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Post Practice Match Discussion - Melbourne v Collingwood

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Bit of a scrappy match.

Best thing: no injuries.

My other small takeaways - Brayshaw will take another step forward this year.  I thought he was great.  Harmes will continue his new found midfield role and do it well.  vandenBerg will have his best year.  And Sparrow has a very mature physique already.

Oh and I thought Oscar looked really good.  He's just going to keep getting better.

Both teams a bit rusty.  

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    7 minutes ago, binman said:

    Sorry, i don't quite get your logic from that stats why the kick-in rule might be a negative for us

    At the margin, the rule change will help the weaker teams. Last year we kicked more behinds than the opposition and we were then able to get repeat entries inside our 50. This year it will be easier to take the ball the other way.

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    ....and that my liege is how we know the earth to be banana shaped...

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    46 minutes ago, Demonland said:

    Sitting along the fence I realised that I hate sitting on the ground level. Perhaps I've been spoiled by always sitting 1 level up. Also most of the play today was on the other side of the ground to where I was standing.

    It was on the building wing 90% of the day  like you I was watching from the grassy knoll. I reckon the buildings mean shelter from the wind. Not that there was much today. Nice ground actually all day I was thinking this should be our home not the bloody pies. No use crying over spilt milk.

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    19 minutes ago, ProDee said:

    Bit of a scrappy match.

    Best thing: no injuries.

    My other small takeaways - Brayshaw will take another step forward this year.  I thought he was great.  Harmes will continue his new found midfield role and do it well.  vandenBerg will have his best year.  And Sparrow has a very mature physique already.

    Oh and I thought Oscar looked really good.  He's just going to keep getting better.

    Both teams a bit rusty.  

    Yes thought simillar,     I did not notice Sparrow though   but then I did not know his number,

    Did he play well ?    I think there were about 4 players I had little idea who they were.   

    Best I saw was   Omacs crunching tackle just in front of me, and then about 5 minutes later vanders cleaned up a magpie in the middle. really hard tough football, really great to see.  Nothing soft or nice about it.   Go Dees

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    20 minutes ago, Wadda We Sing said:

    ....and that my liege is how we know the earth to be banana shaped...

    This new learning amazes me, Wadda. Explain again how sheep's bladders can be employed to prevent earthquakes.

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    8 minutes ago, 640MD said:

    Yes thought simillar,     I did not notice Sparrow though   but then I did not know his number,

    Did he play well ?    I think there were about 4 players I had little idea who they were.   

    Best I saw was   Omacs crunching tackle just in front of me, and then about 5 minutes later vanders cleaned up a magpie in the middle. really hard tough football, really great to see.  Nothing soft or nice about it.   Go Dees

    Sparrow didn't get much of it, but he also didn't look out of place. 

    No.32.  He looked similar to vandenBerg. 

    Kicked a nice goal from the south west flank.

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    11 minutes ago, M_9 said:

    This new learning amazes me, Wadda. Explain again how sheep's bladders can be employed to prevent earthquakes.

    ....stop it ..im trying to work!

     

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    1 hour ago, dieter said:

    Fair enough. I just hate watching repeat offenders...

    You could always not watch if it annoys you that much

    It was a preseason scratch match, I went expecting some rust

    I reckon each side had 2 or 3 who looked like there hadn't been a break, the rest all looked rusty

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    3 hours ago, binman said:

    Vdb is a take no prisoners footballer. At one in the last q omac poleaxed a magpies player (not sure who - young player I think) who took a while to recover. When he did finally fully stand up vandersloot bumped into him deliberately.

    Id totally forgotten he was on his way to Sydney to look after the family business since the death of his father. What a great bonus for the club that he stayed. Funny how things start to go our way for once. Thanks for staying Vanders.

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    11 minutes ago, Satyriconhome said:

    You could always not watch if it annoys you that much

    It was a preseason scratch match, I went expecting some rust

    I reckon each side had 2 or 3 who looked like there hadn't been a break, the rest all looked rusty

    I watch in hope, like all of us.Anyway, I like the boy, I always have and it was great to see him back in action. 

    By the way, a few other posters were also annoyed by his disposal. 

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    FIRST QTR IS UP !!!

    Others to follow soon i guess.

    Get it while its hot !! :p

     

    https://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/2019-02-22/q1-melbourne-v-collingwood-practice-match

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    hardly worth it. Only plays for a few minutes then says "Technical difficulties" and prompts you to resume from second QTR, which isnt on the club site yet. Sad.

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    3 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    It's where they belong.

    Day release people must have been busy yesterday and centrelink must have thought it was a three day weekend.

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    3 hours ago, Lord Travis said:

    The changes to kick ins will be by far the biggest change. The man on the mark being pushed right back combined with the ability to play on and not have to kick the ball to yourself means that the player kicking out makes it halfway up the defensive 50 metre arc before they are even confronted.

    Can anyone explain why we need a goal square any more? It seems superfluous now....

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    1 minute ago, jnrmac said:

    Can anyone explain why we need a goal square any more? It seems superfluous now....

    1. determines the play-on boundary for kick outs

    2. marks in the square can line up dead in front on top of goal square

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