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The players at their disposal might have more than a little to do with it.

You're presuming we wanted Holmes at that pick.

Yes, if only Mahoney hadn't said anything, no-one would have even known about him. Meanwhile, in the real world: ""They've moved up and targeted the elite runner (Max Holmes). He is a spec pick, but there were so many clubs who liked him in this range," Twomey said."

Too many variables to put absolutes on it, though I think anyone saying Top 4 is kidding themselves. Maybe next year if all goes well this season, but the distance between us and the genuine Top 4 sides is still a chasm. But what I'd be looking for more than anything is consistency, lack of which was our undoing this year.

This.

Sad to see him go, to be honest. He held up the KPD role for a couple of years when we had no-one else who could. Has fallen down the pecking order behind players who are either more capable (May especially) or who can play multiple roles (Smith, Tomlinson). Plus Petty lurking in the wings. Good luck to him, he's still young and you'd think he has a good chance of being picked up elsewhere.

Endurance is not something you lose (easily). Tom has always been able to run all day. It's the other areas that have let him down.

Cough.

Underexamined in my opinion, especially for the run-all-day players.

Deleted (mixing up my Collingwood offcasts).

The impact of being in the hub on players hasn't really been given much exposure. It's something that Weideman commented on in terms of his own loss of form across the last few rounds.

Cats also got 2 future second-rounders (tied to Essendon) back from GWS. Need to look at the whole trade. (People do this all the time.)

No idea what's gone on this year, there are so many factors involved, who knows. Carrying an injury? Overweight? The whole hub situation, the shorter quarters, even being a new dad ... ? One thing I'd say though is that 2019 was a write-off for the whole club - for reasons we all know - and I'd be careful about singling out individuals. Would Tom have had a better year if the mid-field and those around him had a better year? One thing though re 2019 is that from the middle of the season Tom definitely started to get his mojo back. He had one game with 28 possessions, and his best goal kicking game (6 goals) came later in 2019, not 2018. I wonder if we'd be having this discussion if he hadn't got injured and missed the whole back end of the season. Conjecture of course, but I don't know that it's as black and white as it looks at first glance.

Suggested by who?

It's embarrassing to you. Someone who has played 80 AFL games is, by definition, AFL standard. Confirmation bias on stilts.

For another time, but disagree. Misogyny runs deep - you only have to look at some of the commentary regarding Kamala Harris after the VP debate. On top of that, the Republicans put 20 years into Hillary, and that adds up. Also not helped by the both-sidesism and news-as-product of the mainstream media.

Not as a percentage, especially blacks (12%?). Hispanic is more nuanced and seems to vary a lot by region, though the anti "left" cuban-Americans in Florida weren't all that hard to get onside.

Yeah, just rampant. Onset of the colder weather and everyone staying indoors is what has really pushed us over the top.

Suburbs of Paris. 30 mins from Châtelet.

Pretty rough on all fronts. 30K - 50K new cases a day, and it's no longer abstract. 2 of the 3 in our household have had a week's isolation waiting for test results after being in prolonged contact with Covid cases. Scary and unsettling. Now all locked down again, all work cancelled, smallish govt $$ handout, but not the same. People generally struggling (mentally), and heading into winter isn't helping. Sorry to be so gloomy. As for riding, limited to 1 km radius/1 hour. But still better than last time where there was no riding at all, so I'm managing to knock myself around riding up and down suburban streets.

That's not what bipolar is. If you're going to use a mental disorder as a slur, at least do your homework.

Hard to disagree with with - but given that "proven, mature, winger" is a tiny talent pool, the chances of there being a Smith Mk 2 must be close to zero.

Any evidence that we haven't?

Clearly.

"There is a real belief in the game plan and strategy" and just to spell out where the issues lie: "however there is also an acknowledgment by all involved that there was an inconsistent execution of the game plan this season, which ultimately cost us a place in the AFL Finals."