21 minutes ago, Satyriconhome said:

Totally agree on Hunt, unfortunately some of here are mired in the past

They want a gorilla who does nothing but lead out of the goal square, not the modern game

There is nothing wrong with playing a smaller forward line, as Richmond showed in 2017 especially.

The issue is that the delivery to small forwards has to be spot on. Richmond's foot skills are infinitely better than ours, so they were able to find their targets. We have not shown this ability in the past 18 months. 

27 minutes ago, Satyriconhome said:

And do or say what?

What do you want an Eddie McGuire is David Koch sideshow?

Throw the toys out of the pram like posters on here

Just wait and let the whole scenario play out

The club was disadvantaged by the incident, but got on with it and arranged,  from what I have been told and seen, a rather willing and extremely useful from a coaching point of view, practice match

Maybe if some of the perpetual whingers and whiners actually set an example of standing up for the Club, instead of bashing it at every opportunity.....well that would be a first

Why do i have to have the same opinion as you?

Why are you always “right” Satyr??

Not a word from the President yet, I expected more. That is all i have to say. 

7 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Why do i have to have the same opinion as you?

Why are you always “right” Satyr??

Not a word from the President yet, I expected more. That is all i have to say. 

I am not right, that is my opinion

Again, what would you like him to say

You rant and rave, when challenged, you walk away

So?

Just now, Satyriconhome said:

I am not right, that is my opinion

Again, what would you like him to say

You rant and rave, when challenged, you walk away

So?

I want to hear what the President has to say

I am not putting any words in his mouth

I want to hear what Bartlett plans to do

Our next opponent should be Essendrug and i would be fighting hard for that

39 minutes ago, Satyriconhome said:

Totally agree on Hunt, unfortunately some of here are mired in the past

They want a gorilla who does nothing but lead out of the goal square, not the modern game

 

You probably think Hunt is better than  Lyon,  Neitz, Schwarz and Jakovich.  

Remember when you insulted them the other day?   Four legends of the MFC

14 hours ago, RalphiusMaximus said:

I'm really liking the look of young James Jordan.  A few people last season thought he was showing a bit, and right now it looks like they were right.  He's harder than you expect, a good ball-user and has that bit of poise where he manages to find time.  He could turn out to be  a very nice surprise packet. 

He's a good prospect. He was very young when drafted, being right near the cut off and coming into the club as a 17 year old. He likely would've been a first rounder in last years draft had he missed that cut off. 

He could become a good midfielder or half back flanker due to his accurate and penetrating kick, burst of pace and toughness. He's well suited to half back flank but has actually excelled playing more inside midfield at Casey. I reckon he could become a well rounded inside/outside midfielder, which we need IMO. Both him and Sparrow from that draft are developing well, Sparrow more of a Viney type insider, Jordan a more rounded midfielder like a Bernie Vince. 

1 hour ago, Sir Why You Little said:

I think Members deserved more than a generic email

you don’t

No i don’t want Ricciuto or Eddie

i want The MFC President and CEO to stand up for our Club. 

I don't know if they do or they don't.

But I also know that standing up for our club doesn't have to be done in public view. 

Just now, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

I don't know if they do or they don't.

But I also know that standing up for our club doesn't have to be done in public view. 

Yes it does. That is the point

Not enough is done on behalf of our club, in situations like this in Public. 

5 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Yes it does. That is the point

Not enough is done on behalf of our club, in situations like this in Public. 

Not arguing, but just asking. Why does it have to be in public?

1 minute ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Not arguing, but just asking. Why does it have to be in public?

Public Sentiment can be very useful 

For too long The MFC has sat quietly in the corner and taken the scraps

14 hours ago, picket fence said:

I'm in the opposite Camp! Zero goals from a true CHF in a scratch match!? Nup Not up to it at present! Plenty of concern from me!

The dichotomy of views expressed in this thread and often across the spectrum of the zDemonland blogsphere. Brings to mind the glass half full v glass half empty conundrum, much loved by psychologists and their ilk. Our research has found where one sits is often not that simple. But on matters MFC we generally aspsire to option...

Edited June 22, 20205 yr by Tarax Club
word choice

 

15 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Public Sentiment can be very useful 

For too long The MFC has sat quietly in the corner and taken the scraps

I don’t agree that not grandstanding equates with taking the scraps. 
AFL is trying to act responsibly re-CoVID in the public’s health interests and run a big business footy competition during a pandemic... 

should one club (Dons) be penalised for having to assist the AFL do its public health duty..? Is debatable.

should the MFC be publicly seeking free wins from the Dons ill fortune? It me such a stance smacks of weakness and doubts that we can be successful without such handouts...

How about we accept we all have to be flexible during CoVID and focus on beating Geelong this week and the Dons whenever the game is rescheduled to be played? 
There’s a flag to be won this year, and winning it with some handout due to the Dons misfortune would diminish it. Winning it despite the challenges we’ve been dealt, would make it truely glorious...

Edited June 22, 20205 yr by PaulRB

Just now, PaulRB said:

 

I don’t agree that not grandstanding equates with taking the scraps. 
AFL is trying to act responsibly re-CoVID in the public’s health interests and run a big business footy competition during a pandemic... 

should one club (Dons) be penalised for having to assist the AFL do its public health duty..? Is debatable.

should the MFC be publicly seeking free wins from the Dons ill fortune? It me such a stance smacks of weakness and doubts that we can be successful without such handouts...

