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Viney's 35 possessions when he spent least time on the ground (out of both teams) wasn't too shabby.

Much to celebrate, but really impressed with how Spargo has slotted in and what he brings. Not yet getting a heap of it, but he's smart and a really clean ball-user, great for the structure.

Some ideas are not popular because they're wrong. Or stupid.

Confirmed.

Actually, if you read my post/s, you'll see that nowhere did I say that I was offended ... but grasping the difference between "I'm offended" and "I can see how others could be offended" would require perspective-taking and nuance, which in your case. As for someone using a childish term like "lol" in the same post as "grow up" ...

I'll take that as a compliment.

Getting back to the thread: would be surprised if there's a change, but between mystery injuries and players loading/resting, who's to say.

Sure, but it would be somewhat disingenuous to ignore the subject matter of the song in question, even if the reference was unintentional and/or poorly thought through. There are other Midnight Oil songs.

Offence, what offence? White male privilege personified.

Backline superb, and the what's making this possible. Also, Jordan Lewis, you can't buy what he brings.

Missing Sam Weideman. Structure/roles looking very different, and Tim Smith not really giving us much/anything for the moment.

Just don't try the above with Dustin Martin, you'll have a hard time making it past half time. Tyson is 4th at the club for effective disposals/match, 9th for efficiency. Also in the top 10 in plenty of other categories. It's easy to pick out what doesn't work while ignoring what does. You see what you want to see.

And on Demonland.

Indefinite = we're having a coffee with his manger next week.

Actually club media speak for "longer than a week or two, but shorter than a LTI or half a season".

Phew. Lucky that that wasn't his role or responsibility then.

For starters, you always need a Hoodwinker and a Hoodwinkee - it takes two. It's clear in retrospect (as everything always is) that our selection process was seriously flawed, but that's not Neeld's fault. In any case, he was widely expected to be next cab off the rank into senior coaching at the time. As for Essendon, he'd been there a couple of years in development before he was moved across/up to assistant coaching, so they knew exactly what they were doing and exactly what they were getting. Though seems not to have hurt them last year having Neeld as an assistant.

No, he was hired as head of player development in 2014, while Hird was still there. FWIW, from a couple of mates who are hard core Dons' fans, he was respected and did well with the younger players, which is one reason why he was moved up the ladder to assistant coaching. Just saying.

Not mid-season though, at least not yet. (technically, we're not even mid-season). You wonder how they ended up with this coaching structure or why this season it has all gone pair-shaped. Given the players at their disposal, they did well last year to make the finals (we didn't, by the way), and they must have figured that with a bit of tinkering, plus bringing in the likes of Stringer and Sahid, they could push deeper. Unlike some here, I take no pleasure in this. A footy club is still just a workplace for those who work there, and none of them deserve this level of turmoil and the ensuing stress.

Sums it up. We all have strengths and weaknesses, and it's unfortunate for Mark that he'll probably be remembered for what he couldn't do rather than what he could.

Tyson: 81+% disposal efficiency, which is higher than Jones, Vince, Salem and Hibberd, all of whom are supposed to be good users. But heh ...

Sure, but you're acting as if "perspective" has some fixed meaning, and you and only you get to define what that meaning is. Enjoying the kind of performance/win that we saw yesterday is just as valid a perspective as - well, whatever it is you're proposing. Criticising those who say we should "keep things in perspective" is keeping things in perspective - just not yours.

BEST Melbourne: T.McDonald, Harmes, Oliver, Gawn, Salem, Brayshaw

You only need to look at some of the posts here to get an inkling as to why that might be.

Well, it would presumably get us back into the first round by way of compo.