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He may just of been snorting coke all week.

Yes, it's time to choke the Cats.

One stage I heard him saying something along the lines of "been lots of dirty balls tonight" referencing Port's inside 50 entries. Yes, Port are a dirty team but BT... too far man.

The last home and away game in 2021 was nail-biting. 😬

Charlie Cameron is 🤮

Sparrow is due for a big game - he has the attributes, maybe he has been lacking some fitness recently. He is really an asset coming forward from the midfield area - even shooting at goal, on the run from just outside the 50m arc.

Um first prophesy gets up Rownot in!

I get it's hard to conceptualise how brutual and taxing the game is on the body until you've done it yourself. It's such an odd thing to personalise Parfitt's (or anyone's) 'management' as a statement of arrogance as opposed to 'literal' management of his fatigue and loading for a competition whereby most athletes will be running effectively 30-40km weekly, plus all the intense contact that comes weekly, and still having to put in those km's - and then doing it 8 months of the year... Here's the thing: managing players is a crucial strategy in today's elite sports. Squad Rotation: Teams have a larger pool of talented players than just the starting 22. This allows coaches to rotate players to prevent fatigue and injuries. Match-Specific Strategies: Every opponent presents a different challenge. Coaches might choose players who have a specific skillset that directly counters the strengths of the team they're facing. Injury Management: Even minor niggles can be a concern for elite athletes. A player might be listed as "managed" to avoid aggravating a slight injury and ensure they're fit for important games later in the season. That said, it's also fair to acknowledge the complexities involved. Without being privy to the inner workings of a team, it's difficult to definitively judge the motivations behind a player's "management." There could be a genuine need to manage fatigue or a niggling injury, or perhaps there's a tactical consideration at play. Ultimately, the goal should be to maximize the team's success while prioritising player well-being. Open communication between coaches, players, and the public can help foster trust and understanding in these situations and, the reality is, is that that information is rarely for public consumption.

For the cats so far this year, Parfitt is: - 1st tackles (ave 6.8) - 2nd clearances (ave 5.2) - 1st contested possessions (ave 9.3) Geelong actually run pretty thin in the guts and Parfitt out is significant. Personally I don’t think our midfield has fired as a collective all season. Sure we’ve had cameos that’s help us get us over the line. But satday night I wanna see us flex in the midfield and dominate this one start to finish. A 50+ point win. Don’t “manage” your guys against us you arrogant [censored]. [censored] I hate Geelong.

I know it’s so sad but also cursed on the ‘Always having a star ahead of him’ context.. I mean holy hell Goldy, Max (by choice as back then most clubs believed 2 ricks was gonna be a necessity) and goes to GWS where he’s #1, gets inj again and has Briggs bob up from NOWHERE to become a dominant Ruck in comp almost overnight!!! More I think about it, more I like idea. Haha It’d have to come cheap & he’d need luck on inj front but even as a ‘rookie’ listed player he’d be worth a punt without an iota of doubt.

Agreed. He’s had some terrible grand finals but it’s one of footy’s greatest myths to suggest that Gary Rohan is a poor footballer. He’s often kicked multiple goals against us.

Not saying this line up will be the one that runs out but, if it is, that forward line is overly stacked with at least one too many talls surely? Personally i think Jeffo would be better served doing a short apprenticeship behind the ball. Play him back-of- shoulder on some decent forwards that will take him to the ball more often. Swap him out for Moniz who, while still doing a decent job down back, is being left to rot on the vine here. Much better playing his natural small forward role who pushes up into the mid at times.

You don't sound it 🤣

It's also not a one-way street. I've noticed in the past that the MFC is one organisation to have acquired my data from a third party.

Mainly everybody thinks Geelong will be too good for us....I'm gonna chuck a sneaky $50 on the dees for 30+ 🤣

Possible lineup B: Lever, May, McVee HB: Rivers, McDonald, Petty C: Langdon, Petracca, Windsor HF: Chandler, Turner, Neal-Bullen F: Fritsch, van Rooyen, Pickett FOLL: Gawn, Oliver, Viney IC: Howes, Sparrow, Laurie, Billings SUB: Woewodin

New possible team. B: Freeman, Tomlinson, Gregory HB: Connelly, Adams, Moniz-Wakefield C: Steele, Tholstrup, Hunter HF: K. Brown, Fullerton, McAdam F: Schache, B. Brown, Jefferson FOLL: Verrall, White, Sestan IC: Moodie, Edwards, Szybkowski, K. Windsor, Shipp

That's not good news for him doubtful that he will be on the list next year.

This is the report from Callum Twomey on afl.com.au ~ PROJECT TALLS JOIN AMATEUR CLUBS by Callum Twomey TWO DEVELOPING AFL-listed talls have been assigned clubs in the Victorian Amateurs competition for this season in a bid to give them more game time experience.

 Melbourne's Kyah Farris-White will play at St Bede's Mentone and Richmond's Oliver Hayes-Brown will play for Old Ivanhoe in moves designed to give them more opportunities to develop. It gives both the chance to grow as rucks which they otherwise would not get at their VFL sides due to other talls being ahead of them, with the AFL approving the moves. The Category B pair both come from basketball backgrounds – Farris-White played high school basketball in Canada and America while Hayes-Brown is a former Perth Wildcats basketballer. Farris-White played for the Dandenong Stingrays last year and is a 206cm prospect while the 23-year-old Hayes-Brown is 208cm. 

Whether they are selected in their respective VFL sides or play at Amateurs level can be decided week to week depending on player availability. Rivals watch Saint, free agency switch floated, Hawk's trigger If this sounds familiar, it’s because I’ve been advocating this sort of strategy for players like KFW coming out of systems that are outside the usual pathways. KFW appears to have struggled to adapt at this level and I commend the club for this initiative to get the young ruckman up to speed in what is, after all, a very specialised craft in our game.

 St Bedes Mentone are in VAFA Premier B Division which should provide him with some good ruck opposition. They play Old Haileybury tomorrow at Mentone Reserve where he will most likely come across Casey listed ruckman Jack Bell who should provide him with a good test. There are also quite a few solid ruckmen in that division which includes nearby Beaumaris which had a young Collingwood listed player doing his apprenticeship a couple of years ago. This is what I wrote in the Casey thread for the first round vs Box Hill Hawks at the end of March:-

Werridee, there was an article linked on here today say Farris-White will be playing in a development league for the rest of the year. Just FYI in case you missed missed it.

Rohan is not a spud. You don’t play close to 200 games if you are a spud

According to AFL360 these players qualify for the good bloke defence…

Possible team B: Freeman, Tomlinson, Gregory HB: Connelly, Adams, Moniz-Wakefield C: Steele, Tholstrup, Moodie HF: Sestan, Jefferson, K. Brown F: Schache, B. Brown, McAdam FOLL: Verrall, White, Hunter IC: Farris-White, Edwards, Szybkowski, K. Windsor, Shipp

Schadenfreude and the memory of this is all that gets me out of bed at the moment.

Our top end Is slightly better bu my their talent bats deeper.