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Haarland reminds me of an up-market Frost!

This looked like a mid 2000 Melbourne game - in the dark dark times. Beaten on the inside, killed for pace on the outside, other team looks even faster because of their delivery skills. Missed tackles. We're desperately short of AFL grade personel, not hard enough, not skilled enough. I don't want to go back to the days of 3:20 Sunday games agains the Suns at the G with 9000 in attendance. But that's where we're heading unless we have a rejuvenation. Peter Jackson, where are you?

goodbye 2024

they’d miss

Goodwin's press conference had that slightly-[censored]-off tone that I rather like. He never gives anything away, win or lose, but he did have a bit of a point to make today. Good on him. I'm not a huge fan, but kudos to him on today's performance

JNM, did you mean "well, we'll wait to the end of the season and sort that all out" when asked if he was going to North?

Interesting - do you have the median loss for those years?

True - I've just had another look at the film, and it's not really clear who made the suggestion - might have come from the box to Goodwin, or Burgess, or all multiple sources. I'll retract my comment about Burgess's tactial nouse - but he was a bloody good high performance/injury bloke.

The loss of Burgess has been keenly felt, I reckon. He was the instigator of leaving Jackson on the field at the end of the third quarter (Bang, Bang, Bang) - Goody just sort of agreed and broke the news to Max. Our injuries and our management of them - I don't know enough to compare Griffith and Burgess, but I do know that we have had plenty of problems with injuries 2022 onwards. Getting Burgess back (dream on) would be a major victory for the club.

Edward Wilson: "The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology. And it is terrifically dangerous, and it is now approaching a point of crisis overall" Our paleolithic midbrains are the target of the god-like technology, and we find it hard to resist!

OK - thanks. I thought he did. He's spoken about vaccinations - must have had embolization for the high-grade injury.

Do we know he was in isolation? That would be unusual... (I know a bit about splenectomies)

This. 1000% this. Peter Jackson, I reckon, saved the club and was exactly what we needed. And what we need now. He was a tough operator, experienced, and got so many things right. We really miss him (and Burgess - an under recognised loss. He was the one who had the conversation with Goodwin to keep Jackson in the ruck at the end of the third quarter of the Grand Final).

Bailey Laurie? Haven’t seen much from him

top floor is.

most of the bars are shut!

james reyne, the band, all good!

but excellent music at this early stage. divinyls, midnight oil, hoodoo gurus.

spoke to one of the attendants here. 20k is their expected. no one one other than yours truly in the top deck. not another soul! plenty of room for expression!

I wasn’t there and couldn’t watch it online. I wonder about the influence of Melksham on our forward line. I reckon he’ll be a very good coach one day. Maybe even is one already?

I noticed that after TMac kicked that ripper goal on the run, he sprinted off in celebration, and from what I could see on the Teev, didn’t acknowledge the pass from Tholstrup. Sure, I might be over-interpreting it, but I didn’t like it.

and who did Long coat hanger and hospitalise in the 2000 grand final. only Schwartz remonstrated.

the loss of burgess has had a seriously negative effect on our performance

Goodwin press conference: Inconsistency is the issue. Nothing to do with personnel. I reckon consistency is the new learnings. (Sure, never gives anything away at the press conference. I get that - but that loss (second shocker in 3 weeks) needed a bit more, I reckon)

WC very good MFC not very good Work to do by everyone coaches and players Nothing of value - but there never is in Goodwin's press conferences, and I can understand why. Incredibly frustrating, but why would he give anything to a pack of hyenas?