Can we compete with the best?

[Demonland 74,441]

 

[DistrACTION Jackson 10,747]

Tim Watson also proclaimed that Collingwood can win the flag, after they beat Carlton by 20 points.......

I really don't listen to anything he says.

[Sir Why You Little 37,458]

3 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

Fair assessment 

I still believe the club still needs to discover the Killer instinct. Whorethorn have had it for years. Norm Smith passed it on to John Kennedy Snr

Round 23 2017 still doesn’t hurt and enrage the club nearly enough. 

Goodwin’s “processes” aern’t enough. Opposition coaches have pulled his strategies apart. 

Attitude is within

[tiers 2,883]

Not the worst comment he has made. It is true that we don't yet have the right "balance" but, like all emerging teams in the recent past, it takes both personnel and time playing together for the right combination to arise.

I believe that we have the personnel - the challenge is for the FD to find and develop the right combination.

2020 is looking better all the time.

[beelzebub 23,392]

Its not about competing...its about Winning.

The real question is....can we beat the best ?

So far.....no

[SFebes 4,884]

13 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

And what are your thoughts? You've been very very quiet this week.....I'm concerned for your mental health...cough cough MFCSS! 

[dl4e 5,851]

There is still one big problem at the MFC. We are mentally soft. If or when we overcome that we can see wins over so-called tough opponents. Just like Port last friday. Mentally soft and lost.

As for Watson saying we don't have the cream is typical of him. We do have some cream it is just how to use it when it counts.

[DeleteUser 638]

It's a game of margins don't forget

And brands

Margins and brands

Wait it sounds like we're in FMCG

[Demonland 74,441]

19 minutes ago, SFebey said:

And what are your thoughts? You've been very very quiet this week.....I'm concerned for your mental health...cough cough MFCSS! 

I won't lie I don't think we will make the finals this year and that's not even the MFCSS talking.

[SFebes 4,884]

2 minutes ago, Demonland said:

I won't lie I don't think we will make the finals this year and that's not even the MFCSS talking.

Yep I have that feeling too, I actually think we were better last year.

GWS - Cameron loss

Coll - Treloar injury

WCE - Kennedy & Darling injuries

A bit of luck may go our way from here.

[Guest]

Listening to 'Gaddy' and 'Wisp' is like listening to the sporting equivalent of Bill and Marty from the Simpsons. Two inane presenters in love with the sound of their own voices but instead of goofy sound effects and low grade humor, it's usually low grade humor, excessive jock behavior (at times I expect them to ask each other if they pulled at the pub last night) and one wanting to rile the other one by passing negative judgements on their team.

I appreciate that we want to post news items on Demonland concerning MFC but if it were up to me (which it's not) these self promoting boofheads would be on the Demonland blacklist.

Edited June 26, 2018 by Colin B. Flaubert

[DubDee 26,676]

better last year when we lost to the Pies and North twice who were in terrible form. Just beat Carlton and lost to a terrible Freo at home?

we are far better than last year and it will show at the end of the year. we are finally beating the average teams and a couple of wins against the good teams are just around the corner

[beelzebub 23,392]

5 minutes ago, Demonland said:

I won't lie I don't think we will make the finals this year and that's not even the MFCSS talking.

Andy....you and I both

for us to play finals...let alone in any meaningful manner we need a lot of things to go right...and in a very particular pattern.

Again we fibd ourselves ( imho ) reliant upon outcomes of other teams to pave our way. We've abdicated our position of self determination by losing games we ought not.....or losing some by too much.

into the laps of gods go us...again. Gods have never favoured Demons

[Dee Zephyr 19,312]

Just now, DubDee said:

better last year when we lost to the Pies and North twice who were in terrible form. Just beat Carlton and lost to a terrible Freo at home?

we are far better than last year and it will show at the end of the year. we are finally beating the average teams and a couple of wins against the good teams are just around the corner

.....and don’t forget a shite Hawthorn the week after they were creamed by the Saints down in Tassie. 

[Demonland 74,441]

4 minutes ago, SFebey said:

Yep I have that feeling too, I actually think we were better last year.

