agreed, and I also think the Bulldogs will come back down to earth with a bit of a thump too. Personally I think they massively overachieved last year.
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Most teams are probably working to counter the attacks of the bulldogs and im guessing Beveridge may over think what he's doing in a similar fashion to what Hinkley did. Also think Cats will storm back into the top 8 with their new recruits.
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8 players aged 30+ in 2016.
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Sandilands
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Griffin
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Johnson
That would be scary for Freo fans, especially since nearly all of those players have been best 22 fixtures for years.
As a side that really play an attritional field position game, I think losing Sandilands of all of those players will hurt them worst. Generalising, they grind it forward and lock it in. I think it'll become a lot harder to grind it forward when your key possession winning asset retires. Also, I don't want to minimize Nat Fyfe's ability which is clearly huge, but I'll be very interested to see how he goes with a less dominant ruckman feeding the ball to him.
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Jeez, how is Dawson 30 all of a sudden?
Seems like yesterday that he was that out-of-his-depth rookie that Anthony Rocca made cry.
Seems like yesterday that he was that out-of-his-depth rookie that Anthony Rocca made cry.
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I saw the Doggies 5 times this year and rate them. They have Libber to return and if Boyd has a reasonable rate of improvement,watch out. They are incredibly hard to knock off at Etihad, which gives them a real home ground advantage. I swim at the same pool and many of their young boys are looking bloody big and strong. I think it's just as easy to make a case for North,Richmond or the Swans to drop back.
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What goes up must come down. It's hard to back up that kind of jump, and the Bulldogs did rely heavily on Murphy + Boyd last season- both aren't getting any younger. A couple of injuries, a bit more time being put into disrupting their gameplan and they'll be in a similar position to Port this year.
Please remember the woman is a channel 7 employee the very station that covers the game. Working in the media and with an employer so involved with any negative media she has probably thought twice about further proceedings. Had she worked for channel 9 it may well be a complete different story. Like many victims they think they are somehow to blame so stay silent. It is time all men stood up and said - no more, this is unacceptable, we will not support violence against women in any circumstances.
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After your incredible knee-jerk and very much over the top reactions in the Lewis Taylor thread I find the above incredibly hard to reconcile. So you're prepared to throw Taylor under the bus based on one media story and no real information but are preaching restraint in crucifying Martin? Weird
I think it all hangs on how well Sandilands, Pav and the other 30+ players they have on their list. I think they will be there abouts again but not quite good enough to make the GF but fall 1 week short. Bennell is an unbelievable get and further adds class and depth to their midfield which I rate as the best in the league right now. At the forward and backline it is a concern for them though which will hold them back.
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Just a few posts after the one you quoted Leemas does address that they went overboard on Taylor
While it's not domestic violence, it's arguably more worrying to me. Someone who's so quick to intimidate a stranger in a public setting - what are they capable of when nobody is watching? Impulse control issues.
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If we were trying to put it into the basket of a particular social problem (if that is at all helpful), I think it aligns more with the "one punch can kill" campaign which is partly about developing more appropriate social behaviours and partly about understanding the enormous potential consequences of an act of violence. We'll probably never know but you have to wonder if the fact that his victim was a woman might have actually stopped him from an actual physically violent act. As you say, it is incredibly concerning that he let his anger dominate his actions to this extent.
I can't recall the actual stats but alcohol and drug fueled violence at social venues is almost exclusively an issue involving male perpetrators and male victims.
If you look at the Hawks list, you could argue their 6 best players are their oldest.
S.Mitchell (turns 34 next year), S.Burgoyne (34), J.Gibson (32), L.Hodge (32), J.Lewis (30) and J.Roughead (29).
While the rest of their squad is solid. Not sure the rest are of their ilk. I also think Lake will be a big loss, Frawley is a good player, but he isn't a great kick and defensively he is not in the same class as Lake (especially in intercept marking).
It will be interesting to see if the rest of the comp can overtake them, Clarkson is as bigger factor in their success as any though (I'd argue he is a bigger factor in their 3peat then Lethal was in ours).
Provided Richmond don't lose Martin for too long, I actually think they might be the team to knock them off (of course they need to win a final first
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S.Mitchell (turns 34 next year), S.Burgoyne (34), J.Gibson (32), L.Hodge (32), J.Lewis (30) and J.Roughead (29).
While the rest of their squad is solid. Not sure the rest are of their ilk. I also think Lake will be a big loss, Frawley is a good player, but he isn't a great kick and defensively he is not in the same class as Lake (especially in intercept marking).
It will be interesting to see if the rest of the comp can overtake them, Clarkson is as bigger factor in their success as any though (I'd argue he is a bigger factor in their 3peat then Lethal was in ours).
Provided Richmond don't lose Martin for too long, I actually think they might be the team to knock them off (of course they need to win a final first
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Next season could also be potentially tough for Sydney if they can't get Buddy and Tippett to fire at the same time. Lots of inside mids with below average-poor disposal and not a lot else, outside mids- McVeigh is about it now that Jetta's gone (serious lack of midfield balance). Not much to speak of when it comes to small forwards or half forward/half back flankers either + their key defender situation isn't much better given that Talia will probably struggle to make up for the fact that Richards looks done. Anyone know if Aliir Aliir has made any progress? They certainly need him to.
Sydney could also have a tough year, but they could also challenge again if
I think they really need Bennell to reach his potential if they are to have one last shot at it with this group. But it's hard to see Lyon drastically altering the way they play, and that's exactly what he'll have to do given that they'll be relying on Walters, Ballantyne, Bennell and maybe Shane Yarran to kick a lot of their goals. Taberner is apparently their most promising KPF, and he's way off (subbed off something like 8 times last season, could be a liability now that you can't do that).
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If you read all my posts instead of just immidietly attacking me after reading the first one you'll see I have admitted i jumped the gun on Taylor in light of the recent articles about the incident. It's because of that I realised how sensational the media is and maybe to take things with a little grain of salt in stead of having a complete OTT reaction like the one with Taylor.
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With Martin, I think you've overcorrected your response.
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Im not defending Martin. What he did was cowardly and disgusting. 2 match ban maximum imo if they decide to punish him that way. I am just seriously doubting what the media claimed happened actually happened as you think it would take more than an apology to fix that.
But you took what the media said about Taylor as truth?
How many women don't report threats/violence by men? Or, how many back down from charges once the police are involved?
Like clockwork, Titus nails the point.
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And how does them not reporting or backing down from charges have anything to do with this? How is that even relevant to dusty?
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You're clutching at straws there mate sorry. That is such a huge stretch to even try and drag those two together. Even if you can be bothered to look up the stats (I can't and don't imagine it would be that high). Also the incident has been reported. She obviously doesn't see it as serious enough to report it to the police otherwise there would be criminal charges laid?
Well you believed the media about Taylor's crime spree (and thought it was terrible), but you don't believe the media about the effect on this woman's life because it's not serious enough to report.
My position is that the number of threats/violence against women reports are made is the tip of the iceberg. Just because she didn't report it, doesn't mean it's not serious and hasn't affected her. Many women feel that it's easier to just let things lie, and that has to change.
That's what I was linking, I guess.
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