nutbean

We can debate the merits of the East West Link - either it being a white elephant if it is built and not easing congestion and costing zillions or on the flipside - being an important piece of road infrastructure that makes traffic flow better - the downside on being wrong either way to me is not earth shattering. There has been some hysteria on the climate change issue and you can pick holes in some of the models. There is contradictory material in the public domain but to me overwhelmingly, the prevailing opinion of people who know truckloads more than me is that we are facing problems going forward by not seriously addressing the problems of climate change. I will ask you this important question - unless you are 100% sure that this is all a crock of #$#@! - do you think you can you afford to be wrong on this ?

A root vegetable.

I would be happy with Luke Bruest but I still wouldn't want Cloke or Reiwold kicking to save my life. But I agree - 3 games . yikes...

Just call me little Ralphie Valladares......

I watched my daughter play her first game of football yesterday and she was so relentlessly hard at it. Not sure where she got that from as I am soft as butter.

I have a different take on it. Walsh has highlighted two things. The very close attention paid to Dangerfield and the lack of help he got from his teammates. Watch next week as Danger's teammates start blocking and belting into Danger's tag and watch as the umpires pay Danger free kicks when anyone even looks at him. This is not the first time a coach has highlighted tough tactics on a star player and it won't be the last.

I still don't think so - i agree that GCS are too Gaz-centric - but one thing gets bums on seats and that's wins - It is no coincidence that GCS didn't win a game after Gaz got injured - he wins games off his own boot.

I lived in Hong Kong in the 80's - they had a toothpaste which made me raise my eyebrows - it is on the far left. When they realised it was politically incorrect they changed the branding to one in the middle. When they figured that that wasn't fooling anyone they settled on the one on the right

I work with a pizzey. I have many nicknames I use in the privacy of my own office, none that would make it past the Demonland censor

Where was Ablett in round one ? You really want to take one game in isolation ? You can criticise Jones for a little lack of "silk" but his greatest strength over the last 4 seasons is that the gap between his best and worst is quite narrow.

Everyone loves the romance of the blue collar worker and he "heart and soul" type stuff but the problem with those hypothetical choices is that they are just that...hypothetical. I am tipping despite what was said that if NBA coaches were actually given the choice of who they would pick first it would be Jordan and Ablett in a heartbeat. It's like the Judd and Hodge discussion - You hear that Hodge is the first person you want in the trenches in the battle. Given an actual choice at both of these players at the height of their powers - would you really take Hodges best over Judds ?

I agree with many of his sentiments but if I was recruiting for GC from the onset - given the choice between Gaz or Jones - I still would take Ablett in a heartbeat

Spooky ! I had a conversation last night about the trak cinema friday night - midnight sessions - late 70's I think - they used to run the kit carson TV show as a precursor to the film - half an hour of really bad cowboy stuff before the main event.

And I think that time is starting to cloud peoples memory. Miller and Dawes had similar traits in being hit up/leading forwards who weren't particularly good marks of the ball overhead or in any contested situation. As much as I loved Miller's work ethic - he was more of one trick pony - he would mark the ball on a lead and handball with his back to goal to a player running past who would inevitably run into a brick wall of defenders. Did the same thing week in and week out - no awareness of what position the player he was giving it off to was in. He wasn't a clever footballer. I think Dawes is smarter but agree that he needs to take more contested marks - or get on his bike and be taking 8 hit up marks a week.

early baroque ? You know what they say - if it ain't baroque, don't fix it.

I have no problem with whatever opinion anyone holds on MC's behavior but you added that you work in Mental Health and deal with people with depression on a daily basis. I would like to know in what capacity as every medical professional I have spoken to have given me the same response on Mitch Clark and it has gone like this - " you want me to give you an opinion on Mitch Clark having never talked to him and only getting an insight from 1 minute interviews and what has been written in the paper ?" I haven't heard one professional who works in the area ever describe any person as "weak as censored" or "cracking the censored's" or as "weak and can't face up to anything". Again I repeat that I have no problem with your opinion and be skeptical by all means but I don't think your phrasing does the mental health profession any great service.

I will put in a huge disclaimer - this happened in a house in Geelong - not necessarily Geelong footballers Two AFL players have been accused of defecating and urinating at a home in Geelong during the preseason break. Ths incident, which happened some time after Christmas, has left the homeowner disgusted. A caller to the 3AW Breakfast Rumour File said two AFL players urinated and defecated in the living area of a Geelong home, ruined a stereo system and left behind suspected drug paraphernalia Sydney Morning Herald

i can make up some stuff if you like.

I'm fully sic, dude.

you are like me...you have half let go.....

it is a very long bow - but then again - I have always considered DC the Robin Hood of Demonland.

RIP RB....

you're just taking the pi55 now, Saty.

mind officially blown - he was sensational - probably the best gig I have seen in a couple of years - if anyone can get down to the corner hotel tonight you will not be sorry.

Decision making in most cases comes from confidence in your teammates and an understanding of exactly where they will run/present. If we play committed football like we did on Saturday, a player with ball in hand looks up and sees a teammate breaking hard with a 2 or 3 metre space - the decision becomes quite easy. When you play stagnant football with your teammates either being statues or giving half hearted options decision making becomes all that much harder. It is no surprise that Hawthorn has a team full of good decision makers - they have supreme confidence in each other and have this inbuilt knowledge of knowing exactly where their teammates are/will be.