binman

I don't think that's quite what he said. I heard it as Brown saying, after footage of him crying, that petty might be embarrassed for his part. Which, even if I'm right is still pathetic. I mean what possible reason would petty have to be embarrassed? The last quarter should be viewed through the lens of that incident. The entire team was impacted by seeing petty so obviously distressed and would have white hot angry, particularly his brothers in arm down back. Impressive effort by our boys , particularly Harry to remain as focused as they did and not lose the plot and do something silly.

I disagree with all three paragraphs above, but that's OK, we land in the same spot anyway.

Absolutely there is no guarantee. We got out to $4. 50 this week to win the flag. We are now into 3.30. Personally, I'd have the true odds at 2.50. But even at those odds we lose six out of ten times.

Straight on the pool room wall.

Agree. But of course, they're interrelated.

Someone said that to me the other day. Sorry, misread your post. Back to the replay. Awesome performance

Good kicking is good football.

Oath.

Is that real? If so that's some pretty straight shooting!

Listen out for the 'Just kick it' cry, which is the song of the mcc member dove.

Otherwise known in the math world as the Viney percentage

It's closer to 96%

Is that right? Better let Goody know.

Totally agree. The key will be not telling the fans, boards, media (except some anointed inside the tent types), the AFL (expect the Chairman of the AFL Commission, who will need to sign it all off) and his assistant coaches at North, Essendon and GWS. It will of course come out in time, but then he just needs to apologize to all those people - except the fans of course.

And goody too obviously. God knows why we bother with a coach

A Public Service Announcement Before reading this post, please consider the following information: This post may be triggering for some readers There are high levels of confirmation bias detected Post from binman: I found this comment from Goody's presser yesterday very interesting: "They feel physically fresh, they feel ready to go, we feel like we have been able to build some cohesion in the way we play in the last four or five weeks."

All season on DL there are calls for this player or that player to be dropped. In the last few weeks there has been a crescendo of such talk, with posters variously calling for Nibbler, Spargo, Swallow, JJ, Harmes and Melksham (though not now!) to be dropped. Which is all fine - as many have noted it is a footy forum for opinions after all. But i reckon this quote from Goody's presser yesterday (which i cant find a video of) gives a great insight into one of goody's key coaching philosophies: "One thing we do know with our team is that building cohesion in how you're playing and cohesion with the playing group that you have in the back four or five rounds of the season is really important. We have been able to do that. We have been able to keep our list really healthy the last four or five weeks and make sure they operate well together and that is the most important thing." I also found this comment interesting (confirmation bias alert - mine that is): "They feel physically fresh, they feel ready to go, we feel like we have been able to build some cohesion in the way we play in the last four or five weeks."

He was starting to show his frustration against the blues - and with good reason.

My theory? Day games are often much more hot and humid than opponent are used to - the lions train in such conditions so that probably gives them some advantage. And night games are often slippery with the dew and humidity, and again opponent are not used to those sort of conditions.

Oath. Add BB to the list too

I really hope it's true. When I was 11 I went to the footy every week with a mate. He was a roos supporter so we alternated dees and roos games. Generally the roos games were at Arden Street. So I have always had a soft spot for them, helped in the decades since then by the fact they have been residents of struggle town like the dees. I remember how pumped I was when I heard roos was coming to the dees. Hope is a powerful drug. I'm hoping roos fans get the chance to sample the hope drug. Speaking of hope, If it comes to pass that Clarkson doesn't go to the bombers I hope it is not forgotten the role Mark Robinson and the Herald Sun, and 3AW for that matter, have played in the appalling way Rutten has been treated. Their unseemly lust to break the story meant they got it wrong in claiming Rutten had been sacked. And then when that was proved wrong, there was no contrition or retraction. Just more churning the waters and ginning up a soap opera. Just appalling. They won't face any consequences because these days it seemingly doesn't matter at all when journalists make [censored] up or plain get it wrong. It used to. It doesn't any more. Robinson will just blame his source. I hope the other coaches refuse to deal with him and the sun.

In addition, we have had a much harder draw this season. And no tmac for a big block of matches.

That's better! Did trac sound confident in his posting?

It seems like there are far fewer whispers about selection this season. This is completely made up, so please ignore. I have heard Weed is chance of being selected this week.