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I'm not arguing that we were killed in the clearances or couldn't get it inside 50. In fact, I'm not trying to use stats prove or disprove how well we have played. All I'm saying is that you can't read stats and gain a full story of how a game has unfolded. An inside 50 could be a drilled/well placed kick from a midfielder onto the [censored] of a leading forward... or it could be a scruber kick/handpass (slightly inside the arc) directly to the opposition resulting in a rebounding attack. An "ineffective disposal" of Jones or Magner out of the centre circle may be a clearance kick under pressure that results in a another stoppage 50 metres towards our goal. Alternatively, an effective disposal could be a kick sideways or backwards that does nothing but waste 3 minutes at the end of a quarter.

Yep, stats don't provide context and rarely tell the full story.

Going by the stats we matched fairly evenly with the saints. Mel St Disposals 291 - 292 Clearances 25 - 29 Inside 50 44 - 38 Con Pos 97 - 107 Tackles 30 - 53

That's a fairly visceral reaction. I'd advise against watching any political news without a prescription for Odansetron or Metoclopramide.

Long road back "Taggert's kicking and decision making under pressure are considered key strengths, with the club nominating him as one of the best kicks at the club." Hope this kid can stay on the park and earn some senior game time this year.

Happy to see the players have a bit of fun, but that was quite possibly more embarrassing than or last 6 years.

My taste in metal is showing through but wouldn't mind a short intro song like below thats a bit eerie and sounds hard. Won't be accessible to a lot of fans I would think but would certainly pump me up pre-game.

Perhaps deegirl = caroline wilson??? Sorry deegirl, that was a shocking thing to say... please accept my contrite apology.

Wouldn't mind it if we picked up Luke Rounds.

Interesting observation that all four players that have now departed are stepping forward on their right foot, out of line with our current captain who is leading with the left. Conspiracy theorists.... GO!!!

Does anyone know if there is any footage of the draft online anywhere? I didn't get to watch it last night and would love to watch Todd calling out Jacks name, I reckon it would've been a special moment.

Awesome... might just contact the club and see if I can get my Scully/Barassi signed jumper exchanged for a Grimes/Barassi one. Then I can actually hang it on my wall again.

Adelaide draft bombshell I wonder how Crows fans feel about their club volunteering to give up their first 2 picks of this draft. This means our pick 49 has just become pick 48, get excited people. Moreover, pick 53 becomes pick 52... double win. Its almost as exciting as a double rainbow.

I just enjoy the bits about which players clubs are looking at.

Emma Quayle's rates her top 25.... NOT a phantom a draft The pick of the crop Reinforces what we already know, most of the talk is linking us to Wines but the possibility of Toumpas being available will make it a tougher choice.

Always had massive respect for this bloke, you could count on him to give his all. All the best Barty.

Agree, and with players able to nominate for the national draft combined with the creation of delisted FA, the pre-season draft is becoming less valuable and edging towards redundancy.

If that bothers you then don't look at the inappropriate and over zealous use of diacritics in his favourite player(s) list.

His standing at the back of the pack is of no real significance, so long as he and the whole group are improving... which they are.

I don't know what sources, if any, are giving her information but you could bet almost anything that if she had been supplied any real news, then we would have known about it by now. This witch hunt is purely media driven, looking for a "shocking" scandal because that's what sells. It's frustrating to watch as it is clearly evident that most media commentators don't know what constitutes tanking and our name is getting slurred in the process.

Don't think thats a conclusion you can make, certainly not from the information in the report. Ben-Hur and others have reported that Blease is miles ahead of where he was last year. Aerobic fitness is not his strong suit but he is putting in the hard yards and he is improving.

Watts can play Rivers role down back equally as well if not better, and now we have specialised forwards to provide a better target in the front half than Jared.... Winning???

Pretty sure that he was directed those comments at the AFL, implying that they were either burying their head in the sand or were involved in a conspiracy to protect us when there was supposedly "evidence of tanking" in 2009. It's interesting that Caroline states "In the next few weeks, I think that particular investigation is going to get very very nasty indeed, and a lot of lawyers are going to make a lot of money out of it." Moments later she says... "If melbourne has done what its alleged to have done..." My guess is she has no idea

Any reports on Barry? Don't think i've seen him mentioned yet.