Round 3 Non MFC games

[Diamond_Jim 11,742]

Swans comfortably dealing with Carlton at the MCG.

[dl4e 5,583]

28 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Swans comfortably dealing with Carlton at the MCG.

Err no its at colonial stadium now known as marvel.

[FireInTheBennelly 4,024]

I feel really bad for the Tigers with all their injuries. I think as a club we should do the right thing and offer them Troy Chaplin back.

[brendan 3,380]

Dusty in trouble for an elbow, and giving mummy the finger and a snorting sign lol, watch the AFL Ignore this 1 can’t have there favourite sitting on the sidelines 

[Meggs 569]

Never heard of Finlayson (GWS) but gee he is impressive today...we could certainly use someone like him

[Mickey 4,173]

Don't watch the Short injury if you can help it... that can't be unseen

[TeamPlayedFine39 8,154]

Collingwood are going to be very hard to beat if they can maintain this intensity throughout the year.  Their run, spread, effort and physicality is first rate.

[Sydee 3,613]

13 minutes ago, TeamPlayedFine39 said:

Collingwood are going to be very hard to beat if they can maintain this intensity throughout the year.  Their run, spread, effort and physicality is first rate.

I used to think Buckley was hopeless but I actually think he’s s good coach - they play for each other and seem to have a really good team spirit going

Jealous 

[DV8 2,271]

2 minutes ago, Sydee said:

I used to think Buckley was hopeless but I actually think he’s s good coach - they play for each other and seem to have a really good team spirit going

Jealous 

Buckley's matured now, into a very good coach.   He always had the vision of player types he wanted.

So he didn't compromise on skill.

The game has been changed toward his direction.

[praha 10,270]

Who gave the go ahead to let Howe walk?

What'd we get in return?

[Scipio 5,868]

Really enjoying watching Brisbane this year, entertaining game between them and Port so far. 

Aside from Mathieson continually dropping the knees for high frees... 

[TeamPlayedFine39 8,154]

3 minutes ago, praha said:

Who gave the go ahead to let Howe walk?

What'd we get in return?

If a player walks, they walk... there's not a whole lot we can do about it.

He wanted to leave.

[praha 10,270]

1 minute ago, TeamPlayedFine39 said:

If a player walks, they walk... there's not a whole lot we can do about it.

He wanted to leave.

Why?

We let good talent leave.

[Sir Why You Little 34,434]

These umpires are killing the game seriously. 50 metre penalties are BS

WTF is going on Gill??

[Wadda We Sing 10,685]

2 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

These umpires are killing the game seriously. 50 metre penalties are BS

WTF is going on Gill??

I think its just that there are so many rules now, the modern game is simply over umpired.

[Sir Why You Little 34,434]

1 minute ago, Wadda We Sing said:

I think its just that there are so many rules now, the modern game is simply over umpired.

What happened 5 minutes ago at the ‘G was an absolute disgrace. 

His legs could have been so easily broken

[TeamPlayedFine39 8,154]

4 minutes ago, praha said:

Why?

We let good talent leave.

He didn't want to be at the MFC anymore.

My understanding was:

- We offered Howe a contract, which he declined

- We then arranged a trade with Gold Coast (Pick 7 I believe) and some very big money for Howe.

- Howe agreed to Gold Coast trade (in principle).

- Collingwood then came in and offered him less money than Melbourne and Gold Coast, with a wing-half forward role out to him by Buckley whilst in holidays in Bali - Howe accepted that.

Howe had wanted out of the club for a long time, but was held by his contract.  He honoured the contract but nothing would have kept him here.

[praha 10,270]

35 minutes ago, TeamPlayedFine39 said:

He didn't want to be at the MFC anymore.

My understanding was:

- We offered Howe a contract, which he declined

- We then arranged a trade with Gold Coast (Pick 7 I believe) and some very big money for Howe.

- Howe agreed to Gold Coast trade (in principle).

- Collingwood then came in and offered him less money than Melbourne and Gold Coast, with a wing-half forward role out to him by Buckley whilst in holidays in Bali - Howe accepted that.

Howe had wanted out of the club for a long time, but was held by his contract.  He honoured the contract but nothing would have kept him here.

Irrelevant. I am working in a similarly dysfunctional team environment atm. You work to keep your talent. Unless they want to go home to family, you work to keep them involved. You empower them. We let him walk "because he wanted to leave". Why did he want to leave?

How useful would Dunn and Howe be right now? What was the logic there? 

The Roos legacy.

Edited April 6, 2019 by praha

[TeamPlayedFine39 8,154]

10 minutes ago, praha said:

Irrelevant. I am working in a similarly dysfunctional team environment atm. You work to keep your talent. Unless they want to go home to family, you work to keep them involved. You empower them. We let him walk "because he wanted to leave". Why did he want to leave?

How useful would Dunn and Howe be right now? What was the logic there? 

The Roos legacy.

Is there a club that hasn't had great talent leave?

Hawks, Swans, Cats, Collingwood, Richmond... successful, powerful, well-run clubs have all had great players walk.

It's a fact of life.

[titan_uranus 22,298]

1 hour ago, Sydee said:

I used to think Buckley was hopeless but I actually think he’s s good coach - they play for each other and seem to have a really good team spirit going

Jealous 

If anything, Collingwood and Buckley are an example for us to follow.

Buckley was, to the media/public, a dead man walking. Couldn't coach, wasn't getting the best out of his players, was wasting talent.

Collingwood had massive talent on paper but had a slow, dated game plan.

Then they turned it around.

10 minutes ago, praha said:

Irrelevant. I am working in a similarly dysfunctional team environment atm. You work to keep your talent. Unless they want to go home to family, you work to keep them involved. You empower them. We let him walk "because he wanted to leave". Why did he want to leave?

This is genuine carp, praha.

Absolute, unrealistic, carp.

Every club has players who leave for one reason or another.

[Dee Zephyr 17,428]

3 preseason premiership fancies on 2 wins between them after 3 rounds. 

[titan_uranus 22,298]

3 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

3 preseason premiership fancies on 2 wins between them after 3 rounds. 

Richmond, Adelaide, Collingwood, Essendon and Melbourne were in most people's top 8, and many people's top 4.

Four wins between them. 

[TeamPlayedFine39 8,154]

Very happy for the lions.

They’ve had a horrid run and are now playing a great brand of footy with some very exciting players.

Clear example of how getting the right people in the football department trumps draft picks.

[Dee Zephyr 17,428]

That McInerney goes alright. Has bobbed up when needed the last two weeks with some strong marking and goals.

Edited April 6, 2019 by Dee Zephyr

[DemonOX 8,530]

Wow lions 3 and 0 us 0 and 3. 

Who the hell would have thought that at the start of season.  Sure as hell wasnt  me. 

I bloody hope we can turn our season around sooner rather than later, otherwise it’s another wasted season which we have had more than our fair share. 

Edited April 6, 2019 by DemonOX