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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.

Not to mention the correct answer to a question at dees fund raising trivia nights for decades to come.

TMac won't play back unless Bedford is sub and a defender goes down during the match again.

Ta. No surprise at all. The silver lining with injury is that it provides opportunities for players banging on the door. And taking a super conservative approach with say a lever and/or hibbi means not having to consider dropping a player (at least for a week) like tomlinson or hunt, who both played ok and were dead unlucky last year. Another factor is being by being conservative and using a bigger pool of players, they mitigate a bit of the impact of a shorter off season (our shortest in 57 years!)

He recorded himself. At least in the message about his colleague. The other one is less clear. And both were on a closed what's app channel for friends of his. So, not only did he record one message, both were up on his group chat. Meaning he had the option, and opportunity, to delete them from that chat at any point. But chose not to. Can't have been too concerned.

Very paw joke.

Blimey nic nat looks unfit. Must be at least 10kg overweight

The go here is to regularly ask him about how the tigers are going. Key is feigning a sincere interes, that is indistinguishable from smugness, in his responses.

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That is true. Because back then systems were not as important. The tigers, and to a lesser extent the dogs, changed that. Teams simply will not win a flag these days without the right system, no matter how talented their list is. Again, the Cats are the perfect example to illustrate that point. Under Scott they have had an incredibly talented list. He inherited an talented list and has topped up the talent ever since - just look who they brought in in the last few years. In the 11 years he has coached the team they have won one flag. Not coincidentally that was way back in 2011 (his first year as coach). I say say not coincidentally, because in a 2011 systems were a much less important factor. Under Scott their talent has got them to finals every year, and premlim most times to boot - and probably will this year too. But they don't have grand final winning system. So haven't won one.

Geelong are the perfect example of why having the right system is the priority.

That is no better. We are systems first, second, third and fourth. And fitness is fifth The difference between us and te tigers at their peak 2017 though 2020 is that we have a far more talented team. And our systems is actually way better too for that matter - in particular our defensive system. The tigers never cam close to implementing a defensive model as effective as ours was las year. And i think history will show we were a better team than the tigers ever were

I haven't heard Niall's comments. I'm guessing that was in the Real Footy podcast? Did he seriously imply we were not 'all about systems'? Fair dinkum, how is it possible for someone PAID to cover football come to that conclusion? We have by far the strongest system in the AFL. And a very simple one at that. Goody as said for years he wants fan to come to the footy knowing what effort they will see from our players AND what it will 'look like' in terms of how we play. And we have well and truly arrived at that point. Even the most see ball, watch ball dees fan (and i don't mean that in critical way, nothing wrong with just watching the game and not worrying about structures and systems) can tell Jake how we will play any given game. They can tell Jake exactly where may will kick to after a point, who will be at that aerial contest rom the kick and the role of of each and every player in the team. Sheesh. Coincidentally i was just thinking las night watching the pies and saints turn the ball over time and time again that we have now arrived at point where we have an incredibly effective and consistent system AND an incredibly talented list, spearheaded by four or five true A graders. That's why i am so bullish about chances this year. And the next few years after that for that matter. What an idiotic comment from Niall.

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Yes, there has to be contact

Good points, well made

Fair enough In my defence i did say he was pretty strong in both of those skills. And you're right may is a more reliable kick. I think Smith is improving rapidly in bit kicking skils and decision making - in particular when to zone off and hit a pack 9a very tricky skil to master). So plenty of upside. I'm no doubt guilty of a fair dose of confirmation bias with Smith - albeit the opposite to most ie i see positives I wonder where Laurie is at. In some ways he is maybe a possible Salem replacement given he has been training as half back flanker and has excellent foot skills