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Not Going to be too hard on Maxy, played a good game just a disaster of a kick.

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Agree without Gawny we would have been more than a goal behind. Others could also have missed.  

However, Gawny is an awkward kick at the best of times and seems to have a poor ball drop. Sure he is a tall and awkward guy but not sure you can use this as an excuse. Even in general field play his kicking is up and under.  Would be good to see improvement in this part of his game. 

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No problems with Gawn ... (would have loved if he had kicked it)

As so many have said his game , along with that of Oliver and Petracca were the highlights of a gut wrenching loss.

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Chris Scott made the comment last night that the missed goal should not diminish the excellent play of Cam centering the ball and Max taking such a great, contested mark.  He made the same comment about Menzel's great mark just before he missed his even simpler shot on goal.  Said we too often forget about the great things the players do in the heat of the not so great moments.

(Gotta admit, Chris Scott has some good things to say.  His comments about the cricket debacle were also well put...)

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4 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

No problems with Gawn ... (would have loved if he had kicked it)

As so many have said his game , along with that of Oliver and Petracca were the highlights of a gut wrenching loss.

Agreed, definitely the highlights. So it seems like a cruel irony that all three missed goals they probably would kick most times in the last quarter. 

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Gawn put himself in a position to mark the ball and give us a chance to win. Good on him. Sometimes things go your way and other times they don't, but at least he had a dip. Many players wouldn't have wanted that ball. Fair play to Max.

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We shouldn't lose sight of the fact that he'd played a huge game to that stage.  Hopefully set for a monster year.

9 Coach's vote aint too bad.

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Just had a mate message me this on stalk book.

“I threw the tv remote. His missed goal cost me a lot of money in my multis.

One was a $5 nine leg multi and the other was a $5 thirteen leg multi. To lose them both by that shank was disappointing. 

To have that many legs in play you can guess how much was on the line. ??‍♂️??‍♂️??‍♂️“

Classic.

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15 minutes ago, McQueen said:

Just had a mate message me this on stalk book.

“I threw the tv remote. His missed goal cost me a lot of money in my multis.

One was a $5 nine leg multi and the other was a $5 thirteen leg multi. To lose them both by that shank was disappointing. 

To have that many legs in play you can guess how much was on the line. ??‍♂️??‍♂️??‍♂️“

Classic.

Cost me $650 

Posted
1 minute ago, brendan said:

Cost me $650 

The reason why I don't bet much.

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2 hours ago, Vagg said:

Chris Scott made the comment last night that the missed goal should not diminish the excellent play of Cam centering the ball and Max taking such a great, contested mark.  He made the same comment about Menzel's great mark just before he missed his even simpler shot on goal.  Said we too often forget about the great things the players do in the heat of the not so great moments.

(Gotta admit, Chris Scott has some good things to say.  His comments about the cricket debacle were also well put...)

By far the best coach to listen to. Nathan Buckley and Clarkson are also interesting, but Chris Scott is the best. All three are intelligent, forthright, seemingly honest and avoid cliches. Forget the rest if you're looking for valuable insights.

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43 minutes ago, McQueen said:

The reason why I don't bet much.

I wasn’t upset was only a $5 multi and just for a bit of fun, I don’t bet anymore than that anyway 

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I'd be interested to know how many goals Max would kick from 30 metres out at training, because he has always been a poor kick for goal from that distance.

He seems better from longer ranges when he kicks through the ball properly, rather than just trying to poke it through.

This feels like the sort of thing that the assistant coaches should be able to get improvement in without too much work.

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2 minutes ago, poita said:

I'd be interested to know how many goals Max would kick from 30 metres out at training, because he has always been a poor kick for goal from that distance.

He seems better from longer ranges when he kicks through the ball properly, rather than just trying to poke it through.

This feels like the sort of thing that the assistant coaches should be able to get improvement in without too much work.

He should’ve kicked it from 45 metres out.

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He missed a similar one against Hawthorn in 2016. Luckily the game was well won by then.

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2 hours ago, brendan said:

Cost me $650 

Cost me a bit too. On top of a similar margin and resulting punting loss with the women's (backed them to make the gf).

Gender equity at the dees - they disappoint in equal measure.

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Didn't he kick one from on  the 50 earlier on.......i bet he's got a hook in his golf swing as well

Posted

If you take a pack mark basically in the goal square and get a chance to win the game, you've earned the right to miss the goal. I hope you don't, but you're still doing ok to get that far at all.

Posted
4 hours ago, brendan said:

Cost me $650 

Somebody on heres relative lost 10k last leg of a multi had Melb at the line to win or lose by less than 2.5...ouch.

Posted
6 hours ago, Vagg said:

Chris Scott made the comment last night that the missed goal should not diminish the excellent play of Cam centering the ball and Max taking such a great, contested mark.  He made the same comment about Menzel's great mark just before he missed his even simpler shot on goal.  Said we too often forget about the great things the players do in the heat of the not so great moments.

(Gotta admit, Chris Scott has some good things to say.  His comments about the cricket debacle were also well put...)

What did he say about the cricket? (sorry bit off topic).

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1 hour ago, Wadda We Sing said:

What did he say about the cricket? (sorry bit off topic).

Talked about how a team's culture can erode slowly, a bit at a time, without anyone realising, until the point where our team found itself over the past few days.  Kinda like the frog on the slowly heating pan of water.  Doesn't realise it's getting hot until it's too late.

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5 hours ago, Clintosaurus said:

He missed a similar one against Hawthorn in 2016. Luckily the game was well won by then.

I remember when that happened and with several other similar misses thinking this may come back to get him when he’s shooting for a lead. Was bound to happen I guess 

Posted

can someone please tell the mfc publicity team to go into lockdown? no more fluff pieces and no more [censored] interviews! jaaaaayzus

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