Everything posted by Little Goffy
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Hypotheticals on Tasmania entry concessions
Most of our current top players will be retired or close to it by 2028 (or whenever Tasmania actually enters the competition). At the moment our younger-end players seems to be a large swell of quality without many obvious super stars of the future. That could be a problem if we don't unearth any young guns in the next few drafts or Free Agent periods, but it also makes our future list quite resilient to losing individual players. We are likely to have a massive chunk of salary cap space available as soon as the end of this season and certainly over the next few years. I wonder... would recruiting top-end free agents between now and 2028 actually insulate us from Tassie impacts? It would seem anyone who changes club right before Tassie comes in would not be thinking so much of making another switch just a couple of seasons later. Perhaps that is the path to ensuring our wave of respectable, capable draftees are still supported by the star power which takes teams from competitive to dominant? It'll all be fine when we pick up Andrew Brayshaw, Luke Davies-Uniake, both De Konigs, Oscar Allen, and Jacob Weitering in a single free agency period! #megaraid A little side note; the linked article in the original post was for a Bloomberg report about Australia not meeting its 2030 climate targets. I can see how 'things which have been promised for decades but seem to always slip further away' could get that and a Tassie team mixed.
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NON-MFC: Round 02
Spud's game. Presumably Angus will be there with Danielle. Maynard will be on field. Most of the time I'm not very interested in St Kilda but thursday night I'll be one-eyed.
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Angus Brayshaw Forced into Retirement
Another difference between a bung knee and a head injury retirement is that at players routinely return to the game with all kinds of knee injuries and even repeated major injuries to the knee. It is also largely possible to go on to a normal healthy life (with a caveat for possible pain) with a knee injury. A head injury like the one which Brayshaw must now retire in order to avoid would be like a leg injury which left the player permanently unable to walk. Bonus point - leg injuries happen in often innocuous ways and are almost never the result of preventable dangerous or malicious play, whereas many head injuries are a product of a deliberate, reckless or negligent act by an opponent. Brayshaw is retiring because of a significantly preventable unsafe work environment.
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Clare Pettyfor Appointed Chief Communications Officer
Clearly the club reads Demonland to set priorities and was greatly alarmed by our collective ambivalence about the social media and publicity efforts. Correct me if I'm wrong, but she had this near-exact role with us before? During the glory days of Gibbo and peak Gus'n'Gawny? I had a quick look at her profile - she's seen premierships at three different clubs, and two of those came within a year of that club recruiting her. I'll never underestimate the power of social media again!
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PREGAME: Rd 02 vs Hawthorn
Just watched the Sicily incident. That is their captain, eh? That is bizaroo numpty level stuff. The squat pose - I don't think I've ever seen someone do that on a football field - to then come up with clear intent to upend his target, and then the obnoxious [censored] kick to someone as they are falling. The idea that he shouldn't be suspended is just arrogance from Hawthorn. Maybe it is inspired by all the times Mitchell got away with kneeing people? Natural justice would be if Sicily had got his foot trapped under his falling victim and missed 8 weeks with a wrenched ankle. I hope we break them so badly that they are having visible arguments on field about who was supposed to be covering who, and the whole club loses faith in the rebuild. Petracca to kick 5.
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Crowd numbers - my perspective
The only thing I took from the crowds on the weekend was that for the second week in a row the stands were empty for the final quarter of a Collingwood game. They were outta there like the police had shown up with a search warrant. Pathetic soft as butter club.
- PREGAME: Rd 02 vs Hawthorn
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VOTES: Rd 01 vs Western Bulldogs
6. Gawn - just quietly grinding out three Brownlow votes against an All-Australian opponent with a monster for backup. 5. Billings - bonus points for how important it could be for our season if he has rediscovered this level of form. His best game since 2021. 4. Petracca - Continuously involved the way a star should be. 3. Oliver - Continuously involved the way a star should be. 2. May - not all of his kicks were long up the left! Also a generally terrific tall defender I'm told. 1. Chandler - bonus point for how different 'good' Chandler is compared to 'slump' Chandler.
- GAMEDAY: Rd 01 vs Western Bulldogs
- GAMEDAY: Rd 01 vs Western Bulldogs
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GAMEDAY: Rd 01 vs Western Bulldogs
I've finally stopped procrastinating and got stuck into Orwell's 'Down and out in Paris and London.' Truly special. That art of observing reality and presenting it to the reader thoughtfully with only limited judgement of what is being described is sorely missed in our world of 'aggressive reputation management'. Y'know, Orwell did some sports reporting for the papers, back in his day.
- GAMEDAY: Rd 01 vs Western Bulldogs
- GAMEDAY: Rd 01 vs Western Bulldogs
- GAMEDAY: Rd 01 vs Western Bulldogs
- GAMEDAY: Rd 01 vs Western Bulldogs
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NON-MFC: Round 01
It is one record that should actually be marked with implicit honour in our history. Half our 1941 premiership team was at war by the time the 1942 season got underway. Melbourne was led on to the field by RAAF air ace Squadron Leader Keith "Bluey" Truscott, DFC and Bar. Truscott unfurled Melbourne's 1941 premiership flag and, very obviously lacking match condition, played an average game, kicking a single goal in his team's 79-point loss, which proved the last of his fifty career senior games.
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NON-MFC: Round 01
Taking a moment to appreciate North making Collingwood's start look even worse.
- PREGAME: Rd 01 vs Western Bulldogs
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NON-MFC: Round 01
This is consecutive game 216 for Crisp, so it would take this season and one more to pass Stynes.
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NON-MFC: Round 01
Fingers crossed the open-goal-run-out-the-back is the psychological breaking point for this game and Sydney can get the six or seven goal margin their performance deserves.
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NON-MFC: Round 01
Just trimming off a little to add to the 50m.
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NON-MFC: Round 01
Must've confused the hell out of Maynard to see something change direction in mid-flight.
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NON-MFC: Round 01
Collingwood are still in this game on pure 'luck'.
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NON-MFC: Round 01
I missed it - what time of the quarter was it?
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NON-MFC: Round 01
How, in all that is censored, was Maynard not pinged for walking the ball back over the goalline then. On the tape it'll be the rushed behind at the 15 minute mark. He was one the behind line, wanted to go out, walked a few steps across and no Swan player came to him, and then he has walked back over the goal line with the ball. Free kick any day. It's exactly what the rule is for.