2 hours ago, Pates said:

Just heard Huddo’s smart [censored] comment of “jeez you’d think they’ve won the flag with that reaction”. What a [censored] he is, instead of that comment why wouldn’t he say something like, “look at them get around him for his first goal in 3 years”. 

I know this is pretty much the way it is but some commentators literally need a change of pants if one of their favourites does something they like, but something actually heartwarming and uplifting in these difficult times gets met with that. What a [censored]. 

Hudson is an absolute smarmy [censored], always has a dig at the Demons. You'd think he was a 300 game veteran the way he goes on instead of the dweeb he really is

24 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

Kosi needs to be more selfish. That last kick was putrid. He nEeded to kick the bloody goal himself! Screwed up mine and a mates multi’s.

Feel ya Gorgoroth mine as well! Can't be mad though was a great pass. 

12 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Hudson is an absolute smarmy [censored], always has a dig at the Demons. You'd think he was a 300 game veteran the way he goes on instead of the dweeb he really is

I don’t mind Hudson normally - he is an actual commentator in a world of dopey meathead ex-footballers. Lyon and Brown were far more insufferable than Hudson.

That said, his comment around the celebration with Bennell in what was clearly an emotional moment was a dreadful call that demonstrated he clearly wasn’t reading the play. I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt and assume Jonno Brown’s constant grunting Neanderthal attitude had worn him down and created a judgment lapse.

11 minutes ago, Nasher said:

I don’t mind Hudson normally - he is an actual commentator in a world of dopey meathead ex-footballers. Lyon and Brown were far more insufferable than Hudson.

That said, his comment around the celebration with Bennell in what was clearly an emotional moment was a dreadful call that demonstrated he clearly wasn’t reading the play. I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt and assume Jonno Brown’s constant grunting Neanderthal attitude had worn him down and created a judgment lapse.

Agree. Hudson should have highlighted the team bond around Bennell.  He missed it. Poor form.
Little dweeeb hudson - 
“You’d think they’d have won the flag” 

what’s should have said- 

“wow. Why not celebrate. Clearly Harleys comeback means a lot to him and his teammates. Great stuff”.  

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29 minutes ago, Demonland said:

I knew we were a certainty when you called into the podcast. Keep Tuesday night free. We’re waiting for your call. Hopefully my internet connection is a lot more solid this week. 

You’ll have to make binman a regular guest!

20 minutes ago, 3Dee said:

Feel ya Gorgoroth mine as well! Can't be mad though was a great pass. 

Got the multi in the Essendon game straight after although it paid less I’m still slightly up so that helps mitigate it. But man I was about to jump up and saw the pass and screamed nooooooooooo. My wife just starred at me like I was a loony.

Loved Hannan's game, but that's a bit of a common theme.

Thought Harmes was much more effective playing on the ball and in the forward line, so very glad to see we didn't waste a whole season with fitting a square peg in a round hole down back.

Was also really impressed with Harley's game.  Although he didn't tear the game apart, he always looked like he had time and space and used almost all of his disposals very effectively.  Would have had quite a few score involvements and Iike Hannan, I think he makes our forward line function much better, because he kicks it to good spots to the advantage of his team mates.

Didn't think Nev was outstanding, but I don't think we should write him off as a spent force just yet.  Hibbard looked that way just a month or two ago and he has really turned it around.  Particularly with O Mac back there, I think our backline gelled better and was more predictable to each other last night, which is very important.

7 minutes ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

Loved Hannan's game, but that's a bit of a common theme.

I reckon Hannan is interesting. Since coming in he’s played very low possession games - 7, 10, and 8 disposals, but it in each game he gets involved in one or two crucial score involvements. I can’t help but feel there will come a game where he doesn’t manage those couple of critical involvements and he will seem like a complete passenger.

I think he still needs to get more of the ball before I’m comfortable with fully relying on him as a flanker.

7 minutes ago, Nasher said:

can’t help but feel there will come a game where he doesn’t manage those couple of critical involvements and he will seem like a complete passenger.

Like pretty much most of his 2019, but I think it's pretty clear he was playing injured last year.

Asides from his possessions, I thought his chase and tackle was pretty good last night.

People decry that we don't have enough pace, but Hannan is deceptively fast and combined with his footy smarts make him best 22 in my book.

10 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

Did they change the structure? Tom only played the first quarter, so we really only had 1 tall for 3/4s of the game. Weid probably sat a little deeper than Tom was at times the last couple of weeks as Petracca played an undersized CHF but that's been happening the last two weeks as well. We didn't get much of a real look at 2 key forwards together and a couple of times in the first quarter Weid struggled to get off his man anyway.

