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Not in terms of winning three flags of course. But comparing the first, we have a far superior team to the 2017 tiger's team. Far superior. We were the best team in 2021 by a country mile, as evidenced by our home and away record against top 4 teams (and top 8 teams too) and the utter demonlition of the next three best teams behind us in the finals The tigers won the flag in 2017 but were simply nowhere near as dominant, or as good as we were this year. No competition.

And result in much shorter podcasts!

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 1st Half 2nd Half Full Game Points/Game 16.88 20.24 14.24 13.08 37.12 27.32 64.44 Scoring Shots/Game 4.68 5.24 3.44 3.88 9.92 7.32 17.24 Goals 61 75 54 46 136 100 236 Behinds 56 56 32 51 112 83 195 Points 422 506 356 327 928 683 1611 Accuracy 52.14% 57.25% 62.79% 47.42% 54.84% 54.64% 54.76%

Has Spargo been photoshopped in?

This is exactly right. Something that really does my head is so many people who oppose lockdowns seem to consider avoidable deaths and hospitalisations as some sort of abstract equation, the price to be paid for 'freedom', rather than tragic events that will echo for decades to come. But what about the awful toll on mental health and resulting suicides i hear them say. Well what about it? One, that line of argument completely ignores the fact that having family members and friends die or get really sick causes people's mental health to suffer - not to mention the mental health of those who get sick. In my life nothing has caused me greater emotional pain than the loss of people i love. Nothing. Two, suicide rates are actually down in Australia. Go figure. How pathetic is it to be lectured by right wing media trolls from the states commenting on our approach to keeping people from dying and becoming sick when hundreds of thousands of Americans have tragically lose their lives and millions more have felt the emotional toll of that loss. Even more tragic is avoidable deaths continue. Thousands per week. I know which county i prefer to live in - one that values the sanctity of life. An interesting phenomena here has lockdowns became bipartisan as soon as Delta hit. Same goes vaccine mandates.

Didn't cover it specifically. But we did discuss our scores against is the lowest of any premier in over 50 years (since the the introduction of the out of bounds on the full, a change that lead to immediate significant jump in scoring) And discussed how insane it was that in the home and away season teams only averaged a touch over 27 points against us in second halves. And the fact it was even lower in the finals.

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This is probably a contradiction to my support of the measures that have been put in place to contain the spread of covid, and possibly in contrary to the health advice, but i think the Vic government should consider removing the direction to wear a mask outside once we open up - perhaps not immediately, but maybe connect it with a milestone such as 75% double vax rate. I understand the logic of the current advice around the use of masks outside - and in particular that the direction helps ensure people have masks on them at all times and makes it far less likely someone goes from outside to an inside environment (eg a supermarket) and forgets to put a mask on until inside. My experience walking around my suburb and down the shops is compliance is at all time low and i for one am finding myself getting frustrated with people who blatantly ignore the direction. But I rarely see someone inside without a mask I think removing the direction for wearing masks outside, particularly as we come into the summer months, will mitigate against some of the angst that is building up. Also i'm sure some people are actively choosing not to wear a mask outside to make some sort of 'you cant tell me what to do, i'm such a rebel' statement. Changing the rule takes that platform away from these merchant bankers. I also think it might help with compliance with wearing mask indoors, and general compliance with other health directions. Not to mention maybe dropping everyone's frustration down a notch or two. And the evidence of transmission seems to suggest outdoors is relatively low risk and once we get to say 75% double vax rate, even more so - particularly given some people will continue to choose to wear mask outside anyway.

Count me in Webber.

Almost six months until the 2022 men's season. I'm really looking forward to the AFLW season, but the next men's season seems an age away. And i really want to savor what was the best season of football i have ever seen the dees play by the length of a Darren Bennet bomb. And i think history will show one of the best seasons of football by any team in the modern era (i don't think we have got credit enough for our season, yet). So I plan to watch one game game a week, starting this weekend with the hell and back video series and then the preseason practice match against the dogs. Then next weekend the round one game against the dockers. I'll post some reflections about each game but it would be great to have some fellow travelers on the same journey to share the weekly injection of joy.

Funny you should say that. As i say in the podcast that is exactly what i plan to do. One game a week, starting this weekend with the preseason practice match against the dogs

I can. With a nice cold slab of Cristal.

