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    Should we play Petty and van Rooyen in the same forward line, I'd rather see Petty undertake the relief ruck role. I don't think he'll be any better than van Rooyen - he may even be worse - but I'd just like to see van Rooyen playing all his game time permanently as a forward.

    1 hour ago, Lord Travis said:

    From the genius who brought you no free to air footy on Saturdays, "Round 0", the stand rule, the pre-finals bye, and "interpretations" of RULES, comes... a second tournament for rubbish teams mid season!

    The AFL is a pathetic basket case. Is there a worse sports governing body in the world? Andrew Dillon is completely unfit to lead the game and may go down as the worst leader of all time. His administration makes FIFA look smart and just.

    I am close to giving up on the sport I have religiously followed since the 1980s. We've moved beyond a sport and into sports entertainment at this stage. The game has never been worse.

    Cricket and boxing immediately come to mind!

    2 hours ago, old dee said:

    70% if only it was that high. I would be happy. In his last game he only spent 67% of the game on the ground. He would have struggled to spend 50% playing as a forward. He shows promise but this ruck role is killing his development. If I was him I would be telling my agent to find me a new home. We are killing him. Play him as a KPF if not let him go to a new home because the current stragedy is not working.

    So far this year the only team we have beaten in that block is the Eagles. North best us by 9 goals. The Saints besat us easily a couple of weeks ago. I am far from confident we will any of those games.

    Like Shakespeare you've invented a new word: "stragedy" defined as a tragedy caused by a failure in strategy!

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    39 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

    I think the AFL should introduce a Final 18.

    That way, a team could win a big shiny cup in which to keep their wooden spoon.

    If my memory is correct, about 100+ years ago Fitzroy was both bottom of the ladder and Premier in the same season. I think that it was during World War I when there were only 4 teams in the competition.

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    If the wildcard round idea comes in (and I truly hope it does not), it won't take long for someone to suggest a pre-wild card round to allow teams in positions 10 through to 13 to play each other to see which one gets to be the 10th placed team to then play in the wildcard round.

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    6 hours ago, poita said:

    Good luck to him, but we don't have a great record in this space.

    The worst thing we did for both Bradtke and Farris-White was to have them spending most of their first year at Casey warming the bench. At least we gave Farris-White an opportunity to get decent game time at SBMT in his second year.

    Hopefully Berry is playing serious minutes somewhere next year, either at Casey or in a lower league.

    The model was different way back then, but essentially this is how Jim Stynes and Sean Wight started. Just based on the success of those two alone, I would say we have a fantastic record in this space.

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    3 hours ago, layzie said:

    What service offers this though? I reckon I'd happily look into something like a subscription service during the season for premium stats. For now we're lucky to have The work of Wheel O Ratings which helps a lot.

    I stand behind my crazy conspiracy theory though. Premium stats are kept for the network mouthpieces so you have to listen to them, down the ground footage is kept for the brains trust on the Murdoch based footy shows during the week so we're forced to watch them. We really are through the looking glass people...

    I assume Champion Data.

    3 hours ago, layzie said:

    They should make that stat available, but of course they need to lock some away so the experts can look like experts god bless 'em.

    If kicking efficiency stats are "locked away", I suspect it's not about making commentators look like experts* but keeping the best stuff for customers who are prepared to pay.

    *Like so many other things, you can put lipstick on a pig, etc.

    Petracca and Lever will both be 30 years old by this time next year. Irrespective of anything else, I would have thought our next captain should have a longer playing career ahead of them. The only players I can see on our list who are in the right age group (say 23-27 years old now) and who might be suitable are Rivers (currently 23), Chandler (25) and Sparrow (25).

    The captain doesn't have to be the best player in the team, but does need to be good enough not to have people questioning whether their position in the team is secure.

    Also, there's much more to being a captain than being a great footballer. Most importantly (in my view) is whether other players are prepared to follow them. You can't be a leader without followers.

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    1 hour ago, hardtack said:

    They need to simulate the pressure that accompanies kicking for goal in a match (when it matters). Maybe $100 to the player for each shot that goes through (from a spot specified by the coach) and $50 from the player, paid into the xmas party fund, if they miss. 🤣

    Would count for salary cap purposes. [Insert pseudo-humorous comment here].

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    45 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

    The boys have just come out from AAMI. All looking very refreshed and happy. The mood is great.

    Leb, Spargs and Marty rehab. Marty said he copped a corky.

    Ricky Lever, AJ and TC not playing soccer, they’re participating in a handball drill with Sesto feeding the ball to them.

    The boys have split into two groups: orange bibs vs no bibs. Let the game begin! The soccer game that is 🫣 My money’s on no bibs because Clarrie is on that team and he’s easily the keenest out there.

    Goal kicking practice. Y’all happy now?! 😁

    Maybe. Which shaped ball are they using to practice goal kicking? 😁

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    6 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

    Quite the challenge to get the players to take one shot at goal, let alone a thousand. Most of them are away on their break. Queensland seems to be the popular choice.

    Any player who has travelled to Queensland on their break should lose the right to complain about "too much travel" during the season!

    (Having said that, I'm also unaware of any of our players who have complained.)

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    3 hours ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

    If the umpires are going to be so pedantic on 50m penalties, then they really do need to pay every one. Earlier in the game against Port, they quite obviously failed to get it back to Max on the full and no 50 - it's infuriating.

    I'm very quickly getting to the view that the league need to bring it back to 15m forward of centre and/or as a blanket rule, except for the most egregious of offences.

    50m penalties hand goals to oppositions as did that crazy decision to give Port a second shot on goal. Games shouldn't regularly be decided by umpires.

    Before anyone says it wasn't the umpires fault we kicked umpteen behinds, what they did was kept the scoreboard pressure going against us - for a team that has these issues it is a big factor. We're well capable of kicking accurately when we start hitting our straps, just look at the second half Vs the first against the Swans. It's not just missing goals or not, also impacts marking and passing for us and the opposition.

    Keep in mind that the 50m penalty evolved from the 15m penalty because coaches decided that giving away a 15m penalty was worth it, similar to a "professional foul". I suspect if we went back to the 15m penalty, the same would happen again.

    Furthermore, I suspect about half the 50m penalties given away likely result from breaches of the "stand" rule. I'd get rid of that rule altogether which would immediately remove many 50m penalties.

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    6 hours ago, Deestinga2 said:

    Hows this for a wild idea.

    Why not try Petty in the backline where he was a premiership defender?????

    Why not have Langdon on a wing where he can use his endurance, run and carry out of the back half and into the forward line?????????

    And may try the young bloke Windsor on the other wing where he almost won the rising star last year??????

    I wonder if any of these would work???????

    To be fair, Demonland is full of criticisms of Goodwin for not trying different things. It would appear he's damned if he does, and damned if he doesn't.

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    3 minutes ago, dpositive said:

    The club really needs to make some sort of statement on the umpiring.

    Our coaches are unable to coach technique and skill when our players are frustrated by inconsistent umpiring decisions.

    I believe the goal kicking is a result of the lack of confidence in their ability caused by the lack of confidence created by inconsistent application of rules by umpoires.

    Of course we could also practice kicking the football and not he round soccer ball in training. The bounce of the oval shaped ball is also an unknown to our players who fumble and drop the ball. maybe cos its not round. Get rid of the soccer ball and train with AFL footballs

    God so much need to vent

    Another season wasted when we have uch a good list of playing stock

    Coached bear responsible.

    Unlike the Collingwood game, I thought that the umpiring was pretty good yesterday, apart from a couple of dubious "insufficient intent" decisions. But that's such a silly, subjective rule that it's almost impossible to umpire.

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