Maybe plenty of relevance in terms of comparisons between the coaches - but the comparisons of the playing lists are poles apart.

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Yeah your right the playing list is poles apart, particularly by way of depth of lessor lights and in quality coming through.. However, the blues have been undeniably competitive in 3 games thus far (despite that dearth of quality in depth) with plenty of scope for improvement. To early to call but the optimist in me prefers to draw a relationship between some of the results starting to come through (last nights result between Cats and Swans and the tiggers -yet to be injury tested + fact that as suspected the tiggies are gonna get a reality check today) and a conclusion that we haven't been as drastically underperforming on field thus far as is being suggested.

West Coast - tick
Adelaide @G
Melbourne @ G
St Kilda @ ES
Port @ ES
Lions @ Gabba
GWS @ ES
Essendon* @ G


7-5 or 6-6 at halfway point? Surely not.

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9 and 3

OWAAT

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Geeez im happy not to hear a supporter after the game talk statitical gibberish.

Did they really say MM is 2 games off being the second most winning coach in VFL/AFL history??... are some of our people using the Ratts record to prove we havent upsized when it comes to coaches????

Chalk and cheese...

even if he isnt the greatest going around... he still knows what he is doing ESPECIALLY compared to Ratten....

As the year goes on ... that will sink in.

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Malthouse declining to be in the circle for the song was surprisingly impressive.

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"One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people's minds." - Frank Zappa

Reminds me of Aussie sportsmen that dont know the national anthem..... but anyway.. who cares???
but i dont think he ever did the whole circle song thing....

hes a coach... !!

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That's what I'm saying. Was impressive.

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Agreed, and yet I keep reading that it's all about about Mick.......

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He knows who he is, what he's about and what he requires. Everything flows from that. That's the key to successful head coaches.

Ratten is handy assistant coach material. The fact that he thought he was ready and capable indicates he was clueless and / or may have put himself ahead of the club in pushing for the job in the first place.

Just on the stats - Hasnt he been quoting stats in pressers. I always laugh because i know how much people dont like it.
He was going on about metres gained v oppositions metres gained last week. The week before that he was shuffling through his papers looking for a stat then admitted he couldnt find them.

Not sure stats or no stats means anything really.

hes very ratts like in his pressers and after match stuff isnt he???

the line in the sand.. but not a real line in the sand.. a kind of sort of line in the sand type of coach..... yes????

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Look you cannot even compare ratten to a man who will potentially be the second most successful coach in afl winning history in two weeks

Think ratts won couple spoons and a final in his one and only coaching stint

Everything mick says has purpose I hang off every word, when ratten was speaking he always lacked a plan and didn't make you feel he had any idea what he was doing

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I hope Essendon* folds.

Yeah like the highest number of games for the number 6 Jersey....... whoopty f&;$ing doo

I love Mick..........!


kindest regards tommi







by the way.......that's not rhyming slang either......!

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that'siti'mnotchangingthistagain......!

Read what i said not what you think i said. Malthouse quotes stats. Watch all his carlton pressers and you will see and hear him do it.

Not sure stats or no stats means anything really though. Pressers themselves are just jibberish.

What do you reckon BS??

Stay positive we are on the right track!

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Malthouse has a coaching winning record of 59% and he is 59 years old.