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Australian cricket crowds are an unforgiving lot; the applause that Smith received every time he gloved the ball was cruel, but well-deserved 😇

Quote from: Thryleon – on December 03, 2025, 11:24:32 am

Cowan
O. Hollands
Hof
Smith
Dean

We wont know how good these guys are for a while yet and we wont know how much better or worse we could have drafted out of those.

After 6 drafts he hasn't drafted an A grader yet.

Quote from: northernblue – on December 03, 2025, 10:48:46 am

Dean, Ison, Smith…

To be fair I think his first 4 drafts he was trading rather than drafting.

Training...not trading.

Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on November 27, 2025, 05:40:16 pm

Not really, it's on the money, Voss has to achieve more with less and Wright has left him as the fall guy by not extending him causing that extra pressure.
No one is buying that losing TDK, Jack and Charlie has made us better and its all about the optics of Carlton not sacking another coach to make the  club looking like it's changed it's ways but it's going to be a mammoth task for Voss to survive.

We lost an athletic ruckman with potential, a dual Coleman Medalist who was playing like he didn’t give a toss and an injury-prone, slow defender with all of 12 games as a KPD under his belt.  Only Tom was part of our late season return to form.  We’ve more than covered their loss with blokes who want to play for the club and give us greater depth, versatility and goal scoring ability.

We’ve brought in experienced assistants with new ideas, a director of coaching to wrangle the assistants, and Travis Boak to take a dedicated leadership and culture role.  Voss has more support than ever and a better list than he had last season.

Quote from: northernblue – on October 30, 2025, 10:59:24 pm

Mate, they die younger, they live sicker lives.
Come up and visit me and you’ll see that 40-70% of the NT mob are wrapped in filthy bandages despite the medical professions best efforts.
We are not discussing intelligent well educated and articulate people like say Ernie Dingo here, we are discussing the downtrodden.
If you and he presented simultaneously you would both recieve the same treatment as (relatively) young fit healthy men, of this I have no doubt.
Certainly so here in the Territory.

st Vincent's is not solely in the NT.

So are we saying they dont want to wait like the rest of us are forced to?

Let's hear from St Vincents:

"Hi everyone, Many of you will be aware of media coverage over the last few days related to our Emergency Department (ED) and our efforts to deliver fairer health outcomes for First Nations patients. I wanted to share a brief message with you to explain what we’re doing and why. Across almost every indicator, First Nations Australians experience worse health outcomes than non-Indigenous Australians. Research conducted in St Vincent’s Melbourne’s ED showed First Nations patients were three times more likely to leave without being seen than non-Indigenous patients. First Nations patients were also waiting, on average, three times longer compared to non-Indigenous patients. But our research also showed that First Nations patients were more likely to remain engaged with their care if seen within their first hour in the ED. We’ve been working to address this issue for many years, but in April 2024, we took a new approach and implemented what’s known as a Minimum Category Three Triage policy. The idea is straightforward: in an ED, patients assigned as being ‘Category Three’ receive medical assessment and start their treatment within 30 minutes of arrival. Under our policy, we now assign a minimum Category 3 to all First Nations patients so that they begin their treatment promptly and to minimise the risk of disengagement and poorer health outcomes.

The results have been outstanding. Since introduction, we have successfully closed the gap in ED wait times between First Nations and non-Indigenous patients. While there is still much work to do, that is something to celebrate. Let me be very clear about what this approach does not do… It has not affected overall wait times in the ED. Analysis of our approach – which concerns only a small number of First Nations patients in the ED each day – shows it has had no impact on overall ED flow. Patients presenting with a serious or life-threatening emergency – regardless of their background – will always be seen first. That's what ED triage is designed to do. We can do both. We’ve arranged our resources and processes so that the small number of First Nations patients in our ED don’t have their care delayed for longer than 30 minutes, while also making sure that the most urgent cases are still seen as a priority. We've closed the gap between two groups without negatively affecting either. This is what good healthcare looks like. The St Vincent’s mission has always been about helping people who face barriers to accessing quality healthcare. That’s who we are. It’s what defines us. And it’s core to this approach. I’m proud of what we’ve been able to achieve. I’m proud of our Aboriginal Health Liaison Team, our Emergency Department team, and all our staff who continue to show leadership through initiatives like this. While there has been much said over the past few days, please know that we will continue to advocate for what is right and for evidence-based healthcare. And if you’ve found the last few days upsetting, please approach your manager, colleagues, or our EAP service should you need assistance.

Kind regards, Nicole"

Evidence-based healthcare that has closed the gap between two groups without negatively affecting either?  That's got to be grounds for racist outrage!