Yep that's how I understand it too Dodge...the trustee would have paid tax on the total income and then the Individual beneficiaries get the tax credit subject to their tax rate etc.
Personally, I'm not against schemes that level the playing field, if the low income earners were being taxed more than it would be an injustice, but making billionaires pay their fair share is OK by me if it means we all have to pay.
I'd give my extra $5 if it means Gina, Bruce, Anthony and the rest pay their billion$!
Good in theory but Gina, Bruce,Clive and co wont be paying any extra, they never do, middle Australia will pick up the tab and everyone will have to pay more for health insurance when the over 65's start dropping out of private insurance after losing the rebate and driving the costs up. Albo and crew are more interested in securing another term and bringing back ISIS brides to appease Tony Burkes mate so the migrant vote goes their way. New Zealand are going to have a lot of expat Aussies becoming Kiwi citizens on paper....
Unfortunately, not all the kids in the Magoos and some recruits actually aren't coming along as well as we might have hoped... nor delivering consistent strong efforts - Moir, Ben Campo, Reidy, Chesser, Irish boys...
Like to see Ben C get a run later on if it is possible. He's consistently doing a good job in the twos. Disposal is ok as long as he handballs...lol. His only issue, with the type of player he is, is that is has so many ahead of him. So might not be possible. The boys are polar opposite types from their old man in playing style.
Agree Scott is what we need and Ben is what we have plenty of, Lucas looked good in his first game but since hasnt fired a shot or has been injured and wingman are a dime a dozen in any draft or trade week. I have a soft spot for father/sons so I dont want them delisted but if their surname wasnt Camporeale you would be moving them on more than likely...
Id like to think this is a win for us but there is always: 1. "Dead" coach bounce. 2. Carlton doing Carlton things. Might even be no changes this week. Its must win.
We will win by 10 goals plus imo....the cries for Hird the savior will only get louder. Welsh and his mates will be cheering us on...
I thought Lord did well and is unlucky to be out of the seniors imo, Ben Campos problem is his use of the footy and the depth in the seniors with regards his position. Not sure who is tutoring Ben but he needs someone like Greg Williams to put a bit of polish into his game and have the confidence to take his time a bit more, always looks rushed when taking his kicks and sprays them. Interesting seeing Bowes and Worpel in the twos for Geelong, thought the former was very good and surprised he isnt in the seniors, didnt see much of Worpel... re: Riley.....I was happy with his game vs Stanley and he only needs opportunities to learn the game more quickly at the higher level.
Speaking of Williams...he had about 500 more handballs than he did kicks over his career. He averaged 12.5 kicks to 14.5 handballs Ben C does similar...he's averaging around 11 kicks to 15 handballs. Disposal accuracy is less of an issue when he's handballing as opposed to kicking. He may be more of a weapon developing that area further in the short term.
We need to see him at senior level soon and the best opportunities are in the coming weeks. Otherwise there may not be a 2027 for him.
Williams handballs were like kicks and he also kicked big moment goals. Ben has one string to his bow only and that's being a good extractor. Maybe he can add being a tagger to his game if he can't impact offensively, I just think being an extractor only is a throwback to the past. Libba is about the only player I can think of who still plays that way...Tom Mitchell was probably the other until the speed of the game caught up with him..
Ben C is exactly where he needs to be - doing an apprentice in the seconds and working on his game until the opportunity arises.
Walker coming in wont help him and Ben is purely an extractor so he probably needs a player like Hewett to be traded out as I cant see how he will be any higher in the pecking order next season. Im happy to persist with him as I like father/sons in the team but I dont know if the Campo clan are prepared to wait for him to get opportunities, ditto his brother.
Cooper Lord kicked three goals so not a bad effort all round from him, even if his opponent got a bit of the ball.
I only watched the last half of the last quarter so I can't really comment on player performances but, on the stats alone, Coops and Ben Camporeale are putting their hands up.
I thought Lord did well and is unlucky to be out of the seniors imo, Ben Campos problem is his use of the footy and the depth in the seniors with regards his position. Not sure who is tutoring Ben but he needs someone like Greg Williams to put a bit of polish into his game and have the confidence to take his time a bit more, always looks rushed when taking his kicks and sprays them. Interesting seeing Bowes and Worpel in the twos for Geelong, thought the former was very good and surprised he isnt in the seniors, didnt see much of Worpel... re: Riley.....I was happy with his game vs Stanley and he only needs opportunities to learn the game more quickly at the higher level.
Agree....I think its all been part of a plan engineered last season by Wright, even down to Fraser being the caretaker and the timing of his initial appointment. Why wasnt the senior assistant in Hansen caretaker? Much like Soloman going from board member to Assistant, Brad Scott would have known the writing was on the wall with that appointment and I reckon Voss would have had the same thoughts with Fraser. The club winning a few on the trot under Voss would have made the timing and decision to move him on awkward and more questions being asked. Im not a Voss spruiker but he was played like a piano this past 12 months as the Management played their games and had their fallguy in place and he would have been smart enough to have figured what was going on but forced to play along and I'll give him credit for his demeanor because he never arced up or questioned his position publically even though he knew he was finished in the role.
