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Whoever had the idea to recruit Jack Steele (and for peanuts) deserves a raise. Alongside the disposals and clearances, 15 tackles. Hard to imagine what the midfield would be without him in there.

Amongst all the positives, JVR now hasn't kicked a goal in two matches. And seeing I'm being Mr. Downer, nor has L Pickett. Other concern is a few of the players seem fumble-prone - Windsor for one. Was something that Carlton really pounced on in the first half, and will expose us whenever we come up against decent teams. Still plenty to work on, though hopefully, plenty to work with.

No. If self-reflection (or any reflection for that matter) was part of their makeup they wouldn't make Those Kinds Of Posts in the first place.

K Pickett 820 metres gained. Contract extension?

Lots of clutching at straws here.

Yep, all Goodwin's fault.

Can't see us winning this, Carlton may not be finals-bound, but they still have too many weapons, especially around the ball. Hopefully we can at least be a bit more competitive over 4 quarters than we were last week, and if so, you never know. Would of course be great to get it done for Max and Tom, but footy doesn't always work that way.

Can't underestimate the advantage we had in 2021 through not having made the finals in 2020. Longer off-season break, more time for players to recover and get over injuries, etc. etc. We were flying all year and never really ran out of steam.

He finally got himself ready to play but had concussion in one of their practice matches. I believe he's only just back to full training, you'd think it wouldn't be too long.

Not sure. They have some decent players and some kids coming through. You kind of get it with clubs like North or WCE, but Essendon are a bit of an enigma to me, I don't quite get why it's still this bad.

Not just in economics.

Considering their list at the time, he managed to keep North more than competitive - they were in the finals or thereabouts for most of his time there.

Not sure how Essendon get out of this, been like it for years. Scott is a decent coach, maybe needs better assistants? On one of the shows they were pointing out how inexperienced their coaching panel was - but they've only got themselves to blame. Losing Giansiracusa hurt apparently.

Because they don't actually do much, and they certainly don't provide the guaranteed protection you need once things go legal, as in many of these cases.

I don't know that there is, which is why many (most?) teams don't regularly use taggers. Sure, you can take an opposition mid out of the game, but good teams will have other players who step up. Not to mention, even tagged players can impact contest around the ball through positioning and the like.

For the moment. Longer term he'll need to be able to do more than just play as a tagger. Not knocking him either, and there's obviously something about being a tagger that really suits the kind of player/person he is.

And there we have it.

For those up the back and because it seems that it needs to be clarified (not that it'll make much difference, but heh ...): The term "woke" emerged among Black Americans as a way to describe being alert to social injustices, especially racism and inequality. It has since expanded to include issues like sexism, homophobia, misogyny, ableism .. At its core, it’s about empathy and being accepting and tolerant of others’ experiences and ways of living their lives.

Laughable and laughably ignorant.

Not quite sure what to make of the news here re Rivers' knee. You'd think that the club would have only been to happy to mention it in omitting him (e.g. soreness) - but then again, why select him on Thursday in the first place if it's injury-related? Presumably we'll get a bit more clarity in time.

21 Disposals, 10 marks, 500m gained. Not too shabby. You'd think either something off-field related, or some kind of on-field non-negotiable that he hasn't met. On the surface it seems a bit harsh, but "speak softly but carry a big stick" comes to mind re King and the coaches. Nice guys. Until they aren't.

No AMW. A little bit surprised, thought he'd done enough.

This is another Demonland myth. Salem is consistently amongst our players with most metres gained. Against Freo he was our #1, and second across both teams, just behind Shai Bolton (but ahead of all their other mids). He is crucial to launching us into attack from half-back.

Not one for bans, but if direct copy pasting from Chat should be banned on Demonland. Not why I come here, I can get AI content anytime.

On the Couch had Riewoldt tearing strips off Salem for his (lack of) defending. Showed the infamous kicks off the ground. Wonder if it's something they've been instructed to do, a bit like the long forward handballs? Keep the ball moving forward at all costs ... or something.