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Ricky Gervais - “Everyone has the right to hold whatever beliefs they want. And everyone else has the right to find those beliefs f***ing ridiculous.”

Thanks Cazzesman. Good spot. Well I'm leaving to go to Fed square then to the G to watch the Mighty blues!!!

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Chris Judd: 'I've since watched some Steven Seagal movies and realise pressure points are no laughing matter.'

Fair article.

Bring on the "Good Fev"!

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"our electorate seeks less to be informed and more to be validated." Sad times.

Fluffy article that skirts around the issues and asks more questions than it answers.

IMO we will not be able to challenge the top sides until we learn to play without Fev.

Anyone know why Fev cracked it at Cloke last week?

I think that was taken out of context.

Fev was upset at Gibbs for having a ping from 50m instead of passing to him. The camera then showed Fev running towards the huddle mouthing off at Gibbs with Cloke just trying to settle him down. From the camera work it looks like Fev had cracked it at Cam but he was just being Fev by demanding the ball.

I remember seeing it at the time and thinking "oh Gibbsy is gonna cop it" then some media fool saw the brush with Cloke and played up the whole thing.

Oh I see...thanks Juddanaught. It looked like fev had a go at Clokey. Thanks for clearing that up!

While that article asks a whole lot of questions, it ultimately has the answer.

It mentions a successful North with Carey, Geelong and Ablett missing a flag more than once, Barry Hall, Locket etc....

The essential underlying point in this article is that just about all the mentioned teams with star full forwards were successful teams, even if some missed out on flags....

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Circumstance has no value. It is how one relates to a situation that has value. All true meaning resides in the personal relationship to a phenomenon, what it means to you.

Fev adds 5 - 6 goals per game to our structure because opposition players in Fev's vicinity start zoning off or sagging the zone a little whenever he is a chance of getting the ball. You just don't get that effect from Cloke, or Wiggins, or Carlos, or Hartlett, or Edwards, or Fisher... The idea of Hampson as a key forward weapon might be a fable as well.

It seems the MC also noticed?


As we saw from the weekend, we have the players in our side to exploit those gaps in the best sides. Hawthorn knew that we were one man short in cover or 'help' defence (in our best side, I would say Grigg or Walker) and played through big Roughead. Players like Roughead, Fev, Franklin, Brown and Bradshaw are hard to stop on a lead - unless you zone off. If we're going to do that, there has to be a combination of smarts and ability. Thornton was kick chasing on Roughead in the first quarter. He has to be smarter than that because he does not have the ability to close on a big, strong bloke from that distance.

That, IMO, is the precise reason why Cloke is getting a little cold in Yarran's seat. For the best balance and most damaging use of Fevola's ability, when Yarran is ready, we go with the crumbers - who can create from a pack situation or cause a stoppage for our midfield unit to capitalise - and play an extra mobile, defensive tall. The hard part of coaching is knowing when Yarran will be ready - we are still trying to win games, and you don't win if you have to carry blokes that you're counting on for goals.

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"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter" - Winston Churchill.

I should also add that I think moving Waite forward will cause the house of cards to fall - if there is no replacement for his combination of smarts and ability down back... especially his athleticism. Forget his kick-in skills. He should never have picked up the ball.

FWIW, I also think that Waite is the only other forward our list to have enough presence to make opposition defenders second guess themselves.

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"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter" - Winston Churchill.

Warnock, Hampson, Austin, Walker, Robinson and Yarran will all make a much more dangerous and versatile side in years to come.

Regards Cazzesman

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Ricky Gervais - “Everyone has the right to hold whatever beliefs they want. And everyone else has the right to find those beliefs f***ing ridiculous.”

I couldn't agree more.

The thought of those six reaching their potential and replacing the bottom six in the current squad is worth getting excited about.

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"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter" - Winston Churchill.