NAB Challenge Aftermath

[old dee 24,028]

1 hour ago, Ron Burgundy said:

Old Dee, would you please stop referring to Melksham as the Drug Cheat.

He is an MFC player that this club fought hard to attract. I trust Goodwin's judgement on this. Relevantly, he seems to be of very sound character.

Also - it makes you sound small minded and 'old' and bigoted, to me at least. And FWIW - I don't believe you are.

 

 

Just stating the facts RB is he not a suspended drug cheat?

However you maybe correct on how it looks so how does " Melksham who cannot play  in 2016 " sound?

 

[Curry & Beer 5,444]

50 minutes ago, Peter Griffen said:

To be fair Ron, he's also been found guilty of being a drug cheat. i reckon it's fair enough to be bitter about what Essendon has done, and probably isn't a label that's going to wash off those players in a hurry

it's also fair to put some blame on the club for drafting him, should not have happened

[Sir Why You Little 37,341]

1 hour ago, Ron Burgundy said:

Old Dee, would you please stop referring to Melksham as the Drug Cheat.

He is an MFC player that this club fought hard to attract. I trust Goodwin's judgement on this. Relevantly, he seems to be of very sound character.

Also - it makes you sound small minded and 'old' and bigoted, to me at least. And FWIW - I don't believe you are.

 

 

You sound like Ned Flanders Ron

Melksham has been outed by an International Panel for Drug cheating for 2016

fact..

[CBDees 3,167]

1 minute ago, Curry & Beer said:

it's also fair to put some blame on the club for drafting him, should not have happened

It is all Hird's fault!

[jackaub 1,402]

Any body who really believes that Pederson doesn't deserve to play CHF in the starting 22 is looking through blinkers so far ahead of Dawes is isn't funny and Frost is not a forward never will be.

[DubDee 26,385]

15 minutes ago, jackaub said:

Any body who really believes that Pederson doesn't deserve to play CHF in the starting 22 is looking through blinkers so far ahead of Dawes is isn't funny and Frost is not a forward never will be.

are you referring to the Pedersen that  over 3 seasons has played 36 games and kicked 25 goals?   (I know some games were played in defence)

he doesnt get involved enough in games and is too slow to put any pressure on.  having said that, he will be CHF for round one I'd say, given dawes is injured.  but to say he is streets aheads of the other options is crazy.   fact is we have no good 2nd fwd/ruck and we need to deal with what we have

[Good Times Grimes 2,396]

54 minutes ago, jackaub said:

Any body who really believes that Pederson doesn't deserve to play CHF in the starting 22 is looking through blinkers so far ahead of Dawes is isn't funny and Frost is not a forward never will be.

Absolutely agree. The #PedoMyths posts have definitely slowed down recently.

[Devil is in the Detail 883]

His second goal on the weekend showed why he is ahead of Dawes. Good body work to protect the drop of the ball and took the mark. Dawes just would have run backwards into the defender, stuck both his arms up and the ball of hit his hands fallen to ground and PA may have had an easy defensive clearance.

[mo64 5,886]

54 minutes ago, DubDee said:

are you referring to the Pedersen that  over 3 seasons has played 36 games and kicked 25 goals?   (I know some games were played in defence)

he doesnt get involved enough in games and is too slow to put any pressure on.  having said that, he will be CHF for round one I'd say, given dawes is injured.  but to say he is streets aheads of the other options is crazy.   fact is we have no good 2nd fwd/ruck and we need to deal with what we have

His stats from last season beg to differ. In the 5 games where he had more than 60% game time, he averaged 15 disposals and 7 marks. He had 18 tackles in 7 games. Dawes on the other hand averaged 12 disposals and 4 marks and only kicked 11 goals in 14 games. Dawes only had 21 tackles for the year. Pedersen's numbers are pretty good, and would be a decent foil for Hogan at this stage.

[jackaub 1,402]

1 hour ago, DubDee said:

are you referring to the Pedersen that  over 3 seasons has played 36 games and kicked 25 goals?   (I know some games were played in defence)

he doesnt get involved enough in games and is too slow to put any pressure on.  having said that, he will be CHF for round one I'd say, given dawes is injured.  but to say he is streets aheads of the other options is crazy.   fact is we have no good 2nd fwd/ruck and we need to deal with what we have

Yes Mate that's exactly who I am talking about.  Open your eyes he's is better than you thinkl

[jnrmac 20,302]

2 hours ago, old dee said:

Just stating the facts RB is he not a suspended drug cheat?

However you maybe correct on how it looks so how does " Melksham who cannot play  in 2016 " sound?

 

How about MWCP2016??

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

2 hours ago, old dee said:

Just stating the facts RB is he not a suspended drug cheat?

Yes, but you're a lot of things and we still choose to call you "old dee".

[Slartibartfast 18,037]

3 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

How about MWCP2016??

How about "Melksham"?

