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2 hours ago, binman said:

I respectfully disagree.

The Champion Data player ratings are, in my humble, by far the best, most accurate such rating system.

In the Saints Dees game the top 7 rated players were (note 20 ratings points is considered an elite AA level performance):

1. Max Hall - 28 points

2. JVR - 25 points

3. Jack Sinclair - 20.2 points

4. Jack Steele - 19.7 points

5. NAS - 16.4 points

6. Sam Flanders - 15.8 points

7. Maxy - 15.7 points

This is the coaches votes:

• 9 Jacob van Rooyen

• 8 Max Hall

• 7 Max Gawn

• 2 Callum Wilkie

• 2 Jack Sinclair

• 1 Jack Steele

• 1 Caleb Windsor

Five of the top CD rated players got coaches votes, with the same top two (albeit in different order).

The coaches obviously put more stock on intangibles like huge last quarter performances or kicking clutch goals (goals are big point scorers, hence JVRs rating's but there is no differentiation about when, and in what circumstances those golas are scored) that have an outsize influence on the result.

Which is why Maxy got 7 coaches vote - he was massive factor in us winning that game with his huge last quarter. Windsor, who had 12.3 player rating points, was super influential in the first half so i can sort understand him getting one coaches vote.

That said i would have given Sharp votes. He was our fourth highest rayed player for the game (13.9 points) and had an incredible last quarter - 11.2 rating points for a quarter of footy is unbelievable (a goal, goal assist and score involvements were a big factor in that rating).

By way of contrast, Maxy, who was also massive in the last quarter, and super influential on the result, had 6.5 rating points in the last q.

Sharp was a big reason we won that game and deserved coaches votes IMHO - well done young fella.

No problem, it’d be pretty boring if we all agreed on everything. I rated mine based on the fact that Gawn played all but 12 minutes of game time and in the wash up was the most influential in our winning the game.

I then ranked Hall because aside from scoring a clutch of goals, he had a big influence around the ground and kept the Saints in the game with his individual contribution.

JVR’ contribution speaks for itself.

I rated Sharp ahead of Steele, purely because his contribution in the last quarter was what got us across the line.

Stats and rankings are all well and good.. I just base mine on what I see 🤣

Yesterday was the start of fortnightly chemo cycle #6… pretty uneventful I guess, with my weight stabilising at 10kg below normal. One positive was that my CEA marker in my bloods, that measures the tumour’s activity, was down from 8 at the beginning of my last cycle, to 7.2 this cycle; what is considered the normal range is somewhere between 0 and 5, so I’m certainly heading in the right direction.

Of course this doesn’t give any indication as to what is happening with the traces in my lungs and liver, so I’ll just have to wait for my high contrast CT scan’s results, and that is booked in to take place on April 15th.

As I usually get zero winks of sleep on the first night of each cycle (thank you steroids), I decided to upload a lot of my photographs (not footy related) to my Instagram photography account, so if you would be so kind as to take a look (and even Follow me), so that I don’t feel like this effort was all for naught, here’s a link for you to follow:

https://www.instagram.com/timfleming_photography

Is this game getting a live stream, and if so, on which service?

I reckon that they got the votes from our game very wrong. Gawn should have got 10, Hall 8, JVR 6, and although Steele was very good, I would have had Sharp ahead of him, due to the fact that he pretty much won us the game with his last quarter effort.

14 hours ago, Willmoy1947 said:

The inconsistencies are well above "the not paid enough" mild synopsis.

I certainly wouldn’t want their job, knowing the abuse they cop.

11 hours ago, old dee said:

What about the saints player in the last quarter with the ball with no way out just ran over the line in the behind area. Isn’t that a free kick to the other side. Nothing paid!

I agree that was a bad decision, but I doubt it was deliberately called because we are the MFC.

2 hours ago, DemonOX said:

Not sure what anyone else thought of the umps but bloody hell they were atrocious.

Felt like they had a Saints jersey on and was very annoying and frustrating.

Hopefully they improve but I won’t hold my breath.

Maybe, like the players, they’re a bit rusty. Also, they now have a few new rules that they have to get their heads around. I refuse to believe that they are somehow under orders to disadvantage our club… that’s one conspiracy theory that doesn’t sit well with me (I’m not saying that you are a conspiracy theorist DemonOx, but there are those who definitely fit the bill)

I’m of the opinion that they probably aren’t paid enough, considering the level of abuse that is directed at them.

4 hours ago, dees189227 said:

I was reading McClures article & he mentioned after each song we'd play Robbie Williams entertain you then the players song, which didn't happen.

I think that Let Me Entertain You was meant to be played after our first goal and all subsequent goals would have just the goal scorer’s choice played.

7 hours ago, Dee-tonator said:

Tholstrup - not AFL standard

God Awful Call

On 14/03/2026 at 10:34, Ghostwriter said:

I’m shocked by Fritta’s choice of Daft Punk. He’s slightly cooler than I thought he was 🤣

I thought that too until I had a listen to the chosen song… too much autotune (not enough cowbell)… but I loved JVR’s choice of Rock the Casbah, which got plenty of air time!

2 hours ago, layzie said:

He was massive in that last quarter. Willed his way into having a hand in a few goals. Impressed

I thought that Sharp pretty much won us the game with his last quarter efforts!