How about we accept we all have to be flexible during CoVID and focus on beating Geelong this week and the Dons whenever the game is rescheduled to be played.

Why does speaking in Public equate to Grandstanding?

All i want is a fair outcome for the MFC, at present we are disadvantaged through no fault of our own. Our next opponent should be Essendrug, it is up to them to field a side

But at Present, not one word from our President....

18 hours ago, Redleg said:

One of my favourite posts ever on DL. I loved that show as a kid.

I have the DVD's of every episode.

Some of us thought that footage was so real that we put kitchen aprons on and jumped off the house roof. Mum was not totally against the idea, just said, well be careful if you do it.

18 hours ago, Redleg said:

One of my favourite posts ever on DL. I loved that show as a kid.

I have the DVD's of every episode.

Oh, for simpler times Red.   The early 60's would do me nicely.

21 hours ago, Hogan2014 said:

Love your positivity but reckon our game plan is flawed, over invested in 2 defenders, not much up front, coach is questionable. Hope I’m wrong but that’s my gut feeling. 
 

Whats wrong with the game plan, and what would you like it to be changed to and why would it be better?

2 minutes ago, Grimes Times said:

Whats wrong with the game plan, and what would you like it to be changed to and why would it be better?

An obvious with the game plan is we are not able to shut a side down when they kick back to back goals, All the other teams are aware of this weakness and exploit it. We keep hearing from Club and players we are as good as anyone at our best. Sometinmes that should mean halving a contest rather than going for broke every time. 

18 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.

maybe we are structuring this way, to suit our small forwards scoring.  With sometimes only one tall forward, and TMc has built up massively,  upper body,  and is solid in upper legs.

I think this is a current phase the AFL is going thru currently. And we recruited a really athletic mobile ruck, a running back, and small forwards last year.  To back up this concept. As well as TMc's current size.

Blame Richmond 2018

18 hours 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?

From the little I saw when searching for Weide,  he was always circulating deep,   whilst the ball was being delivered thru lowered eyes to players around the 40 to 50Mtr areas in front of goal.

It almost appears like Weide was keeping the top defender away from where the ball was going.?

38 minutes ago, PaulRB said:

I don’t agree that not grandstanding equates with taking the scraps. 
AFL is trying to act responsibly re-CoVID in the public’s health interests and run a big business footy competition during a pandemic... 

should one club (Dons) be penalised for having to assist the AFL do its public health duty..? Is debatable.

should the MFC be publicly seeking free wins from the Dons ill fortune? It me such a stance smacks of weakness and doubts that we can be successful without such handouts...

How about we accept we all have to be flexible during CoVID and focus on beating Geelong this week and the Dons whenever the game is rescheduled to be played? 
There’s a flag to be won this year, and winning it with some handout due to the Dons misfortune would diminish it. Winning it despite the challenges we’ve been dealt, would make it truely glorious...

I'm not calling for the 4 points as a freebie.

I just think it is unfair for us to penalised with shorter breaks between games which potentially will impact us across 3 (or more) matches. Match prior to the rescheduled Essendon match, the rescheduled Essendon match and the match (even matches) after the rescheduled Essendon match. We'll have to adjust loads during matches and training. How can that not have an impact on us when other teams won't have that same issue. I don't care about the impact on Essendon as they are the ones who are responsible.

I'm not even proposing to play a  depleted Essendon this week or mid week as a further Freebie (we all know how we fair against depleted Essendon teams).

If a team can't field a team then they forfeit. Case closed.

44 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Why does speaking in Public equate to Grandstanding?

All i want is a fair outcome for the MFC, at present we are disadvantaged through no fault of our own. Our next opponent should be Essendrug, it is up to them to field a side

But at Present, not one word from our President....

It equates to grandstanding because it’s premature, I’ll-considered and about attention seeking over reasoned thought and discussion.

Reality is the Dons are on verge of having their season killed, one way or another. And while I have a wry smile about this outcome, I’ve no desire for the MFC to be seen to be publicly dancing on their graves, as in the context of life/death CoVID... it’s an ugly look.

Edited June 22, 20205 yr by PaulRB

52 minutes ago, Tarax Club said:

The dichotomy of views expressed in this thread and often across the spectrum of the zDemonland blogsphere. Brings to mind the glass half full v glass half empty conundrum, much loved by psychologists and their ilk. Our research has found where one sits is often not that simple. But on matters MFC we generally aspsire to option...

 

You are Russian, Tarax?   ?

6 minutes ago, PaulRB said:

It equates to grandstanding because it’s premature, I’ll-considered and about attention seeking over reasoned thought and discussion.

Reality is the Dons are on verge of having their season killed, one way or another. And while I have a wry smile about this outcome, I’ve no desire for the MFC to be seen to be publicly dancing on their graves, as in the context of life/death CoVID... it’s an ugly look.

Premature?

No it isn’t. Our game yesterday did not go ahead, if that happens I expect the President of my Club to speak about it. 
 

How many other Presidents of AFL Clubs would you expect to remain silent in the reverse situation?

From the looks of the pictures on the club web site, it looks like the boys spent some time doing goal kicking practice out on the MCG.  Hoping that pays off.  In particular Freitch needs to improve on his Rd.2 output in this area.  We could have comfortably taken care of Carlton if he had kicked for goal more reliably.

One positive is that a practice match on a ground where actual games are played may be more meaningful to the players than running around in Casey.  Seems so to me, but who knows.