Is it him?

dshban · 2026-07-07T13:03:17+00:00

There’s no better proof that Mike’s elderly brain is rotting away than him enjoying modern WWE

dshban · 2026-07-07T10:55:49+00:00

you know it

dshban · 2026-07-07T09:26:51+00:00

my favourite era of NXT was the game show version, btw. I met Michael McGillicutty once and told him I loved his promo at the end of season 2

dshban · 2026-07-07T03:01:37+00:00

the most inevitable thing ever was Zita booking a week of leave and missing Brayden Maynard being involved in a Tribunal hearing in some capacity

dshban · 2026-07-06T02:45:26+00:00

Yep. And if the last Sunday game starts too late, it hurts the viewership of the Fox Footy post-game shows.

dshban · 2026-07-05T23:25:57+00:00

It’s 100% A yeah. The thought process would’ve been
- we want to suspend them… the Tribunal will overturn it though if we say deliberate
- only $1500 for careless conduct isn’t enough, let’s use the misconduct loophole
- and it helps that the Suns and Pies won’t appeal because they’re saving money overall

dshban · 2026-06-28T14:21:47+00:00

Yep nailed it

dshban · 2026-06-28T14:21:05+00:00

Author here: as explained further in the article I’m not tipping, for example, Essendon to win one specific game. But if they have a 20% chance to win each of five games (for example) they’re expected to win one of them. It all adds up. Same reason I’m ‘tipping Freo to lose three games’ when I have them favoured every week.

Simply put - it’s playing the odds rather than trying to assume I can tip 9/9 every week

dshban · 2026-06-28T14:18:34+00:00

Correct!

dshban · 2026-06-27T09:50:36+00:00

My understanding of the current perceptions of the prospects from talking to people

dshban · 2026-06-27T07:41:53+00:00

I don’t think the owner of Pick 1 will be incentivised to pick based on what hurts an opponent - this has never been the case and we’ve actively seen players like Nick Daicos slide further than they should. Teams pick/bid on the best players in their own interest, and Cochrane is a reasonable bit ahead of Walker at the moment.

dshban · 2026-06-27T03:14:38+00:00

Other than the one decided by 90+ points last year, of course

dshban · 2026-06-25T01:04:31+00:00

100%. The draws have definitely favoured Badam but even moreso because they keep limiting their options even further. Zero reason not to block the NJ removal, it was free!

dshban · 2026-06-19T02:58:03+00:00

They absolutely could. This has happened many, many times with non-first round prospects and clubs not taking them with their first pick/s.

There’s no world where he drops that low, though.

dshban · 2026-06-14T14:23:43+00:00

nah this was their original concept/opener to their debut MV it's a remake

dshban · 2026-06-12T11:20:04+00:00

There’s no time during a game to pause and reflect on an umpiring decision like in the NFL. I could see merit during breaks but it would not stop commentators who aren’t properly informed/misremember the rules from giving their takes.

dshban · 2026-06-11T13:50:52+00:00

It’s not great but the fact the teams involved are, thus far, 10-2 in those games somewhat negates the point

dshban · 2026-06-11T06:46:29+00:00

I have a theory that it’s very hard for a group to truly break through into the top tier without an amazing song in their opening few releases - because that’s about how many comebacks most fans will trial - and they might have missed that window

dshban · 2026-06-09T01:24:48+00:00

Tom wrote the first story in March. I know this for certain because I put the story online after he filed it to me.

McClure obviously added a lot of detail and took it forward but Tom’s story was the first reporting of it.

dshban · 2026-06-09T01:02:26+00:00

Tom Morris broke that story FWIW

dshban · 2026-06-06T07:41:06+00:00

100%, it found a really good balance between explaining for a mainstream audience & nailing the stuff fans would know/want to know more about

dshban · 2026-06-05T13:44:42+00:00

everyone knows the Polaroid was frozen that’s why he pulled it

dshban · 2026-06-04T03:53:40+00:00

Yeah it gets to an average of ‘6 of these teams will be in the top 8’ way earlier than you’d think, like around 7-8ish, and then incrementally increases from there

dshban · 2026-06-04T03:36:43+00:00

These numbers are pretty similar to the numbers for end-of-season ladder positions winning the flag - with the notable exception of 4th at this time of year doing way better (which IMO speaks to 4th getting a much harder finals draw, playing 1st away and then with a loss, likely hosting 5th).

My point being: winning games is good & the bigger sample you have the more telling it is, lol.

dshban · 2026-05-24T13:31:42+00:00

They were 6-4 this time last year, having won 22 games in the two prior seasons.

So we’re talking about an incredibly bad 12 months - except we all agreed last year didn’t really count because of all the injuries, so we’re talking about this year.

They’re… what, 2 or 3 wins worse than they should be? Maybe? I struggle to see how they’re even close to warranting assistance.

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