Oscar was better than I expected, he certainly looks fitter and a touch quicker and more assertive, and yeah he's more interchangeable with May at least on the Suns big talls so May could come up a bit more, although he didn't play all that well. Lever has been freed up all season, tonight he took better advantage of it at times.

I might be wrong, as it's very hard to tell off the TV, but I thought Weideman played a bit deeper than TMac did in the last three weeks. I felt TMac was on his bike getting possessions across the wing or half-back but Weideman was more around the half-forward line.

10 hours ago, binman said:

On a related note i would rather Omac take the kick outs than May.

Not sure it would make a difference - surely there is a coaching directive which had May repeatedly, stupidly, kicking to Gawn on the boundary every time. We conceded a goal once where May went there despite having Langdon (I think) free on the other, open, half-back flank).

We've been terrible at kick-ins for about 25 years.

41 minutes ago, Nasher said:

I don’t mind Hudson normally - he is an actual commentator in a world of dopey meathead ex-footballers. Lyon and Brown were far more insufferable than Hudson.

That said, his comment around the celebration with Bennell in what was clearly an emotional moment was a dreadful call that demonstrated he clearly wasn’t reading the play. I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt and assume Jonno Brown’s constant grunting Neanderthal attitude had worn him down and created a judgment lapse.

I also like Hudson. I think he's the best play-by-play commentator going around.

And I agree that his comment on Bennell's goal was disappointing to say the least.

12 hours ago, Mickey said:

Bedford and Pruess were left behind. Source: Instagram

Pretty sure Jordon is in Manly too.

see Nascent post on NSW hub thread earlier this week. Pretty well spot on IOE.

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Clayton Oliver needs to do 2 things to elevate his game.

1) Wear contact and delay handballing it till the receiving player is clear

2) Stop leaning back on his kicks and kicking around corners

Guy has too much talent to not have more impact.

12 hours ago, Wells 11 said:

Good to CP5 nail the clincher. He’s coming into the player we always wanted. Sloppy by foot tonight but still massive. He’s the type that want to step up and win games. 

Mays disposal is starting to be a real concern, some horrible errors. but he  was there in the clinches at the end along with lever. Kozzie looking like SUCH a prospect and dare I say it, we are definitely a better side with Omac back in the team 

Pity CP5 did not nail the follow up centre clearance by hitting up Weed, but instead went too deep and gave us an example of what everyone had been complaining about, but yes his work was that of a beast.

On May, interesting to see in the stats that he led - by a long way - metres gained, ahead of CP5, Clarrie and Viney.

6 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

I might be wrong, as it's very hard to tell off the TV, but I thought Weideman played a bit deeper than TMac did in the last three weeks. I felt TMac was on his bike getting possessions across the wing or half-back but Weideman was more around the half-forward line.

Not sure it would make a difference - surely there is a coaching directive which had May repeatedly, stupidly, kicking to Gawn on the boundary every time. We conceded a goal once where May went there despite having Langdon (I think) free on the other, open, half-back flank).

We've been terrible at kick-ins for about 25 years.

I also like Hudson. I think he's the best play-by-play commentator going around.

And I agree that his comment on Bennell's goal was disappointing to say the least.

I just want to join in the Anthony Hudson bollocking. He was so turgid for Rankine that he seemed to forget completely Bennell's story and what his goal represented. 

But it's not just a misjudgement as others have noted. It's part of a pattern of commentators bagging Melbourne for "over-celebrating". Remember that crap in past years? Win a tight one and apparently we're supposed to shake hands, offer a 'well played old man', and shuffle off to the showers.

Hudson was sneakily having a shot and completely off target. He's in the frame now.

 

3 minutes ago, pitmaster said:

Pity CP5 did not nail the follow up centre clearance by hitting up Weed, but instead went too deep and gave us an example of what everyone had been complaining about, but yes his work was that of a beast.

On May, interesting to see in the stats that he led - by a long way - metres gained, ahead of CP5, Clarrie and Viney.

I thought May was really good until he got over-excited in the last.

7x 50m Kick ins is 350m gained before you get involved in general play....stat might be a bit weighted.

2 hours ago, Radar Detector said:

Pretty sure he struck Rankine with a swinging arm. Pretty iffy but suspect the umpire called it as a strike

But he didn't actually touch him, that's the problem. 