GWS - Cameron loss

Coll - Treloar injury

WCE - Kennedy & Darling injuries

A bit of luck may go our way from here.

I don't think we're any better or worse than last year.

Last year we were unable to beat the lowly teams. This year we haven't had that problem and in fact this year we were finally able to put teams away.

Last year we knocked off a few of the better teams. This year and in particular going into the final rounds I don't think we are capable of doing that. I'll try to elaborate further on the podcast but I think we can match it with better teams I just think they have worked us out in flooding our avenues to goal and we cannot score and don't have a plan B.

At the start of the year I beleieved that we could beat anyone but in turn lose to anyone. I've adjusted that now. I think we know how to beat those weaker teams and do it well. We can beat the better teams but not if they beat us first.

[SFebes 4,884]

3 minutes ago, DubDee said:

better last year when we lost to the Pies and North twice who were in terrible form. Just beat Carlton and lost to a terrible Freo at home?

we are far better than last year and it will show at the end of the year. we are finally beating the average teams and a couple of wins against the good teams are just around the corner

I enjoyed beating WCE in Perth, top of the table Adel in SA and taking it up to Tigers had it not been for injury plus beating the Pies QB?

Anyway, we await.

[TeamPlayedFine39 8,525]

There are no undefeated teams in the league this year.  In fact the top three teams have each lost 3 matches, which suggests that the competition's 'best' are far from impervious.  We ourselves are 2 wins off top of the ladder.

Any team can beat any team with a bit of form and luck.  We are currently down on both at the moment, but that is never permanent.  

We, along with every team in the league, can beat any team on our day.

 

[Wiseblood 24,637]

Yes, we can.  We've got the gameplan to do it, we just need to find a better avenue to goal with the players we have and be more consistent which comes with more experience.

[DeleteUser 638]

20 minutes ago, DubDee said:

better last year when we lost to the Pies and North twice who were in terrible form. Just beat Carlton and lost to a terrible Freo at home?

we are far better than last year and it will show at the end of the year. we are finally beating the average teams and a couple of wins against the good teams are just around the corner

100% Utah

[Ethan Tremblay 31,388]

Evidently we can’t. 

[beelzebub 23,392]

15 minutes ago, TeamPlayedFine39 said:

There are no undefeated teams in the league this year.  In fact the top three teams have each lost 3 matches, which suggests that the competition's 'best' are far from impervious.  We ourselves are 2 wins off top of the ladder.

Any team can beat any team with a bit of form and luck.  We are currently down on both at the moment, but that is never permanent.  

We, along with every team in the league, can beat any team on our day.

 

And yet we haven't beaten any ONE team currently above us. The law of average might suggest we might have accounted for one or any of the games those teams have lost...but no.

There's a very simple reason we haven't

Occam says hello

[What 18,810]

We have a few chances left to get some big scalps.  

Would love nothing more than to shut Watson up.

[Young Blood 2,642]

We have competed with the best. There is strong evidence. We performed really well in three quarters against Geelong, Richmond and Port putting ourselves in positions to win those games.

I thought we were really unlucky against Port with a few things not going our way in the last quarter (injuries/bad calls in crucial moments). I definitely think this team has competed with the best and has put them selves in line to beat the better teams. The small sample this season is enough proof I think.

This team is in no way polished or settled. There's still so much room to improve which is exciting as a supporter. The areas in which we need to improve are clear and in front of us.

Edited June 26, 2018 by Yung Blood

[TeamPlayedFine39 8,525]

3 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

And yet we haven't beaten any ONE team currently above us. The law of average might suggest we might have accounted for one or any of the games those teams have lost...but no.

There's a very simple reason we haven't

Occam says hello

 

True, but that's not to say that we can't.

 

[Gorgoroth 13,220]

We need a cover for Lever, we need a class mid who hits targets in the f50 with regularity, we need a goal crumbing forward, and we need Viney or Jones to take the club on their shoulders when the tide turns against us, Like Selwood does, Like Ziebell did on the weekend, Like Pendles has for years.

We can compete, we should hav3 beaten both Geelong and Port. We need ice in the veins and about 30 more games into half a dozen players.