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Intra-Club Game: Round 3

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5 goals last week, 3 goals this week. Brown is out in form key forward it seems. Should play next match otherwise why did we bother signing him for short term.

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    Looks like Brayshaw, Jetta, Jones and Hibberd all started for blue.

    At some point Hibberd, OMac and Rivers switched (the latter two started red then went blue).

    From that footage, which is obviously limited, I thought Melksham looked infinitely better than last week.

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    2 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

    5 goals last week, 3 goals this week. Brown is out in form key forward it seems. Should play next match otherwise why did we bother signing him for short term.

    Haven't been that fussed on him but seems to be hitting some form.

    Had quite a few assists as well from the footage.

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    4 minutes ago, TheKozzieExperience said:

    A grand total of 0  goals combined for Weid and T Mac.  Horrible.

    We will need to go shopping for a legitimate key forward next trade period.

    I wanted to throw the kitchen sink at Ben King last year.

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    Red team looked mostly like starting team this week. Blue almost pipped them. That either means we have great depth or not a strong top 22. We have to drop tmac. Play an extra medium forward. Or send him to the back line? 

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    Yes, they didn't kick any goals, but are we really going to call TMac/Weideman "horrible" for what we could see of them in a 6-minute highlight clip of an intraclub match?

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    7 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    I wanted to throw the kitchen sink at Ben King last year.

    We would’ve drafted him if we didn’t trade for May. Shame as he’s exactly what we need now. Missed opportunity in hindsight but at the time we thought a quality key defender was our biggest gap. 

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    6 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

    Yes, they didn't kick any goals, but are we really going to call TMac/Weideman "horrible" for what we could see of them in a 6-minute highlight clip of an intraclub match?

    yes GIF

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    15 minutes ago, DemonDave said:

    If My maths/eyesight is correct:
    Red 10 Goals Blue 9 Goals

    Red Goakickers: 4 Melksham, 2 Fritsch, 1 Bennell, Hanna, Hunt, Pickett

    Blue Goalkickers: 3 Brown, 2 Spargo, 1 Bedford, Jordan, C Wagner, Neal-Bullen

    Happy to be corrected if someone saw these differently

    Concerningly no goals to Tommy Mac or Weeds

    Melksham  4

    Fritsch 3

    Brown 3

    Spargo 2

    Hunt 1

    Pickett 1

    Bennell 1

    Hannan 1

    Bedford 1

    Jordon 1

    C Wagner 1

    Not concerned about Tom from very limited vision. Seemed to play as a pivot at CHF found space and distributed ball well.

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    max in the 'post-match' presser: "it just felt like a normal game only with no big screen...which is probably why christian played well cos normally he looks at the big screen" hahahaha

    which chistian? i mean, i presume trac but...salem with his tints........

    i can completely understand the team selection based upon watching that highlights package again having hannan, hunt, pickett and bennell in our forward line alongside t mac, fritsch as marking targets plus milkshake and avb bustling around COULD work

    t mac is a big leading boy - his pass to fritsch for goal was clean, and he was involved in one other scoring chain

    if bennell and pickett get going it's going to be FUN to watch

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    37 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

    Brayshaw started in royal blue.

    Wasn't dropped this week but is the FD considering he's on the fringe?

    Not necessarily he's just not in the starting midfield, best 22, but not starting in the square.  Starting midfield is usually Gawn, Oliver, Viney and Tracc.  Can't see him pushing any of those out ATM and Langdon and Tomlinson have the wings locked up.

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    3 hours ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

    Feel so cheated by this season.  We finally get a full uninjured and super fit team team out on the park and then the season turns to total ssshiiit like this around us.

    It wasn't like I thought we were a certainty for the flag, but was keen that we at least put on a good show, somewhat atoned for last season and got the team back on track.

    Just really hope that we make the most of this as some kind of development year to set-up in the best was possible for next year, something like what Collingwood did in 2017.  Doesn't need to be pretty every week, so long as it is all building to something.

    Chin up mate lets tackle any adversity that comes our way and  if we somehow make it to the end then it will be well worth it. However  that is what the year 2020 offers us. You never know this could toughen us for better years to come.

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    29 minutes ago, TheKozzieExperience said:

    A grand total of 0  goals combined for Weid and T Mac.  Horrible.

    We will need to go shopping for a legitimate key forward next trade period.

    8 goals combined from Melk, Fritsch, Hannan and Hunt operating as mobile marking targets inside 50 in a team with only 1 key forward. Not the game to read much in to McDonald not hitting the scoreboard. He was involved in play, that's a start.

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    Langdon failing to give the ball back. Bennell protected area. Possibly Jetta looking upset when Spargo kicked a goal. Looks like 3 goals came from 50M penalties. I guess we should be thankful it wasn't in a real game.

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    I cringed at one blue goal when May supposedly the best kick in the team kicked it straight to the man on the mark who politely handball over Mays head for an easy goal. Only MFC can do that

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    Very impressed with Hunt's position and willingness to just go at the ball and take a few grabs. I would have loved to see him as a negating forward on Saad this week.

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    Scratch match I know but I Think key forwards Brown ( presents and knows how to get amongst the goals) and TMac (involved in some good chains up the ground). Finally some form from Melksham.

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    I wasn’t sure if Hunt had a role after being overlooked at half back, but he’s found a home up forward. He had an ok year last year, was good last week, and was involved in plenty of those goals today.

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    1 hour ago, TheKozzieExperience said:

    A grand total of 0  goals combined for Weid and T Mac.  Horrible.

    OR... sounds like our key defenders are starting to hit their straps...

    ?‍♂️

     

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    2 hours ago, TheKozzieExperience said:

    A grand total of 0  goals combined for Weid and T Mac.  Horrible.

    We will need to go shopping for a legitimate key forward next trade period.

    I think that's more to do with how they're being used than how they are playing.  They seem to be working on a structure where the tell KPFs push up the ground and drag their KPDs away from the 50, leaving the goalscoring to the medium and small forwards.  That's why we kept seeing Fritsch stuck one-out against multiple opponents in round one.  They are going to rotate a few of the mid/forward types through that full forward spot while TMac and whoever else we play are pushing up to the wings.  I'm not a big fan of this plan, but at least it shows that they're trying something different, and maybe if there are no talls down there they'll stop trying to bomb to the square. 

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