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Disposal. Turning it over too often, keeping them in it.

There is an App as well if you want to watch on phone or tablet: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/watch-afl/id1192125380?mt=8

International: https://www.watchafl.com.au I have a yearly subscription, but believe you can do by shorter periods. They also have an App. Works well for the most part.

No.

Exactly. As opposed to a banging-on-about-my-pet-hobby-horse-every-chance-I-get-and-then-some thread. Tiresome, repetitive, shallow and tedious, and for the most part, OT.

Your contribution to this thread, and every thread where the name of Oscar McDonald appears, would suggest otherwise.

Wagner back training but will need a couple of weeks. Hibberd has an archilles problem, due to restart training, will also need a couple of weeks. Then, both will need games at Casey. Hard to see them being ready inside a month. Frost is close to resuming, was half-expected at Casey on the weekend, presumable will start playing again next week. But as above, then needs match fitness. Info on the site from last week, imagine we'll get an update over the next couple of days, together with news on Smith, but his looks much more long-term.

Apparently not. Was mentioned somewhere here re the Casey game. Don't quote me though. Whatever happened, I'd be very surprised if Frost was ready.

Oscar McDonald: You see what you want to see. He will line up every game this year unless injured/unavailable. Meanwhile ... Tyson for Smith. Kent is best 22, but hard to see who you could drop - unless there's something specific in matchups.

Really think bringing Lewis in will be the making of Jones (and Vince). Everyone walks a little taller, and pushes themselves a little harder. Lewis is (still) elite in the way he goes about it, on field and off.

Plan B? More like executing Plan A properly. "As I said to the boys at quarter-time, it was just about getting back to what we trained for all summer and getting back to the style of play that we know has been really successful for us."

No. If there's any difference between Goodwin and Roos it's that they have different players at their disposal. In particular ... Lewis. Arguably our best player in the first quarter, and just having him out there each week is going to make a huge difference.

Great win. One negative is that if Smith is unavailable, backline choices becoming seriously problematic. Add him to Hibberd, Garland, White, Wagner and Frost. The cupboard looking very bare.

Wasn't the only one in that vein.

Not you, that was clear from your first quarter remarks.

re The Big Surprise. You can tell us. No one will say a word. Promise. Cross my heart and hope to die. Honestly.

If Garland doesn't get picked with those 3 out, then he's almost certainly played his last game for the Dees.

Not disagreeing but Le Cras (and a few other Eagles' players) are elite, and they're going to get off the chain from time to time, whatever happens. Best solution is to cut off supply further up the ground, which is where the turnovers really hurt us.

No-one's immune to cognitive biases in the same way that no-one's immune to optical illusions. This includes you, and "no-one else can see what's in front of their eyes but I can" is as good an illustration of Bias Blindspot and Confirmation Bias as you'd find. Tom's main problem is that he looks gangly and uncoordinated - the Halo Effect* does the rest. (*the tendency to think that because someone's good/bad at A, they'll also be good/bad at B, C, D etc.)

Yes, I know. Paul Roos, terrible match day coach.

Take Harmes and ANB out of that side, and we'd cut back on a lot of these turnovers that are gifting them possessions.

It never is. Setting up well for the most part, a few mistakes have let them in.

Availability Heuristic: vivid events effect our judgement more than less-memorable events. It's why we think shark attacks are a greater risk than falling coconuts. Also, the difference in how we assess the seriousness of back vs forward line clangers reflects our inbuilt aversion to loss in comparison to equivalent gain. Turnovers in the backline are potentially much more costly. There's a PhD in Behavioural Economics here for someone. (Agree about Harmes.)

Agree, though a more accurate match to describe this kind of cognitive fallacy is the Bandwagon Effect. When it comes to Tom Mac., plenty are on it. Other biases playing a role here include the Illusory Truth Effect (we equate repetition with truth or increased believability), and the Frequency Illusion (once you notice something, you start to see it everywhere). Though one dud kick from Tom is enough to feed our Confirmation Bias (seeking information that confirms what we already believe, while ignoring information that contradicts it). Groupthink is a pressure to conform, to not rock the boat. It's suppression of dissenting views, including self-suppression. All of these cognitive behaviours lead to irrationality in decision-making in a group or social context. Ahem.

Up until last year, the international streaming was separate. I was taking that plus an armchair membership, just to be a member. You can still do the two separately, but I was under the impression that it was cheaper to do International + WatchAfl through the club. The quality or otherwise of the streaming content has been largely covered in the Live Pass thread. Everyone accepts that the AFL + Internet is nowhere close to being what it could and should be, and mailing MFC to remind them is to be encouraged. Though I think they're only too aware of it ...