GAME DAY - ROUND 1

[The Song Formerly Known As 6,479]

Anyone seen Jeremy Howe?

Watts must play forward now.

Im the [censored] who payed $5 to get his face completely painted in Melbourne colors too.

[picket fence 18,190]

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_{Posted Yesterday, 11:27 AM}

_{Not a bad team save for two possibly three inclusions.}

_{How Shannon Bynes gets a game with his modest stats and pre season form staggers me!}

_{Toumpas must consider himself extremely lucky to have got a gig, and Pederson gets a gig only by virtue of lack of other tall options.}

_{I would have had Blease for Toumpas ( easily I cannot how a bloke who can kick brilliant goals in a game and has electrifying pace cannot get a gig)}

_{Jetta for Byrnes and Clisby for Pederson.}

_{My side therefore would look like this}

_{B TERLICH FRAWLEY GRIMES}

_{HB DUNNE MC DONALD CLISBY}

_{C JETTA MICHIE TYSON}

_{HF BAIL FITZPATRICK BLEASE}

_{F HOWE WATTS KENNEDY- HARRIS}

_{R SPENCER JONES VINCE}

_{inter CROSS, GEORGIO, TRENGOVE SUB M JONES}

_{plenty of flexibility and with a bit of X Factor.}

_{Pity I'm not a selector as I reckon this team beats the actual team hands down.}

_{And my thoughts have been vindicated}

_{BYNES Pathetic should be his last game ever for MFC}

_{PEDERSON Clearly not up to it!}

_{TOUMPAS a lucky early goal and a few cheap worthless uncontested possessions roaming around the wing NOT GOOD ENOUGH}

_{WATTS our best Grimes and Trengove badly letting us down with leadership.}

[What 18,810]

would be nice if Howe did something in the 2nd half

[whatwhat say what 23,881]

he's 5 foot 10 and trying to play the role of someone 6 foot 5. it's not easy.

good to see ch 7 focussing on the peptides and not melbourne or saints at half time.

[Wadda We Sing 10,685]

At least I can watch this, last year wed be 10 goals down. We are the better side and I think we can still win if we can keep a team on the park.

[Earl Hood 6,167]

Tyson is worrying me, poor disposal, forward line is shot! What's happened with Fitzy? Watts has to go forward in the second half. Where did Vince go to in the second quarter? Our midfield is struggling to impose itself. After all that our game plan makes us look a bit better even if we do lose. At least we get possessions and see if players have the skills we need to go forward.

[Return to Glory 8,528]

We've got this.

[Nasher 33,686]

Jeez you're a bunch of sad sacks. I'd forgotten.

[Chook 15,080]

_{TOUMPAS a lucky early goal and a few cheap worthless uncontested possessions roaming around the wing NOT GOOD ENOUGH}

Trolololololol!

[LegsLeoncelli 162]

Apart from the fact he was awful why did they sub Firzy off

Concussion

[dee-tox 4,835]

Skills are awful. Number of easy marks, 15-metre passes that don't hit targets is ridiculous. But, they are still in it.

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_{Posted Yesterday, 11:27 AM}

_{Not a bad team save for two possibly three inclusions.}

_{How Shannon Bynes gets a game with his modest stats and pre season form staggers me!}

_{Toumpas must consider himself extremely lucky to have got a gig, and Pederson gets a gig only by virtue of lack of other tall options.}

_{I would have had Blease for Toumpas ( easily I cannot how a bloke who can kick brilliant goals in a game and has electrifying pace cannot get a gig)}

_{Jetta for Byrnes and Clisby for Pederson.}

_{My side therefore would look like this}

_{B TERLICH FRAWLEY GRIMES}

_{HB DUNNE MC DONALD CLISBY}

_{C JETTA MICHIE TYSON}

_{HF BAIL FITZPATRICK BLEASE}

_{F HOWE WATTS KENNEDY- HARRIS}

_{R SPENCER JONES VINCE}

_{inter CROSS, GEORGIO, TRENGOVE SUB M JONES}

_{plenty of flexibility and with a bit of X Factor.}

_{Pity I'm not a selector as I reckon this team beats the actual team hands down.}

_{And my thoughts have been vindicated}

_{BYNES Pathetic should be his last game ever for MFC}

_{PEDERSON Clearly not up to it!}

_{TOUMPAS a lucky early goal and a few cheap worthless uncontested possessions roaming around the wing NOT GOOD ENOUGH}

_{WATTS our best Grimes and Trengove badly letting us down with leadership.}

Flick off.

