#AFL Round 18 Weekly Discussion Thread

[MattW]

I'm not a huge lover of St.Kilda at all but am enjoying watching them put a big dent in the Bulldog's finals hopes!

It is interesting how all three teams who have ditched their coach have immediately performed better. In all cases it did seem before the sackings as though they'd stopped playing for their respective coaches and that appears to have the case.

[stevoswan]

In round 11 , a rebuilding team in 14th nearly beat them at The Cattery .

Yes exactly.....I was there that night and went home thinking that the Cats performance didn't reflect their ladder position at all.....and I was quite satisfied with our performance and trajectory. That's what makes the last three weeks so disappointing.

[Meg]

I loved watching the Melbourne v West Coast match in Alice Springs. With the beautiful red background of the MacDonnell Ranges and the enthusiastic crowd hanging over the fence, predominantly it seemed indigenous supporters of the two clubs, it was like a high quality country match.

Both teams wore their indigenous jumpers and the indigenous players from both teams came together at the end. I particularly liked the embrace and swap of jumpers by Neville and Lewis Jetta.

I was a bit puzzled when these AS & Darwin matches first started but I now think they are great.

[MattW]

I loved watching the Melbourne v West Coast match in Alice Springs. With the beautiful red background of the MacDonnell Ranges and the enthusiastic crowd hanging over the fence, predominantly it seemed indigenous supporters of the two clubs, it was like a high quality country match.

Both teams wore their indigenous jumpers and the indigenous players from both teams came together at the end. I particularly liked the embrace and swap of jumpers by Neville and Lewis Jetta.

I was a bit puzzled when these AS & Darwin matches first started but I now think they are great.

+1, good post.

[barry]

It is interesting how all three teams who have ditched their coach have immediately performed better. In all cases it did seem before the sackings as though they'd stopped playing for their respective coaches and that appears to have the case.

I think it's because a coach under pressure employs a more defensive game plan, because an offensive, daring style can lead to a 100 point loss which equals instant dismissal.

[Hotpotato]

I loved watching the Melbourne v West Coast match in Alice Springs. With the beautiful red background of the MacDonnell Ranges and the enthusiastic crowd hanging over the fence, predominantly it seemed indigenous supporters of the two clubs, it was like a high quality country match.

Both teams wore their indigenous jumpers and the indigenous players from both teams came together at the end. I particularly liked the embrace and swap of jumpers by Neville and Lewis Jetta.

I was a bit puzzled when these AS & Darwin matches first started but I now think they are great.

Thanks for this, Like Paul Kelly (singer) I was born in The Alice ... listen to “A bastard from the bush.”
They would love these games. A huge event.

[KTigers]

It is interesting how all three teams who have ditched their coach have immediately performed better. In all cases it did seem before the sackings as though they'd stopped playing for their respective coaches and that appears to have the case.

My theory is the players pull their finger out for the first few weeks under the new coach, because if they kept losing,
it would be very easy to deduce that it was them (the players) that were the problem, not the old coach. After a few
weeks honeymoon with the new coach, they usually run out of puff and revert to their old losing ways.

[Meg]

Thanks for this, Like Paul Kelly (singer) I was born in The Alice ... listen to “A bastard from the bush.”
They would love these games. A huge event.

Thank you for the Paul Kelly reference - I love his singing and didn’t know he was from Alice Springs. I listened to his song ‘A bastard like me’ which I think is what you meant: great, nice video here:

Paul Kelly - A Bastard Like Me (Official Video) - YouTube

(First I listened to a reading of Henry Lawson poem ‘A bastard from the bush’ - wow, the language nearly made me blush! Still a great poem though.)

[Hotpotato]

Thank you for the Paul Kelly reference - I love his singing and didn’t know he was from Alice Springs. I listened to his song ‘A bastard like me’ which I think is what you meant: great, nice video here:

Paul Kelly - A Bastard Like Me (Official Video) - YouTube

(First I listened to a reading of Henry Lawson poem ‘A bastard from the bush’ - wow, the language nearly made me blush! Still a great poem though.)

Loved the video , yes, that’s the one!
I play music (all sorts, but lots of Ozzie) on my bicycle Tours (this is not an ad, primarily international tourists).

[Meg]

Loved the video , yes, that’s the one!
I play music (all sorts, but lots of Ozzie) on my bicycle Tours (this is not an ad, primarily international tourists).

OT but - a few years ago I went to a wonderful concert here in Sydney by the late, great Leonard Cohen - and the warm-up act was Paul Kelly. What a treat, perhaps the best concert I’ve ever been to.

[Melbourne_Blood]

More Head scratchers from the MRO. Harris Andrews gets a week for that incident ? There have been far worse this year that only attracted fines . Should challenge and should get off .


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[Blood Fever]

More Head scratchers from the MRO. Harris Andrews gets a week for that incident ? There have been far worse this year that only attracted fines . Should challenge and should get off .


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Shambles. Barass concusses Viney after bumping him in head. Nothing to see here.

[MattW]

My theory is the players pull their finger out for the first few weeks under the new coach, because if they kept losing,
it would be very easy to deduce that it was them (the players) that were the problem, not the old coach. After a few
weeks honeymoon with the new coach, they usually run out of puff and revert to their old losing ways.

May be the case with St Kilda, but the improvement has sustained over a period longer than a honeymoon with North.

[Meg]

Shambles. Barass concusses Viney after bumping him in head. Nothing to see here.

Agree, don’t understand that at all.

[Melbourne_Blood]

Harris 1 week suspension upheld ! They hardly rub anyone out for a strike all year and then this incident , of all of them , gets a week . I’m gobsmacked


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