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"Angus Brayshaw wants to continue AFL career after latest concussion Angus Brayshaw will have brain scans to guide his path forward after being concussed six times in the AFL. Will he be playing for the Demons next year? Melbourne star Angus Brayshaw has resolved to continue his AFL career despite losing consciousness in his latest concussion." HS Story.

Not at all. The point was made during the commentary for the Pies game re JVR "trying to impose himself", and it's equally clear that Pickett went out with intent to cause damage against the Blues. Similar re Sparrow/Walsh. Young players, will hopefully learn from the experience.

Also covered in On The Couch. I posted in the post-game thread re the impact of Brayshaw being knocked out on at least some of the players: “A strong belief from senior figures still a week on is that the Angus Brayshaw furore derailed their finals pitch,” he said On the Couch. “That the players were shell shocked to witness Brayshaw concussed and laid out cold. So Jacob van Rooyen suspended because he was trying to basically physically intimidate the opposition, the Kossie Pickett first half brain fades this week. Him trying to impose himself."

“A strong belief from senior figures still a week on is that the Angus Brayshaw furore derailed their finals pitch,” he said On the Couch. “That the players were shell shocked to witness Brayshaw concussed and laid out cold. So Jacob van Rooyen suspended because he was trying to basically physically intimidate the opposition, the Kossie Pickett first half brain fades this week. Him trying to impose himself." https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/suck-it-up-claims-stars-ko-derailed-dees-run-after-finals-choke/news-story/9c2756a9a753b9b60e48891ba4c0915f?fbclid=IwAR2mwOG41l3CE913GSbOM7gAH9PG7pCgMPtpSkk0SRvGdEjlTXRrQYWw8wk

Or just exhausted?

Would "I'm shattered"work for you?

Confirmation bias 101.

31 possessions including 15 contested, more clearances and I50's than any of the other mids, also higher DE than any of the other mids, second most metres gained ... and named in the best. But for you one of our bottom 5 ...

Emergence and continued development of the younger brigade. Hopefully sets us up for longer term success, or at least being competitive.

Lever's a bit of a paradox - has incredible insight as to what the ball's going to do ... except when he's kicking it. Easily the worst decision-maker in the backline.

Perhaps because there was nothing to be done. There were no quality KPF's available/changing clubs in last year's trade period, and we did the next best in going to the draft with Jefferson. We even threw the magnets around with Petty forward (but injuries ...) and had Joel Smith train up as a forward over the pre-season (but injuries again). In sport as in life there just aren't an infinite set of possibilities in response to "do something".

You have to mention injuries - especially when most have been from the forward line. Single biggest factor IMV. I don't know that we had the same forward setup any two weeks in a row. Which was never going to win us a premiership. I suspect that the master plan was to get through till 2024 with McDonald and Brown as keys, then have JVR take over with some help from Luke Jackson. Injuries and Jackson leaving have left us undermanned, with predictable results.

By definition, if we (still) need smart decision-makers and clean disposers then there are shortcomings with the list.

With the injuries we've had, hardly surprising that the forward line and connection upfield has been malfunctioning. In the back half of the year, did we manage the same forward 6 for any two consecutive matches? I believe not. One thing you need going into finals is consistency or you get found out.

A couple of forwards with decent disposal/ foot skills. Some of our losses this year: 9.17 loss by 2 +8 scores 7.11 loss by 7 +3 scores 5.15 loss by 2 +8 scores 8.15 loss by 15 +0 scores 10.12 loss by 7 +3 scores

Maturity, and everything that goes with it: discipline, hardness, decision-making, consistency etc.

Yes, 5m more and Smith was free just waiting to gobble it up.

I know one moment doesn't cost us the match, but after Viney's dump kick directly to Weitering, Holland marking in front of Hunter then McVee failing to impact the mark by Docherty, that final mark to Acres was against Fritsch, playing spare in defence. But who should have been on Acres, who'd been sitting there on his own for a while?

Another moral of the story is that players who have lengthy periods out through injury never come back at anything like their peak. Oliver and Fritsch to name but two, and applies equally to Salem and McDonald.

Perhaps because his body's shot and he can't get up to play two games in a row.

Not to mention Melksham (the way he was playing) plus Brayshaw - compare Bayshaw's output to Jordan's. Then throw in the suspension to JVR.

Ridiculous comments re Goodwin, and all the coaches for that matter. The team they put out there had the tools to win ... but the players couldn't execute.

Oliver, Gawn, Viney, Sparrow, Spargo, ANB, Tomlinson, Chandler all kicked points, zero goals.

They took their chances. We didn't. More I50, more shots on goal, still lost.

You don't take in a one-trick pony like Grundy as a sub, no matter how good the trick is.