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1 hour ago, dieter said:

Just finished watching replay.

How sad for Smith. He was looking bloody good.

I loved the effort of all the players.

To quibble: Jay Kennedy Harris is a worry. As is, I'm afraid to say it, Vince.

Best game I've seen Tyson play. I didn't see one turnover. Hopefully he's turned the corner and getting his mojo back.

I love Frost but I get delirium tremens when he kicks or hand passes. Still, there is tremendous upside.

Great to see Vandenberg again: he's an important player.

T. Mc had one of those days but he was still a very nady and important player.

We should beat the Swans.

Yes it was good to see him play again but he is not an important player. He was a fringe player that has played 28 games. I like his attack on the ball and think he can become a good player but he is nowhere near that measure now.

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Oliver does it again!  10/10 from the coaches. 

MELBOURNE v GOLD COAST
10 Clayton Oliver (MELB)
6 Angus Brayshaw (MELB)
6 Jesse Hogan (MELB)
4 James Harmes (MELB)
2 Alex Sexton (GCFC)
2 Christian Salem (MELB)

and he is 4th overall. 

Round 20 leaderboard

86 Tom Mitchell (HAW)
80 Max Gawn (MELB)
78 Patrick Cripps (CARL)
72 Clayton Oliver (MELB)
65 Andrew Gaff (WCE)
64 Brodie Grundy (COLL)
64 Shaun Higgins (NMFC)
60 Lachie Whitfield (GWS)
59 Nat Fyfe (FRE)
59 Dyson Heppell (ESS)

It is a joy to watch Clarrie play. 

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14 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

Oliver does it again!  10/10 from the coaches. 

MELBOURNE v GOLD COAST
10 Clayton Oliver (MELB)
6 Angus Brayshaw (MELB)
6 Jesse Hogan (MELB)
4 James Harmes (MELB)
2 Alex Sexton (GCFC)
2 Christian Salem (MELB)

and he is 4th overall. 

Round 20 leaderboard

86 Tom Mitchell (HAW)
80 Max Gawn (MELB)
78 Patrick Cripps (CARL)
72 Clayton Oliver (MELB)
65 Andrew Gaff (WCE)
64 Brodie Grundy (COLL)
64 Shaun Higgins (NMFC)
60 Lachie Whitfield (GWS)
59 Nat Fyfe (FRE)
59 Dyson Heppell (ESS)

It is a joy to watch Clarrie play. 

Might have to share the Brownlow with Max

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Posted
1 hour ago, jnrmac said:

Yes it was good to see him play again but he is not an important player. He was a fringe player that has played 28 games. I like his attack on the ball and think he can become a good player but he is nowhere near that measure now.

I just like the hardnut attitude, his intensity and his ferocious tackling. 

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Posted
10 minutes ago, dieter said:

I just like the hardnut attitude, his intensity and his ferocious tackling. 

agreed

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Posted
3 minutes ago, chook fowler said:

Credit must go to Jade Rawlings - Gus, Tyson and Garlett have emerged much better players following their stint at Casey. Wouldn’t be surprised to see him get a senior job.

The irony - at least for me - is that he didn't seem to be all that interested in playing at Casey. That's not a criticism of Garlett, I just recall a lot of comments throughout Casey games which mentioned he didn't seem to be doing much.

Garlett would never be out of my side, I love the way he plays.

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Posted
10 minutes ago, america de cali said:

Petracca fined $1000 for umpire contact. Anyone see the incident?

Nope...

Posted (edited)
2 hours ago, jnrmac said:

Yes it was good to see him play again but he is not an important player. He was a fringe player that has played 28 games. I like his attack on the ball and think he can become a good player but he is nowhere near that measure now.

I must say I’m in the same boat as you, I like that he’s back and he’s done well to get over his injury concerns but I don’t see him as best 22. His shots on goal from the weekend I’ll forgive as he’s only just come back but from memory he was never particularly reliable on goal. 

He could fall into the best 25 category but for me not best 22. 

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Roos On The Couch tonight. The panel were talking about the Suns then Roos drops this beauty, “ I’m a football man at heart, I love the game and to go see My Team Melbourne win was exciting.”

On Ya Roosy. Never get tired of hearing that. 

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3 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

Roos On The Couch tonight. The panel were talking about the Suns then Roos drops this beauty, “ I’m a football man at heart, I love the game and to go see My Team Melbourne win was exciting.”

On Ya Roosy. Never get tired of hearing that. 

Jeez that means a lot, I always expected him to go back to being a swannie but that’s awesome 

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21 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

Roos On The Couch tonight. The panel were talking about the Suns then Roos drops this beauty, “ I’m a football man at heart, I love the game and to go see My Team Melbourne win was exciting.”

