, and mentally we were settled to the task but not yet losing concentration. Over the season, young bodies and minds got worn out and a few veterans have clearly been feeling the pinch too. Snatch that all-important one more win, and the pre-finals bye could prove to be massively important.

The real comedy for me is that there is the possibility of missing finals by the smallest margin of percentage ever in 2017, and then improving our percentage dramtically with the same number of wins, but still missing finals. Oooh, a draw (of no value at all given our percentage) would just make it true poetry. No. I can't accept it. We will win a game. We just will.

Can't help noticing that with each stat there is a true bottom-level club in the top few. That'd be the 'with a grain of salt' reminder. But to be so strong on multiple important stats and still failing... If we are playing with stats, worth also mentioning that are third (as in third worst) for clangers per game, 17th for rebound 50s, and 18th (as in worst) for 'least opponent rebound 50s'. We also have the most tackles against us, so the truth of that stat is sumply that we have games with an awful lot of tackles by both sides. Long statistical story short, our games are mostly mad scrambles and when we get the upper hand we can rapidly blow teams away, and when we are overwhelmed we get smashed. It's like two bulls fighting, balanced on a pole. I'm kind of heartened by the thought of what will happen when we get the upper hand just that little bit more, and that little bit more often. This also makes sense of our problem battling the other quality teams. Hell, we could end up climbing the ladder almost directly according to the the list of teams we are better than.

Alistair Clarkson.

Looks like someone is trying a different brand of bathwater. Is it an omen that in Sydney this week I've had multiple sightings of other Demon supporters in team gear? There's clearly some pride and determination still to be found. Possibly stung by the irritation of being around Swans supporters.

Anything to raise the tone here. I swear there are some fingers around here that I genuinely doubt could ever be pointed again, after the things they've done. As for 'if we beat Wet Toast'... hmm... I may just let loose and become mildy inebriated. Though I'm trying to think of something I haven't done since 2006, surely that is a worthy theme.

Bring someone back with you, ok.

No contact between the senior coach and a star player, while the star player is in crisis, and you're planning to include the player in coaching duties... Either it is just not the truth (a West Coast coach lying? Shock!) or Gaff is surely gone.

Definitely, and I'm sure a few other clubs (North, for example) would jump at any chance to get him. But we can offer him 'the dream' as well as the cash! The more I think about it, the more I drool at the prospect of our half-back flanks being Hibberd and Lloyd, with Lever in between.

I have a bucketload of respect for Hannebery but surely he is not the role we need filled, when we already can't fit all our midfielders into our midfield, even with Viney out? If I were looking at grabbing a Swan surely a dependable hard-working team-oriented half-back who reads the play well and rebounds effectively, is 24 years old with 100 games under their belt and who is unhappy with their most recent contract offer and is originally from Victoria would be the prime choice? Not to mention, he was probably the proverbial 'difference' on Sunday, picking off our wayward inside-50s and calmy using the disposal. http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-05-11/im-in-no-rush-swans-gun-puts-off-contract-talks#/ https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/pg-sydney-swans--jake-lloyd

I could deal with him being slow, on the grounds that he was providing leadership, maturity and a bit of grit. But now there is a real question mark on those contributions, and I've found myself wishing he wasn't contracted for next year. Along with Garlett, who unfortunately seems to have returned to his old Carlton career path of getting new contracts of surges of form and then fading away for a couple of years, with maybe one game in 5 actually being worth mentioning. Garlett I can actually see us paying out the contract early to clear the decks. Lewis is a bit more awkward, as a respected true champion of the game and all that. I wonder, if the writing were on the wall that he would spend most of 2019 at Casey, would he prefer to retire?

Wow, that stat of he goal accuracy falling away against top opponents, particularly that the set shot accuracy collapses, is just mind-melting. Wait, is it mind-melting, or is it just evidence of our forward's minds melting? I'm sure part of it is that the better teams do a better job of closing up our quick slice into the forward line so our shots are from less ideal spots, but really... can there be any more clear evidence of a problem between the ears?