And as for Kolt… early on, posters were calling for him to be dropped, but what they were failing to notice, was the job he was doing on Nasiah; something that was also a major contributing factor in our eventual victory.

Now let’s see how well we travel!

Let’s hope it’s not this one…

Thought I’d rejuvenate this thread with a song that’s been covered by just about everyone, or so it seems, particularly on those god awful karaoke lite shows such as The Voice and Australian Idol, but never like this.

If you close your eyes, turn the volume way up and just let it ‘flow over you’ (apologies for the new age f*ckery), it just might, like it did me, bring you to tears. For mine, it’s a winner!

50 minutes ago, VNightCityLegend said:

Gotta give Carlton fans credit. They are at least smart enough to not celebrate that “win”, but cant say the same for Voss and the players. How could you double fist pump and give high fives like you have just won the Prelim after beating the second worst side in the comp on paper, and only “winning” because Lynch couldn't convert Richmond’s dominance. What a joke of a club..

We should pump this club in 2 weeks time and end this disgusting 3 match losing streak we have against them.

If we dominate and get the opportunities Richmond got, Mihochek, Fritsch, Pickett and even a Chandler should cash in handsomely.

Not to mention that they haven’t had a one goal second half since 1968! 🤣

5 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

Toots & The Maytals do a cool reggae version. "Almost heaven, West Jamaica ..."

Loved Toots & the Maytals ever since I first saw the film starring Jimmy Cliff, ‘The Harder They Come’, when they did Pressure Drop. Since then I’ve seen them a couple of times: once in London’s Hyde Park and then at the Phoenician Club in Sydney. They were such a fantastic band.

That’s a fantastic memory for you and your family (particularly’Dad’), and cudos to the club for being so responsive to your request.

Treasure it!

10 minutes ago, chook fowler said:

You know what makes you go blind ~ stop it!

I stopped it years ago 🤣

2 hours ago, Little Goffy said:

because of the "Great Enema of 25". (I'm trademarking that expression but Demonland members are welcome to use it)

aka ‘Demonic Irrigation’

3 hours ago, DubDee said:

It’s the Kolt that chose Cher, which kinda makes more sense with his cheeky don’t give AF vibe?

I reckon they are told to pick soft upbeat karaoke classics/terrible songs so the public can get into it

but agree some of them are horrible.

And has Maxy found god? Or maybe he is god? wtf either way

I think I’m going blind… and no, not for reasons some might think (I put it down to age). You might be right about the freedom (or lack thereof) of choice; probably a limited range. And yeah, I hope to go…er, the deity of choice, that Max was taking the pizz.

What they should have done was have every player choose Country Road just to completely ruin it for Brisbane. The only time I’ve ever even slightly enjoyed that song was in the Studio Ghibli film Whisper Of the Heart, where it is sung in Japanese.

13 hours ago, RalphiusMaximus said:

Interesting game tonight. Very evenly matched teams, but Richmond just seem a tiny bit more rusty. Almost as if Carlton had played an extra match to shake the cobwebs off. 🤔

I wonder if any of the "bye" teams from last week will win (except North vs PA).

Yes, why aren’t the AFL aware enough to have all of the Round 0 teams play each other in Round 1, to give the rest a chance to catch up? Seriously brain-dead at AFL headquarters!

13 hours ago, BDA said:

Tom Lynch is worth a spot on the Olympic diving team

Or the Curling team.

15 minutes ago, rjay said:

I think these would be in his grandparents collection 'hardtack'...and possibly great grandparents with the Small Faces.

That says a lot about me I suppose 🤣😂🤣. Fair comment!

1 hour ago, Demonland said:

How old is Langford?? ‘Believe’!!?! Ok, I’m sure there must be a few Cher fans out there, but what’s a young fella like Langford doing listening to that stuff? And as for Max, what the hell?? or should I say heaven?

To me there are just three, two of which I give a barely passed mark… Daft Punk nearly had me until the god awful autotune kicks in… Titanium with Sia is pleasant enough, but JVR, who appears to have been raiding his parent’s record collection, wins with Rock the Casbah (although there are 50 Clash songs I’d probably pick before it😉).

If you’re going to go through the parent’s collection, Verve’s ‘Symphony Bittersweet’ is a good ‘un as are songs like Itchykoo Park (Small Faces), Iggy Pop’s Passenger, Bowie’s Life on Mars or Heroes… I know everyone has different tastes, but, well, er, um, jeebus…I don’t know…

20 minutes ago, Robbie57 said:

As a slightly more mature dees supporter I am amazed at the recovery time for some broken bones.

Maybe hairline fractures heal faster? I had a broken arm right at the shoulder (fell out of a tree) and that felt like it took forever to heal; also modern surgery techniques probably accelerate the healing process.

The worst thing about my broken arm though, was that while I was waiting to go for surgery (Children’s Hospital in Melbourne), Rolf Harris came through giving all the kids wobble boards and promoting Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport!

And as for the ‘wobble boards’ they were just a piece of friggin’ Bernie Board, that he hadn’t even bothered to sign! Was a scumbag then, and right up to the end!

1 hour ago, picket fence said:

I'd rather play Heath than Howes, Gives St. Kilda more to think about as the big fella slides forward!

Nothing to do with your response (although I do prefer Howes for his run and carry), but do you know when you’re quoting others, the quote is appearing three times?