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@BradKlibansky @coachcavcam Should he have been Plan B for Hawthorn last year?

@coachcavcam 9 last week against the Dockers as well! He was an elite tackler at the Saints as well. He’s a beast! 💪

⏪ 2025 AFL Trade period: Melbourne receive Jack Steele St Kilda receive a Future 3rd round pick Steele has been absolutely incredibly to start the season. The perfect recruit for a young rebuilding team. #AFLBluesDees

Education reform is desperately needed in Palestine

As a reminder -- or in case you don't know: - 86% of anti-Semitic terrorist attacks and disrupted plots throughout the West in 2025 were perpetrated by Islamists (Muslim supremacists) -- 12x more than by the far-right - The overwhelming majority (75%~) of anti-Semitic incidents (from vandalism to assaults to etc) throughout the the West are perpetrated by far-left extremists and Islamists My new report: Far-left and Islamist extremism are the top drivers of anti-Semitic incidents in America and the West, by Jon Sutz, March 9, 2026 jonsutz.substack.com/p/drivers-of-a… Have you ever seen this (open-source) data presented or discussed on any MSM organ, or university forum, or by any of the top-tier "Jewish" nonprofits? Neither has anyone else. Because for now, it's considered forbidden; it clashes with the accepted narratives. Until the spinal column of those narratives are smashed into pieces, we will remain at elevate dlevels of totally unnecessary vulnerability.

@Tristan82350174 @BradKlibansky What did Scott say last night?

@BradKlibansky Should of traded Ridley and Merett when they wanted out , especially after what Scott said last night . What's the point keeping them if we are going to be at the bottom for a while ? Could of had more picks 🙄

✍️ What’s next for the Bombers? With Essendon a lock to finish bottom 3 in 2026/2027 & Tassie fast approaching, there will be some big list decisions coming for the Bombers at the end of the season. ⬇️ is a list of their “senior” players (13 of them played last night) and when their current contracts expire. Some 🤔 contracts!! Other than Nic Martin, who will be returning from 2 x ACL’s & Merrett, who will be 31 next season, is there anyone with trade value to help fast track their rebuild 🤷‍♂️ Sam Durham-2032- was already contacted until the end of 2028 & got an additional 4 years Andrew McGrath-2030 Darcy Parish-2029-got a 6 year extension @ the end of 2023 Jordan Ridley- 2029 - was already contracted until the end of 2026 in 2024 & got 3 more years 🤕 Ben McKay -2029 Brayden Fiorini- 2029 Mason Redman- 2028 Jye Caldwell - 2028 Zach Merrett -2027 Nic Martin- 2027 🤕 Kyle Langford -2027 Peter Wright -2027 Xavier Duursma - 2027 Archie Perkins - 2026 Matt Guelfi- 2026 Jade Gresham -2026 Jaxon Prior - 2026 A huge job ahead for Matt Rosa

@MattaesMarshall @BradKlibansky True, I don't watch much of St Kilda so have mainly noticed Marshall having had some huge games based on stats. I appreciate the context.

@roberthawk84444 @BradKlibansky That’s a horribly shit take from someone who clearly doesn’t watch StK. Marshall can’t jump and will be killed at centre bounces with the new rule. He’s also beaten up from missing only 6 games in 5 years with no help. He’s also 30.

Rowan Marshall can’t be enjoying playing his current role. Three matches into the season, he’s averaging 11.3 disposals. 2.7 marks, 1 tackle and 9 hit-outs a game. All career lows. He’s also yet to kick a goal. With TDK the number one ruck, those numbers won’t change much. #AFLSaintsLions

@FistofEtiquette @astupple @conor64 I never understood why they didn’t cop more flak for prioritising the vaccinated over survivors of the disease.

@astupple @conor64 The sudden natural immunity dismissal was outrageous.

A question for everyone: survey data suggests that by the end of the Covid-19 emergency trust in public health institutions had decreased significantly. If you are among the people who reacted that way, why specifically? I'm hoping for long, diverse, individualized answers.

I'm a physician, and before COVID, I held public health on a pedestal. I thought it had done more to save lives than the rest of medicine through vaccines, anti smoking campaigns, and public sanitation. But in early COVID, I was surprised to see NYC dept of public health be cavalier about the virus, and then shocked to see the CDC botch the test, leaving us flying blind right at the outset. At first I attributed these to just errors because we hadn't seen a real pandemic in so long. But then subsequent errors revealed public health to be an authoritarian, safetyist, politicized, and ideological group that was openly hostile to critical discussion (science) and had a very low priority for health and flourishing. It was stunning, and enraging, to see this revealed. Here's a standard list of examples: - they didn't allow private groups to develop their own COVID tests (!!!) - they reversed on lockdowns - they denied natural immunity (!!!) - they slow-rolled the vaccine until after the election (!!!) - they smeared critics who I had greatly admired before the pandemic, like John Ioannidis and @DrJBhattacharya - they smeared lab leak, showing they didn't care about where the virus came from (!!!) - ignored/blocked innovative ideas from ppl like @ATabarrok like first doses first and volunteers who wanted to be infected with virus to test the vaccine - mocked Operation Warp Speed - masked kids for years - ignored Sweden - ridiculed Americans skeptical of an experimental vaccine This is just a partial list. The most revealing was how susceptible public health was to the woke hysteria. They prioritized taking power to fight anything Trump or MAGA and aligned more with the Democratic party and teacher's union than with health and flourishing. In the end, if you remove the vaccine production process, public health was far more harmful than helpful. And its bloated bureaucracy had to be actively fought in order to bring the vaccine out as soon as it did. Oh, I forgot the fact that they didn't allow loved ones to visit the dying in hospitals. Unforgivable. The black pill from all of this: Pre COVID, I would have said public health was one of our best institutions, because it's mainly smart people who are committed to the greater good and informed by decent science and tradition of civic engagement. Wow, was I wrong. And if public health is this bad, other institutions are probably worse.

