Non MFC games Round 2

[Sir Why You Little 37,497]

58 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Kudos to the Hawks medical team.

 

Run that ankle hard all day, and i mean all day. 

Then we will see how good the medics are. 

Jabs rarely last all day....

[Diamond_Jim 12,779]

Swans v Adelaide

give me a reason please to support either team.

Is this the first time an all interstate game has been scheduled for a Friday night.

I appreciate that there was a big game in Melbourne last night but it doesn't strike me as a TV ratings bonanza into Melbourne.

[brendan 3,458]

How is the double standards from the media today on the cox suspension, Gerard whateley saying it’s not a reportable offence, yet said May deserved a week, I don’t see much difference between the 2 and at least the mro are being consistent even though both decisions are laughable, only difference is Cox will appeal and get off, the media will see to that 

[Watts the matter 1,235]

4 hours ago, hemingway said:

Petracca is looming as the biggest disappointment at the Club over recent years. 

Like many, when I first saw him in a Melbourne jumper, I was excited and wrapped that we snatched him away from the Saints. 

For a kid that promised so much, apart from a few cameo moments, his inability to develop into the player he could be is a huge disappointment. Lets face it, at many other clubs he would be strolling around a local ground smelling the grass. 

Many of us have been hoping each week to see a change, to see a break-out game. However this season he turns up overweight, unfit with little sparkle. I am sure he will pop up for a brief highlight or two, but his lack of development as a top line player now has a permanent look about it.  He has the potential to be a match winner but it just has not materialised or even got close.

Perhaps his off-season surgery can explain his condition and poor form in the opening match, but unless his form tuns around quickly, Casey beckons. 

Rather than an excitement machine, he has become a disappointment machine.  Once there may have been a favourable comparison with De Goey but not now. 

It's actually ridiculous how he refuses to run in a straight line and kick the football. He will always turn and let the traffic catch up and look for a dish off, he will continue to drive me nuts until he stops this. Its almost unbelievable with the amount of coaches we have that he is still doing this.

I used to hold the view that he would eventually become one of the dominant players in the competition but the more I see of him, the more I think I got this one wrong. His inability to actually kick goals when playing as a forward is another major concern. Cam Rayner already looks like Petracca 2.0

[Wadda We Sing 10,685]

3 hours ago, whatwhatsaywhat said:

re-built him in the space of three months...

Maybe he was tanking to get out of GWS 

Edited March 29, 2019 by Wadda We Sing

[Wadda We Sing 10,685]

Sydney and Adelaide should be an interesting contest.

[whatwhat say what 23,890]

Adelaide’s disposal thus far is ugly

[Wadda We Sing 10,685]

Think Sydney are in a bit of trouble here....

[dazzledavey36 56,441]

1 hour ago, brendan said:

How is the double standards from the media today on the cox suspension, Gerard whateley saying it’s not a reportable offence, yet said May deserved a week, I don’t see much difference between the 2 and at least the mro are being consistent even though both decisions are laughable, only difference is Cox will appeal and get off, the media will see to that 

So he should, nothing in it snd its a joke that he got 1 week.

[Adam The God 30,767]

IMO people are going the early crow on Petracca. Let's reassess at the end of this year.

Statistically, he's very similar to De Goey, but the Magpie is clearly ahead for goals.

I'd keep him out of the midfield rotation for a few weeks and get him to play as a permanent forward. Keep it simple, because he actually makes the easy look difficult and the hard look easy at times. 

I reckon he'll be okay and I think given how close they are statistically, it shows you what Petracca's ceiling is if he can get it together, because De Goey is considered a 'star' and he is due to scoreboard impact.

 

[dl4e 5,851]

Sydney look dreadful.

[Sir Why You Little 37,497]

Wish we had the Swans next week

They look finished

[Mickey 4,777]

What are the commentators worried about? Swans have played finals every time they've started 0-2 in the last 20 years!

[Wiseblood 24,637]

1 minute ago, Good Lord George said:

What are the commentators worried about? Swans have played finals every time they've started 0-2 in the last 20 years!

But... but... aren't teams supposed to miss the finals when they go 0-2??  I'm so confused!

[Dee Zephyr 19,333]

Gee I hope Lloyd has 50 possessions tonight just so we can hear BT with his Lllllllloooooooyyyyydddddd.

[whatwhat say what 23,890]

Blakey is gonna be a star

[Earl Hood 6,167]

I noticed 2 frees paid in tonight’s game for holding the ball where a smaller player has not taken possession just bunted the ball forward with their open hand, then got grabbed and slung to the ground and been pinged for incorrect disposal. Gee wasn’t that always the smaller, mobile man’s advantage to just keep the ball in their control but never actually take possession? Seems that has disappeared at least tonight. 

[DubDee 26,794]

Horrific commentary 

brucey- “can grass sweat?” He actually said that on air

BT - I told you. I told you he was a good kick. 

Its not about you, you tool 

[Diamond_Jim 12,779]

4 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Horrific commentary 

brucey- “can grass sweat?” He actually said that on air

BT - I told you. I told you he was a good kick. 

Its not about you, you tool 

actually I found that the most interesting comment of the night... almost cerebral by comparison to the usual Eddddddddieeeeeeee comments,

[Fork 'em 7,063]

Brian and Bruce even exchanged a few barbs.
Abit tense up there in the box.

 

[dl4e 5,851]

Adelaide look dreadful.

[Wadda We Sing 10,685]

Its actually better with the sound off...try it..

Edited March 29, 2019 by Wadda We Sing

[Sir Why You Little 37,497]

What a dead game

[At Least I Saw a Flag 5,356]

I thought McAvaney had retired. He should. So annoying ... ridiculous the way he keeps calling Jacobs "sauce". Once or twice maybe, but not every time.

BT = big turd.

[Wadda We Sing 10,685]

God what an effing joke!