[beelzebub 23,390]

2 minutes ago, Baghdad Bob said:

How about "Melksham"?

How about "              "

after all , he aint there !!

[old dee 24,028]

43 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Yes, but you're a lot of things and we still choose to call you "old dee".

Choice is a wonderful thing Clint.

[bananas 428]

If you look at the build-up to Kennedy's goal from the weekend, Robbie Gray only ran himself into trouble because Sam Frost had come haring out of our forward fifty to put pressure on him from an unexpected angle. Until Pedo shows that he can be part of the team defence in the same way, to talk about him being "streets ahead" is premature. IMO.

If I was choosing the round 1 team right now, Pedo would be at CHF. But I suspect Roos values the defensive contributions of the more mobile Frost and Dawes more highly than we do, and we should take that into account.

[monoccular 17,697]

4 hours ago, DeeZee said:

I think the Jury is still out on Frost.

Not sure if he will make round one from what I've seen, as I don't really think he has the smarts to play up forward.

id love to see him played down back for a while as he is a good runner and reads the play well when defending.

Pederson should definately be our second tall forward ruck option with Watts and Vanders as 3rd and fourth tall forward options.

Add Kent ,Kennedy and Garlett up forward with Hogan I think that's a pretty potent attack.

 

Saying the jury is still out in Frost is IMO a bit premature.

The prosecution and the defense haven't even completed their cases.

The jury may be listening but hasn't retired to consider their verdict yet. 

He needs a lot more game time to see just where he is best suited, if at all.  IMO it would be great if he could become a tall forward, though Weed and / or Huelett may come into consideration sometime later in the season, depending of course on how the team progresses and if finals are on the cards.  

[old dee 24,028]

4 minutes ago, monoccular said:

Saying the jury is still out in Frost is IMO a bit premature.

The prosecution and the defense haven't even completed their cases.

The jury may be listening but hasn't retired to consider their verdict yet. 

He needs a lot more game time to see just where he is best suited, if at all.  IMO it would be great if he could become a tall forward, though Weed and / or Huelett may come into consideration sometime later in the season, depending of course on how the team progresses and if finals are on the cards.  

There is a small but significant error in the above mono.

They have not been empanelled yet.

 

[P-man 13,367]

Dwayne commentating GC v WC and has credited Melbourne's second half to the greater number of rotations. You knew he'd be referencing it at some point. Just can't help himself when it comes to the MFC. The only reason he didn't bring it up ten times during the game itself was that he wasn't aware of it. 

[binman 44,683]

6 minutes ago, P-man said:

Dwayne commentating GC v WC and has credited Melbourne's second half to the greater number of rotations. You knew he'd be referencing it at some point. Just can't help himself when it comes to the MFC. The only reason he didn't bring it up ten times during the game itself was that he wasn't aware of it.

[Good Times Grimes 2,396]

7 hours ago, P-man said:

Dwayne commentating GC v WC and has credited Melbourne's second half to the greater number of rotations. You knew he'd be referencing it at some point. Just can't help himself when it comes to the MFC. The only reason he didn't bring it up ten times during the game itself was that he wasn't aware of it. 

It's better to have people making excuses about why we won rather than why we lost. 

[Ted Lasso 19,564]

12 hours ago, P-man said:

Dwayne commentating GC v WC and has credited Melbourne's second half to the greater number of rotations. You knew he'd be referencing it at some point. Just can't help himself when it comes to the MFC. The only reason he didn't bring it up ten times during the game itself was that he wasn't aware of it. 

Doesn't seem to understand that we fought back and gained a strong lead before that would have become any factor, and given the age of the side compared to there's i think if anything it makes it more impressive we were able to get into a winning position before the last quarter 

[Curry & Beer 5,444]

31 minutes ago, Peter Griffen said:

Doesn't seem to understand that we fought back and gained a strong lead before that would have become any factor, and given the age of the side compared to there's i think if anything it makes it more impressive we were able to get into a winning position before the last quarter 

both sides had 8 on the bench anyway so it's not like the port players were dead on their feet or something, with the extra players and shortened quarters I worked out that the average minutes onfield per player is approx. 75% of a regular H+A game, as if rotations made much difference

[DemonDave 1,099]

1 hour ago, Curry & Beer said:

both sides had 8 on the bench anyway so it's not like the port players were dead on their feet or something, with the extra players and shortened quarters I worked out that the average minutes onfield per player is approx. 75% of a regular H+A game, as if rotations made much difference

Port started with one short on their bench, as Wingard pulled out in the warmup, and then we lost Brayshaw in the first 10 seconds, so both teams effectively had 7 on the bench.

[nutbean 8,838]

On 3/1/2016 at 4:49 PM, beelzebub said:

anyone who charges you to print out the ticket yourself  is quite frankly a theif

any charge for a print at home ticket is absolutely a cash grab - nothing more.