interesting comment on AVB

Goodwin: Aaron vandenBerg is progressing nicely, but his foot is something he will need to manage throughout his career.

Perhaps all is not lost

What was the issues with rules...and what was the clarification I wonder

16 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

interesting comment on AVB

Goodwin: Aaron vandenBerg is progressing nicely, but his foot is something he will need to manage throughout his career.

Perhaps all is not lost

Certainly more positive than the rumours which were going around on here last week (doesn't mean the rumours aren't true of course, but at the very least I'm heartened by this comment and the fact that the rumours haven't yet been suggested to be true).

1 minute ago, beelzebub said:

What was the issues with rules...and what was the clarification I wonder

I wonder if he's referring to some of the off-the-ball blocks Port put on Gawn? 

8 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

What was the issues with rules...and what was the clarification I wonder

Off the ball blocking. 

Just now, titan_uranus said:

 

I wonder if he's referring to some of the off-the-ball blocks Port put on Gawn? 

It was what came to mind...but am curious as how Goodwin would ask about it. I.e. How they see the transgressions .... also what came of it.

3 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

What was the issues with rules...and what was the clarification I wonder

I reckon something similar to what I posted under Michael Christian in that Port were blocking/bumping Max and others 30-50 yards from the play which is illegal.

4 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

What was the issues with rules...and what was the clarification I wonder

Don't hold your breath on finding out bb. 

'We'll help him as a team'. Well what happened on Saturday? He received absolutely no support from his midfield mates. I hope they stand up for him if (more like when) it happens again.

Sounds like KK and May are both in.

expect a fired up Dees outfit on Sat night

2 hours ago, FireInTheBelly said:

'We'll help him as a team'. Well what happened on Saturday? He received absolutely no support from his midfield mates. I hope they stand up for him if (more like when) it happens again.

With Viney was off for much of the game, it was Jones' job to defend Max and rally teammates to help.  In Lewis' and May's absence it was even more critical that Jones stepped in and set the example.  He didn't and reflects poorly on him.

When Roos took over he had to teach Jones 'team-first' ie not just focus on his possessions, his tackles, his goals, his stats.  On Saturday Jones reverted to those old behaviours of self-first.  I hope being in the last year of contract Jones does not go down the self-preservation/self interest path.  He is still co-captain and needs to set the example on team-first behaviours.

I'm glad May is back this week, he will add some much needed leadership.

Edited March 27, 20196 yr by Lucifer's Hero

12 minutes ago, FireInTheBelly said:

'We'll help him as a team'. Well what happened on Saturday? He received absolutely no support from his midfield mates. I hope they stand up for him if (more like when) it happens again.

I'm sure May will keep an eye out

6 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Sounds like KK and May are both in.

expect a fired up Dees outfit on Sat night

He did not seemed overall confident of winning, " Its a massive challenge away from home in a hostile environment"  sounds to me like he is hoping for a better performance and a small margin  loss.

31 minutes ago, Docs Demons said:

I reckon something similar to what I posted under Michael Christian in that Port were blocking/bumping Max and others 30-50 yards from the play which is illegal.

https://m.afl.com.au/news/2019-03-27/we-wont-let-it-happen-again-dees-ask-umps-about-gawn-hits

3 minutes ago, old dee said:

He did not seemed overall confident of winning, " Its a massive challenge away from home in a hostile environment"  sounds to me like he is hoping for a better performance and a small margin  loss.

Sounds to me like he is stating "Its a massive challenge away from home in a hostile environment".

33 minutes ago, Yung Blood said:

Sounds to me like he is stating "Its a massive challenge away from home in a hostile environment".

We really are living in the age where we overanalyse absolutely every aspect of the club that we can.

I have no idea why people place so much credence in some of the things coaches say.  They're trying to get through it without saying anything controversial, and much of what they say to the media is likely to be different to what they say behind closed doors to the players.

14 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

We really are living in the age where we overanalyse absolutely every aspect of the club that we can.

I have no idea why people place so much credence in some of the things coaches say.  They're trying to get through it without saying anything controversial, and much of what they say to the media is likely to be different to what they say behind closed doors to the players.

That was quite obvious at the weekend Wiseblood. It is very much like injury reports don't take any notice of them

1 hour ago, old dee said:

He did not seemed overall confident of winning, " Its a massive challenge away from home in a hostile environment"  sounds to me like he is hoping for a better performance and a small margin  loss.

It seems to me that he is stating the truth or the bleeding obvious, it will be a massive challenge to win at the Geelong fortress. Geelong after a good win, some of their match winners in form and the capacity Geelong crowd baying for blood. And lots of easy frees from the umpires who will respond to the noise.

Of course, if our mob has some backbone it might work to our advantage. 

4 minutes ago, hemingway said:

It seems to me that he is stating the truth or the bleeding obvious, it will be a massive challenge to win at the Geelong fortress.

It's a massive challenge no matter where our form, or their form, is at.  Outside of the final game of the 2016 season, we've played at Geelong relatively well, and our gameplan seems to translate to the smaller ground without issue.  I'm confident that we'll be super competitive, and put up a much better fight than on the weekend, but can we win?  I think we can, but doing so at Geelong is a massive achievement.

 

With this Melbourne side I often feel more comfortable when we have the real tough games coming up (eg West Coast and Adelaide away in the last couple of years) than the so called games we “should” win....you can almost guarantee win or lose we’ll see a much harder and more committed side than last week and lament where the hell was that form against Port!

1 hour ago, old dee said:

He did not seemed overall confident of winning, " Its a massive challenge away from home in a hostile environment"  sounds to me like he is hoping for a better performance and a small margin  loss.

"We'll smash em.  I have no doubt that we will destroy those pretenders and make them eat dirt."

 

I'm just shocked we actually spoke up to the AFL about something. It's about time!

Clearly the Demons took the AFL seriously in off season when they said they will suspend players for off the ball hits.

every other team ignored them.  we have confirmation now

bring on saturday

4 hours ago, Stretch Johnson said:

"We'll smash em.  I have no doubt that we will destroy those pretenders and make them eat dirt."

 

Like you confidence SJ, no idea what it is based on but hope you are correct.