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Blimey. I thought he was a forward? Looks like the bont with his skills in the middle.

Nah, we will win our last four and pass lions the lions on percentage - even if they beat Freo and happen to beat the pies at Marvel (which i think they may well do). What we need is a high scoring bruising, niggly encounter that the lions win by a point. Though i'd take a draw. And i wouldn't mind Zorko getting weeks for hitting however tags Neale out of the game and/or gets into his face all game about being a loud mouthed, whining thug. The Freo Lions game is late Sunday arvo in Perth, which means a late flight out of Perth for the the lions and players back in their own beds at 3am on the Monday. The Lions play the crows at the gabba on the following Saturday, so a six day break. They are favs for that game, but the Crows, who have a 7 day break, won't be easy to beat.

Personally, i'm not a big fan of copping them!

And where will 50k be cut? Not in an area they think had a direct bearing on winning and losing. At footy clubs it will be in areas like player welfare. Or comms. So the players and fans wear The brunt of the fine. Typical

Trump logic is not to stick with anyone.

So did I.

I think mick mcguane misunderstood the loading memo

Empty your pockets. I said #$%@## empty your pockets tinker bell.

We win a flag and get pick 4? What sorcery is this?

He's being traded to rhe cats?

Goofy thinks he's human.

Exactly. As goody has said many times its not about one flag. It's about being in contention to win a flag for years. The club has been brilliant under goofy in terms of ensuring young players are brought into the team. Sparrow, koz and Bowey are terrific examples. Played in a flag as kids. Will all be senior players in three years time. Mcvee and jvr are on the same path.

My tip for the bench: Spargo Sparrow Petty Hibberd Smith (sub) Meaning woey, harmes and tomo dropped.

Spargo and Chandler plsy different roles.. I suspect spargo comes in for Woey, who had been playing spargo's role.

Indeed. There's no mystery why they promote multis to the exclusion of almost every other bet type. And bet with mates? Please. Another way to throw money at em

Some random reflections of this terrific data: The ratings reflect what the eyes said - a super high quality game, with both teams playing out of their skin The tigers are outsiders against the dogs at Marvel, but that ratings suggests they should almost go in as favs given the dogs gave up a half time 5 goal lead in must win game (albeit against team, the giants, who i really rate) - i happened to just listen to the catch up of Hoyne from Champion Data on (i really like his analysis - in large part because i agree with most of it!) and he made the point it is not who you play, its how you play Whilst the tigers played great, their bets players fell in a hole in the last q - and for me it is further evidence of how critical fitness is and the relationship between player ratings and fitness (in the sense that i'm sure players like Soldo and Dusty's ratings would have fallen off cliff in the last because they barely touched it and they looked completely gassed Related to the above point the high ratings in this game tracks with the graph you put up DD with the player ratings mirroring our loading phases in 2021, 2022 and again this year (ie great rounds 1-9, poor middle of the season, on the rise as we approach finals) I'm surprised at how low Langer's ratings for this game Nibbler (who by the by is our 13th highest ranked player, which might surprise many) keeps on keeping on I love this data - thanks so much for going to the effort of posting it (same goes for Wheelo and Demon Dynasty)

Good question, not sure of the answer, but i'm pretty sure they call it Mariah. Or perhaps if it's bending down to give us a rainbow, everyone knows it's Windy.

Objective update on the probability of us winning our last four games Prior to the Crows game, based on the bookies odds for that game and the Tigers game and my estimate of the likely odds in the remaining games (because the bookies only field markets for the next two upcoming games), the odds of us winning our remaining 6 home and away games was a tick over: 9-1. After the Crows win, using the same formula, those odds dropped to: 5-1. We have four games to go. The bookies have us at 1.10 to beat the Roos, 1.60 to beat the blues (which by the by i had estimated the price would be 1.70 in my calculations for the odds above) and i'm estimating our price for the Hawks game will 1.40 and the Swans game 1.70. So 1.10 x 1.60 x 1.40 x 1.70 = 4.188. That translates, after our win over the tiges, the odd of us winning out final four games as aprox: 3-1. I said prior to the Crows and Tigers games i thought we would go unbeaten for the remainder of the season. And, unsurprisingly i still think we will. There's actually no market for the bet (ie dees to win its last four games), but if there was i wouldn't take 3-1. Why? Because I think 3-1 is pretty close to the true odds of us winning our final four games and therefore there is no value. 3-1 seems pretty short. But what's important to remember is that at those odds the probability of us winning our final four games is 25%. So 75% chance of not winning our final four games.

So do I. I would prefer he was playing. For one thing is he is past it, his recent slight up tick in form notwithstanding. For another, carrying a player who can't cover territory or is as slow as buddy now is, puts them behind the 8 ball because the clicks have to covered by the rest of the team. And May matches up perfectly on buddy as evidenced by the fact he has given him a complete bath every time he has played on him since may came to the dees. I'd have to look it up, but I doubt buddy has kicked mutiple goals against the dees more than two or three times in the last seven years.

My take too.

No cherry ripe all the time. Cherry ripe on Grand Final day.

And I'd add that there are mistakes and there are mistakes. Giving a free away for say having too many rotations is a mistake. As in the roos example from earlier in the year, it might cost a team a game. Bur something I haven't seen much comment on is the potential scenario of Allir copping another head knock when he went back on. He was all at sea for the rest of that game, and there was a huge risk of another head knock because he wasn't switched on i would have thought. So the mistake might have resulted in serious injury, or perhaps even forced retirement for Allir, as had just occurred for max lynch.

I saw this reported yesterday - and watched the clips of his speech to his teammates Could not have been a more timely, and frankly tragic, reminder of what is at stake here in terms the duty of care Port owes its players and the discussion as to whether Port breached that duty of care. A young bloke, who grew up dreaming of Brownlow's and flags has had those dreams shattered. In 20 years time, when Max is in his mid forties, not even Hawks fans will remember him. Hopefully his brave decision to retire now means he wont be still suffering in some way from the impact of his concussion, but there ain't no guarantees that will be the case. On that front, the AFL, the footy community and footy fans face a looming philosophical inflection point. In Max's Lynch's case he wisely accepted the medical advice and has decided to retire. What happens when a player rejects that advice and decides they want to play on? Paddy McCartin for example. Some might argue that every individual has that right. But should the AFL and/or clubs take that choice out of their hands? Where does the responsibility to protect an individual's health lie? As an employer, the AFL and clubs have a responsibility for the health and well being of its employees and for ensuring a safe working environment. But no matter what the AFL does moving forward to minimise and mitigate the risks of concussion there will always be players getting concussed.

My avatar is a picture of me. As is the caricature. But i am not Garry Baker.

Agree on Harmes before Woey, but not JJ before woey