12 minutes ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

So, just curious - is there anyone who still questions the value of recruiting Steven May?

For the record I was never one of them. 
 

But I think most of that camp were more concerned about him getting his body right, and not about his capabilities once he did. I don’t think his talent was ever an issue. 

What a great first quarter. 

Kicking straight makes a difference and tells the Saints, they have to work hard for a win. Then we let in. Cmon dees stay switched on and desperate for the whole game.

The Saints did not want it, except for a couple Steele, Hill, their full back. Nullified them well.

Those turnovers, get our field kicking right and we are on. We don't use the angles well enough.

Liked that we tried to control the tempo.

Magnificent backline, reading the ball coming in, making a spread, hitting  the mark. Great confidence and cohesion builder. 

Thought Tomlinson played his best game for us.

Langdon just keeps going.

Our stars stood up.

Too many passengers again.

We can win close games. Fitness levels are great.

C'mon forward line start punching goals. Those crumbers need to get their hands on the ball .

Weids looked to be double teamed most of the time. The other forwards have to lead the opposition away from him. 

Loved the exuberance of the club song. Thought it looked like a team going places. Don't drink the bath water.

They can play with a little less pressure in Cairns with that win.

Stay desperate, hungry and hard willed Dees.

Edited August 29, 20204 yr by kev martin

1 hour ago, Purple77 said:

Words can't do the justice of Truck's last goal. 

Absolute freak. 

Yeah sure, but how does he go with chopsticks?

4 minutes ago, adonski said:

May is a jet...and if we take a King we (probably?) don’t take Jackson...I’m content

Win win

7 minutes ago, Undeeterred said:

Best user name on this forum, just quietly

 Thanx Pal I appreciate it. Go Dees Go. 

4 minutes ago, buck_nekkid said:

When they got hold of us, it was because we backed off the gut running.  As soon as we lifted this rating, they had nowhere to go.  We actually showed that they are a one trick pony, and you will see other teams go to school of that.

Thought we had a system that help up.  Our basic skills let us down often, but the effort got us back into it. 

Spot on. There seemed to be fewer cameras and so more down the ground shots and wide camera angles and you could see the zone structure much better.  

That system why i say leg speed is over rated. Sure it helps to have some leg speed but if there is no space to run into it doesn't matter how fast you are.

Take Butler - a big part of their model is getting him in space. I reckon their first goal was the only time he was allowed any space to run into all game.  Same goes got Hill. No space to run forward into.

As i said before the game, with the outs you a can take as read who didn't work hard enough last week.

An advantage for us tonight is though traeger park is pretty big is longs and relatively narrow. I have no doubt narrow grounds help our zone.

Out turnover s were poor, as were theirs. They all looked pretty stuffed though as it was over 20 degrees i think.

Ironically though it was our accuracy from set shots that was the real difference. 

 

1 hour ago, Cards13 said:

To be fair Pates, if May has 5 fewer decisive touches down back, we lose. I wouldn’t go overboard on Goody out coaching them. 

I’m not a Goody basher but setting up a plan and 2 blokes winning you the game isn’t a coaching master stroke for mine but very happy with that win. 

You're kidding, right? May was apart of the team was he not? He's part of our defensive set up. Our defensive system completely smothered their only game - run and gun off half back. That's Goodwin's plan to beat Ratten's one dimensional plan. The players executed, as they did against Collingwood.

I can see Rivers becoming an absolute star of the competition. He can defend and use it very well.

But the thing that stands out for me, and goes way back even to pre-season games. The now 5 game veteran has made some kicking errors, but in no way shape or form does he let that get in his head. He'll turn around and go in just as hard, and again bite off another hard kick, this time to perfection.

Can't remember which preseason game it was. He kicked a howler. Next kick, within a minute, pinpoint perfection.

Got ourselves a goodun

1 hour ago, RedButMostlyBlue said:

A Wagner's true home is the bench. Bench Wagner.

Just get over your preconceptions mate. He played well

19 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

Did Goodwin make enough changes for everyone's liking? Or did he have nothing to do with the win? Just thought I'd check in with the 'sack Goodwin' mafia on here

I’m not a Goodwin fan Moon but it was a good win and we were lucky to have May and Truck.  
As far as Goodwin goes let’s see what happens next week and the rest of the season before we get to excited. 

10 minutes ago, Trisul said:

 

I love listening to Steven May talk. He's honest, to the point, gives praise to his team mates and opponents. Wears his heart on his sleeve. Will be interested to see what he does post career

Good questions by Ben as well. He's a good find by the MFC media dept

12 minutes ago, Trisul said:

 

Geez he's an impressive leader for our club now.

Straight up no BS with how he speaks

12 minutes ago, Trisul said:

 

S. May what a humble bloke

Finals....

1 hour ago, Demon_spurs said:

Charlie Spargo, did little all game then laid the tackle of the match

Spargo was great defensively all game.

5 minutes ago, DemonOX said:

I’m not a Goodwin fan Moon but it was a good win and we were lucky to have May and Truck.  
As far as Goodwin goes let’s see what happens next week and the rest of the season before we get to excited. 

Sure. Not getting too excited DOx, just getting tired of the kicking he gets. FFS, we are currently on the 8!!! It's frustrating, but it's building.

Edited August 29, 20204 yr by Moonshadow

26 minutes ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

Big Maxy, what a great captain.  When asked in an interview what does a big win like this mean, Max's response was that he was  "I'm just proud that we can put a smile on some people's faces back in Melbourne".   Maxy has such a great connection with us supporters with his down to earth, easy going approach.  Love ya Maxy.

yes I had the same feelings regarding his comments.  He cares so much for us.  Fantastic.

May's post match words were great as well.  He seems like a great bloke.  As well as an awesome player.  

Tough tough win.

I'm absolutely no fan of Oscar McD.  I think he is absolutely terrible.  He's the slowest reacting footballer Ive ever seen play.  Boggles my mind.

Rivers should be in each and every week.  Just a very good young footballer.  So play him and he'll be a bloody star.  Its friggin obvious isn't it?

 

 

Max Gawn

Thanks for the smiles. We need ‘em

1 hour ago, Cards13 said:

I’m not a Goody basher but setting up a plan and 2 blokes winning you the game isn’t a coaching master stroke for mine but very happy with that win

2 blokes won us the game

The coaching saved us from a 10 goal loss and gave those 2 blokes the opportunity to win

1 hour ago, olisik said:

Haha right mate. Didn’t realise this was the olisik forum. Run along buddy, let’s keep this about the dees thanks.

And yet he still says nothing about the game. No comment. Just that we won. 

I can’t get over Trac’s last goal. That was insane.

Too many passengers tonight. Lucky our stars are improving, we will need them too, as they all share the load of carrying the rest of these spuds.

So pleasing to win a game like that. Toughed it out and stuck to the plan

May awesome. So pleased for him.

Rivers will be a gun

Nice goal by Weid in the 3rd. Liking what I am seeing from him

Salem was clean tonight 

Also big shout out to Dougal Howard. Hold onto the ball as long as you like champ. Thanks mate 

 

33 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

Did Goodwin make enough changes for everyone's liking? Or did he have nothing to do with the win? Just thought I'd check in with the 'sack Goodwin' mafia on here

Thanks for checking in.  I'd still sack him tomorrow.  Do not rate him.

6 minutes ago, dee-tox said:

Spargo was great defensively all game.

That is all we can ask. If he is doing something productive he isn't a liability, we have enough of those and they stand out. Spargo doesn't stand out, so he can't be doing much wrong. I got time for the kid.