@Frumpy45 @davisjarrafooty Of course I get my impressions from just watching the game, but as a player's impact comes and goes over a game, the eye test can be unreliable too

@roberthawk84444 @davisjarrafooty So you watch games and don't know who has played well until you look at stats? Or do you change your mind when you look at the stats? Weird.....

2018 Tom Mitchell wins the Brownlow with 35 possessions, 8 clearances, 5 inside 50s and 6 score involvements 2026 Harry Sheezel has 39 disposals, 8 clearances, 5 inside 50s and 4 score involvements, doesn’t get a single coaches vote. That’s the difference in the way that players have been able to actually impact the game. You used to be able to impact the game the most by getting your hands on the footy the most, now that’s not the case. But… we still (myself included) always name disposals first when talking about a players impact. Also, the most interactive part of footy for casual fans is fantasy, which has disposals as the most impactful stat because of pure volume, so casual fans are really only worried about a players ability to find the footy. There’s no way to fix those, it’s just a simple part of the our sport but it did get me thinking, what is the best indicator of a players impact on a game? Is it score involvements? Goals? Intercepts? #AFL

@davisjarrafooty Along with clearances but this might reflect my obsessive worry about how Hawthorn's midfield stacks up.

@davisjarrafooty I think of contested possessions, tackles, disposal efficiency and score involvements, but it's hard to find all those stats in one place.

A Polish dance group, Fair Play Crew, drew global attention by recreating on stage the stiff and synchronized movements of 1980s fighting video games, such as the classic International Karate. I've seen this so many times, still cracks me up 😂

@Sam957063743921 @PiesWrldd By conceding over 300 marks in those two games

@PiesWrldd At least opposition teams are getting some good goal kicking practice in against them. How do you concede 73 scoring shots in 2 games?

Essendon really knocked back a couple of first-round picks for a 30 year old… just to finish bottom anyway.

@EndBegin1111 @PiesWrldd So wrong. After all the matching, they were picks 15 and 27, plus it would've included our next year's 1st, which be no worse than 18 plus whatever matching and free agent picks go before it.

@PiesWrldd In fairness, they weren’t really 1st round picks in their true sense. Mid 20’s to 30’s. Absolute rubbish picks offered by Hawthorn

@dama007v @C_Corday Oh? When did they sack Andrew Welsh?

@C_Corday You got rid of the dud president, now you need to get rid of the dud coach

After 12 months of turmoil - terrible losses, injuries, bad decisions, resignations, attempted exits - the Essendon players have lost faith not just in the coach, but in the football club itself. The senior players have trodden this path too many times before, it must feel sickeningly familiar. I honestly don’t know how the club is going to turn this around and get some optimism back in the place. There’s too many psychological scars that just won’t go away.

@td0472 @RalphyHeraldSun Meanwhile, the Hawthorn side that smashed them last week had 5 first round picks.

@RalphyHeraldSun Riding on his brother’s coat tails. The commentary today mentioned the were 13 fist round draft picks out there for Essendon not including Merret and Caldwell. Not sure it that means they are extra young , but wouldn’t have thought so .

That was an extraordinary press conference from Brad Scott. Admitted some players didn’t have a will to defend, admitted some went into self preservation mode, admitted there is a cultural problem with older players not digging in when it gets tough. Even on top of diabolical skills and players fumbling and handballing way too much. Just wow

@pebblemonkeyz @themongrelpunt Not true. We got our second first rounder from Carlton by trading pick 9 and 3 seconds for Carlton's pick 10 and the late first. Our third first rounder would've been our first rounder this year. The final offer was three first rounders, two of which were likely in the 20s.

@themongrelpunt Essendon got that anyway. Pick 13 in the end. So you take that out then it’s just two picks in the 20s

What is a fair price for Merrett now should he wish to leave Essendon? It is clear that his value has reduced. #AFLPowerDons

@hawthornzone Meh. His fault for signing that extension and chaining himself to them until 2028.

Gotta feel for Merrett man. Could’ve been playing prime time footy with us but instead is suffering graveyard shifts and getting pumped weekly with that rabble of a club.

@Tksed_1 @hawthornzone None of our players wanted to go there, and who could blame them?

@hawthornzone Offer better shit then picks and he would’ve been yours 🤦‍♂️

@pebblemonkeyz @themongrelpunt Because he'll be one year older

@themongrelpunt Arguably essendons best player in both the first two games… why is his value reduced?