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Its good to see the club is putting more support around him in the coaching and football department. But It seems he has isolated himself from the Coaches Association and the AF and is creating a bunker mindset at the Bulldogs. One can take the 'us against the world' theme a bit too far. Having difficulty coping doesn't mean having mental health issues and Goodwin is a prime example of finding a path to 'wellness' and coping better. His path involved seeing the media chat as 'fugazzi', accepting and facing his anxieties and weaknesses, then involving external support. Among others, Goodwin involved 'healers' and people who helped him focus his energy. This may be a bit exotic for some but their are many options. He is an excellent role model for someone like Beveridge to follow. It isn't 'unmanly' to acknowledge weaknesses and anxieties. The Coaches Association and the AFL have a program called 'Tackle Your Feelings'. At the game last week there were TYF ads on the scoreboard with Goodwin featured. As Beveridge has isolated himself from them I hope there is someone around him that encourages him to tap into this program or something similar.. A phone call to Goodwin could help him along the way.

Seriously? Are you trolling?

It was only a guess as I don't see Goodwin rating Smith that much higher than Oliver.

Thanks, I didn't realise it was 4 hours. I'm glad the whole coaching panel isn't affected. Would hope the season is as even as possible and wins are are achieved on merit rather than covid rules, this year.

As Voss tested + on Friday morning how is it that all those in the coaches box on Thursday night aren't in iso as close contacts?

10 Christian Petracca (MELB) 6 Aaron Naughton (WB) 6 Ben Brown (MELB) 4 Bailey Smith (WB) 3 Clayton Oliver (MELB) 1 Ed Langdon (MELB) A little trickier to work out how the votes split by coach, this week. I make it: 5/5 Petracca 3/3 and 4/2 Naughton/Brown 4/0 Smith 2/1 Oliver 1/0 Langdon A fairly even assessment except that one coach rated Smith 2nd BOG and the other didn't rate him at all. If my split is correct I would say Beveridge gave Smith the 4. Edit: An alternative split is in @titan_uranus's post below which I'm copying here: Could also be that Naughton and Brown were both 4/2, Smith was 3/1, Oliver the other 3 and Langdon the other 1. This split looks a better reflection of the game than my first guess. On this basis the voting is more even and Smith wouldn't be 2nd BOG but even with Oliver. Leaderboard Votes Player Club 10 Patrick Cripps CARL 10 Patrick Dangerfield GEEL 10 Dan Houston PORT 10 Luke Parker SYD 10 Christian Petracca MELB 10 Matt Rowell GCFC 9 Jordan De Goey COLL 9 Patrick Lipinski COLL 9 Joshua Rachele ADEL 8 Andrew Brayshaw FRE 8 Joe Daniher BL 8 Tom Green GWS 8 Tom Hawkins GEEL 8 Changkuoth Jiath HAW 8 Matthew Kennedy CARL 8 Touk Miller GCFC 8 James Sicily HAW 6 Ben Brown MELB 6 Adam Cerra CARL 6 Luke McDonald NMFC 6 Aaron Naughton WB 6 Brandan Parfitt GEEL

Imagine the panic with this list of outs a year ago. No more MFCSS!!

Salem Out for 6-8 weeks. Big loss Trent Rivers - Knee | Test Kade Chandler - Abdominal | Test Michael Hibberd - Calf | Test Jake Lever - FootTest Harry Petty - Calf | 3-4 Weeks Daniel Turner - Foot | 4-6 Weeks Christian Salem - Knee | 6-8 Week round-2-injury-report-salem-sidelined-four-dees-a-test

Trent Rivers - Knee | Test Kade Chandler - Abdominal | Test Michael Hibberd - Calf | Test Jake Lever - FootTest Harry Petty - Calf | 3-4 Weeks Daniel Turner - Foot | 4-6 Weeks Christian Salem - Knee | 6-8 Weeks round-2-injury-report-salem-sidelined-four-dees-a-test 6 to 8 weeks for Salem is a huge loss.

For leadership experience and to marshal the troops that Lever usually does ie mids rolling back and the half backs. May marshals those around him.

We would host it but unlikely to be at Casey Fields. More likely Marvel stadium. A few years ago Crows got a 40k+ crowd at Adelaide Oval for their final. Technically we lose the Home ground advantage but given how we played in Perth with no wind a closed roof Marvel might suit us very well, if we get there.

I thought that also, perhaps to play on Salem but he stayed fwd even when Salem went off. I also wondered if JJ late out forced them to move a mid back to make room for Hunter. Or maybe he is just getting slow or as you say on the outer a bit. Whatever it was it was a very poor game from him.

Anyone know when tickets for the ANZAC Eve game go on sale?

Jaded, sure you don't mean Hunt on Rankine and May on Lukosius? Big mismatch otherwise. Hunt has the speed to match Rankine and May has the height and strength to match Lukosius.

I hope they abide by the 'potential for injury' part of the assessment which they made a song and dance about. Not holding my breath.

Salem will be a loss. However, Brayshaw filled the role of playmaker/rebound defender exceptionally well. I prefer Gus on the wing but if JJ can hold down that role then Gus will be a very good replacement for Salem, sans the silk. While I don't put a lot of store on stats, Gus was our 4th best player and he kept Liberatore quiet when he played forward not that Libba showed a lot of interest. With Salem out the Bulldogs underestimated Brayshaw. I wouldn't be surprised if we give Lever another weeks rest and keep TMc down back then bring in Weideman to play fwd. I wouldn't mind seeing Laurie play so hope he gets an opportunity soon as the med sub perhaps.

Updated for two of our youngest Premiership 🏆 players: Bowey and Sparrow. Both have extended for two years until end of 2024.

Surely Rioli will get weeks for that bump on Rowell. Lined him up, late, no attempt to spoil the mark, leapt off the ground and hip to the head.

I found the thread:

Quite right; a typo of sorts, on my part. Libba played forward for much of the match, looking rather sulky guarded successfully by Gus. Re the 60 pts. It was something Lever or May said in an interview around the middle of last year. They pride themselves on keeping ops to that score. There was a DL thread at the time but I can't find it atmo.

It has become a 'cult' victory song for sporting teams around the world. Melbourne Victory play it at their stadium after they win a game.

Eagles are discovering how irksome is the 'graveyard' time slot: “One of the things that drives us mad is these late games on a Sunday,” he said. “It’s not just our country members... I’ve got a lot of mates who are in the bush and telling us ‘We just can’t get to the game’. I hate that. “It’s not the right thing to do, given there would be people in Melbourne who don’t realise how vast out State is and how far people have to drive or fly to get here. Only complicating matters is the fact that Monday is a school day, which Nisbett added makes it “extremely difficult for families” to make the trip for Eagles games". fixtures-draw-west-coast-eagles My heart bleeds. Not.

Smart arze

Have been away since Wednesday so tbh I haven't tried to solve them. I was surprised to open this thread this morning and not see the answers posted so now I'm just curious. Not sure why the lads are just dragging it out...

@Mazer Rackhamand @La Dee-vina Comediacan we have the answers please?