binman

To really feed my addiction, this year I have really embraced catch up radio for specific segments. Makes it so easy for an addict to get his dees fix. And because we are flying, heaps of any given segment is about us! And as a bonus no ads. Radio catch up musts: Max gawn extended interview on rsn breakfast, fortnightly from 7am. Every Monday morning from 7am on rsn jimmy bartel leads a review of the the weekend's games. He rates the dees and we get a good crack. Good tactical stuff. Tuesday rocketveade reviews the weekends game on rsn breakfast Leppa on Tuesday on wheatley on sen. Jennings thurs on wheatley on sen (though I'm not sure why, but he really annoys me) Friday night on sen i have come to really like jordon Lewis. And if super keen all the radio stations that cover one of our games have post match interviews etc All of the above can be found on the relevant websites. However my favourite two hours of radio is Sunday 12-2 on the abc. 12-1 Corbin Middlemas, Brett Deledio and Lauren Arnell on Grandstand AFL Sunday. Fantastic. Genuinely interesting and they have a great chemistry. My favourite radio show Then 1-2 is Alistair Nicholson, Jake niall and someone else. More about the game in general and politics etc. But good nonetheless

My name is binman. And I am a dees media content addict. But that is not the problem. The problem is I can't get enough dees media content. A great thing about playing Friday night games is allmosy post game media up till about 1pm sat is about that game. From last nights game if you have kayo i'd recommend first crack. The first half of last night's episode was all about the dees. Great stuff. Love the video to explain stuff. And I have to I really like montages analysis. Doesdy hurt he has been pumping up the dees and our game plan for weeks. On radio I don't like sen as a rule. And never listened to it all ladt year. But crunch time 12-1 or so on sat is good,. Del Santo and maher leve me cold. And I'm ambivalent about wheatley, but he knows his stuff and is well prepared. But the ace in the pack leppa, who is just fantastic. Smart, explains things well and discusses systems and tactics in a way that is easy to get.

This might sound strange, but having no crowd last night might well be a positive when we play them next. I reckon some dog's fans, and perhaps the team on a subconscious level, might use no crowd as a bit of excuse for their lacklustre performance. All teams feed on the energy of the crowd, but dogs particularly so when they get rolling. But it is bollocks. Think of the tigers, blues and cats games. We take the air our other teams tyres. They just struggle to get into gear. Really the crows have been the only team who could get going for anything other than bursts. Not only do we suffocate other teams we take their fans out of the equation. Cant wait for round 20.

Made some costly mistakes. A couple of bad clangers, allowing English to outmark him for a goal (though Lever didn't help the cause) and then getting too easily blocked to give English an easy mark on the lead and goal. But is much more attacking than tomorrow, and omac before him. Looks for intercept marking opportunities, zones off aggressively and really backs himself in marking contests. And is a much better kick than he has shown in the last two games. Could see him sharing kick out duties with may. He is a gun. And has huge upside. A future AA defender.

Obviously I am not completey objective when it comes to this issue, but it is out of control how much opposition teams get away with in terms of smashing him and using illegal tactics such as the one you note. And Max shows incredible equanimity. Has obvbiously decided there is no point going off. He'd be doing it all game. The blocking is out of control. Could not believe the free they gave against tmac in a marking contest with weed on the wing. Tmac was completely non plussed as he was in the contest. Might have even touched it. If that was the bar applied to the marking contests Max competes in, or more accurately unable to compete in, he would get a dozen frees a game. Same goes for hits to the head. Or as bonehead ex footballers in the commentary box approvingly call it- making him earn it. Makes be crazy.

Describes his whole career

You must be his biggest flan.....

Fool me once.....

Jones in to play the defensive wing tbat Gus has been playing. Gus to offensive wing

Jones in to play the defensive wing tbat Gus has been playing. Gus to offensive wing

Id drop weed. But I admit I may not be very objective. Backed the dees over 39 points. He shanked a shot to make it 42 points. Then his next two kicks, both of which should have set up scoring shots, were dead set clangers. Id still drop him. One tackle. And 10 half jogs and coraaling. Four possessions is rubbish. Sure 3 goals, but 2 were gifts. And he dropped mutiple marks that he should have swallowed

It was a great interview wasn't it. Such a cool customer. Thought it would be great to play some of it on the podcast, particularly his comments about how we would look to mitigate their strengths and respond during the match. Basically said we would set up to back our system and only change if necessary. Defintive we wouldn't tag at the start.

Closed

That means a seven goal loss is a one goal win for us at the g!

The silent fortress

This was always going to be a fascinating game. The top two teams in the AFL atm, and not just on the ladder. We are clearly the two best performed teams. Two different tactical models, but not distinct in the way say ours and the Eagles are. Of course all team have a focus on pressure and winning contested ball. But the dees and dogs have pressure and contested footy as foundation stones of their model. Where we differ is our defence system, the ways we transition the ball and the way we look to generate scoring opportunities. But no crowd and the open roof, no to mention the craziness of this week and both teams having covid scares, add random variables into mix. Last year, i found our early games with no crowds painful to watch in terms of the atmosphere, but also from a perspective of not knowing if the games would ultimately count for anything. And it felt like the players were going through the motions. But tonight those factors, particularly the last two are not really in the equation. Yes, the game won't have the same atmosphere, and will miss a lot because of it. But unlike the games with no crowds last year, in some ways it will have its own special atmosphere. Just the sound of the players, like a suburban game, playing a match for real stakes and two teams desperate to show who is the best going head to head. Might even have better umpiring without the noise of affirmation! Can't wait

Insert why can't we have both giph here

Well, Scott hopes so.

I'm seeing if i can get a gig at te ground during game time somehow. Security maybe? Then i'll go rogue and barrack for the dees It adds a bizarre element to what is a super important game in terms of ladder position at season's end

Fair enough.

But none of tbe people who caught did so at one those supermarkets. At least not yeT

I don't think this error has had any bearing on this outbreak. Thus far there hasn't been any transmission in shopping centre settings in Australia

That true, fair point. And they don't know yet the link between the fella from hotel quarantine and the so called case 5. So you are right it is possible that an outbreak might have stilled occurred. Nonetheless the chain would have been broken and the current outbreak would have have not occurred. But you are also right, the real issue is the ridiculous hotel quarantine program. I mean it is so obvious NT style quarantine stations are required. A no brainer

Again, this started with a man in his 60s who it has been asserted had not had vaccine, despite being eligible. Given he caught it, transmiited AND got sick it would appear very likely this assertion is accurate Perhaps he was also a waiting for the 'good stuff'. If so that decision is has been huge factor in where we re right now. Everyone over 50 should get vaccinated. It is our civic duty. And when they make AV eligible for under 50s they should get vaccinated too. On that risk, there is risk with any vaccine options. So there is a chance someone waiting for Pfizer will have an adverse reation to it. Does anyone know the name of the flue vaccine they had this year? Besides the advice may well change to to recommend AV for under 50s, becuase now there there is COVID in the community the risk balance changes, meaning the risks of getting sick or dying from COVID far outweigh the infinitesimal risk of developing blood clots And the risk discussion is frankly bizarre anyway given the risks that are much more likely to result in injury or death people willingly take every single day without giving it any thought whatsoever. Just three driving related examples - peanuts who mindlessly tailgate, anyone distracted at all by their mobile phone when driving or driving with ANY alcohol in their system (ie under .05, eg .01).

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