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I'm glad for us he didn't. But it feels like dew is building a culture where their guns will want to stay. I really hope so, because It’s important the suns become a contender.

Is this an entry to that new reality TV show - World's lamest conspiracy theories

Exactly. He has also spent some time down back at Casey - and i don't see him replacing any of our key defenders anytime soon.

I'd be happy if weed could be 15% as effective as teasdale in the ruck. Teasdale was a star, and in some ways ahead of his time in terms of his athleticism as a ruckman. I rate weed's ruck craft. I think it was 2019 when he played quite a few games at Casey as the main ruck. He held his own at vfl level and has done ok at afl level when he has had to ruck. The other bonus is he is in the game when rucking - and being physical is a non negotiable. If jacko can't play, I'm confident weed will be good cover. And a full game as the number one ruck might be a real positive for him. My head says weed won't make it. But - and I'm not sure why (apart from being an optimist by nature) - I have a feeling he will.

Before I got kayo 3 years back, for years i religiously watched footy classified (and occasionally Monday's experts on 7 though that was execrable). But really have almost completely stopped watching free to air TV, so that routine stopped. Have tried to watch fc a few times in the interim, but can't stand Sam McClure, so stopped. And for a relatively recently retired coach, Ross Lyon provides nothing of value. This is a supposed expert who, despite our barnstorming form coming into the finals, was sure the lions would beat us in the semi last season, was even more sure the cats would beat us in the prelim. And I think tipped the dogs to win. Since I've had kayo, until this season, id watch every episode of 360, on tbe couch and first crack. It is probably partly due to the fact we don't get discussed much this season, despite being the benchmark team, but like you doc I find myself either nor bothering to watch or skipping through to any snippets that are vaguely of interst. The fox shows are all increasingly a joke. Wheatley and robbo are just weird. It's like watching a condescending pastoral care worker humouring a dementia patient. I like montagna, but like not forgetting Lyons stupdidy, we should not forget he suggested just two weeks ago on first crack that the dees were a chance of missing finals. Yes I know he was just creating some click worthy noise, but he wasn't joking and the first crack is supposedly all about a deeper analysis of the game. I mean c'mon, the dees miss the finals? When he said that, sportsbet had us at $1.04 to make the finals (one win later, we are now $1.01) and something like $20 to miss finals (now $31). And forget David King. He was all freo are not the real deal - they beat us and suddenly they are the real deal, and lose to the blues and he is off them again King was also big on the lions, even after their loss to the hawks in round 10 or whenever that was, even though it highlighted their big defensive problems (he said after that game that it was a blip and was a Mulligan given it was in tassie). Roll forward a few weeks and he is off the lions, because of, you guessed it, their big defensive problems. I know it shouldn't, but it does my head in.

He was terrific in the first 5 or 6 games I reckon. Agree, he was average in the last two but.

I guess they'll have a reason. Perphaps they want to male sure no cats fans can steal dees seats As this thread evidences, the ticketing sytem is all over the shop this year. Enjoy the game. I'd be happy to sit in with the cats fans to ask how they enjoyed round 23 ladt year, sitting at home.

Ok. Seems a bit secret squirrel Why doesn't the club doesn't want the link posted? I mean, if you people have dm'ed you to get the code, I assume the code is not specific to your membership bar code? I'm a member, so I assumed I would have to enter my own bar code. Thereby ensuring only members can purchase the special seats. But whatevs

Agree. With one exception. Last year's finals

Yes. Can you please post that link in this thread. Thanks in advance.

No biggie.

I'm not excusing the bullying. But you did have red hair.

Can you put the link here (ie in this thread) please. I'll use it to buy myself a ticket

Bloody paywall

I can't stand the gossip columnists like Tom Browne and his ilk. But I don't count them as journalists (I have never been a Sam McClure fan, but at least he is a journalist) But I don't get the angst towards proper journalists. It is their job to report news and if they can create noise all the better. Why? Because in the old speak, it sell papers. This has been the case since the first newspaper rolled of the press in the 1800s. Don't shoot the messenger. Shoot the editor if you must shoot someone, but the blame for rubbish like the sun's Bartlett crusade should be sheeted home to the owner and ultimately consumers. If we stopped clicking they would stop reporting.