That's the question.... What is Wright's plan? What's driving some of these decisions.
I reckon we dismiss some of them too easily. Isn't the 'easy option' to look at the decision and think "Same old same old. Nothing changes.".... without considering why those decisions were made. The problem is we're not always given access to all the reasoning behind a sacking or a failure to extend, so we fill the void.
I don't think there is an easy option when you're looking at not continuing with a coach. Clubs won't just look at the W/L They'll look at the reasons why that win/loss is poor. Is it a list problem? Is it the game style? They'll look at coach/player dynamics. How does the coach perform on match-day?
They'll look at the financial consequences in terms of sponsorship and membership. They'll consider the media and the consequences for the club brand They'll consider future options...Is the coach they want available?
But sometimes it's as simple as...there is a grander plan afoot that just needs some time to implement, that involves a total overhaul of a number of positions.
I don't believe that supporter pressure was as big a factor as some might believe in the Voss decision. He still had a strong level of backing amongst supporters.
Supporter opposition was not at the level that demanded a change. Many thought he was in a no/win situation...even set up to fail. Some were still fully supportive. Many still wanted to see how the season panned out.
But I personally think it was all pre-determined. He was never going to be extended. The language of him "continuing into 2026" was pretty much an indication that he wasn't going to be renewed beyond the end of this season. There is a plan afoot, and I'm sure there will be aspects of it we won't all like and will criticize, especially if it affects our favourites. But it will happen. Most of the off-field carnage is done. No doubt the list will be next area of focus.
Im not so sure about clubs ever taking a holistic approach to judging coaches performances, if you dont know much about football then win/losses makes it easy to use that stat as the only catalyst to sack a coach. The club is essentially the paying members, board and the management and imho the board would know SFA about football on average and would just be a rubber stamp for the President, CEO and Football Manager who reside at the pointy end of the structure. In our case that leaves the CEO and Football manager as Priestley is another quasi board member who would know very little about what makes a good coach other than what he reads or is told by the CEO and Football Manager imho. So IMO its Wright and Davies making the choices, pulling the levers and manipulating the agenda with the board and President there for the refreshments and ceremonial work only. Wright was brought in as the executioner style operator by Brian Cook and I think expectations had to be there would be blood on the coaches box floor and in the dressing room as the list gets pruned and Id also see the Assistants culled again bar Fraser. My thinking is that Wright will want a untried assistant coach he can control and run his agenda rather than a mature type eg Longmire, Simpson that will have his own ideas and plans.
Irrespective of the change in season, there are a couple of things to consider.
As the season wore on, with the roles changing, and different personnel getting more amongst it, we were always going to improve as the season wore on. Guys like Ainsworth, Hayward and Florent are living in Melbourne for the first time in ages (if at all). As their routine settles, so will their performances. Likewise, the absence of certain individuals means we were growing accustomed to not having someone like Charlie, JSOS and TDK around. Some of the other players were also well down on form, and as we know in sports form is fickle. It can turn quickly.
The dead cat bounce is also a thing. The coach going clears the air in a way that can only be cleared by backing the coach in (dont tell me Vossy was backed in, Im not having that, everyone could see it was win or else, so the players probably felt additional pressure to perform. They couldnt stand up, we generally wilt under pressure, thats the club culture. It stems from taking the easy way out and sacking coaches so the cycle becomes self fulfilling.
Finally, we are having a patch where we beat a very wounded bulldogs, who are playing under manned. Despite this they remain plucky and that win was better than advertised, but would it have come without the dead cat bounce? We cant know. Port dont want to win. Sure they kind of want it, but they dont, there is no gain in it for them, because when Butters goes at the end of the season, they will go backwards again so reading anything into that match is fraught with danger.
Ergo, any turnaround statistically in the midst of this season, is a furphy, and largely we were building towards it anyway. Tomorrow will tell us a lot more, but our next few matches pit us against West Coast and the Bombers. We were a real chance of going 4 and 1 before a ball was kicked in all those matches, with or without the coach change.
Agree....I think its all been part of a plan engineered last season by Wright, even down to Fraser being the caretaker and the timing of his initial appointment. Why wasnt the senior assistant in Hansen caretaker? Much like Soloman going from board member to Assistant, Brad Scott would have known the writing was on the wall with that appointment and I reckon Voss would have had the same thoughts with Fraser. The club winning a few on the trot under Voss would have made the timing and decision to move him on awkward and more questions being asked. Im not a Voss spruiker but he was played like a piano this past 12 months as the Management played their games and had their fallguy in place and he would have been smart enough to have figured what was going on but forced to play along and I'll give him credit for his demeanor because he never arced up or questioned his position publically even though he knew he was finished in the role.
