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Think the war in Ukraine might be a more concrete cause of inflation my man

This is Fox's hundred flowers campaign brother. Let those who doubt TGO come out and bloom in the open, then hit him with the lawnmower.

We heard for years about Clarko's devotion to the methods of Bill Belicheck and that he was playing chess while everyone else was playing checkers. Tragically* Clarko found out the hard way that the emperor had no clothes.

I think teams would absolutely bite on that deal if they thought he was the difference between a premiership or not. Win one and the last 2-3 years of a terrible deal become forgivable.

I’ve never heard him be bitter but I’ve absolutely heard him give some pretty gratuitous criticism of Stanley’s work rate.

I think what makes this funnier is that Riewoldt’s philosophy is If You Are Not Winning You Just Need To Work Harder, and he clearly saw Stanley as someone who was too soft to embrace that and thus was doomed to failure. Ten years on Riewoldt not only has to face up to the fact Stanley won a...

Not sure if it’s just nostalgia but guys like Blight and Barassi had/have a cultural legacy too - integral to the life of the game. Hardwick and Clarko might have fourth acts in their careers that get them there but it hasn’t happened yet.

‘Slobbo’? Mervyn would do well to remember the words of an earlier prophet: those without sin can cast the first stone

By current midfield I meant the guys who are fit. PFD is absolutely in a category of his own.

Couple of times late Atkins attacked loose balls at stoppages in a way that no one else in our current midfield can (or at least does). Reminded me of his absolute best form from mid-2022. Happy for both to play at the moment.

Probably because none of those things influence expected score?

Great win given the midfield we had out there - Dogs only really got on top in the second half (really the last quarter) and that has to be in part that some guys started getting leggy. To do it without Holmes getting involved either is hugely encouraging. Rhys instrumental, as with Conway last...

Mannagh playing so little football is entirely a product of Geelong’s decision making. If they’re worried about his match fitness play him in the VFL last week and use Tuohy as the carry over.

I think that's maybe a bit unfair - I can see a club baulking at appointing him CEO just because of the lack of commercial experience rather than as any negative comment on his own ability.

Forget Blitz, how's the Mitch Brown/GHS combo

I had it possible Worpel 5, 4 Duncan 5 Holmes 4 Henry 3 and 3 Bruhn 2, 1 Stengel 2, 1 Yours looks likelier, though!

A maths genius can correct me but does the AFLCA break down into one coaching having Duncan BOG and the other not including him at all, and that dynamic reversed for Holmes?

That might explain Bruhn's reluctance to kick forward after a while. Thought Parfitt was instrumental in the third quarter rally.

Bruhn’s tendency to jink sideways once already clear and then handball sideways is infuriating. If he went north-south even 10% more he’d be our best midfielder.

Get back to me when Toby Conway bangs through three including one on the run from 50.

I broadly agree but I thought some of his ruck work was instrumental in the third - got the footy moving forward and outside Hawthorn’s structure.

Doesn’t address the practical problem of the AFLPA and is essentially meaningless - what standard are we setting? Zero tolerance as Australian jurisdictions steadily move to decriminalization? Good luck!

Cool, we're having an extended work stoppage so people can posture about drugs being bad. Deeply unserious take.

Oh my god, you know full well why they test everyone on a site. Give me a break.

please just think this one through for 30 seconds dude

Can I suggest that's because there are life and death consequences on a mine site and that is clearly not the case for a game of footy?

But that's because it is men against boys, right? Look at the top 10 disposal winners - they're physically mature guys who have played a decent amount of VFL footy (in a few cases 80+ games). We only have a handful of guys who fit that description (Hardie, Jeka, VDH, Herbert, Capiron) and they...

Wiltshire did a couple of smart things early but he looked knackered in the second half. Willis played the first half on ball and had once nice clearance but otherwise was very quiet, his two goals were well taken but came from pretty egregious turnovers. Neale spent some time in the ruck and...

Tried hard but did very little. Not sure Werribee lost a marking contest in our 50 tbh.

I think the back six (with the exception of Bews) have been solid, Jeka and Humphries both look good additions. Midfield was competitive to half time, I think moving Knevitt off the wing didn’t work and O’Sullivan was better in defence. We’ve been able to transition the ball pretty well, final...