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Not sure where to put this, so here is as good as anywhere. A question to anyone who has seen more of our new draftees than their highlights tape - how good are each boy's kicking skills on the Frost - Salem scale (Frost being 1 and Salem being 10)?

Please, please, please tell me this was satire. If so, kudos. Gold standard satire.

No thanks. Petty is a very near future AA defender. I predict he will be in the 2023 AA team. An absolute gun defender who is much more valuable as a defender than a forward. In my opinion.

I wouldn't have done either, either. Good thing i wasn't in charge! But as you say sent a very clear message. It seems to me that over the journey many people seemed to think goody's quiet, reflective demeanor was evidence of a lack of fire, steeliness and toughness. Those calls were evidence such an assessment were way of the mark

Our last three first round draft picks - Jackson, kozzie and Roo. Add rivers, who wasn't a first rounder, but is first round quality, and that makes four West Australian boys (if you count kozzie). Say's a lot about the confidence we have in our culture I reckon. Particularly after years of the will Hogan go home fugazi

So meta. You would be watching us watch the replay of the grand final - which we all will have watched previously. Insert exploding colours giph here.

It can be bit old cliché - but as that vid shows, bailey is complete natural footballer. Exhibit A - how he positions his body in marking contest Exhibit B - how he times his movement toward the incoming ball to make sure he is in the best position to mark or collect the ball. Exhibit C - he has beautiful hands Exhibit D - he is not just technically a good kick, he also has the much too rare skill to weight the ball to a teammates' advantage Class players having time is another cliché, but bailey has that attribute - but the other thing that jumps out from that vid is how he refuses to be rushed with ball in hand. All of those attributes have translated to the AFL. Robbie is an excellent comparison - and there ain't no higher praise.

Good point. France seems to be in ok shape. Long may it continue Bing. A couple of questions: What is the Vax rate there France were one of the first countries to implement mandates and Vax passports. What is the majority public sentiment about these policies?

And the sight of 30, 000 adults going bananas!

My point is that whilst on an individual case by case level this might true, on a community wide level it isn't. I might be wrong (paging webber). but this excerpt from the info referenced seems pretty conclusive that the impact of influenza is not as bad as covid: 'when compared with seasonal flu, covid was associated with an increased risk of extrapulmonary organ dysfunction, death, and increased health resource use, such as a fivefold higher risk of admission to intensive care and longer stays in hospital.' In short, a flu outbreak won't overwhelm our health systems. Covid will - as Europe is tragically about to discover. Agree though we need more people have flu vaccines to avoid dealing with both diseases simultaneously.

The impact of Influenza is not as bad as or worse than covid 19, or at least that is my understanding. From the BMJ (a medical journal) on this very point: Which is more dangerous, flu or covid? 'Research published in The BMJ last December, which was based on an analysis of US Department of Veterans Affairs data on more than 3600 patients admitted to hospital with covid-19, found that, when compared with seasonal flu, covid was associated with an increased risk of extrapulmonary organ dysfunction, death, and increased health resource use, such as a fivefold higher risk of admission to intensive care and longer stays in hospital. Deaths from covid-19 were most pronounced in people over 75 with chronic kidney disease or dementia and in black people with obesity, diabetes, or chronic kidney disease. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that in the US there were 1.8 deaths from flu per 100 000 population between 1999 and 2019.8 The estimated death rate from covid was 217.54 per 100 000 in the US and 206.73 per 100 000 in the UK. The global figure for the covid-19 death rate is estimated at 279 per 100 000 population. In the UK the Health Foundation has articulated the difference in impact between flu and covid in terms of life years. “In a bad flu year on average around 30 000 people in the UK die from flu and pneumonia, with a loss of around 250 000 life years. This is a sixth of the life years lost to covid-19,” it noted.

Except in its impact.

Its got a fair bit whiter!

That's where i always sit when i go the G (but to be clear i have no idea, was joking. I suspect they will only have the Olympic stand and perhaps part of the southern stand open - and of course the members area)

Not where I'll be sitting - top of the Ponsford

I think it's like going to the cricket at the G in the 70s - you can bring your own esky

What a coincidence. That is exactly the rule I apply to anyone wanting to handle me!

Where we will unfurl our flag!

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No.

Sorry Andy, i have to protest - no footy in this thread. Wait a minute......

Yes, a good distinction. Agree.

I have heard the same. Top bloke - but a woeful special comments person. I watched the first half of the first GWS game last night, and geez Dermie is out there. Can't time his comments to sync with the play by play call, clearly hasn't done his research ('Leigh, do the demon's always hold their defender back') and says some off the wall things. An example of the latter was saying he didn't like Max dropping back into defence (which in of itself is ok - although the strategy is actually a key element of our system) and preferred him to always follow the ball. Ok. But then later when maxy went forward and took a strong mark Dermie says max should go forward more often.

Sure. But whilst all protests might get infiltrated by extreme views, this current scenario feels different. Less infiltrated, more hijacked.

Yes, you are right. But in the normal run of things most protests have not been infiltrated, or even organized, by so many people with very extreme views and support for the use of violence.