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    Analysis Our Season if it happened in Reverse

    Round 1 and 2: brutal start to the year. Two losses in the last two minutes against Top 4 teams after playing shorthanded in the midfield (missing Cerra/Hewitt/Kennedy). Lucky Setterfield started the year in decent form, and Doch also stepped up in midfield. Shaky kicking from Curnow and McKay...
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    New fixturing system - fixture draft

    Not sure if this has been proposed before (had a search but couldn't find anything), but with all the newspaper stuff today about the uneven fixture, I've come up with a different solution. Bearing in mind the issues that we face, namely the number of teams/games, need for blockbusters etc for...
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    Brisbane Lions WTF

    Speaking as someone who has watched their own club spend 10 years in the toilet, I seriously can't understand what the Lions are doing. I actually understood last year's trade period. It was a gamble taking Fev last year, but well worth it given he was being paired with Brown up forward and...
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    Rating trade value

    At this time of year, plenty of trades get thrown around. Here is my first attempt at a scale for valuing picks and players. The value in this is simple. When trade suggestions are made, you can quickly estimate the relative value. While some teams may value a player higher than others, it...
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    Could making the finals be the worst possible thing for us?

    Conventional wisdom says it is a good thing to finish in the finals, that it benefits your players by giving them experience on the big stage, and a taste of big things to come. However, sometimes it can all go wrong. Getting in when you don't belong can make you fail to properly assess your...
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    AFL Power rankings

    Bit bored, so I thought I'd steal an idea from US sports coverage and put together my first AFL power rankings for the year. Basically, the idea is to rank the teams based on the information we have now. The ladder doesn't always tell the full story because of the uneven draw, and because it...
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    Does the football 'premiership window' exist

    You often hear mentioned in football that teams have a premiership clock, some vague notion that the game is cyclical and that the teams at the bottom will ultimately end up at the top. However, my experience of football is that this is bollocks, and I reckon there is plenty of evidence to...
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    The National Curriculum - Rainbow Serpents and other things.

    I see no issues with that document at all. One third of the prescribed curriculum (that will in practice probably make up one sixth of class time), focuses on the epistemology of science, looking at, amongst other things, the history of science, science careers, the nature of scientific...
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    Balanced recruiting strategy

    Sorry for another thread on this, but I haven't seen this angle done before. A lot of flak has been hurled at our recruiters for not taking a tall player with our first-round pick. But when you look at the list additions we have this year as a whole, its actually a very even crop: - Lachlan...
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    Brendan Fevola and the 'Ewing Theory'

    In all the washup of the Fevola departure, thought I'd add a different perspective to offer some hope for Carlton supporters. Fans of ESPN's Bill Simmons may know something about the Ewing theory. Based around the idea that despite being a constant All-NBA player, Patrick Ewing's knicks teams in...
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    We have become a one-way team

    Sad to say it, but somehow we have become a team of down-hill skiers. When things are going well, we run, tackle, chase, and work for each other. When the other team applies a bit of pressure, we crack. Selfish 50 meter penalties, players get self-absorbed and their disposal drops away, and...
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    Salary Cap Estimates

    Anyone else sick of people claiming we are/will have salary cap issues? Here are my estimates for our current salary cap (with reasoning): Cain Ackland: $350k per year (publicised deal in PSD) Joe Anderson: $60k (low draft pick minimum contract) Dennis Armfield: $75k (low draft pick minimum...
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    Alternative draft systems

    There's always so much debate about the draft (and tanking) on here, why don't we look at alternative methods of player dispersal (other than just lotteries which get suggested every day). The main goal of any such system (based on current goals, anyway) should be: 1) ensure talent is fairly and...
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    Bigfooty and the new sports media

    The article in todays newspaper about players got me thinking a bit, and apologies for the length of this post. I don't believe for a second that players concern themselves at all about what gets posted on Bigfooty. They might read it to stoke their egos, but they'll beat themselves up much more...
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    When was our last really big win?

    When was the last time we really thrashed a team? I know we beat Port by about 40 last year, but how long back do we have to go for a 70-80 point win - the sort of game where its over by half time and you can just sit back and enjoy the show? We've had a head of huge losses in the past few...
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    Are religious couples capable of raising a family?

