POST MATCH DISCUSSION - Round 16

[Jaded No More 68,915]

I do need to say that I bloody love Angus Brayshaw!

[The Reverend 1,736]

Where have you been Reverand?

I thought you might have joined HER upstairs.

I've been here meditating on the meaning of life as a MFC supporter. Today's win resurrected me from the depths of my depression after last week's disappointment. Her upstairs will have to wait a little longer. Looking forward to next week now.

Blessed are they who scramble a win, for they shall inherit back to back victories. DEES by 27!

[John Crow Batty 8,863]

Just relieved we got the four points. Looking forward to a revenge match next week against the saints. Despite last week we have been reasonable in the past month or so and hopefully finishing the season off on a high.

[Wadda We Sing 10,685]

Geez they are looking pretty ordinary in the game tonight against Ninthmond.....

Ha as soon as i post that they kick 4.2 to zip in 13mins....sheez

[Bombay Airconditioning 6,395]

Absolute eyesore. Happy to bank the 4 points but that second half. Wow.

First half was okay but still only a handful of passages of play that stick out. Most scores came from errors which better sides don't make.

The ridiculously easy misses at goal are still an issue.

As if we didn't already know, Hogan is going to be a superstar.

His kicking needs some work.

[Thehardtackler 785]

I really thought Brisbane were tanking. At 1/4 time Leppitsch gave them a spray and they showed very little until after half time. Are they playing for draft picks because we were mostly ordinary today, but I will still take every win. The more wins, the more confidence for our players.

[samcantstandya 1,052]

I really enjoyed the first quarter. The rest was total crap tbh.

I didn't get there till halfway through 3rd, I saw us kick 2 goals. It's like we are a soccer team we just can't score = boring.

[Fork 'em 6,983]

I didn't get there till halfway through 3rd, I saw us kick 2 goals. It's like we are a soccer team we just can't score = boring.

That what we get when we got Roos.

Hardly inspiring a new crop of supporters.

Edited July 19, 2015 by Fork 'em

[Wadda We Sing 10,685]

That what we get when we got Roos.

Hardly inspiring a new crop of supporters.

Better than 100pt thrashings with our old game plan tho....

[Ted Lasso 19,518]

Did leppa tell brisbane the goals were on the wings? Loves a sideways kick

[Nasher 33,616]

I really thought Brisbane were tanking. At 1/4 time Leppitsch gave them a spray and they showed very little until after half time. Are they playing for draft picks because we were mostly ordinary today, but I will still take every win. The more wins, the more confidence for our players.

They are just hopeless. Tanking happens at selection and with bizarre player positioning (apparently). They're a side whose confidence has deserted them. I felt sorry for them until quarter time, when the MFC seemingly dropped to their level out of sympathy.

[pineapple dee 2,892]

This side seriously just does not know how to win. Played a good first quarter then lapsed into the same football as last week. Playing to save the game rather than win it. Its more the mindset than lack of ability

And when we can shake that mindset not if, we will improve 40% overnight

[SaberFang 7,151]

Not sure if anyone's mentioned it yet, but why does Rockliff have a barcode tattoo on his bare ass?

[sue 9,106]

Not sure if anyone's mentioned it yet, but why does Rockliff have a barcode tattoo on his bare ass?

Probably speeds up financial offers in trade week.

[Lucifers Hero 39,809]

I like that Roos kept the same (losing) team and backed them in.

Great for player and team belief.

They repaid the faith today.

Edited July 19, 2015 by Lucifer's Hero

[Jaded No More 68,915]

I like that Roos kept the same (losing) team and backed them in.

Great for player and team belief.

They repaid the faith today.

They sure did

Repaid the faith with one of the worst displays of footy I've seen in a loooong time

Use of the footy was mind boggling. Forget the goalkicking which was awful, the use of ball going inside 50 was like under 8's!

My favourite was when in the last quarter 3 players ran into goal and continued handballing until the handover was created and no goal was had. Comedy gold!

[Pates 9,660]

Last year we lost the ugliest match of the year, I reckon this year we've won the ugliest match of the year. Although our first quarter was actually seemingly quite good in patches jeez much of the game looked terrible from both sides. Lucky for us they were inaccurate as it could've been history repeating. Always take a win, congrats to Jesse for his 4 goal haul, and another impressive performance from Viney.

[jnrmac 20,065]

Was it three goals after quarter time, against the bottom side?

We scored 1 they scored 2 after half time.

What an atrocious game. We really are crap.

Edited July 19, 2015 by jnrmac

[jnrmac 20,065]

Did leppa tell brisbane the goals were on the wings? Loves a sideways kick

Well he was an assistant at Richmond and they love that stuff,,,,

[Tony Tea 2,809]

We're only 3 losses from first draft pick. Glass half full or empty?

Glass half both.

[Biffen 12,943]

One thing that we have improved on is tackling.

This was the difference today.

In general skills we were crapola.

[McQueen 17,864]

did you actually read what i said? Clearly not. So here it is again for you:ANB to me is someone i'm just not sold on. Reminds me a lot of Grimes in the way he goes about it. Will need to watch him more before i make any sort of decision on him.

Now to break it down even more for you, I mean in comparison to other youngsters that just look the part already. Never said he wouldn't make it, just said i am not sold on him yet like other youngsters. Which i then followed by saying i will have to watch more of him before making a decision on him, like some other posters do by either calling him a "future star" etc.

So really to say i have him in "my sights" is just absolutely incorrect, because if anything i am allowing him to play more games before i make my mind up about him.

Even the second time around it makes little sense.

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

One thing that we have improved on is tackling.

Agreed.

Our tackles actually stick now.

[Deecisive 1,709]

we won, we played some excellent football in the first quarter and a reasonable footy in the second. After half time the lions pulled their finger out and challenged and our guys met that challenge. It was scrappy because our team and there team allowed few easy possessions, which is what we want. We fought the game out and won, the lions have played pretty well in the last few weeks against top sides and today they have probably their best team in. So all in all a pretty good result. now see if we can back this win up with a couple more in a row.

[Axis of Bob 11,812]

I really liked how well we defended for the whole game. It wasn't just in defence, but we defended well all over the ground. We consistently denied Brisbane the ability to move the ball quickly, which slowed the game down and allowed us to stop their scoring.

We should have scored more than we did, however we were so poor in the clearances that we were denied a lot of the scoring opportunities that we would normally have got. That we kept them to 4 goals after being smashed in the clearances like we did, is an excellent effort.

Just because it was a low scoring game, doesn't mean it was a bad win. To me it looked like a repeatable style of win based on strong defence and a range of key forwards. Ugly doesn't necessarily mean bad.