To be fair, we are many different people. There was no entirely shared view on Battle, or one on Wilson or Tauru (my view is keep both).
And we lost Battle as a mistake (we offered him a deal early and he almost accepted), unlike Gresham who was always "only at a reasonable price" at best. The...
We didn't wear black arm bands against Adelaide when their captain's brother had just died.
I'd be satisfied if they did this week, but I suspect they only do it when someone directly related to the club dies.
Demos' poll in February had Inner Melb/Outer Melb, Regional breakdowns. From that wikipedia page:
ALPLNPGRNONOTH
Inner Melbourne23%28%23%15%11%
Outer Melbourne24%32%13%21%10%
Regional21%23%9%30%17%
Most recent one is here:
And they all get updated/added on this page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2026_Victorian_state_election
Looking at polling, One Nation rose steadily from last year's election through January this year, got to a high in February and has roughly stayed there. It's now May. One Nation's numbers have been steady for two solid months without notable movement in either direction.
So their numbers are...
Sharman second in the league in goal assists, last week 20 disposals (only the second time he's ever got 20), 10 marks, 2 goals, 3 goal assists, 13 score involvements. He's doing a lot better than just going.
I only have two points from my posts:
it's reaaaaaly early
all rucks are average (except three)
There was just enough pure taps in the second half against the Eagles to whet the appetite. Think its coming.
Good thing we aren't paying that money, and the ruck we signed from Carlton is inside the top 12 rucks in the league right now.
TDK is
11th in Player Rating
5th in disposals
3rd in marks
10th in hitouts
10th in hitouts to advantage
2nd in goal assists
4th in score involvements
8th in score...
And thankfully, there is an acknowledged and public Indigenous contribution to celebrate. I'm sure there has been some contribution to the game made by gay players, but a grand total of one (and one bisexual) has felt safe enough to make that information public.
So that is the benefit of a...
Two ways to succeed:
do the same thing as everyone else, just better
do a different thing
As far as the ruck position is concerned, we are attempting the second.