I know you are (half) joking, but you are right. Only the teams that view themselves as legitimate contenders for the flag would have loaded during this period to the extent that it could be a big factor in a loss in these few weeks. That's because their goal is to win the flag. Id put the dees, freo, cats, lions, blues and the saints in this category. The swans might include themselves too I guess, though I don't. All the teams who view just making finals as the goal, are desperate for every win and would see this period as a brilliant chance to take some top 4 scalps. As would clubs like the bombers, who are not a finals team, but still desperate for any win. All the teams I mentioned as top 4 teams have struggled in the last few weeks in terms of rhe win loss ratio, with exception of the cats who are the outlier in that they have won their last 5 (albeit until last week, most games were pretty scrappy). It is worth noting about the cats that their game plan is not as dependent on aerobic fitness as that of the dees, swans and saints, so therefore they are not as impacted by loading in terms of their 'method' being disrupted too badly (unlike us) I think the lions are much the same, but they have had a much tougher last 5 games than the cats, who didn't play any of the other top 4 contenders, unlike the lions who played the dees, dockers and saints. In the last 5 games the dees have gone 2 wins - 3 losses, the lions 2w - 3l, the dockers 3w - 2l, the saints 2w - 3l and the swans 3w - 2l. You dont win a flag in June. Are the lions as poor as we made them look? I don't think so. Same goes for the saints. And I still think freo are our main danger.

She's not even mentioned in that article.

There is fair argument to be made that Carltons twenty plus years in the wilderness is a direct result of thst cheating and the penalties they copped - in particular the draft related ones

I wouldn't take it to heart.

Why?

The quote from the linked AFL article is from the journo (Troy Daniel). As far i as know Scott has NEVER said they upped the 'player’s training loads in between the Bulldogs and Eagles fixtures". And certainly didn't in the presser Daniels references. Nor does Scott mention a 'heavy training block over the break'. That is a complete fabrication from Daniels, at least based on the comments that Scott made in the presser, which is what the article is about. The best that could be said is that Daniels innocently interpreted Scotts comments as meaning that the cats upped the 'player’s training loads in between the Bulldogs and Eagles fixtures' and that they had a 'heavy training block over the break' . But that is being generous, because whilst the interpretation MIGHT be true, Scott did not make EITHER comment. At worst Daniels is making stuff up to suit an AFL narrative - nothing to see here, loading isn't a thing, every game is a cracker with poor performances being part of the rhythm of a season etc, etc. It is not Daniels job to interpret meaning, it is his job to report accurately what was ACTUALLY said. Did you listen to what Scott said in the post march presser, or read the direct quotes from him in the article? This is exactly what he said (spoiler alter - there is NO mention of upping the loads between the Bulldogs and Eagles fixtures or a 'heavy training block over the break' - the closest thing he mentions is 'the middle period of the year' - and it more tban a bit a stretchto intetptet thst as meaning a two week period): “It’s what we do through the middle period of the year, but we’re doubling down even more than we have done in previous years,” he said post match on Saturday. “We might cost ourselves a little short term but we’re going to try and set up our program to be at our best when it counts “If we finish ninth because we try to prime ourselves to be at our best later in the year, then we’ll live with that. “We haven’t been able to execute that over the last few years anyway. I don’t think that’s a reason to change that philosophy, it’s a reason to do it better.

Great song, great album, all time great muso. That song is actually not on this playlist, but is in spirit (designed to be played in order). https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0jVFrv1QofHppZWV7CWxwv?si=a6808121ffec4345

I thought the original version was by the Everly brothers?

Stewart will get a minimum of 3 weeks, likely 4 if it is assessed as severe impact, which it should be because Prestia was in a world of trouble. It was slickening watching him try to lft his chest and head off the ground. Hard not to fear the impact that concussion might have on Dion down the track (ie post playing career).

Can we change the thread title to Koz hurts. Then we can sing it to this tune: