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I doubt Lever will play. Or Hibberd. Based on the comments about Howes on this thread, my guess is one change - howes in, Hunt out. Bedford to be medi sub again.

Goody picks players who do the role they are assigned to do. If they remain in the team you can safely assume they are doing thst role to his satisfaction

Which has been fine. Which is why he keeps being picked. And will be this week.

Me too x a million. And I'd pay for it too. It would be dead easy to do as I assume all sound come in in channels. All they would need to do is not put the commentator channel through one external feed.

You are probably right, but I thought it was at the end of 2020 hw was asked to look at order options?

I can't speak for others, but I can't watch the footy without sound. I've tried muting, and it simply doesn't work for me. It feels as if I'm watching it in an air lock. It's not just the crowd noise, it's all the other ambient noise, not least the ball being kicked. I've also tried turning the volume down and listening to a radio feed. That is better than no sound, but only just. It always falls out of sync and the sound is variable. But good to know muting works for you.

On the topic of the margin, and not scoring much in the last quarter or so, a mate made these really good points: Just after the beginning of the third qtr, we had 10.1, then we reverted to type and finished with 12.10. And at least 3 of those 5 points in the last were easy shots We actually had more scoring shots in the 2nd half (12-10). It's funny, good conversion often is interpreted as playing well, bad conversion - playing badly. And yet a lot of the times the only difference is just that - conversion. Which can be quite random at AFL level - you might miss by a half a metre or hit the post - the next time you might squeak one in.

Not sure that's true. At the risk of being accused of blowing my own trumpet, I have been a big fan for a long time. I thought he was one of our most important players in 2020, in large because of the running he did and how important that sort of running is to our game plan. Was really surprised we suggested he explore his options. That said, he has gone up a couple of levels and really improved, particularly his decision making and kicking. He is now one of most reliable kicks and forwards must love leading to him. Such improvement at his stage in his career is rare.

Sold the candy, sold the whole shop!

I reckon part of it is our predicable game style is a bit boring for non dees supporters. And the predictability males it hard to come up with anything new and/or interesting to opine. I mean how often can you say the dees set up so well ahead/behind the ball or we are hard to ay against.

Agree. And to boot he keeps crappimg on when the ball is in play. They missed calling Jackson's goal as it happened coz dermot was blathering away about something. That said, healy wasn't far behind in the waffle AND incomprehensible stakes - which is weird because he was never that bad i thought. That was the worst commentary I have ever heard in a footy game - and for me, that is seriously saying something. I found myself getting angry at all 3 clallers, particularly healy and breteton. It really affected my enjoyment of the game. Not only did they not actually call the game, they were frequently dead wrong with their comments and analysis. It was embarrassing

Fair enough, well have to agree to disagree. One thing though, playing tempo, slow, controlled football is as you say less taxing than attacking.and trying to score. For one thing, when going into tempo/control they frequently hold onto the ball and stop after a mark or free, sometimes up to 30 seconds. Everyone gets chance to get their heart rate down Slowing down rhe heard rate is tge key reason players taking a shot at goal take their full time before taking their shot. And we did go into tempo, control mode. On the players being gassed, perhaps you're right and they like goody says they weren't tired. But jeez when you look at the post match interviews the players all looked completely spent And tracc and may both mentioned the heat right at the top.

This is a load of rubbish. Particularly the last para. On his role, work it out. You part answered yourself in the post I've quoted. One man's getting in BB and Fritter's way is another's (you know, like goody) blocking and selflessness.

Keith Greig played predominantly on rhe wing didn't he?

I think the tactic was about our preparation for our next game in terms of it being in 6 days time The humidity looked full on. And such high humidity is super taxing, particularly given our game plan relies so much on all players doing heaps of running. We were unusually aggressive with our ball movement in the first quarter- and paid the price. I wonder if the reason was to try to and get a jump on them early. Get an early lead and go into control mode, ie what they ended up doing in the last I reckon that tactic, something they did all last season, was aimed at mitigating against the impact of the humidity and a six day break. They did it all last home and away last season, to some degree, and I'm convinced it was way of managing fatigue. It's why we win so many games in the 3-5 goal range. The other part of that comment that was interesting was it in response to a question that framed the margin as a function of being tired. Goodies answered we weren't fatigued, which is bollocks. They looked totally gassed. But I suspect he said we weren't with an eye to essendon players hearing thst response, or more accurately not wanting to give them any ammunition by saying yes, they were spent. So I'd say his comment about us not needing to score was not so much honest, as disingenuous

.Exactly. I dont get the knocks of tmac. He played his role fine (ie the one you accurately describe) this week. And in round one, he went back and played great. I think people need to get their head around the need to look past the raw numbers and stats when assessing a player's form. The focus should be on how they are performing their role. The same conversation happens on here about kossie. It is no coincidence that when asked sbout syers his distractions mention was praising kossie's pressure. No mention of the goals.

Agree with all of the above

Not coincidentally, Schache was dropped this week

I was going to mid last year but was worried about possible glitches after the crows loss

His issue is he is an old school small forward who offers nothing if he isn't scoring. No pressure, few tackles, doesn't get up and down the ground, no clearances. Amazing he went so high in the draft.

This is exactly the sort of match the dees lose - beat a top team and then drink our own bathwater, get ahead of ourselves and falter the next week against bottom team. Hold on a minute... how did that post from 2019 appear? Weird tech issue alert

Unless Bedford is injured (or he replaces an injured player in the 22), I reckon there is zero chance he won't be the medi sub. It's not how goody operates.

Brilliant. And that's exactly how we evolve and change

I'm a million miles away from a Tom Morris apologist - and agree both audio clips were completely repugnant. But i reject the idea that he does not 'deserve a road back'. Everyone, no matter their 'sin', for want of a better word, deserves the opportunity for redemption. To put things in perspective, Morris hasn't broken any law. He rightfully lost his job, has trashed his personal 'brand' (and for anyone working in TV or radio this is huge) and has suffered public humiliation. Again, all of this is deserved and is function of both his own warped view of the world and his stupidity. And perhaps even naivety in that he must have assumed none of his 'mates' would release the audio clips (by the by i'm guessing his what's app group had a lot of people in it, almost certainly all blokes - maybe he [censored] one of them off and they saw an opportunity to 'sell' or give the clips to a wealthy bevo supporter). I say naïve, because he is/was in the gossip and titillation game, so knows full well the interest and market value of these clips (and other such audio clips and/or text - which, I'll bet my bottom dollar there are heaps more of) But what would you have him to do? Never work again in his chosen profession? Even if he changes and understands how and why his comments were so wrong? People can, and do, change. And people deserve second chances. Society would stop functioning if that were not the case.

Again, he recorded the audio clip about his colleague HIMSELF. Then posted it in a group chat. The other one someone appears to have recorded. But as I understand it it was posted in the same group chat. So he knew about the post. Meaning he could have deleted them BOTH at any point after they were posted (and my guess is they were not recent posts). Leaving aside the content, how stupid is he for, one making the audio recording HIMSELF. And two, not deleting both.