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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW 2025 Rd 4: Carlton vs Western Bulldogs at Carlton
B&F rarely come from D50 unless they are exceptional, and when the team is winning it's even less likely as the balance of play should be at the other end.

So in general it's not really a valid commentary on player effectiveness, influence or capability. Even exceptional won't be a better than average chance, a great real world example is Harry Taylor. Most would have him as one of Geelong's most important players, probably the most consistent, 2 x AA, 1 x JS Medalist, flags a plenty. Yet no B&F, not even close, because during his career they won a lot, not least in part due to having Harry Taylor in D50!
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The Sports Desk / Re: Formula 1
Quote from: kruddler – on
Norris will crap the bed later in the year
I think the problem is going to be that it will likely be Piastri the victim if Norris loses the plot, Max will be stoking those fires. Last night Norris basically kept running wide, couldn't or wouldn't stay on the track which helped him maintain a buffer. Piastri didn't put a foot wrong, smooth as silk.

Long term Piastri could be a World Champion, if McLaren dud him in 2025 it will open the door for Piastri to move to one of the other strong teams, he'll be welcomed with open arms because he has that point of difference. Horner basically made that point, half joking, and it got him the ar5e because RBR are hell bent on keeping Max out of a Mercedes! As an aside, it's stupid that Mercedes hasn't yet signed Russell, but maybe they are doing so deliberately to disrupt RBR.

Like AFL I think F1 has a problem, the old blokes have all the connections and political clout. So they hang on long after the use-by-date has rolled over. We see it this year from Alonso and Hamilton, as much as I love them they haven't got it anymore, like Ricciardo. Legends, nice blokes, but finished. Hamilton realised it a couple of races back and it hurt. Fans can't let go, they defend them as being just 1/10th off, but 1/10th off in F1 is almost lapped by the end of the race!

The Sky team don't help the situation, and the true fans aren't idiots, that is I assume why Norris was booed onto the podium. Nobody wants a synthetic result.
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The Sports Desk / Re: Formula 1
It's a racing incident, not a tactic, that's twice this season they've asked Piastri to slow up and let Norris pass, it doesn't make sense unless you want Norris to win the title.

Verstappen if quoted correctly probably put it best, post race he said something like "I'd let Norris pass but only if he caught me". Inferring that if he could keep the gap or pull away it was bad luck for Norris, just that bad luck and nothing more.

Also Piastri was previously told a pitstop event is a racing incident, and if it happens it's bad luck for the other driver, until it wasn't!

Why would Piastri ever have to trust them, is it because Lando's dad is a billionaire who can cause all sorts of commercial havoc?
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The Sports Desk / Re: Formula 1
If you ever want to see how politics and finances can b0rk up sport, watch the last 10 laps of the Italian GP!

You'll be Gobsmacked at the McLaren decisions.

Piastri is being treated like a placeholder for a Norris world title.

Actually it started in Quali, when Piastri was ordered to give Norris a tow that let Norris qualify ahead of Piastri on the grid, and it ended late in the race when Piastri was told to give Norris 2nd place.

All this happening while Piastri sits points clear at the top of the drivers table, and the 3rd placed Verstappen winning the race?

McLaren basically dealt Max back into the contest, was this to stop Lando turning sook?
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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW 2025 Rd 4: Carlton vs Western Bulldogs at Carlton
I see the Darcy Vescio critics as no different to Harry McKay naysayers.

They carried on about dropping marks, missing targets, missing shots and tackles slipping, a lack of confidence causing indecision, and completely ignored the fact they are working hard and getting were the footy is.

The problem isn't the player in the above category, it's the "nulls" surrounding them, players who have no failures because they have few or no attempts.

The Irish lass Finn came in and was probably BoG, she never stopped working and it shows. As a newbie she'll have days were she keeps working and it all turns to shizen, but the important part is to keep working. It's interesting post game Finn had an interview in which she stated that she had offered that very advice to Sophie McKay who was struggling to have an impact. Vescio sets that example, as does Bohanna.
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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW 2025 Rd 4: Carlton vs Western Bulldogs at Carlton
Quote from: DJC – on
Bucky has shown that he's not afraid to throw the team around ..............
Yes, I think he is a good coach.

