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Biggest win (83 pts) before sacking a coach - another record?

Usually at this time of year (the Narrm rounds) we seem to be very sluggish and play some of our worst football for the year. This year it seems to be the opposite. We have run out the game so strongly the past two weeks. Do you think the high performance team have changed the approach to when our loading phase is? Perhaps we loaded up earlier this year with a view to gradually gain momentum throughout the whole season? Similar to the Lions last year.

Maybe he called in while he was riding home from the bombers game on Saturday night haha

I don't know if I've missed some joke or not, but the "unknown caller" near the end of the podcast sounded EXACTLY like Ed Langdon. (at the 01:40:30 mark)

Apologies for terrible logo photoshop work

The only thing that gives me the slightest bit of hope this season is that other teams have suffered disastrous losses during their premiership years and recovered, most recently Richmond 2017: "In Richmond’s drought-breaking 2017 premiership year, it was stunned by St Kilda in a Round 16 encounter at Marvel Stadium. The Tigers had one meagre goal on the board at half-time and trailed by a whopping 82 points – 1.4 (10) to 14.8 (92). They lost by 67 points – 10.11 (71) to 21.12 (138)." https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/966241/the-richmond-st-kilda-twilight-zone We can also look to last year after 12 rounds two preliminary finalist teams only had 4 wins, and were 14th and 15th on the ladder. https://footyforecaster.com/AFL/Ladder/2023_Round_12 Unfortunately I think we have bigger issues, but I still hold out hope we somehow recover from this. After all we are only a game outside the top 4 with 12 rounds to go.

Loved Salem's game yesterday. I hope he gets to settle back into defense and instead keep using Nibbler, Kozzie (and maybe Rivers) in the midfield rotations instead.

this patch also reminded me of '21 where we'd have a burst somewhere in the 2nd half (usually in the 3rd quarter) and win the game in a very short period

Steven May goal & celebration > Harley Reid 🤣

I can only remember from the 90s onwards so my early favourites were Jakovic, Stynes and ... Darren Bennett. My earliest football memory from my first live game was him having a shot from 50 out and the ball landing/hitting on the top of the post. Then it was Neitz, Schwartz and Farmer for the Daniher era. Special mention to Matty Whelan. Watts and Jurrah during the dark years. So much potential just at the wrong time with no support or development pathway. More recently the obvious ones like Trac, Clarry and Max are going to obviously be in the ballpark of greatest ever. Fritta is also a favourite of this era. If I have to choose one, it's probably recency bias but Gawn for everything he has done in helping turn the club around both onfield and off, and the only (men's) demon to hold up the premiership cup in my lifetime, would have to be the greatest for me. Also special mention to Daisy Pearce - she is the clear leader for our women's team.

Came across this video randomly, thought others might enjoy it also:

As much as I despise Collingwood, they are a rung below my hatred for Essendon and Geelong. The smugness puts them on their own tier. Carlton are creeping into that bracket too

Please send Essendon up there next year

For a team that prides itself on "contest and defense" how come we seem to struggle in the rain? Also, something that caught my ear in the interview with Max on the club website he mentioned we have struggled the past few times against "big Melbourne clubs" (assuming Carlton and Collingwood). I find we play really well in interstate hostile environments, however when it's our home ground but we are outnumbered by the louder opposition crowd I wonder if it's a mental thing that plays on the players mind at all (like big club envy, even at a sub conscious level). Do you think there is anything to it?