According to Time Out, Shanghai, Edinburgh, London and New York are in the top five for the world's best cites, but the champion of the Best Cities list for 2026 is Melbourne.
Who'da thunk it!
I saw that a couple of days ago.
It seems as though the methodology of that survey is not, shall we say, particularly robust. Possible more for sh1ts and giggles than anything else. What is important IMO, is that across a range of different surveys / analyses from different institutions, Melbourne is constantly ranked near the top, as the 2nd half of this article shows.
We've had more clean outs than a standard room at a Bed and Breakfast. If you compare the filth levels of those rooms with our fluctuating fortunes over the last 20/25 years, you'd be right to think that both metaphorically and literally, clean outs are a bit of a scam and promise more than they deliver.
I think if we look back to our last great run, the 2nd half of 2023, there was no coaching change, nor was there a list manager change, nor list changes. What changed was more on the mental side - players committed to each other, committed to the club, and getting in the right head space. If we can replicate this experience, it will go a long way to getting back up the ladder, and faster than digging in the same hole over and over again, which has up till now achieved a mixed improvement.
Anyone watch half time on Kayo where Cripps had a segment showing them how he breaks tackles?
Great insight for his fans and future opponents.
Cripps has been in the system for a long time, and with team mates now at other clubs, endless analysis, stats, video footage from 10 different angles etc., I'd suggest the way he breaks tackles has been known for a while.
It's not a win that gives much confidence. Certainly the epitome of winning ugly. At least the boys fought it out to the end. Good to see some grit and never say die attitude. Also nice to have some luck on our side. Thank you Tom Lynch.
Hopefully Docherty will give us some constructive advice this week. We need all the help we can get. If ever there was a Jekyll and Hyde team..........
I really hope those inside the football department take the Tigers as seriously as they take the Lions, Swans etc. We are not in any position to be complacent or cocky IMO.
