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Plenty of practice and empty heads – Part 5: Zen magpies and the game as a fail state.

September 28, 2018 by david stiff 2 Comments

David Stiff considers the fail state which may have a place in the 2018 AFL Grand Final.

Filed Under: David Stiff, General Footy Writing, Grand Final (2018), WCE v Coll Tagged With: Collingwood FC, fail state, The Magpie story, zen cat parable, zen magpie parable

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