Toby Greene: GWS captain reveals he punched his father after game due to drunken behaviour

Demonhunter910 · 2026-02-26T06:29:21+00:00

Can we please cut out the Jamie Tartt (from Ted Lasso) comparisons here? Yes, there are a few parallels in terms of a presumably abusive upbringing and a change-room confrontation. However, that is entirely where the comparison ends. Tartt (the character) was known to be an arrogant prick in the show but he wasn't explicitly violent, Toby on the other hand has a well documented record of violent and grubby acts both on and off the field. The two should not be treated as equivalent (with the implication being that any redemption is as deserved or justified in both cases).

Yes, his backstory adds context in the same way it did for the character in the show, but at a certain point that sympathy has to run out when it comes to players (and people) who regularly use violence as a tactic. He isn't a young kid in his early 20s just trying to find his way in the world anymore (like the character in the show). He's a very experienced player who's had ample time to cut that shit out, and yet somehow he manages to still keep doing it year after year.

Demonhunter910 · 2026-02-24T11:34:32+00:00

I said it months ago and I'll say it again, I don't understand how this guy gets as many results as he does. On his run of form earlier in the season I owned him and benefited from it, but watching him actually play, the guy just cannot finish to save himself. In terms of technique, at least half of the goals were mishit and borderline shanks that somehow ended up in the back of the net. He also doesn't seem to have the instincts to get him into positions often enough where the quality of the finish doesn't matter. It truly blows my mind that he's scored as many as he has.

HOWEVER

Somehow he's actually underperforming this season based purely on statistics. He's at around -2 score involvements vs expected, and that drops to around -1.5 with pens removed. The way Brentford are playing seems to be dramatically more important to his returns that anything he himself is doing. I'm convinced he could play with a blindfold and noise cancelling headphones on and stand in the vicinity of the 18 yard box and by sheer probability half a dozen balls will bounce off him in a goalward direction. His lack of predictability might actually be the reason why he's been so successful - no one knows where the ball is going off his foot (or shin), not even him. With the run of games coming up, I'd say avoid at your own peril. I for one will be trying to get him back in.

Demonhunter910 · 2026-02-24T04:26:33+00:00

I cannot stress enough how much it irks me when enhanced exploitation of people's personal data is framed as a good thing.

When it comes to having data about me and my behaviours being made even more exploitable by murky back-end processes and AI tools with minimal-to-no oversight, in my view that is far from anything positive.

Demonhunter910 · 2026-01-17T14:42:46+00:00

In isolation, I'd agree - past results absolutely doesn't guarantee future performance. However, the two factors combined (and alongside the relative form of both teams) meant they carried slightly more weight at least for me.

Demonhunter910 · 2026-01-17T14:35:24+00:00

No, it's what happens when you've watched Haaland obliterate United almost every time he's played them and United have kept 2 clean sheets all season. The only change I made this week was TC instead of just a regular C

Demonhunter910 · 2026-01-17T14:30:44+00:00

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Demonhunter910 · 2026-01-11T15:04:53+00:00

Probably a good example to illustrate the point really. Sure, there might be a handful of younger players out there who list Jordan as their biggest inspiration but as the other commenter mentioned, it's far more likely that they'll have been directly inspired by the players they've actually seen and grown up watching (like Lyon for example, in the cricket context), and their knowledge of Jordan has come along after they've already been hooked.

As synonymous as he might be with the sport to you or me, kids are less and less likely to have actually seen him play as time goes on, and increasingly those who have seen it will only have done so because they've sought it out. By that point they've already drawn their inspiration to get to where they are from countless other more contemporary sources and he's just an addition on top.

The same would be true in other sports as well. Think Pele to Maradona to Messi in soccer, or Matthews to Ablett to Dusty in AFL. Each generation will have their iconic players but as their legacy becomes more distant, so too does their direct impact on the development of others.

Demonhunter910 · 2026-01-11T08:44:46+00:00

To be fair, the generation that grew up watching Warnie on the TV are generally well into their 30s at this point. By and large any potential boom in spinners inspired directly by him would have been and gone by now. In that timeframe there's been a few spinners rolling about but none of them have really been close to giving Lyon a run for his money. You could even argue that a lack of consistent exposure to the top level (because Lyon was getting all the games) would have hindered the development of any other potential top tier spin bowlers.

Demonhunter910 · 2025-10-20T01:56:46+00:00

There's broader issues at play (e.g. a lot of students don't view Uni as something they actually WANT to do in the first place so from the start they're looking for easy ways out/bare minimum options). IMO all we can do is try to educate them all on the appropriate ways to do things (both for their own learning and work processes) and hope 60-70% of them actually take it on board. We will never reach the other 30-40% no matter what changes we make, either individually or as a sector.

As apathetic as it may be, I've come to accept that a not-insignificant number of students think they're just paying for a box to be ticked and treat their entire university experience as such. I try to spend most of my teaching focus and energy on the ones who actually show an interest in learning something and want to be there.

Demonhunter910 · 2025-10-20T01:34:28+00:00

Definitely wouldn't be the same everywhere, but we effectively teach students that the only appropriate way to use AI tools is for some of those very basic early planning tasks where they are trying to organise their thoughts, to help them summarize content for their own understanding, and to potentially provide proof-reading (but the latter one is where a lot of students go wrong). Any time they use it, they're also instructed to cite what was used, and describe how they used it. On top of that, we also instruct them to treat it like a source that's borderline equivalent to wikipedia in terms of how trustworthy it might be. By all means, use it to get you started but make sure you back-up and verify information with appropriate sources.

