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Seriously?

Confirmation bias isn't so much about highlighting data that supports your view — it's more about ignoring or dismissing data that doesn't.

Unfortunately for Mary, we're unlikely to see him again. (you would think)

Just ridiculous, but keeps on coming up here. Pies were in the finals for 3 out of the preceding 4 years to McRae's arrival, and had been in the top 4 for 2 of those, including grand finalists in 2018. McRae took over basically the same list with the addition of (checks notes) 2 x Daicos. Though once again, this ignores all the occasions when teams have changed coaches and either continued to go backwards, or where improvement has been minimal. And that's by the far the majority of cases. Not saying McRae isn't a good coach, but most clubs in the league have "good" coaches, and it's not helping. A solid list where you add a star or two on the other hand ...

Of course you don't. Because that's how confirmation bias works.

Agree. But in the understanding that playing inexperience, young, fringe players we increase the risk that we'll lose games.

You would think Adams would get a run before the end of the year. Lever sick apparently, so not going to help his return. Alarm bells re May, though presumably longer term Petty and Turner can hold the fort, especially if Lever can get back to some kind of decent version of himself and help marshal the troops and provide leadership down back. But perhaps for next season ...

Exactly. "Our strongest possible side" now includes a number of players who are a shadow of their former selves and/or on the decline, and is stacked full of kids and players with less than 50 games. Meanwhile, down in the VFL the cupboard is even barer and you can probably count the number of players banging the door down for promotion on one finger.

Not even close. Mercifully, those in charge understand that with the list the way it is and our game the way it is, changing coaches would be the worst thing we could do - if you think we're bad at the moment, watch what happens with a new coach and starting all over again. Wilderness.

Cloud cuckoo land.

Fixed it for you. We haven't been able to replace Brayshaw, and as for Oliver ... well, we all know re Clayton. End of story.

At least someone gets it.

Lever the obvious one, but is his body starting to let him down? Once upon a time you would have said Angus Brayshaw ... such a loss.

I'd absolutely persist with Jefferson. You can see the development, a lot more maturity and understanding of his role - even if little of it came off. Not saying it's going to pay off, but with the season where it is and the cupboard as bare as it is he keeps his place - especially with Petty out.

Clayton Oliver is a shadow of his former self. Sad to see and hard to watch.

Regardless of the first quarter, going to be uphill with 2 men down, especially as one was our back-up ruck.

Jefferson 1 handball.

They're playing at opposite ends of the ground, it's not zero sum.

No, it's just that selection is based on criteria that none of us are privy to. Just because you don't agree with it or don't understand it, it doesn't mean that these aren't considered choices, and it's relatively easy to come up with arguments as to why the selections are what they are. e.g. Tom is old and on his way out, better to play younger players. You may not agree with that, but it's a valid argument. FWIW, I'd love to see Tom in the team. But I'd rather see Turner, and at the end of the day how many big tall blokes do you really need, it's not as if GC have three gorilla forwards?

Sure, but why not? Isn't this what we're supposed to be doing, exposing the younger players, backing them in to step up?

Where? If you mean up forward, at the moment it's probably a toss-up between Petty and JVR as to who gets dropped, and presumably the thinking is that JVR will get more out of a run in the two's than Petty. I for one would prefer Petty alongside Jeffo than JVR, Petty is a more physical player. If you mean Petty down back, fine but a) is he needed (3rd tall?) and b) that leaves JVR and Jeffo forward and see above.

For god's sake get over it. TMac is old and slow and by his own admission can't jump. He's also a liability when the ball hits the ground. He can hold down 3rd tall position, but so can others. If May was out, it might be a different story, but Tom is never a replacement for Lever. It's also important to keep playing the younger players, there's no future whatsoever in playing Tom.

Turner has passed TMac as second (and third) key defender.

Demonland: We need to play the kids, they're the future. MFC: Plays the kids Demonland: Why aren't we playing one of the oldest guys on the list whose feet are shot?

In: M.Jefferson, K.Tholstrup, H.Sharp Out: J.Lever (omitted), C.Windsor (omitted), J.van Rooyen (omitted)