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1 minute ago, DubDee said:

Of all of our issues our 3/4th fwd who has won our goal-kicking for the last 4+ years and won us a flag is not one of them

I’m curious as to how long Flag credits last?

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1 minute ago, Abyssal said:

I’m curious as to how long Flag credits last?

He still kicked more goals for MFC than anyone else on the list in 2024.

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2 minutes ago, Abyssal said:

I’m curious as to how long Flag credits last?

Alright forget the flag credit, which I personally will forever credit him with.  Standing up when it counts most is the measure of a man

He is just shy of 200 goals in the past 4 years which I would guess is top 10 in the entire league for a 3rd fwd. He also missed 6-7 games last year

Add in 47 goal assists and you can see his value

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13 minutes ago, John Demonic said:

 

 

Didn't he kick 20 in a game 2 or 3 years ago? 

Is there a reason he's never tried to play in the VFL? Not up to that standard? Not interested?  

Yeah he kicked 20 in a game in 2021. He was on track to kick 100 that season, 75 goals with seven games to go, but Covid meant the cessation of local footy for that season. 

He has played in the VFL, as recently as 2022 when he was picked up by the Northern Bullants but as mentioned, his chronic back issues ended any hopes for success. 

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On 25/08/2024 at 22:57, WalkingCivilWar said:

Gave Darcy a cheer for you, FD. And guess what? HE DID IT!!!

Nervous times though… he kicked a goal in the 2nd which took him to 99. But then nothing, absolutely nothing, the game had become a blowout (Coldstream were thrashed) and the ball rarely came into the F50. With about eight minutes remaining in the last quarter, Darcy took a set shot and the wind caught the ball and… a freaking poster! Three minutes later he snapped and it went through! We all ran onto the field and it was absolutely nuts!

Lucky for Pauline since she had these t-shirts printed…

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Because the year is printed on them they were only good for today’s last chance at getting the ton. Had Darcy been stranded on 99 there’s $1000 down the drain.

It was a surprise for him. 30 of us had them hidden ready to put them on before running onto the field. Balloons were released and a big congratulations sign was revealed. It was a huge occasion and quite the spectacle.

Big bro Bayles was super proud. 

Thanks for putting in my cheer WCW thank god he got there

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💙❤️💙❤️we love the Frittata 💙❤️💙❤️

the hair 

the smooth left foot 

the forward craft 

his 2021 premiership heroics 

149 games 252 goals 

but 

but 

but 

he’s got to also do the hard things in footy 

tackle 

chase your opponent, really chase 

don’t guard grass, man up 

he’s above average in many metrics but really poor in the defensive and 1%s 

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19 minutes ago, Monbon said:

Oh dear: and I faut Ron Barassis and Sturie Spencer were still playing. I'll be !

 

Shouldnt you be at school this time of day

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27 goals in the first half of the year.

14 goals in the second half of they year. Six of those coming in two of our rare second half wins.

Definitely a proven correlation between us winning and Fritta hitting the scoreboard, bar the odd exception eg - 4 goals in the Sydney loss. Conversely 0 goals in wins over North and Dogs.

If we're to bounce back next year, Fritta needs to hit the scoreboard again as our forward line gels better when he's far more involved as that lead up forward that is hard to match up on. Think about his dominance of Sicily in round 2.

For that to happen, do we play a smaller forward line and remove one of Turner or Petty from the forward line? I felt as though once we settled on the JVR/Petty/Turner trio from mid season onwards, Fritta's output reduced significantly to the point where he was chasing kicks on the wing in the final game and looked a bit disinterested to be honest.

Thoughts on how to best utilise Fritsch and our overall forward line structure next year? 

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the whole team sort of dipped in the second half of the year.

Hopefully with a fit and firing midfield he'll be more consistent

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We have been too tall for ages. 

I'd play Fritta and JVR and maybe Petty or Turner as a forward. 
We made a huge mistake being so tall and also a huge mistake by not playing Bedford.

Bedford, Kozzie and Chandler should be rolling around with Kolt/Sparrow as the smalls/mids.

 

My 6 would be

Kozzie Petty Fritta

Kolt JVR Chin

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The key thing for Fritsch is he can't be the main man we rely on. A skinny, non-tall forward. It's about time others step up.

JVR has to step up next season (took good strides this year).

And Petty has to be consistent as our main tall fwd.

When we play well, we spread and give the fwd line some space, he looks unbelievable. 

This is our best fwd line imo.

Kozzi  JVR   Spargo

Fritsch Petty Chandler

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3 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

27 goals in the first half of the year.

14 goals in the second half of they year. Six of those coming in two of our rare second half wins.

Definitely a proven correlation between us winning and Fritta hitting the scoreboard, bar the odd exception eg - 4 goals in the Sydney loss. Conversely 0 goals in wins over North and Dogs.

If we're to bounce back next year, Fritta needs to hit the scoreboard again as our forward line gels better when he's far more involved as that lead up forward that is hard to match up on. Think about his dominance of Sicily in round 2.

For that to happen, do we play a smaller forward line and remove one of Turner or Petty from the forward line? I felt as though once we settled on the JVR/Petty/Turner trio from mid season onwards, Fritta's output reduced significantly to the point where he was chasing kicks on the wing in the final game and looked a bit disinterested to be honest.

Thoughts on how to best utilise Fritsch and our overall forward line structure next year? 

His first halves were atrocious along with Petty.

I would check their stats at half time and often Petty and Fritch would have 1 or 2 touches between them.

That's just not good enough.

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3 hours ago, DubDee said:

The key thing for Fritsch is he can't be the main man we rely on. A skinny, non-tall forward. It's about time others step up.

JVR has to step up next season (took good strides this year).

And Petty has to be consistent as our main tall fwd.

When we play well, we spread and give the fwd line some space, he looks unbelievable. 

This is our best fwd line imo.

Kozzi  JVR   Spargo

Fritsch Petty Chandler

Don’t forget about the great hope in Jeffo!

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He was often our deepest forward, looked great when he got in behind the defenders and lead back to goal.  Opposition's are smart they just kept a couple of players behind him took away that back space and as soon as it hit the deck they knew there would be little defensive pressure from Fritsch.  He got lazy and just wanted the easy goal out the back.

To me his role needed to change, get him hitting up as a high half forward, then working hard forward.  He is extremely smart and good at ground level. 

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