He is not just formulaic and he is developing game tactics that suit the list, it makes a huge difference when you use players to the best of their ability.

Good coaches develop genuine tactics that suit a list, sh1t coaches copy a formula with load of fake ingredients.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: General Discussions
Quote from: Baggers – on
The rise in violence in Victoria is alarming. But it's not restricted to our state. It's on the rise nationally and even globally.
I suppose until the penalties get heavier it won't change.

The do-gooder rules have just created an opportunity for crooks to leverage weak penalties against kids, often drug addicted teens, and threaten consequences for lagging. The penalties have to harsher so the kids can plea bargain, so the kids can get the opportunity to dob in an organiser. It's the organisers who should be copping the harshest penalties.

The penalties for coercion of a teen or minor should be as heavy as any for attempted murder or similar.
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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW 2025 Rd 4: Carlton vs Western Bulldogs at Carlton
Quote from: DJC – on
We'll miss Jess Good, her presence around the ground has been outstanding.  Of course, Brea Harrington can do much the same and it will be interesting to see how young Maddison Torpey goes.  She is a good size for an AFLW ruck.

Good to see Erone Fitzpatrick named in the side.  Her injury last week must have just been a stinger.
Yes, it's a big change this week, Good has really been doing well negating the more athletic type rucks, and Breann has been very good in F50 as a reliable marking target from the turnovers we create. It would be sort of robbing Peter to pay Paul to take Breann out of F50, so I suspect we'll start the new girl and let our strong midfield do it's job sharking the ruck work.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Dan’s statue, neo-nazis, local government, potholes and Victoria generally
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on
Yep, my experience with Russians was you dont smile at people you dont know and same with Germans.
In Germany they think only crazy people go around smiling, a polite nod of the head as you pass is considered acceptable but outlandish, the preferred option is head and eyes down look straight ahead and don't run into anybody.

This was quite a challenge, last time I was there it was summer. We were walking down the main road through what is considered the fashion district, a girl came out of a house, actually it was probably an office as old terrace houses are used commercially. She was wearing a bright yellow 60s style one piece miniskirt suit / dress and white thigh boots, the type you might see in a Austin Powers movie. She walked across the footpath in front of us and started unloading a convertible through the passenger side window, to say that certain garments might be optional in Germany is a little short of accurate, either that or she doesn't feel the cold, regardless one of the blokes I was with knackered himself on a rapidly approaching parking meter. We all laughed at him and she berated us for being cruel!
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Annus horribilis
Quote from: kruddler – on
People make mistakes. Just like you are now.

If its not possible, prove it. Find me the clause in the CBA that says its not possible. Bet you can't.
You've just talked about clubs getting fined while proposing a scheme that would eliminate clubs being fined.

You've talked yourself into the corner, you do this all the time and just keep digging.

We do not even need to look at the rules in detail, because your logic is all wrong.

btw., I didn't do this to you, you did it to yourself.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Annus horribilis
Quote from: kruddler – on

Why were the previous teams fined? Because they were deliberately keeping stuff from the AFL.
I think you missed the point.

If clubs can be so flexible as you claim, there would be nothing needed to hide, they can just change the timing of payments and the problem goes away entirely.

The reason they get stung, is because your suggestion is not possible under the rules.

I'm mean, you would have to be a dickhead to hide something that would be no longer a problem just with the swipe of a pen. ;D
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Annus horribilis
What's the relationship between the payment date and a contracts TPP allocation?

Do you think at the midpoint of a contract you can vary payments, shift funds from one year to another?

If so, why then would any club get fined, they could just move the surplus to a previous or future year?
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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW 2025 Rd 3: Carlton vs Brisbane in Qld
Quote from: kruddler – on
It takes a few irish girls to teach the aussie girls how to run, carry and kick.
I'm assuming they all have a Gaelic Footy background, you can't be haphazard kicking a round ball, there is no such thing in Gaelic as a mongrel punt that sails through the goals.

If you get the contact wrong it will bend like a Beckham.

It's amazing how skills can improve with some time and space.