Jump to content

IRW

Members

  • Joined

View Profile Find content

Posts posted by IRW

    11 hours ago, Macca said:

    The countries that are on the verge of going into lockdown again are those countries that haven't got enough people vaccinated

    The 'Age' has a free to read vaccination rate segment for all countries.  As well as the details involving Australia.  Google will help with daily Covid cases per day

    Germany & the UK for instance only have 'about' 2/3rds of its peoples vaccinated

    So in real terms that means that the UK has about 23 million unvaccinated with Germany sitting at about 27 million unvaccinated.  Covid cases are high as a result ... often 40,000+ per day.  That number is obviously too high. 

    Covid cases today in the USA hit 119,000 but only 58.74% of Americans are double vaccinated

    By contrast Portugal has approximately  87.54% double vaxxed and only 291 covid cases today.  The UAE is sitting at 89.3% double vaxxed with 2698 cases of covid today

    Here in Australia we are heading for a 95% vaccination rate for those aged 16 and over (and once those aged 12 and under are vaccinated we'll be at 95% right across the board)

    Only 178 covid cases in NSW today

    Make of those numbers what you will but the trends I see gives me confidence

    By the time we're done we could be in front of just about every country in the world.  Setting a fine example

    Even with the slow availability of the vaccine along with hesitancy rates, NSW is nearly at 92% double vaxxed and Victoria has almost caught up (just on 89% double vaxxed)

    I'm a born realist so unless another strain of covid appears, I can't see us going into lockdown again

    So the message is for everyone to do their civic duty and get vaccinated. It's the only way we can curtail this virus

    In footy terms we'll be able to go the games next season at our leisure ... with a high probability of seeing the Demons go back to back

     

     

    Probably/ possibly with advances in the vaccination tweaks and other interventions even a new strain will only see the targeted lockdowns we are being  told to accept now.

    Other than that though " high probability  of back to back " seems wildly optomistic.

    Double chance yes,but as we speak opposition coaches with an eye to finals are analysing the Dees game in a way they could never be bothered to do previously.

    A few injuries and we' re  ripe ...

    ·

    Edited by IRW

    On 10/8/2021 at 7:49 AM, Demonstone said:

    It's a basic football fundamental, IRW.  If you're facing the goals, you may spot an unattended team mate in a far better position than you or the opponent on the mark may not be paying attention, allowing you to run forward into space. 

    Both of these scenarios increase the team's chances of scoring a goal which can't happen if you have your back to the play and therefore don't know what's happening up ahead.

     

    Geez I only said it was my favourite goal because BT pontificated once more( he's a goal kicking expert as we all know...) and got it wrong  AGAIN.

     

    ·

    Edited by IRW

    6 hours ago, Demonstone said:

    It is a mortal football sin.  You should always face the goals, as was drummed into us from under 12 level.

    Righto ....under 12's,was that the geography teacher filling in after school?

    Choco may have mentioned looking for the player you plan to kick to because that seems to have improved, but goals don't move ..which isnwhy players can snap goals blind

    I am pretty sure Gus knew both where he was on the ground  and where the goals were,  because he turned around and seemed to look straight at them  before he ran in  aiming  the ball at the middle of said target.

    • Like 1
    • Haha 1

    18 hours ago, Turner said:

    Ben Brown goes up - he's a top 10 player at any club as he's a key forward imo

    Brayshaw, Langdon down - not elite but still good players (definitely fit his 10-18 criteria at every club)

    Hibberd, Weideman, Melksham down - are they even in our 10-18??

    Tomlinson up - did he only put him there because he's injured? doesn't change his ability

    Bedford down for mine - has had more chances than the others and not broken through

    Weideman needs more time..but it's not as if he hasn't been gifted plenty already

    • Like 2

    1 hour ago, DeeSpencer said:

    Fritsch is an A grade goal kicker but C grade at everything else, that what makes him borderline to me. A grade players don’t have many holes in their game. Maybe a slight weakness here or there like Oliver’s kicking but they can do almost everything else. That said, if Fritsch’s finals put him over the line I can respect that. 

    Ollie's kicking no longer looks like much of a problem to me but you have nailed Fritsch . B+ for the reason you offered 

    • Like 1

    19 hours ago, Maldonboy38 said:

    Seriously, how brutal is footy at this highest level!? Really feel for these blokes as they watch Gawn & Co swing the Premiership Cup all over Perth. 

    All the de-listings look fair enough to me. Vanders might get another gig, but personally I think he is just below AFL standard. 

    Nev has always been a fave of mine, after a long conversation with him at a club family day when he was coming off shoulder surgery. It is difficult to quantify what he has brought to the Dees considering all his off-field stuff. But I LOVED his footy. Tough as old boots, more skilful than many people gave him credit for, a real team player, and played on all the annoying little mosquito forwards trying to do fancy stuff. 

    I reckon it wasn't just the mosquito forwards...he kept Oscar on the list for several seasons by being 3rd up against big bodies 

    3 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    Looks like Nev Jetta has retired.

    Good call butv  it's a shame the finals came a season too late for him.

