Tony Tea

Based on traditional evidence.

Mining; Manufacturing; Petrochem; Power Systems; Nuclear; PD; Latin.

"They make a desert and call it net-zero." Tacitus

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@luiscalleo Yes. 3 months ago. The overture still hints at greatness, but it's a misdirection because the rest is, although ambitious, nevertheless underwhelming. In the 45 years since I first played it I've never thought of it other than a worthy, but weakly produced, experiment.

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@rtralphy In a word?

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@FootnotesGuy Next time someone pots my footy tipping I'm going to retort that it "could be better or worse than existing predictions."

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@Rossitron1 It is most satisfactory.

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The problem with the German team is the name. “Mannschaft” nobody says it without giggling.

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thanks for all the serious replies to this very serious post

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@AitchDrysdale He does things which make you sit up. Then he does things which make you sit down again. Like not get to marking contests in the best position. (Or drops chest marks.)

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Jefferson's got all the physical tools, so his game is being determined by what's in his noggin.

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@acroce66 The Chocolate War.

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@Rock_City_ It's a bit of both. The way we bring it in and the way the forwards make space.

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We're one clinical ball carrier away from being a dead set contender.

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@AitchDrysdale You'd think he had a tank by now.

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@PeteMuhleisen @ahleach Yeah, I didn't expect to win either.

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For all our brilliant effort, mistakes have killed us.

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@ibeennnthinking It's not just the Dees who have blown picks on a key forwards. I reckon picking key forwards is the toughest gig in drafting. Often a young bloke in U18s is highly rated because he is bigger and more advanced.

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@ahleach @stone1_matthew Yeah, those losses stick in my guts. We don't have much collateral to burn, and blown results have a habit of, of not snowballing, then costing us. (Like our two losses to three-win wooden spooner Carlton in 2024.)

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@ahleach Urgg.

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@stone1_matthew Shoulda had a shot one time.

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We lack the kind of player who can turn an opposition attack or contested ball into a clear break into our forward line and a score.

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@stone1_matthew I doubt Rivers can be another flag player, but Windsor has upside. Love to unearth a Chris Judd type player.

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@Rossitron1 Probs should have let #13 go when he was first bruited.

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Even though correlation is not causation, non sequiturs, etc, the form of GWS and GCS suggests Kingo was right to clear the deck at Demonland.

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I hope Kingers is not making the same mistake as Goody and over-committing to defence at the expense of players ahead of the footy. Geelong were brilliant at swarming opponents then finding players free up forward. Hoping Kingo gets there.

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@stone1_matthew @ahleach As Demon fans, such sentiments are tattooed on our brains.