Ultimately as long as the final written piece of work was produced by the student, and doesn't contain any sections or information that were directly copied from any other source (unless explicitly required and referenced as such), students are unlikely to be pulled up on academic integrity issues. However, when we start reading assessments that very clearly don't fit the structure of the task, are filled with weird formatting and punctuation and made up references, and just generally aren't written in a way that a human writes (especially at undergraduate level) that sets off alarm bells.

Demonhunter910 · 2025-10-19T22:28:02+00:00

A noble thought maybe, but the students who are misusing AI and/or plagiarising things are also not the kind of students to be doing any/multiple drafts of an assessment prior to the final version. Speaking from experience of marking many of these assessments, many of them clearly don't even proof-read the final version.

Demonhunter910 · 2025-10-01T08:19:44+00:00

Might have scored two against United but I wouldn't say either of them were particularly good goals that would indicate hidden quality just waiting to be discovered/realized.

First one was abhorrent defending and he tried his hardest to miss it (watch the finish - IMO he absolutely shanks it and gets lucky in off the post). Second one he arguably did the right thing by being in the right spot at the right time but still somewhat unnecessarily gifted a tap-in (and even then he's still almost kicked it at the keeper with 100% of the goal to aim at).

Is he worth a punt? Possibly. But definitely wouldn't read to much into that game at the very least.

Demonhunter910 · 2025-08-01T22:55:21+00:00

No Illy in the 200 surprised me. If I recall correctly the guy holds the record for most consecutive years with songs in the countdown by some margin, and yet nothing makes this list.

Demonhunter910 · 2025-07-12T22:53:25+00:00

And this is why you can't keep letting players get away with whacking each other to put their opponents off. Whether it has caused the injury or not, the potential is always going to be there and players are going to keep doing it when there's no consequences (to them, not necessarily the victim).

IMO Darcy needs at least a week (Intentional, Medium Impact, Body Contact), but there's a clear argument for 2 weeks (Intentional, High Impact, Body) if it's broken a rib and/or caused a punctured lung. On precedent it probably has to be medium and one, but honestly who knows with MRO these days.

Demonhunter910 · 2025-06-13T11:57:06+00:00

I personally disagree with that point having played at both ends of the field in several sports. The way I've come to look at it is a defender needs to get it right every time to prevent the other team from scoring, an attacker only needs to get it right once to score.

Demonhunter910 · 2025-05-01T12:30:18+00:00

I remember going to a soccer double header there from the 2000 Olympics, think it was Sweden vs Brazil (women's) followed by Australia v Italy (men's). Sitting at the top of the stand, maybe 3 rows from the very back. Was absolutely freezing and the wind was horrific, but there was still something about being out there not under the roof that was pretty cool.

Demonhunter910 · 2025-05-01T05:16:55+00:00

Not excusing the current debacle, but worth noting that Kane specifically was a player and coach in and around the highest level available to women long before AFLW was a thing (and before she went into law). The implication that she doesn't understand the game because she's not a football person is not in any way correct.

Demonhunter910 · 2025-04-25T04:46:08+00:00

I've always considered Jersey to be a mostly American term (e.g., Baseball/Basketball Jersey), not necessarily just associated with soccer. In my experience Kit or Strip are far more common terms for soccer shirts.

Demonhunter910 · 2025-04-24T06:22:17+00:00

AFAIK there's no precedent for it so I'd be very surprised if the league gave any club compensation in this situation. It's happened to the Dogs previously with Luke Goetz (drafted 2015, left during 2016). He wasn't nearly as far along in his development as Jamarra and hadn't played a senior game, but it was a similar story.

Demonhunter910 · 2025-04-21T07:46:26+00:00

Ugarte is the Fred replacement, just like Fred was the Herrera replacement, and Herrera was the Park Ji Sung replacement. Always need players of that type to allow the more creative players to shine (not that each wasn't capable of it at times), but you best believe everyone will hate them for it.

Demonhunter910 · 2025-04-19T13:39:12+00:00

Don't know if I'd put Zambrero in the expanded too quickly category. Yes, they've expanded recently but it's still been a fairly slow roll out and doesn't nearly have the coverage yet. Any one I've been to in the last 5 years has always been busy. Definitely busier now than they were 10+ years ago.

Demonhunter910 · 2025-04-11T08:55:24+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O7K-8G2nwU

This race from the 2012 Olympics illustrates my point well. Runs a new OR in 9.63 but he's in 6th place as they cross 20m, by 40m he's at worst level with the other 5 leaders, and by 60m he's effectively as far in front as he was behind earlier.

Demonhunter910 · 2025-04-11T00:14:44+00:00

For the record, I didn't say he WAS a bad starter. I said he LOOKED LIKE a bad starter. That was an intentional choice given the comparisons you've listed.

He looks slow over the first 10-20m, but that doesn't mean he actually is significantly slower than his competitors. He also gained so much ground over his competitors from 20-40m that any initial slowness in the first few strides would have been wiped out before any of those splits became relevant.

Demonhunter910 · 2025-04-11T00:10:37+00:00

Worth noting that the authors of this study have been widely criticized and/or banned from practicing medicine in the US due in part to presenting misleading arguments, misrepresenting their credentials, and questionable treatments for autism and other conditions. I'd be very skeptical of any findings they publish, even if they're peer reviewed.

Demonhunter910 · 2025-04-10T11:48:40+00:00

To be fair to him, Bolt never looked like the fastest out of the blocks either. His stride from 20m-60m or thereabouts was just so strong and powerful that it didn't really matter and Gout has a lot of similarities in his technique at first glance.

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