[Jaded No More 68,976]

Tommy Mac is clearly struggling. Looks like he hurt his hip. Not great. He is walking like an old lady during this warm up.

[chook fowler 19,783]

Really should be ahead apart from poor kicking. Lack of forward options hurts. Reckon we will be OK in second half.

Bye Bye Byrnes - I hope.

[Maldonboy38 6,436]

I don't see any problem with our intensity, running patterns, or tackling. Even the 5-6 handballs in a row or the kicking backwards seems to be done at the right time and place. But our kicking is so bad. Turnovers are one thing, but un-pressured turnovers straight to opposition players in space just sets everyone up to fail. And Grimes specifically as captain cannot turn the ball over so badly when under no pressure at all.

Kicking composure needed.

[RalphiusMaximus 6,112]

I think people need to chill out. As I said before, we've been winning this game and just not kicking goals to finish. If we keep this up and convert a few of the chances we'll win comfortably. We had at least three easy set shots that were points instead of goals, and that would have us in the lead. The last few years we were down by 50-odd points at this stage and on the way to being thrashed. This is a great improvement and we are showing that we can shut the game down when we need to. Just need to get some forwards on the park.

[PJ_12345 1,098]

Got shut down pretty well as a response for Q1- expected. Dont think they can keep it up

Kicked back because of injuries to the forwardine - expected.

Not the end of the world. Expecting a big last half for us.

[Demon Dynasty 17,169]

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_{Posted Yesterday, 11:27 AM}

_{Not a bad team save for two possibly three inclusions.}

_{How Shannon Bynes gets a game with his modest stats and pre season form staggers me!}

_{Toumpas must consider himself extremely lucky to have got a gig, and Pederson gets a gig only by virtue of lack of other tall options.}

_{I would have had Blease for Toumpas ( easily I cannot how a bloke who can kick brilliant goals in a game and has electrifying pace cannot get a gig)}

_{Jetta for Byrnes and Clisby for Pederson.}

_{My side therefore would look like this}

_{B TERLICH FRAWLEY GRIMES}

_{HB DUNNE MC DONALD CLISBY}

_{C JETTA MICHIE TYSON}

_{HF BAIL FITZPATRICK BLEASE}

_{F HOWE WATTS KENNEDY- HARRIS}

_{R SPENCER JONES VINCE}

_{inter CROSS, GEORGIO, TRENGOVE SUB M JONES}

_{plenty of flexibility and with a bit of X Factor.}

_{Pity I'm not a selector as I reckon this team beats the actual team hands down.}

_{And my thoughts have been vindicated}

_{BYNES Pathetic should be his last game ever for MFC}

_{PEDERSON Clearly not up to it!}

_{TOUMPAS a lucky early goal and a few cheap worthless uncontested possessions roaming around the wing NOT GOOD ENOUGH}

_{WATTS our best Grimes and Trengove badly letting us down with leadership.}

A bit harsh on Toump given his inexperience but i agree with the alternative in Blease. Toumpas's tempo just isn't up to AFL tempo at this point.

Fully agree with the other 2 as well. Byrnes is a massive weak link and Pederson is, at best, a 5th string (off the bench) backman when all others are injured.

I also don't think we will see Tom McDonald down back once Garland returns. Tom is a handy athlete but that's about it IMO.

Our forward line is way to crowded. I would isolate Howe one on one by asking the HFs to push into the mid and have JHK up there to crumb off Howe and hopefully run amok. We are incapable of finding a target i30 to i40 where most goals are kicked from so run and carry through the middle and past the 50 meter arc is a must if we're to have any chance of winning.

[Tatu 416]

Bernie is the barometer.... As soon as he was tagged out, we started to lose momentum... Watts looks great..... Trengove has stood up, need him to lift a little more... Toumpas showed abit aswell

Haven't seen Howe? Cross hasn't really set the world on fire....

[RalphiusMaximus 6,112]

GREAT WORK WATTS!

[Gipsy Danger 1,067]

I know I'm being captain obvious here (but seriously who isn't right now) but imagin if we had our big forwards with the way the ball is coming forward tonight. Would be a much better liking score!

[whatwhat say what 23,881]

Woohoo, first goal since the 6 min mark of the first term!

Watts ability to be involved in the play is sensational.

[Rob Mac...... 643]

Nice work Watts

[Gipsy Danger 1,067]

Better start this quarter

[Gipsy Danger 1,067]

Fitzpatrick off with concussion. Bad luck was showing a bit and presenting well