Sample size too small

Added to this, our investment in our health system (and by system i mean the whole shebang, not just hospitals) in Victoria has been completely inadequate since the Kennett years, by Labor and Liberal governments alike. So 25 plus years of underinvestment in policy development, communication, community health, hospitals etc etc. And we all have some responsibility let that situation evolve, to some extent, in so far as collectively we have not made it an election issue. Or enough of one I'm firmly of the belief that this decades long underinvestment was a huge factor in some of the problematic elements of our response early days in our first outbreak and lock down (ie 2020). NSW have not underinvested in their health system, at least not to the same degree, and were much better place to respond to the ultra shock of a world wide pandemic.

Tonight Andy and George will be sharing a Charcuterie Board from Peter Bouchier.....

I have a samung Android phone, so will get an e reader program. I plan to watch the whole season again done week at a time, from this weekend. And will enjoy reading the mogrel punt review of most games. Ta. Fair warning I'll probably have some reaction!

You do need the Medicare express app to do it all via your phone.

Andy: whispers we are close to re-signing Luke Jackson on a long term contract binman: yes i heard that. Apparently the sticking point is Luke Jackson is a bit annoyed the club has not respected his wishes to change his name on the contract. I read LJ was overheard saying to Tim Lamb: LJ: What's my mother [censored] name? Tim Lamb: Luke Jackson? LJ: Wrong! It's Snoop Dogga Dogga LJ: and, oh little lamb, don't forget the Demonland podcast is having its final 2021 season show tonight at 8:30. Me and the boyz never miss it. The Grand Final review show was next level dope

I've not bought an e book before. What the go - is it best to purchase it on the device you are likely to read it on, or is it transferable? Or is it cloud based? I'll buy it fo shaw. The quote in the OP is enough for me to want to read the book

My brain when looking for something in the fridge/cupboard/pantry: does not compute, it is not there, cannot see required object

The certificate is stored in your Medicare account. I think And to see the certificate in MyGov you need to link Medicare to your MyGov. If you have already linked MyGov and Medicare you can download the Medicare app and then link the certificate from that app direct to the services app. Well when i say direct, it also involved the MyGov app. Clear? Actually in the end it was pretty easy. The wrinkle was i assumed you needed to log into your account in the services app - you don't. In fact i don't think i have even created an account!

Gives me lot of respect for Cody actually. I watched the replay again last night and simply cannot believe he did not get a concussion test after smashing into the post and then hitting the the ground with such force in the first quarter. He was running flat out and jumped in the air and his head hit the padded part of the post really hard. When he fell his head didn't hit the ground but did whiplash really badly, and it my understanding that sort of movement is the cause of a lot of concussion (ie the brain moving inside the skull and hitting the skull). Who knows if it was factor in his performance, as he was never in the game after that, but is no stretch to think it might have been . I was amazed at the time there was no concussion test and doubly so last night - particularly given he was returning from a concussion i would have thought. I mean the double head impact was crystal clear and they have an obligation to check his health and keep him safe. And I was equally amazed that not one Channel 7 commentator questioned whether he should have been getting a concussion test. They showed the replay at least once and there was not a peep about why he was being tested. Perhaps it is yet another example of the problem of having ex footballers dominate the coverage of the game. There was another example when Bont bumped Oliver's head - Podgy immediately and instinctively said there was no problem and that Oliver would be fine. Oliver was clearly hurt and was down for a while. When he did get up, Podgy says words to the effect of there you go he's fine. So much for the head being sacrosanct.

I thought that was the issue too. But you don't need to log on. I couldn’t work it our for ages Then finally read the instructions properly. You have to go to google play and update your vic services app. And then go through the steps

I can't see behind the paywall so not sure who the list manager they are referring to is. For their sake is i hope it s Gary Buckanara (didn't he put their premiership list together?) For the rest of us i hope it isn't https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/overdue-rebuild-has-hawks-up-to-eight-years-from-flag-says-former-list-boss-20211011-p58yvn.html

My main reflection about that game was that it triggered the sacking of Bailey. And my main reflection on that decision is we were still well in the hunt for a final's spot. Yes, 186 was obviously a sign things were crook in Tilabrook, but getting sacked when you still have good chance of making finals past the mid point of the season was really tough on Bails.