    One of my favourites 

    Bashed up his body bailing out Oscar imo

     

    • Like 2
    • Love 1

    17 hours ago, joeboy said:

    Gawn - perfect captain’s game

    Viney - disciplined and dynamic 

    Salem - confident and prolific

    Oliver - an unselfish game

    Petracca - dynamic and important 

    Spargo - year’s best performance 

    Fritsch - classy and vital

    Langdon - the running machine 

    Harmes - incredible first half

    Brayshaw - brave and involved

    McDonald - played his part

    Neal-Bullen - great first half

    Bowey - pure footballing talent

    Brown - an important contribution 

    Pickett - always looked dangerous 

    Jackson - quiet but valuable 

    Sparrow - excellent tagging game

    Lever - assumed General’s role

    Jordon - enjoyed the experience 

    Rivers - impressive youthful energy

    Hibberd - an important addition 

    Petty - performance belied experience 

    May - please recover well

     

    Rivers will do better

    On 8/30/2021 at 3:18 PM, Ouch! said:

    Happy to take Tom being poor for four to five weeks given where we are in the season, if it means we win the big dance in another 2 games time. 👍

    Well if MFC wins the flag that's a no brainer.

    What's your reason for picking someone who can't carry an injury can't hold his form and doesn't even look like he's happy to be playing

    On 7/11/2021 at 8:47 PM, Demonland said:

    Prior to this round they were leading the Free Kick Differential by nearly 30.

    213942031_1940116829495869_2521161523386

    Also they are the only team that consistently gets away with blatant throwing of the ball.

    It's an established lineage from Teddy "flick pass" Whitten written into the" secret rule book " and stored  in the basement at AFL House

    • Like 1

    17 hours ago, Grr-owl said:

    It's great that TMac can have two down games in a row and the forward line still functions well overall. If one, or even two as last week, are off, others are there to pick up the slack. Not ideal, but imagine if we dropped someone every time they were off.... We'd destroy confidence and never settle. If it ain't broke.....

    Generally if Tom has two poor weeks and isn't smiling it leads to four or five bad weeks

    • Like 2

    17 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

    As a painter, Ronnie makes a half-decent guitarist.

    More trivia - he had an older brother called Art Wood who was not only a singer, but a graphic artist!

    I think as a guitarist he's just there to keep Keith company. 

    Mick Taylor doesn't get the credit he deserves. 

    The Stones seem comfortable in their career longevity. 

    Can't blame them ,they're good at it.

    But they are a cover band .

    First band I saw.....Palais theatre .

    Thanks mum

    • Like 2

    Just now, Demonstone said:

    I'm getting more confused by the minute here, IRW!   :D

    Do you mean Bobby Keys?  Or Jim Keays from the Masters Apprentices?

    Both are now sadly deceased. 

    Trivia Time:  Bobby was born on the same day as Keith Richards.

    Meant Bobbie...I was getting more flustered than embarrassed.

    At least you arnt correcting me about Ronnie's appalling " painting "

    • Haha 1

    ·

    Edited by IRW

    3 hours ago, Demonstone said:

    I am a fan.  Darryl Jones plays bass guitar, not sax.

    Correct !!

    I went off my head....then ran with it without thinking..

    Apology ... I kept thinking about Bobby Keyes.

    The rest is true though, a tight jazz fusion influenced band without Ronnie would be a rebirth with Jordan on drums.

    Rebirth of the band to honour Charlie

    • Like 1

    ·

    Edited by IRW

    1 hour ago, Demonstone said:

    ???  

    He tours with them on every tour  and album since about 1990   and has played with Miles Davis  BB King,Sting,Clapton,Armatrading  to name a few.

    Steve Jordan drummed with Keef and the expensive Winos as well as Sprigsteen and John Mayer He played on Dirty Works when Charlie was  drinking and doing smack....no specific credits like with Mick Taylor on Exile. He's a jazz fusion drummer ,a perfect fit with Darryl Jones and Keef.

    I thought you were a fan?

    There's a tight musically elite band right there  to let Mick and Keef go out with something more than being their own cover band....which is Ronnie's only contribution ...a lousy artist and a journeyman on guitar They're a lesser band without Charlie for sure ( the only one who isn't a cliche ) but the are a lesser band WITH Ronnie.

    The thing with TMac is that either injured or negative head space seems to go on for weeks....he's a liability but not as much as Weidmann...interchange so he can use his aerobic capacity when needed

    On 8/27/2021 at 6:41 PM, maximum bob said:

    Only Keef and Mick left now who have played on every Rolling Stones album.

    I suspect they will construct one in the vault before too long.

    Steve Jordan will fill the spot better than Ron Wood covers for Mick Taylor....Let it Bleed, Exile Ya Ya's Goats Head Soup and its only Rock and Roll. So 2 of the run of the greatest sequence in Rock history.  Sway is basically his track( no credit at all).Ron is basically a session muso for a great covers band .

    Jordan plays on some Stones tracks now actually 

    Darryl Jones on sax now Bobby Keyes is gone  brings the jazz genius that Charlie had

    Ronnie offers nothing at all.

    Mick, Keith, Jordan and Jones would be a tight band if they could find a guitarist or just stick Wood in the background