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Exactly. NAB cup form doesn't count.

Lucky you don't follow Hawthorn or Sydney then, their seasons are obviously shot. It's NAB OD, so it's basically just tanking: playing players out of position, resting key players, experimenting where possible, getting games into young players, trialling setups etc. etc. Given that it's not about winning, hard to take anything from it based on that. Not to mention, Clark, Trengove, Blease and probably Sylvia and Tom McDonald rested/injured ... we're not yet a top 4 side, so take those 5 out and it's going to hurt.

Actually 73.7 disposal efficiency. On the other hand, the ones that went astray, REALLY went astray, which perhaps makes it all look worse than it is.

Lack of leadership perhaps?? ... needed some calmer and wiser heads to steady the ship. Not to mention, some more mature bodies who could run the game out a bit better than a bunch of kids and/or older players but who have yet to complete a full AFL pre-season.

Well poop. Must be something to do with me being OS ... same on the various Macs we have around the place, iPhone, iPad etc. etc. I can't watch anything from the AFL site or which comes through AFL/Bigpond.

http://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/nab-cup/2013/2/port-v-melb Click on Full-Time Stats (half way down page, in the middle), and then Advanced Stats. There for every game, NAB plus Home and Away, and updates live during the game.

Anyone on a Mac getting this to work decently? Even with quality on "Low", having to constantly wait - and this with a decent/fast internet connection, fast Mac, and across different browsers. FWIW, find most AFL-sourced/linked video almost unwatchable because of the above. Don't have probs with any other video either ...

And clearances. Some interesting stats amongst the stats: Jetta 20 possessions at 90% efficiency, with Terlich not far behind. Strauss and Evans also seem to be able to hit targets. On the other hand ... Magner, 41% disposal efficiency, including 5 clangers? OK, under pressure around the clearances, but is undoing a lot of his good work.

Absolutely. Pity that that's not the question that was asked.

Who's doing the bullying? The OPer was deliberately provocative, as he usually is. The OP didn't invite a discussion re Tapscott at all, it invited a discussion around whether or not Tapscott was a(nother) dud. Very different. And polarising.

You've obviously never done any of the Wattbike sessions that they do. Try it sometime, and see how you go! It's not for nothing that gyms have stationary bikes. Clark has been working since before Christmas, and is now running alongside one of the best (if not the best?) runners at MFC. Not really fair on Mitch to compare, and would be interesting to see what happened if any of the other big guys on the team were put in the same position. I don't know that there will be issues with Clark's base fitness by the time Round 1 comes around. On the other hand, getting up to playing speed and playing and kicking with confidence are something else.

Multitasking at its finest. (though FWIW, shows why the AFL live streaming falls down ... they still think people watch/interact with footy on their computers in the same way they watch TV).

Serious? Everything that I've read/heard about Chris's work in the marketing etc. department and the work he's doing out at Casey, as well as his work on getting key supporters and business people to come onboard and dip into their pockets, has been glowingly positive. Did you read the Martin Flanagan article at all? As for "pushy interference in FD matters" ... given he was head of the FD at the time, hard to know how he could (not) interfere in his own department.

Yep, we're on our knees. And all because of one sprained ankle.

Not just no forwards perhaps ... as mentioned above: "Mahoney said the club would send a young squad to Renmark, and use the match to get more game time into players who did not get lengthy runs in last Friday's NAB Cup. ''I don't think we'll be sending a very senior squad,'' he said. " In other words, getting games into the kids. Perhaps better that it's not on TV, we'd need to put a few around here on suicide watch. 


Dawes not playing apparently, and with Clark still out, there goes the backbone of our much-vaunted new forward line. Add to that Blease and Frawley probably out, plus perhaps resting one or two others to manage game time ... I'd be preparing myself for another loss if I were you.

Er ..... really?

Because he was always a leading possession-getter at Melbourne?

Yes, probably about the time it has taken Richmond and North's list to gel. As Pederson said in his post-match interview re North "I knew what they were about to do, because their game plan is still the same." Same core group of players, same coach, same way of playing. It takes years.

Dane Swan? Adam Goodes? Jobe Watson? Where were they at 17 or 18?

Exactly. You have no idea how many goals his opponents kicked, but you're happy to write him off.

When all we had was the tanking thread, many were crying out for the footy to start. Now the footy's started, I just wish we could go back to the tanking thread.

You've made your point. But don't keep making that same point over and over. It's just tedious.

Did I miss something, or was Strauss not out there???

Toumpas, Viney, Dawes, Rodan, Byrnes in for round 1. Smokey: Kent Neither Gillies nor Terlich are replacements for Rivers. Didn't mind Dunn though.