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Does that mean Liverpool has as many problem gamblers that the Hawks have their hooks into in their gaming venues. Needed to fund this giant facility, sadly.

Sad, but I find Lyon and Watson must listen and amusing, Whately top of his game and well informed , Then switch off. In the old days, Dermot Huddo and Hardy were great, as was Mark Fine. But that's all over now. Pity the advertisers after 12.00 (if they stick around that is.) These sorts of stations need personality and top class broadcasters to keep the listeners (as per my comments on pre-Noon programs.).

54% since 2016 when he burst onto the scene. 40 goals 34 behinds. Huge upside if this can be fixed could take him up to better than a goal a game (and the Brownlow - already being the best ruckman)

Good get CBD. That's exactly what Goodwin said to the question from the floor about our dysfunctional forward line in 2019 and why can't we score more..

Mahoney said also it was a competitive appointment and he beat 3 other applicants by some margin. Not just a thought bubble sco-mo like.

At the fan forum Josh Mahoney mentioned the off field team build / talent-wise and mentioned an ex Miami Dolphins experienced person but not the specific role being played. Burgess said when he was at Arsenal they had 12 stats analysts whose jobs it was to put the info into a usable from for the coach. he said this was the greatest change he'd seen over recent years around the world when answering a question, and felt the appointment of a " Data Scientist " at the club recently was a strong move.

Never mentioned. The only measure commented on was sustained success and playing finals next year.

The following means nothing coaching-wise but worth looking at Staffords goalkicking stats from playing days from 2001 to find an angle. I think we're on a winner with this appointment based on this. At least he should understand what successful kicking should look like - or not. GL BH 2001 19 6 2002 26 10 2003 20 5 2004 6 3 2005 16 9 2006 15 5 Total 102 38 or 73% success rate Brian Taylor 64% (one of the very best I've seen for method) Peter Hudson 71% (the best I have seen) Christian Petracca 56% (over 3 seasons, but becomes 52% over last 2 seasons, but small sample size) David Neitz 63% Tom McDonald 69% ( last 3 years since moving to FF) - 77% in Year 1 of FF in 2017 Gary Ablett 60% Tony Lockett 70%

Well said. I have never been more mortified about such an attack which I'm not repeating. Huge kudos to Goodwin on the classy manner he dealt with the question.

Burgess said tonight at the forum that he felt a twinge after driving melb to sydney and back . All good and is commencing running tomorrow

Some other key point were. The 666 rule means wingers are now critical specialist role . We tried 17 players in that position to no avail. Hence Tomlinson and langdon targetted. Both had 3 to 4 other clubs intereste. Jones will be playing higb forward and providing leadersip in that area. Frost moved on due to perceived lack of opportunities for him now. Goodwin mounted a strenuous defence of oscar after a particularly moronic and nasty question from the floor Dees had the highest number of total team changes at selection for the year. Ahead of next biggest by 50%. Illustrated depth of injury woes Burgess believes the game is won by marking and kicking well and will have preseason programs built on 80% with footballs. Running laps at traing doesn't win games. He seemed right on top of his subject. Bpown away by condition players have presented themselves in at start of pre season.. . Huge wrap for Bruckner Petracca to now have significant more time in midfield in 2020 Josh Jenkins was never considered.

In general the questions were thoughtful and relevsnt. But several muppets as you say. Re. Point 3 above . It was lewis and hawn who completed 80% or more of pre season. Jones completed 30%. 10 key players completed less than 30% of preseason.

But they need to explain themselves over the car crash of 2019 to some degree to give confidence that lessons have been learnt and solutions prepared. Like the 2018 Prelim - you ignore failure at your peril.

Good summary of reasonable expectations for tonight. I hope my time won't be wasetd.

Good analysis. My view is that its great ANB is doing well, but at crunch time, can he please kick gimme goals and not break my heart this coming season otherwise its all for nought..

Dont agree completely. Last season we had more inside 50s many times and got beaten by 6 goals. The fowards seemed shambolic. Although the entries often were rubbish.

Unfortunately i suspect jack doesn't have the emotional awareness that he should hand over to max. History is littered with these types and we have ours.

Fully agree YB. His pack marks in defence in his first final, vs the Cats in 2018 when the game was up for grabs were a standout for me. He was harshly treated by match Cttee when dropped for prelim. Given he did have a few clangers in the hawks final, but had enough points to play. The fact that he fronted up with a good mindset in 2019 does the young man credit.

So our defence is 13th and our forward line is 14th. But we make 8th overall. This guy (Goddard, not you Old Dee) is an idiot analysis-wise. Will be offered a job at Champion Data for sure.

Dermot Brereton believes TMAc is not a natural forward and doesn't understand leading, positioning etc. and thus easy to negate. 2018 showed lack of analysis simply by opposition. 2019 was more reflective of his capabilities in playing deep forward. I suspect he is correct .

Often I reckon this is our weakness with quite a few players. In Geelong's halcyon days post 2007 they had an Elite Decision Making coach - David Wheadon. A brilliant thinker of the game and imparter of knowledge. When discussing the 2011 premiership he told me how important this issue was to that win, including Harry Taylor's marking at CHB. Everyone in the media raved about Tom Hawkins, but as David noted Hawkins was playing on an opponent on 1 leg (Chris tarrant I think??). Its the team decision strength across the filed that stood out over the day. The Lewis appointment can only be upside in this for the Dees. And an elite standard-setter and giant footy brain inside the tent.

Well said and you could add how tight the club seems in regards to no leaking and backgrounding . Its up to Goody and the team now but they have been given the platform off season they need to succeed

I enjoy listening to cornes passion but he needs a headline weekly for media relevancy. His language and sentence structure is apalling and he states something hasn't worked when its 20% into the plan.

Good question. When teams like GC and Brisbane play there its never a sellout. And given the capacity is still only 35K, where are all those fans. It should be full. Expensive seats are sold out, but not GA. The 2019 Kardinia Park attendances were as follows against teams noted below: Melb`27K GWS 28K Eagles 28K Dogs 31K Swans 29K Crows 28K Saints 24K North 21K OFFICIAL capacity: 36,000 Don't get me wrong I love the idea of an old fashioned suburban - type team and Geelong is the last of those so good luck to them. Just pointing out how it works down here and internally the club should be asking whats wrong with our supporters? In terms of local fan participation, these numbers are a disgrace after the huge spend at the grounbd Club survives on having some of the largest return poker machines venues, which are really bad news in Geelong also, however I think

Good question. When teams like GC and Brisbane play there its never a sellout. And given the capacity is still only 35K, where are all those fans. It should be full. Expensive seats are sold out, but not GA. The 2019 Kardinia Park attendances were as follwos against teams noted below: Melb`27K GWS Don't get me wrong I love the idea of an old fashioned suburban - type team and Geelong is the last of those so good luck to them. Just pointing out how it works down here. Club survives on having some of the largest return poker machines venues, which are really bad news in Geelong also, however I think they have seen the light on that.