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    List Mgmt. List Management 2023-24

    I’ve lived in Adelaide, Sydney, Canberra, London, Washington DC, New York and Edinburgh. All were great in their own ways. Preferences ultimately come down to what one wants from the environment they live in and whether one has the means to pursue it. Adelaide and Edinburgh are easier places...
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    Mega Thread Port Forum General AFL Thread Part 26

    Melbourne Melbourne’s forward line is a dumpster fire and not helped by the fact that two of their three primary ball movers (Oliver and Viney) rarely lift their eyes. With even a modest improvement in both areas they the finals they lost, and comfortably. Obviously they would miss Oliver’s...
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    AFL Grand Final 2023 AFL Grand Final: Collingwood vs Brisbane

    I was a Collingwood supporter until Port won the license so bias alert. But the fixation with the play on to advantage at the end seems excessive. Brisbane benefited from their fair share of umpiring howlers through the game, and Collingwood were pretty clearly the superior team on the day. I...
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    Autopsy You get what you deserve - vs GWS review thread

    Anyone even engaging with the injuries/underdone players line of defence is buying into the self-serving Hinkley narrative that selection is where the game was won and lost. We were annihilated in the midfield in the first half largely because our two All-Australian ball winners and former...
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    MRP / Trib. Tribunal Thread - rules and offences discombobulation

    I’ve watched the replays of the Maynard/Bradshaw collision a number of times and also tried to put it into the context of other MRP/Tribunal decisions this year. Having done so I struggle to see a compelling case for not suspending Maynard. As others have pointed out, the incident should not...
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    Mega Thread Port Forum General AFL Thread Part 26

    I’ve watched the replays of the Maynard/Bradshaw collision a number of times and also tried to put it into the context of other MRP/Tribunal decisions this year. Having done so I struggle to see a compelling case for not suspending Maynard. As others have pointed out, the incident should not...
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    Review Port vs Brisbane QF @ The Gabba - It's OK Guys, Finals are a Bit Scary

    I watched the game at a pub in Neutral Bay, with the sound off. Probably helped me get less worked up. Anyway, some observations. Brisbane are a better team than us, and haven’t lost at home this year. So everything had to go right, with everyone pulling their weight. That obviously didn’t...
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    Opinion Sack Hinkley 9 - I Am Become Donuts, Destroyer Of Ports

    After watching Liverpool £uck up its transfer strategy this (northern) summer, this news takes the cake. I feel like one of those ‘moderate’ Republicans who has watched their party get taken over by populist authoritarians, and is left with only bad choices - suck it up or leave. I guess...
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    Injury SACK DOCTORS 1 - CTE

    You were bang on, and thanks for calling it out. Hopefully it is a wake up call for the entire industry that stronger, unambiguous, independent, protocols must be put in place.
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    Review Round 19, 2023 vs Collingwood

    One word - inefficiency. Not much more to be said than that. 26 shots to 18 - 13 more I50s. 5 goals 9 to 3 goals 1 in quarters 2 and 3 when we were dominating. They wouldn’t have had a sniff if we had converted more of our very good chances.
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    Mega Thread Port Forum General AFL Thread Part 25

    Excellent post. Too often clubs going through awful, prolonged downturns are treated like it is inevitable or independent of the decision making and internal governance of the club. But that is rarely true, which is also why there are so many examples of teams remaining poor even after receiving...
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    Toast Connor Rozee All-Australian 2022

    If Rozee makes it again I assume he will be the first dual AA from that draft? Butters’ best this year has been better but accounting for longer term consistency and exposed form and impact, Rozee is the clear number 1 from that draft IMHO.
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    Opinion Sack Hinkley 8 - "Ask me in August"

    I presume you know the Peter Principle? Professional organisations are full of people in senior roles who shouldn’t be. Heck, I might be rubbish at my job but still in charge…
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    News Quinton Narkle signs for Southern Districts & Broadford

    He was on the fringes of a very good Geelong team. Since being delisted he has shed wait and become considerably more professional. Who knows whether he becomes a permanent part of or midfield rotation, but he is in the perfect age bracket and gives us a lot of insurance should some of our...
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    Opinion Sack Hinkley 8 - "Ask me in August"

    I don’t think this is as compelling as you think it is. Players’ take direct instructions from their line coaches all the time. Let me give a parallel example. I manage a large team of economists. And some of the more senior people manage others. Does the fact that the Junior Emerging Markets...
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