    Just reading through the similar thread on Gay couples, this topic sprung to mind. There is no doubt in my mind that forcing children to absorb religious propaganda is a form of child abuse. Allowing rational adults to make choices regarding their own religious beliefs is one thing - in a...
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    Expansion Was all this the AFL's way of ensuring North's survival?

    Throughout the whole NM to Gold Coast saga, the presumption has been that the AFL wanted North to leave Melbourne. But what if the opposite was true - that what they really wanted was to consolidate North's position in Melbourne. Think about the before and after of the situation: Before...
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    Expansion Staying in Melbourne makes no sense - and I love it!

    Sorry for a long-winded post. But there's something I haven't seen anywhere in the whole North Melbourne debate that I'd like to raise. Most arguments (including those I've been involved in) center around logical, rational bases; the hard facts of relocation. Whether the Gold Coast can...
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    Expansion The big questions

    The whole Kangaroos to Gold Coast issue just opens up so many questions for me, I don't know where to start. But they seem to fall into 2 categories: A. Is the Gold Coast a good location for a football team? Sub-questions: 1. Where is the supporter base? Population is 500,000 and growing...
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    Time for the AFL to take over international rookie development

    I was just reading the 'screw the irish, we love stealing your best kids' thread on the main board, and it gave me an idea. Maybe its time for the AFL to instigate a program of developing the best international talent into AFL players. Rather than leaving it to 16 separate clubs to scout...
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    Fail-safe draft strategy

    As a long-suffering blues fan, I've seen how easy it is to stuff up a draft. So here is my foolproof guide to safe, dependable drafting: - First round pick - best genuine midfielder (not including medium-sized utilities), unless there is a can't-miss big available (and I mean of the...
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    Draft Auction

    With all the talk of drafts, priority picks and tanking, I've got a suggestion for an alternative method of allocating players. Anyone who has played fantasy sports knows there are 2 ways of picking teams. One is a draft - which raises questions of how to allocate picks. This causes problems in...
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    Has a coach ever been sacked mid-match before?

    If it wasn't clear before that Pagan has absolutely no idea what he is doing, today should absolve any doubts. Whitnall, the most out of form player in the competition, matched up on Lucas, the most in-form forward. 8 marks and 2 goals at quarter time (and it could have been 5 goals). If...
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    Carlton players at medal presentation - class

    I was really pleased last night to see that every Carlton player thanked and shook hands with the young kid presenting them with their medal. Some players even went the ruffle of the hair, and Fev went the kiss on the cheek. Was a real contrast to West Coast after the GF last year - half the...
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    Why are AFL teams so conservative when it comes to trading?

    I simply can't understand why trade week was so quiet this year. I mean, to me, the league can be broken down into a few categories of teams based on their premiership prospects: -Teams who are genuine chances to win the premiership next year with their list as it is currently: West Coast...
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    Why the "We took a hard-line" argument doesn't cut it

    Most people on here seem to think that we might come out of the Thornton/Russell situation ok because it will be seen as us taking a hard line and not caving in to unfair trade demands. Unfortunately, that argument just doesn't make sense. The end result is this. Hawthorn and Port Adelaide...
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    Carlton Football Club - Laughing stock of the sporting world

    There it is folks. We've managed to sink to depths I never would have thought possible. Has anyone managed a worse trading period that us this time around? Two years in a row, we've had the number one pick in the Pre-season draft. This is great because it provides leverage for one-sided...
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    Ticketmaster7 - my rant

    Got some friends coming down from interstate at the weekend who want to catch a game while they are here, so I thought I'd pre-book general admission tickets through ticketmaster, using their website, from the buy tickets link on the AFL website. According to the website, though, the only...
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    Does Australia have a serious problem?

    In light of the events in Sydney, I've come to the conclusion that several aspects of Australian culture are dangerous to the future well-being of this country. No, not multiculturalism, but entrenched 'Aussie' cultural traits such as alcohol abuse, masculine aggression, lack of respect for...
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    15 people arrested in terror raids

    http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/eight-arrested-in-melbourne-terror-raids/2005/11/08/1131212027799.html?oneclick=true The people charged will appear in court today. What this indicates to me: - Howard's efforts last week indicate he knew something was brewing. These arrests were the...

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