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Now to the game itself.

They played in front, we didn't

They had sure hands, we didn't

They were accurate by hand and foot, we weren't

Elementary stuff. Hard to win in those conditions.

As to why ... some of our guys looked like they had lead in their boots. Had the endeavour but slow as molasses. A sure sign of nerves.

We have the talent, scoring firepower, etc. Seem to have the game plan sorted. The thing for the coaches to work on now is the mindset.

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    22 minutes ago, dieter said:

    Richmond were just as bad in the first half.

    Who cares what Richmond are doing, you are trying to dilute a situation we created. 

    To often we soften a problem by saying someone else was almost as bad. 

    I want the MFC to be the best, i don’t care about other sides. 

    We didn’t score a goal in the First Half last Saturday. Why did that happen and where did it start??

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    11 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    Who cares what Richmond are doing, you are trying to dilute a situation we created. 

    To often we soften a problem by saying someone else was almost as bad. 

    I want the MFC to be the best, i don’t care about other sides. 

    We didn’t score a goal in the First Half last Saturday. Why did that happen and where did it start??

    I love your relentlessness SWYL. Love it.

     

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    Just now, Superunknown said:

    I love your relentlessness SWYL. Love it.

     

    Thanks! Too many of our long suffering supporters accept close enough is good enough. We have to break that thinking. 

    Yes 2018 was a great season, but far from  satisfying after what happened on Saturday. 

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    28 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    Thanks! Too many of our long suffering supporters accept close enough is good enough. We have to break that thinking. 

    Yes 2018 was a great season, but far from  satisfying after what happened on Saturday. 

    I pity you that you are unable to enjoy the journey.

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    Four bad games in 2018...

    Hawthorn loss (completely outplayed)

    St Kilda loss

    Geelong loss where we were 30 points up in the last quarter

    Prelim final (the worst)

    I have little idea if there is a common thread amongst those losses but we certainly need to work on ensuring that the magnitude/impact of those losses do not happen in 2019. Sure we'll have other losses but each of the 2018 losses I have listed were bad losses.

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    Interesting that our umpires won’t be doing the GF. Suspect that the failure to reverse after McGovern hit Viney and the ridiculous protected area 50 against Oliver  (who was doing exactly what you are supposed to do in that situation) may have cost them

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    I have been reading through the posts with a lot of interest and agree / disagree with a lot of the comments on Demonland, i sat through the game with my Dee's family and could not believe how good they were, how bad we were and how atrocious the one sided umpiring was, particularly after witnessing the previous four weeks of tough hard relentless football from our boy's and getting to sit in the crowd with 90,000+ screaming supporters had not prepared me or mine for this type of complete annihilation at the hands of the Hated "Meth Coast Weagles". A very sad end to a very good 2018. - Onwards and Upwards.

    Go Dee's................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    9 minutes ago, DeeZone said:

    I have been reading through the posts with a lot of interest and agree / disagree with a lot of the comments on Demonland, i sat through the game with my Dee's family and could not believe how good they were, how bad we were and how atrocious the one sided umpiring was, particularly after witnessing the previous four weeks of tough hard relentless football from our boy's and getting to sit in the crowd with 90,000+ screaming supporters had not prepared me or mine for this type of complete annihilation at the hands of the Hated "Meth Coast Weagles". A very sad end to a very good 2018. - Onwards and Upwards.

    Go Dee's................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I had an Hawks supporter and Richmond sms-ing me that the umpires are obviously corrupt.

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    1 hour ago, Fifty-5 said:

    I pity you that you are unable to enjoy the journey.

    My journey will be far more fulfilling than yours. 

    I aim higher...

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    1 hour ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    Four bad games in 2018...

    Hawthorn loss (completely outplayed)

    St Kilda loss

    Geelong loss where we were 30 points up in the last quarter

    Prelim final (the worst)

    I have little idea if there is a common thread amongst those losses but we certainly need to work on ensuring that the magnitude/impact of those losses do not happen in 2019. Sure we'll have other losses but each of the 2018 losses I have listed were bad losses.

    well it can set an impossible benchmark to expect never to cop a bad loss. I thought pies looked an ordinary football side one week ago against GWS and could have a flag on Saturday.

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    1 hour ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    My journey will be far more fulfilling than yours. 

    I aim higher...

    That just confirms you don't get the journey 

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    2 minutes ago, Fifty-5 said:

    That just confirms you don't get the journey 

    Do you think Hilary didn't understand the Journey ? 

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    5 minutes ago, layzie said:

    I guess everyone is different. 

    Indeed. There's no one recipe to this. 

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    9 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

    Do you think Hilary didn't understand the Journey ? 

    I wasn't there so it's hard to know if he was whinging about progress at every base camp.

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    17 minutes ago, Fifty-5 said:

    I wasn't there so it's hard to know if he was whinging about progress at every base camp.

    I've been to Nepal a number of times. I've seen first hand his legacy and how the locals viewed him. Arguably not quite the Saint often portrayed but a very driven man who appreciated every step it took...and every hand of help it required. Conquering Everest was actually about the Journey. The achievement was the epitome of effort, but he understood every time you failed, you needed to learn why and try hard not to repeat it. 

    He did take time to admire the views along the way, hard not to. He was focused, very. We need to be focused and almost as resilient. 

    Shame Sherpas don't play footy. They'd go all day.

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    46 minutes ago, Fifty-5 said:

    That just confirms you don't get the journey 

    Bought my Membership in August for 2019

    Have you?

    i understand the journey alright, the MFC blew the head gasket last saturday afternoon. Work will be done over summer...

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    1 minute ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    Bought my Membership in August for 2019

    Have you?

    i understand the journey alright, the MFC blew the head gasket last saturday afternoon. Work will be done over summer...

    Don't reckon it was a gasket...that'd require a engine rebuild ??

    Think we more likely did a Thermostat and overcooked it a little, lost all our power. A few new hoses and some new treads and we might be good to go

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    4 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

    Don't reckon it was a gasket...that'd require a engine rebuild ??

    Think we more likely did a Thermostat and overcooked it a little, lost all our power. A few new hoses and some new treads and we might be good to go

    I wwould be stripping the motor right back this summer and doing a full rebuild. Isolating weak points. Most of the engine is fine...

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    3 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    I wwould be stripping the motor right back this summer and doing a full rebuild. Isolating weak points. Most of the engine is fine...

    Good idea ... Add a turbo for some real speed ;) Maybe a bit of extra rubber either end to get some real traction.

    The 'spoiler' will get refitted to the boot too ;)

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    19 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    Bought my Membership in August for 2019

    Have you?

    i understand the journey alright, the MFC blew the head gasket last saturday afternoon. Work will be done over summer...

    Nope, we ran out of petrol.

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    1 minute ago, Fifty-5 said:

    Nope, we ran out of petrol.

    But that just gets us back to where we were. 

    We have to improve on that, be it 1-2%

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    3 minutes ago, Fifty-5 said:

    Nope, we ran out of petrol.

    Looked like we were running on 'heavy' .. til we weren't 

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    Age Footy Podcast

    https://omny.fm/shows/the-age-real-footy-podcast/why-the-pies-will-win-the-grand-final/

    Focus on Jones' final performance and Lewis as on-field leader being poor.

    Gawn/Viney nullified.

    Frost, nightmare.

    Looked like "they were just happy to be there" (refer: 2000 GF)

    Bartel: "to paraphrase Goodwin, tell them: 'you missed an opportunity here. Nothing is guaranteed. Look at Adelaide 2018."

    Changes: upgrade Frost to May or double down on Frost. Salem rebounder in Lewis' stead.

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