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16 hours ago, Wadda We Sing said:

Incredible watching this, so much passion and excitement. The games this year without the crowds are so stunningly stark in comparison, its like a different world. Lets hope we can get back there. Stay safe everyone.

I know right?  Clips like this remind me how much I've already forgotten about what it feels like to be in stadium full of people going nuts. 

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I have been a fan of this unsung team player, so well done. Some people are starting to appreciate that it takes the :"role" players to make the TEAM successful

 

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On 7/13/2020 at 6:57 PM, Chook said:

He seems pretty awful when Lever's not in the side.  I think Lever helps him play a lot better.

It'll be interesting to see whether he, Lever and May can get some continuity together.

My feeling on the 'all defenders up' problem is that we never get enough continuity in our defensive unit, so there's no trust or understanding yet.

Despite what Max says about Oscar's reading of the play, to my eye, May and Lever are much better readers of the play, but Oscar is deceptively quick. Where he really struggled in 2018 was his body strength, which usually comes with time. Another pre season would certainly have helped him.

The sample size is too small at this stage, but the Suns game was a good bar for Oscar. If he can aim for that and consistently get there, and the defenders get that continuity together, I think our game can come alive again. 

We've so lacked intercepting and in turn, rebounding from defensive 50 in the last 12 months or so that if we can rediscover that key defensive trait of 2018, our side will become quite formidable with our clearance team. Then we just have to get forward of centre working!

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I found it quite amusing in Max's captain's run podcast that he suggested that Oscar has asked for a portion of Lever's pay, since Lever only seems to play well when he's in the side.  Lol.  Came up partly in the context of that toss Adelaide club administrator having a go at Lever's pay.

Max also had a freindly dig at Oscar that he was asking around trying to find our how to reopen his deactivated Twitter account to bask in some rare praise from MFC supporters after a good performance.  Does make me think that when Melbourne play the Lions at Carrara stadium next week, I'm going to try and get down and shout some encouragement for big O Mac from the stands (noticed in the GC game last week that one of the benifits of small crowds is that individual supporters voices travel well). I think Oscar deserves some external positive reinforcement comming his way and I actually think he could have quite a high ceiling for us if he builds some continuity and confidence again.

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Unfortunately wet weather shows up players with poor skills i.e. Oscar, Hannan too

Posted
3 minutes ago, Elegt said:

He was rubbish tonight. 2 good games don't make you a good player 

Rubbish.  Was part of a defence that kept us in the game for large parts of the night.  Hipwood and McStay had no influence on the game and he spent time on both.

Pathetic post.

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Just now, Wiseblood said:

Rubbish.  Was part of a defence that kept us in the game for large parts of the night.  Hipwood and McStay had no influence on the game and he spent time on both.

Pathetic post.

Agree. What did Hipwood and McStay do? Nothing.

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2 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

Rubbish.  Was part of a defence that kept us in the game for large parts of the night.  Hipwood and McStay had no influence on the game and he spent time on both.

Pathetic post.

They both took easy marks in the fwd 50. Draining the clock

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Look who’s crawled out from under his bridge!

The last two weeks must have been a very difficult time for you.

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Posted
Just now, TeamPlayedFine39 said:

Look who’s crawled out from under his bridge!

The last two weeks must have been a very difficult time for you.

I've actually got him on ignore as he's one of the worst contributors on here, but knew exactly what he was going to post and couldn't help myself.

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5 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

Rubbish.  Was part of a defence that kept us in the game for large parts of the night.  Hipwood and McStay had no influence on the game and he spent time on both.

Pathetic post.

Amen. 
Biased rubbish from supporters gunning for him to fail. Pathetic uneducated call. 
He did as a good a job on his opponent as Andrews did on Weideman who should have kicked 3 for the game. 

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9 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

Rubbish.  Was part of a defence that kept us in the game for large parts of the night.  Hipwood and McStay had no influence on the game and he spent time on both.

Pathetic post.

100% correct mate, we have some supporters with absolutely no idea.

Posted
13 minutes ago, Elegt said:

He was rubbish tonight. 2 good games don't make you a good player 

You either have absolutely NFI, or you're a deadset troll.

Either way, I cannot stand you.

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4 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

You either have absolutely NFI, or you're a deadset troll.

Either way, I cannot stand you.

Look. He tries his hardest and he has played well this year but he was very poor tonight. Im sure he will get better but we need our backline to gel better. He really needed to kill the ball more in that crucial last quarter

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8 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

You either have absolutely NFI, or you're a deadset troll.

Either way, I cannot stand you.

Insert “Can’t we have both” gif

 

 

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He had two mares. Other than that he was solid.

He's making Lever and May become better players. That's enough to have him in the side.

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21 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

He had two mares. Other than that he was solid.

He's making Lever and May become better players. That's enough to have him in the side.

Whilst our defence wasn't necessarily poor tonight they were really not at the standard we need them to be to challenge for finals 

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Just now, Elegt said:

Whilst our defence wasn't necessarily poor tonight they were really not at the standard we need them to be to challenge for finals 

Today was Brisbane's second-lowest score for the year, just 1.1 off their lowest (which was when they lost to Geelong).

They scored 7 goals from 42 inside 50s.

They only took 7 marks inside 50 (their season average is 10.5).

And Brisbane is possibly the best side in the comp right now. So if we're doing all that against them (on effectively away territory, given the crowd), then I think our defence is absolutely at the standard we need to challenge for finals.

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3 minutes ago, Elegt said:

Whilst our defence wasn't necessarily poor tonight they were really not at the standard we need them to be to challenge for finals 

At times our defenders were ordinary, especially in contest, but our zone defence for much of the game was solid and there's no doubt our team defence has improved since Oscar's been in the team. 

IMO, the game was lost in the midfield where we failed to capitalise again on Gawn playing a nobody (see the Carlton game too that was almost thrown away). You can't play two quarters of football and expect to win games and our mids were guilty of going to sleep in the second and third quarters, and going into their shells from stoppage and with our ball movement.

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The forward line needed to do better. They needed to kick goals. That's their role.

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