3 minutes ago, buck_nekkid said:

I thought May was really good until he got over-excited in the last.

7x 50m Kick ins is 350m gained before you get involved in general play....stat might be a bit weighted.

Agree. 

1 minute ago, pitmaster said:

I just want to join in the Anthony Hudson bollocking. He was so turgid for Rankine that he seemed to forget completely Bennell's story and what his goal represented. 

But it's not just a misjudgement as others have noted. It's part of a pattern of commentators bagging Melbourne for "over-celebrating". Remember that crap in past years? Win a tight one and apparently we're supposed to shake hands, offer a 'well played old man', and shuffle off to the showers.

Hudson was sneakily having a shot and completely off target. He's in the frame now.

 

We are easy targets.  If you hate on the Dees, most of the time you are right, and it fits the narrative.  Huddo is a pin headed dweeb who wants to be the next Bruce.  Rankine case in point.  Jono Brown missed the eye poke (that was late) so his initial response was not unreasonable.

Start winning consistently and winning well and these worms will turn

2 hours ago, Clint Bizkit said:

I couldn’t get my head around the fact that all our kick-ins went to the same side while the other side of the ground was open for players to run into.

Bizarre coaching decision. 

It was so frustrating and lucky Gawn was having a good marking day. 
I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt and say that perhaps Tmac going down meant Gawn was our only marking option down the line as clearly they were playing Weid deep to isolate his opponent. 
 

My issue is that for 10 years we have had the same simplistic repetitive kick out strategy. Surely someone can come up with some different options to move the ball out of full back. 

6 minutes ago, deanox said:

But he didn't actually touch him, that's the problem. 

Even if he did touch him it was such light contact.

The umpires had as huge a hard on for Rankine as the commentators.  That free kick he got for too high around the 50m line in the 3rd quarter after the down field free was total rubish as well, should have been paid holding the ball, because the original tackle was barely high, he took the man on the mark on and then ducked it - it reeked of arrogance and the umpires fed it.  I can see Rankine becoming one of those players the umpires make untouchable.

1 hour ago, Cassiew said:

Uh just woke up with slight hangover to “Aunt Cassie, you’re still here! Let’s play!”

This is why we usually have game nights at my place 

#advantagesofbeingchildless

I hope Aunt Cassie isn’t living in Melbourne having ‘game nights’ during lockdown? 

31 minutes ago, SPC said:

Clayton Oliver needs to do 2 things to elevate his game.

1) Wear contact and delay handballing it till the receiving player is clear

2) Stop leaning back on his kicks and kicking around corners

Guy has too much talent to not have more impact.

His kicking was more than once country league reserves poor last night.   Yep, composure is not a word one associates with the young man.  

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Morning,  for a deelightful change, Its easier to pick the poor players from our side this week rather than the best,

Even so I thought some of the maligned players recently had good games,

Jack V and  C Oliver were great, Max and  Tracca as well and AVB just got better as the game progressed, followed on from improvement the previous week.    Fritz, Salem, May , Lever , Harmes,  Kossy and Harley, just about the whole side played a part,  In these depressing times   feel much better about meeting the Poos and Wees next week,   Go Dees

1 minute ago, Jaded said:

It was so frustrating and lucky Gawn was having a good marking day. 
I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt and say that perhaps Tmac going down meant Gawn was our only marking option down the line as clearly they were playing Weid deep to isolate his opponent. 
 

My issue is that for 10 years we have had the same simplistic repetitive kick out strategy. Surely someone can come up with some different options to move the ball out of full back. 

Is it lucky that Gawn has a good marking day when he’s the best mark in the comp and knows he has his opponent covered?

Last week we ran a couple of set plays of Gawn coming back to the middle. We win the ball but turned it over and got killed.

Against Carlton May tried to lace out a heap of kicks with various levels of success. 

The Giants ground is thin and the Suns had a tight zone. There were a couple of chances to go the fat side and then run in to space, but the forward line and mids have to do a heap of work and hit targets.

We had a strategy that was working and playing to our strengths with Gawn and contested footy. Isn’t that what people want from that coaches?

 

1 hour ago, bobby1554 said:

And to think there were posters this week saying we should get rid of Jack Viney. Clueless, absolutely clueless

I was one of them.  I'm not absolutely clueless Bobby.  Maybe somewhat in some areas but Viney was atrocious against the Tigers.  And to be honest he hadn't done much all year up until last night.  Anyway mate, we're all on the same team here.  Go Dees.