On Ya Roosy. Never get tired of hearing that. 

No one will be happier than Roosy to see us play finals and achieve the ultimate success in the coming years.  I love the fact that he still loves the club and you can hear it everytime he talks about us.

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Posted
15 hours ago, Petraccattack said:

James Harmes is quietly having a breakout season and adding another young dynamo to our already talent laden midfield.    Will he tag  Parker, Kennedy or Heeney this week?

Kennedy, surely.

Posted
1 hour ago, Dee Zephyr said:

Roos On The Couch tonight. The panel were talking about the Suns then Roos drops this beauty, “ I’m a football man at heart, I love the game and to go see My Team Melbourne win was exciting.”

On Ya Roosy. Never get tired of hearing that. 

How nice was this to hear! 

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Posted
13 hours ago, america de cali said:

Petracca fined $1000 for umpire contact. Anyone see the incident?

Was he gyrating on the ump to hard? Terrible. 

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Has TMac got some kicking yips or something, there was a time this year he barely missed from a set shot but he’s missed some fairly standard shots on goal in the last few weeks. Hope he gets his mojo back soon. 

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10 hours ago, Wiseblood said:

No one will be happier than Roosy to see us play finals and achieve the ultimate success in the coming years.  I love the fact that he still loves the club and you can hear it everytime he talks about us.

No one would deserve as much credit as him and PJ. Still can’t believe what they have built. I couldn’t see any light at the end of the tunnel until Roos was appointed 

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13 hours ago, america de cali said:

Petracca fined $1000 for umpire contact. Anyone see the incident?

He and the umpire touched chins 

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So just finally watched the first quarter, I have to say I’m a little surprised at what I saw. We were good but (and I hate saying this) GC just looked absolutely woeful, particularly when were were going forward. They had zero defensive pressure in the middle and in their defence which really allowed us to do as we please. 

We could’ve scored another two or three goals but actually missed some getable chances. 

They were an absolute rabble. 

But interestingly I thought their first 10 minutes was much better pressure than us. At the end 10 minute mark I couldn’t work out how we’d managed to get a 51 point margin at quarter time. They need to take the Roos approach to what he did with us, build from the back. Force other teams to work their asses off to score. Roos’s first year you could see what he was doing building a solid defensive mindset before releasing the shackles with Goodwin. 

Anyway back to us, I think the players coasted this game at times. Which is fine especially as we still got the percentage booster we were after. Now there has to be a strong focus on bringing finals like pressure for Sydney. 

Finals start this weekend. 

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Posted
14 hours ago, jnrmac said:

agreed

Any opposition player that can see the man approaching for one of his trademark tackles and his drive for the ball will think in 'get rid of ball mode' and hurry to dispose of the pill before he arrives, because:

  • he will attempt to get the ball
  • he will interefere with any relaxed possession of the ball 
  • he will restrict delivery options on disposal
  • he will hurt you and is fast and solid enough to dent more than your ego

Given these parameters in singularity and/or various combinations up to all four outcomes, the possessor of the ball is going to want to do something 'fast' and thus, his options - most likely his best options for his team - are being toyed with, and interrupted and threatened so that the chances of 'stuffing up' the relay of the ball are greatly increased. That's why I like him as a footballer.

Posted
On 8/5/2018 at 10:59 PM, Nasher said:

TMac will never set foot in the backline ever again.

If I had my way he'd never step foot out of the 50m-arc again. I thought at the start of the season he and Hogan would be viable as rotating roaming CHFs. Three (?) smothered kicks and a couple of serious misdirections from Tommy on the weekend put to bed any misguided notions of that.

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12 hours ago, Dee Zephyr said:

Roos On The Couch tonight. The panel were talking about the Suns then Roos drops this beauty, “ I’m a football man at heart, I love the game and to go see My Team Melbourne win was exciting.”

On Ya Roosy. Never get tired of hearing that. 

A cynical man might suggest that the MFC is an extension of the very healthy ego of the great man.

And he was a big part of the journey up the hill.

Posted
30 minutes ago, Stretch Johnson said:

A cynical man might suggest that the MFC is an extension of the very healthy ego of the great man.

Victory counteracts a multitude of sins. A big ego is only a problem if you're losing. He can have the biggest ego in the world, double park his car, refuse to pay for rounds of drinks, play music too loud and throw rubbish over his neighbour's fence and none of it will matter as long as we win.

Posted
On 8/6/2018 at 6:59 AM, Nasher said:

TMac will never set foot in the backline ever again.

Really? He was there 2 weeks ago when Smith hurt his hip. They switched in the second half.

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