Really hate this from Brad Scott
The AFL just announced all players & umpires will form a circle before each match this round and have a 1 minute silence for violence against women. Good timing from the Bombers
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Really hate this from Brad Scott
Down by a point with 6 minutes to go, Essendon have 2 set shots in the space of a minute on 50, and both times lob it up to the top of the square. Suicide. 95% of the game it's the right option but down by a point with 6 minutes to go, put it right to the goal line and try to force a behind at least.
Game management. Game management. Game management.
The AFL just announced all players & umpires will form a circle before each match this round and have a 1 minute silence for violence against women. Good timing from the Bombers
I may be Naive but I assume men know that bashing and murdering women is abhorrent, players/coaches/umpires standing in a circle joining hands is not going to stop a lunatic from committing murder or assault.I’m not opposed to gestures and maybe I’m too much of a cynic but I think this is pretty pathetic from the AFL.
I’d like to see an actual substantive change to policy for when a player facing serious charges - no fault stand down.
Perhaps it is for the best that J***dy DG is injured this week too.
I’m not opposed to gestures and maybe I’m too much of a cynic but I think this is pretty pathetic from the AFL.
I’d like to see an actual substantive change to policy for when a player facing serious charges - no fault stand down.
Perhaps it is for the best that J***dy DG is injured this week too.
I may be Naive but I assume men know that bashing and murdering women is abhorrent, players/coaches/umpires standing in a circle joining hands is not going to stop a lunatic from committing murder or assault.
Smacks of vacuous virtue signalling to my aged mind.
I legit had not put 2 and 2 together on this. I mean it makes sense to an extent... Interesting... Food for thought.But I suppose doing something serious would mean acknowledging the impact gambling has on DV.
Sadly it seems that there are still a bunch of men out there that dont think the bashing part is wrong. Still way too many people see their partners as property that they can slap around.I may be Naive but I assume men know that bashing and murdering women is abhorrent,
I'd like to see the correlation of the perpetrators of these heinous acts with existing involvement with government via the criminal justice system, mental health and drug addiction services, that is probably a major failure right there.Sadly it seems that there are still a bunch of men out there that dont think the bashing part is wrong. Still way too many people see their partners as property that they can slap around.
The AFL standing around in a circle wont do much, but more visibility and discussion might drive some other changes. Something more does need to be done especially around attitudes from young men
i worked in a family / criminal law firm for a bit. a lot of domestic abusers are incapable of acknowledging what they have done is wrong. it is distinct from a lot of crime pushed by economic reasons and even other violent crime which is predominantly between men in that there is never really an extraneous factor you can point to which drives the conduct. saw many men who had been physical with their partner say things to the effect of 'id never hurt her....'. although drugs, alcohol, gambling etc may contribute to the issue i think once the behaviour is learned its extremely difficult to correct.Sadly it seems that there are still a bunch of men out there that dont think the bashing part is wrong. Still way too many people see their partners as property that they can slap around.
The AFL standing around in a circle wont do much, but more visibility and discussion might drive some other changes. Something more does need to be done especially around attitudes from young men
i worked in a family / criminal law firm for a bit. a lot of domestic abusers are incapable of acknowledging what they have done is wrong. it is distinct from a lot of crime pushed by economic reasons and even other violent crime which is predominantly between men in that there is never really an extraneous factor you can point to which drives the conduct. saw many men who had been physical with their partner say things to the effect of 'id never hurt her....'. although drugs, alcohol, gambling etc may contribute to the issue i think once the behaviour is learned its extremely difficult to correct.
im a big advocate in rehabilitation rather than punishment for the majority of offenders, but domestic abusers have some of the lowest prospects for rehabilitation imo.... thomas's conduct throughout his whole saga shows he just doesnt care. never again for him as far as im concerned.
Did I mention I'm really looking forward to the showdown tonight?Anyway why are we having this conversation in the non lions discussion thread???
