Demon17

Great point and proves the Noise Affirmation theory IMO. Take out the Dogs game and across only other Optus games , the eagles are Plus 34 Frees at home games. Equates to around 5 extra frees a home game, not to mention all the oppo frees missed due to crowd silence

Thats the underlying issue isn't it. The crowd screams and the free is paid. A Dees player is pushed in the back - silence -play on.

The stat I mentioned above puts the eagles at + 27 ahead at Optus. As logic in umpire behaviour would suggest. They are Plus 4 across the whole season. But the killer aspect of this was that when the Dogs played over there the Free scores were 18 to 11 - Dogs favour. Doggies have unlocked this seceret and we need to find out what it is clearly.

An interesting stat would be the free kick differential for Home games only for Crows, Power, Weagles and Lions. I'm betting it would blow this stat table away and confrim the ' Noise of Affirmation'?

Good point but the key take out is this. We are the top of the table, and only 8 players are playing for bona fide finals teams (generally) And we have four of them. So how good are our nominees given they have made a place for themselves in a top of the ladder team where you expect competition would be fierce for spots, and/or they can hold their own in the AFL in a top team and then relentless competion that brings. Well done to these four. Several IMO are not in the bottom 6 for selection either -Rivers, Petty, KOzzie (?).

He executed a beautiful short pass in heavy traffic, between eagles players to a target in the 3rd quarter. He sold me then, composure, good decision and first rate execution. His HTB in last 1/4 was just a speed of the game thing and he'll learn. Huge pick up for the club IMO

I think he would also, but just at whose expense? He had 4 tackles and had an inpact in that regard. You can never doubt his endeavour.

Agree on this. The mindset for both teams at the break would have been tricky to manage. Dees go into the break knowing they have a lock on Top 4. Eagles know they are out of finals if they lose , so lots to keep switched on for. Theyr;e stil a proud club. Just human nature playing out and understandable. Winning in Perth after last 2 weeks of travel and upheaval was super human of this team. Well done lads.

This idea of " lets play vanderenberg for his aggression " . Amazes me as old-style thinking. A player has to contribute. Look at Oliver. He's as tough as he comes but what a contributor.

The umps have been generally ok tonight. We got some dubious ones

If we win tonight we go to the top.

Not one win this season was against a good, top 8 side , apart from Tiges who were on the slide, and Power don't count as they lose to anyone when away. Home record this year is weaker than usual. Their losses have been against quality opposition, incl North who were bouncing back at the time of that game, and Bombers who were starting their run.

Ed langdon, who is a BIT different to many other players, says he thrived in Lockdown last year and many of the team did also. Now they are playing for Top spot , not just double chance, I am quietly positive about tonight's game, given its only been a week away so far and Dan's sure to allow them back home to sleep in thioer own bed tomorrow night.

Nicely said WJ. The maths are simple and the bigeest test since final round, 2017, to see if we have progressed mentally. Win tonight and the Dees are on top, and then its " come and get us".

Selwood executed what was called a ' weak' act a few rounds ago and was roundly defeneded as being out of character. Not now. I see a sniping pattern here. The GWS player was lucky he was as low as he was at the time and Selwoods blow was glancing.

Thanks. An interesting take on the term. Most things are a statement of mind issue.

Kevin Rudd is a baby boomer and the only politician, so far, with th guts to do a Federal Parliament apology to Stolen Generation. Wer'e all not the same.

Is this for certain????????????????????????????????

Huge for the dees to protect top 4 if tonight pans out.

At the time of Dees loss to GWS I posted that I really rated GWS , esp the midfield, and they are a bona fide finalist so not yet a disaster for us at the time like the Hawks draw turned out to be Their accuracy won it for them also -or at least helped. demon forwards note. This season, each week, 8 of the 9 winners, on average, had an equal or better scoring accuracy than their opponents.

Nicks played , even in his last game, with Goodes and O'Loughlin. He only joined Crows last year. He gets it and must be mortified of the comments by an apparent 'club legend' of his new employer. I suspect he has an admiration for indigenous players that goes beyond what many of us have/or had and this really hurt. How dare he show his emotional side!

I'm casting my mind forward to the next GF when the retired players do a lap of the arena saying goodbye and letting fans acknowledge them. Walker will find out the esteem in which he is/was held as a player/skipper by the afl public. Should be silence or maybe turning of backs. on him en masse. I am sick of 'remorse' and heartfelt apologies from grown men and women, especialy when I reflect on the class of our Neville jetta, May, Davey, Farmer etc. and how the Dees have embraced this issue. His legacy now will be the lousy leadership against the Tiges in 2017, jake Lever commentary, and this.

Footballers are an extension of society, just that they get more publicity. Moronic NRL behaviour is not exclusive to those players. They are a reflection of some quarters. Walker is this also, which is the very sad aspect of this. There's plenty more like him around. Why is the Govt. stalling on the Statement to the Heart Issue? They understand large parts of the Australian public are ambivalent to this issue at best. Someone earlier said here he should clean out his locker. Spot on and a test here for the Crows 'culture change' Matthew Nicks comments were heartfelt and probably a reflection of his closeness to Adam Goodes. I hope, and am sure, the Dees are looking after our's such as AA full back S. May.

When you live down here (in Vic.) esp. after the last 2 Deta outbreaks, managed effectively for the first time in the world, you actually appreciate Dan Andrews and his team. His decisionfor 8.00pm shutdown yetsreday was first class. The rest of your post are meaningless platitudes which are of no interest. Everyone should keep any sort of political claptrap off this site and keep it for the News Corporation Letters pages.(This last comment is clickbait so don't bother responding to the irony)

They are the best side in it - at gmhba. Beatable by others incl Dees at the G.