A self confessed republican named as the 30th Governor of Victoria? Is it just me who's farked or did I miss the memo that the world has officially gone mad?
Former New Zealand leader Jacinda Ardern, who stepped down from her post earlier this year, has been made a dame in one of the country’s highest honors.
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins announced the appointment on Monday to mark the King’s Birthday public holiday, with Ardern among 182 recipients receiving various honors for their contributions to the country.
thats not the point though lods. With 8 wins we are still a moon shot of making it. It will put us on 12.5 wins. Also I just checked ladders going back at least 5 seasons. You haven't needed more than 12 wins to make finals any year going back to 2018. Why is this year going to need 14 wins to make it?
No point just giving it up, from here the boys dig deep or we play more developing talent and try push for it.
12.5 may do it 12-13 is usually the standard. It's been done with less.
But there's an extra game this year. 2020 there were only 17 games so don't count that.
Try this little exercise. Do a ladder predictor...give us the 12.5 wins Where do we finish? How many wins make the 8?
I'd have to see it again, and it might be hard to find because I'm not even sure what quarter it happened, but.... I think he almost did it again last night before correcting himself and heading back to the right side of the mark.
Dow got a big cheer when he came on and again every time he got a good possession. There was that one poor mis-kick that resulted in a goal but there were lots of poor kicks under pressure by others. The last pass to McKay was a good one.
Now what the cheerring shows is that, for all his faults, many supporters don't think he's been given a fair deal in terms of game time. While supporters shouldn't be determining match selections it can be another burden, in terms of pressure, on those making the decisions. We may as well play players like Dow, even if we are planning on letting him go at the end of the year. We'll either up his trade value Decide he's worth keeping. ...or justify any reasons we might have for letting him go. No-one will be able to say we didn't give him a chance.
I personally don't think we'll lose a lot by playing him. He wasn't outstanding but he did contribute more than some.