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He's still very good.Showdown's always seem to produce great contests.
Taylor Walker really has had a fantastic career, 266 games, 622 goals(2.3 per game), which is a minutely better goals per game average than Tom Hawkins, Tex is a little underrated.
IIRC there were some reports a few years ago that we were going after him, dare to say with him in the side we win the Grand Final last season and maybe another one before. Although someone of significance probably wouldn't have come to us... Joe?He's still very good.
In another life I saw enough to know that some people are just not capable of being rehabilitated. Without in any way knowing the facts or context of the current person under discussion.i worked in a family / criminal law firm for a bit. a lot of domestic abusers are incapable of acknowledging what they have done is wrong. it is distinct from a lot of crime pushed by economic reasons and even other violent crime which is predominantly between men in that there is never really an extraneous factor you can point to which drives the conduct. saw many men who had been physical with their partner say things to the effect of 'id never hurt her....'. although drugs, alcohol, gambling etc may contribute to the issue i think once the behaviour is learned its extremely difficult to correct.
im a big advocate in rehabilitation rather than punishment for the majority of offenders, but domestic abusers have some of the lowest prospects for rehabilitation imo.... thomas's conduct throughout his whole saga shows he just doesnt care. never again for him as far as im concerned.
I will take a non Premiership over Tex Walker.IIRC there were some reports a few years ago that we were going after him, dare to say with him in the side we win the Grand Final last season and maybe another one before. Although someone of significance probably wouldn't have come to us... Joe?
Remarkable first quarter. Early on Adelaide were beating Port exactly the same way they beat us in our first meeting last year: hard slingshot out of defence.
Port eventually got things right late in the quarter by lowering the eyes and hitting up shallower targets inside 50.
But 9 shots to 6, 20 entries to 9, but even expected score only has them 3 points ahead.
It all just seems a bit labour intensive to me, and the more footy I see over the last 12 months, the more convinced I become that being dominant in a territory sense is not conducive to hitting the scoreboard. It means you've either got to be able to come out the front of stoppages, quickly, or you need to adopt a more patient build up, and be willing to change angles like Boak did to Burgoyne in the middle of the quarter. And even if you do that well, it's highly likely your shot will be from either long range or a tight angle.
It would be wrong to say it's a fraudulent method but I do think it is highly inefficient.
Certainly it seems the best way to generate high quality shots at goal is from being able to force turnovers in your back half and move the ball quickly.
Remarkable first quarter. Early on Adelaide were beating Port exactly the same way they beat us in our first meeting last year: hard slingshot out of defence.
Port eventually got things right late in the quarter by lowering the eyes and hitting up shallower targets inside 50.
But 9 shots to 6, 20 entries to 9, but even expected score only has them 3 points ahead.
It all just seems a bit labour intensive to me, and the more footy I see over the last 12 months, the more convinced I become that being dominant in a territory sense is not conducive to hitting the scoreboard. It means you've either got to be able to come out the front of stoppages, quickly, or you need to adopt a more patient build up, and be willing to change angles like Boak did to Burgoyne in the middle of the quarter. And even if you do that well, it's highly likely your shot will be from either long range or a tight angle.
It would be wrong to say it's a fraudulent method but I do think it is highly inefficient.
Certainly it seems the best way to generate high quality shots at goal is from being able to force turnovers in your back half and move the ball quickly.
Correct, however the main reason scores from turnover are generally higher than scores from stoppage is that there are so many more turnovers than stoppages in most games.I am not a huge stats fan but aren't scores from turnovers by far the highest percentage scoring method?
Makes sense as you catch your opposition in offensive mode with a not optimally set up defensive structure.
So it makes sense to have a very good turnover game as you get far more opportunities to score via that method.Correct, however the main reason scores from turnover are generally higher than scores from stoppage is that there are so many more turnovers than stoppages in most games.
For example in tonight's game there have so far been 26 clearances but 61 turnovers.