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Sigh. Go back and look at the Gameday thread when it was announced that first Hore, and then Salem were out. The discussion wasn't whether we were going to lose or not, but by how much. About the only time in the last 24 hours that collective Demonland has displayed any objectivity.

And while you're at it, go through last night's side and tell us all the players who have 150 - 200+ games, for those with less experience/development to play alongside. Have a look at how many players Geelong are putting on the park each week who have over 200 games experience. It's around 25% of their team. We're managing 1 (Nate Jones).

No, no suprises. Number of players who ran out on Saturday with over 100 games: Geelong - 13 Melbourne - 6 Or ... Players on Saturday with over 200 games: Geelong - 5 Melbourne - 1 How about over 150 games?: Geelong - 8 Melbourne - 3 What part of this are people not getting?

Just not sure what people expected. We lost arguably our two best players just before the match, leaving us with a car boot sale back line. Our forward line - such as it is - is built around players with a handful of games. What you see with the goalkicking under pressure is exactly what you’d expect from inexperienced players. The only thing that surprises me is that we were even in a position to win in the first place.

Makeshift backline could be our undoing here. The question is going to be if we can kick a big enough score to overcome the goals we're going to leak up the other end. Still, at least we're kicking goals and looking like a decent team. Next week with More, Salem, May and Lever in ... look out.

Only tiny positives is that JKH and Weideman get a chance. Though not sure how much of the ball they're going to see up their end of the ground ...

Misson's fault (obvs).

I'm surprised we don't just forfeit.

Not if they don't have the skills to execute, or the time playing together for it to click.

Yes, his two possessions in a half of footy in the twos are going to make a real difference in the AFL.

Given the players who are out/injured, hardly surprising.

Get him in.

Clearly.

Spargo had 10 possessions last week. (To go with his 3 marks, 4 tackles and goal.) To put that in context, Lockhart had 8, Hunt 7 and Garlett 6, all of whom had fewer tackles than Spargo, and except for Lockhart, fewer marks. You see what you want to see.

Dunning-Kruger

The main consequence for me is simply an absence of playing time *together*, compounded by a lack of consistency in who's actually playing. People asking how Spargo keeps his place ... maybe that's one of the reasons, that more than anything we need on-field stability.

re Stretch: maybe, but he wasn't the worse last week, and hopefully if he gets a run at a few games his confidence and his decision-making will improve. Also, it's not as if he's keeping anyone out, KK would be his only/main rival for the role he plays (?) Happy to see them stick with him, at least for a few more games.

I suspect that it's any combination of these: - that even though we're not seeing much result, he works hard - that he does exactly what he's been asked to do in terms of structure, position etc. - that the club see a long-term future for him, so they're putting games into him at a level that's above VFL

Oops. That's a thought that you would have been better keeping to yourself.

That would be Josh Wagner. C Wagner had 8 possessions.

Thus giving us a clear run at a strong pre-season come November to set us up for a serious tilt at 2020.

With the same medical/physio team in place.

Because there's nothing to drill into. "Injuries take the time they take to heal" isn't exactly major clickbait.

Estimation (noun): an approximate calculation or judgement of the value, number, quantity, or extent of something.

Er ... Most of that list is "Test", so presumably playing. It also includes Lewis, even though he played last week. Apart from the two young long-termers, list is Jetta, Melksham, Smith and VDB. Plus Maynard who has a week or so with concussion.