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McCarthy was perfectly fine for his first 2 years at GWS, every thing was so good in fact that he signed a brand spanking new 2 year contract extension. Suddenly six months later and only after Freo offered him a big fat raise he gets homesick.
I find that highly dubious and very likely something orchestrated by his manager who would have loved to get his percentage again so soon after collecting his last pay check from McCarthy.
I did 4 years in the military, I know what being away from home is like. It doesn’t happen after 2 years, it something that affects those who have to deal with it when you first move away, there is no ‘delayed onset homesickness’.
Winning not the priority for Dockers
No, but if they want to be genuine contenders they will eventually have to beat one or more of these teams, and likely on the road.
Are the West Coast Eagles front-runners?
Why would they be more motivated by a worse offer? If anything their current form shows he isn’t being missed much. GWS potentially had a Brisbane type of situation where a number of players all asked out at the same time (First Boyd, then McCathy, who next?). I think they’ve effectively nipped any of that potential out. I don’t think any of GWS’s young players will be trying to force their way out now. They’ll still lose players, but they’ll have to bide their time and earn the right to pick their own destinations.
Winning not the priority for Dockers
Its essentially a form ladder, based mostly on the ‘what have you done for me lately’ principle. You’d have to ask the author how he is doing it but generally speaking power rankings only look at the most recent form (that can be 3 weeks, it could be 6 weeks or whatever, but it should not be a season long grind, at some point what happened in round 1 becomes irrelevant to current form). Power rankings don’t just look at who won and who lost (thats what the ladder is for). They should look at each match and judge how each team did relative to how they were expected to perform (for example, if you thought team A should beat team B by 10 goals on the weekend but only just got over them in the final minute, then that win is less ‘powerful’ then a team that exceeded expectations).
Power rankings are entirely subjective but they should have a clear set of guidelines set out on how they are being judged. They should only give an indication how a team is playing right now. They are not a ladder predictor.
AFL Power Rankings: Round 7
I think you have no idea what you are talking about.
Giants coach dismisses McGuire's criticism
If all GWS gets offered is a recycled player and a 2nd rounder, I expect them to let McCarthy sit out a 2nd year.
Winning not the priority for Dockers
Don also predicted the Fockers would win the premiership this year so I wouldn’t take anything he predicts seriously.
Are the West Coast Eagles front-runners?
Where you win isn’t more important but it is a factor. Certainly beating good teams away is worth a bigger tick than beating them at home but so is putting sides that shouldn’t trouble a team away early and convincingly versus another team needing the last few minutes of a game to ice it or even get a bit of a break with a call or three from the umpires falling their way. If nearly all teams have only won at home then you just move on to the next difference. How you lose the road games, or any game for that matter, matters too. It’s one thing to travel and be in the game for 3 quarters and get beat by a couple goals at the end, its another to ‘not show up’ and get torched.
As for the ‘most wide open’ I’m not sold on it yet. Too early. Some of the teams in the 8 already look to be behind the pack, some more may drop off still. I suspect by the time we get through the byes people will be saying there’s only 4 genuine chances, which will put us pretty much in line with any other year.
AFL Power Rankings: Round 7
The most important fact:
The entire thing was based off a fabrication made up for some laughs. It started as BS, it ended as BS and was nothing but BS in the middle.
The Talia scandal eight months on
Last years form is meaningless at this point. The Cats team North beat last year are nothing like the team North will play later on in round 12. Dangerfield is only one of 12 list changes. Roughly half the Cats best 22 has changed from last year.
I’d be more impressed with North’s form if they were putting teams away a bit easier. They are getting the wins but a few have been closer than they should have ever been.
AFL Power Rankings: Round 7
No need to ‘fix’ what ain’t broken. Introduce a variable time based on set of variables and I promise you we’ll soon have an umpire giving a player the wrong amount of time.
The only thing I hate is that the clock stops once the run up is started. It should go until the ball is kicked. If you don’t kick before 30 seconds its play on immediately. I’m waiting for the day a player walks back to the centre circle and starts his run up with 2 seconds on the clock, then burns another 60-90 seconds off the clock slowing walking/stutter stepping towards the mark readying to kick.
Highlights: North win puts focus on shot clock
And when we beat Adelaide and they end up out of the 8, at least for a week, everyone will say they weren’t a real test either. That’s okay though, I love all the attention going to other clubs. We’ll just keep playing who the fixture tells us to and putting ’em away week after week without any 4th quarter dramas. No team we’ve beaten can say they were unlucky not to win or point to any controversies that possibly cost them.
AFL Power Rankings: Round 7
Eagle will probably finish the year somewhere between 7th and 10th. Next year they’ll again have a softer schedule and will rocket up the ladder before falling over at the end. The cycle of being good every year they have a softer draw and under performing when they have a top 2 finisher draw will continue.
Are the West Coast Eagles front-runners?
If they end up with one of the top 3 picks it will be interesting to see how the Cam McCarthy situation plays out. They were willing to give up the pick last year but had to be thinking it would be near end of round. Will they still give it up for a kid who has sat out a year? Will it be enough for GWS to let McSooky go?
Winning not the priority for Dockers
Very happy with the boys efforts this week. Played over 3/4 of the game with only 3 on the bench and half the game with only 2. Finished the game on 65 rotations and still out ran West Coast. Loving the way Kersten is playing, how good was that run down and tackle in the forward 50 in the dying minutes of the game? Loved it! Motlop really hitting his strap snow and making up for his early season form. Henderson continuing to mark everything that comes near him. Ruggles has really impressed me, so glad the Cats gave him a chance, has really grabbed it and made it his spot to lose, never stops working and always putting his body on the line.
Highlights: Geelong defeat West Coast by 44 points
Much ado about nothing. Just smart play.
Highlights: North win puts focus on shot clock
Yep plenty of time to paper over the cracks and pretend everything is as it was.
What's wrong with Hawthorn?
I do love when Hawthorn fans have to continually move the goal posts because they’ve been proven wrong, yet again.
What's wrong with Hawthorn?
Kieran Lovell’s parents were spotted flying from Tassie to Melbourne today and for now he is listed as an emergency.
Anyone wanna guess who Hawthorn’s late out is and will it make a difference?
Richmond vs Hawthorn: Friday Night Forecast
For every player like Dangerfield that you mention the ‘go home’ factor for I can name a player who left home to go elsewhere. Ablett, Christensen and Franklin are three that come to mind immediately.
Eddie, do you not like the GWS Academy because it's working?
Here’s the thing, a good portion of first round picks end up being wasted picks on kids who don’t add up to a first round pick for whatever reason. Think of players like Kane Tennace, Richard Tambling, Josh Bootsma etc. GWS is basically insulated against this. With so many 1st rounders and Academy kids they can afford to fail 50% of the time and still be miles ahead of everyone else.
It’s great to say ‘but oh they’ll have to let some go’ but the reality is they’ll be letting the dregs go unless another club steps up and offers a good deal to leverage a more promising player out. Former first round pick sounds nice until you realise your club may just be wasting a list spot on the next Colin Silvia.
Eddie, do you not like the GWS Academy because it's working?
Actually he won’t. He’ll have to go into the pre-season draft and unless Freo plans to sit on the bottom for two years, instead of this year, Freo won’t have the first pick to grab him.
Winning not the priority for Dockers