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13 hours ago, old dee said:

Is it possible to have happiness as a MFC supporter? We have spent 55 years thoroughly invested in unhappiness.

Unfortunately the club has inflicted unhappiness for 55 years  and we have history of dropping these games to teams below us... 

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    Squad is training at Gosch’s now. 
     

    Mitch Brown, Petty and Hibbo in the squad. 

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    I’d guess...

     

    In: Petty & Hibberd/M.Brown

    Out: May & Fritta 

     

    I hope..

    In: Petty & Hibberd 

    Out: May & Fritta 

    *Petty to start Fwd, unlikely but Hawks talls don’t require him up back 

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    22 minutes ago, Nudge said:

    I’d guess...

     

    In: Petty & Hibberd/M.Brown

    Out: May & Fritta 

     

    I hope..

    In: Petty & Hibberd 

    Out: May & Fritta 

    *Petty to start Fwd, unlikely but Hawks talls don’t require him up back 

    Looks like Petty for May

    Hibbo for Jetta

    M Brown for Fritsch. 
     

    Brown trained with the forwards, Petty, Hibbo with the backs.

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    1 hour ago, Earl Hood said:

    Squad is training at Gosch’s now. 
     

    Mitch Brown, Petty and Hibbo in the squad. 

    How many are training? Just 22?

    3 minutes ago, Earl Hood said:

    Looks like Petty for May

    Hibbo for Jetta

    M Brown for Fritsch. 
     

    Brown trained with the forwards, Petty, Hibbo with the backs.

    So is Jetta training as well? 

    1 hour ago, Tim said:

    No Nev.

     

    2 minutes ago, big_red_fire_engine said:

    So is Jetta training as well? 

    No. And 23 trained.

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    Just now, Tim said:

    No. And 23 trained.

    I assume that probably means 22 plus sub... any indication as to who the sub might be?

    4 minutes ago, hardtack said:

    I assume that probably means 22 plus sub... any indication as to who the sub might be?

    Nah, don’t think you can tell from the session as they all do stuff in groups, so sub likely just goes to group where he would usually play.

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    16 hours ago, Pates said:

    I can’t shake the feeling this week is a danger game, it has all the hallmarks of a team getting ahead of themselves with one eye on next week against the tigers. 

    I hope whatever is going on at the club the only focus is getting the 4 points against the Hawks. Adelaide this year have shown that if you have high work ethic and belief any team can win on the day. 

    Rewatched the replay of the games against Saints and GWS over the last week. Both were a lot closer than we acknowledge on here. The absence of Fritsch really worries me as he was the catalyse for the come backs in both games, and we will really miss May. 
     

    It is important we win and win well. In at least two games so far we have been ahead by more than 30 points before three quarter time and failed to go on with it. We need to start burying opponents as we regularly did in 2018. We so far seem to lack the killer instinct. 

    1 hour ago, Tim said:

    No Nev.

    Hibbo in for Jetta then.

    The right move. We need Hibbo in the team,  its possible that Nev needs a freshen up, his form hasn't been bad.

    20 minutes ago, hardtack said:

    I assume that probably means 22 plus sub... any indication as to who the sub might be?

    Sparrow or Jordan perhaps? 

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    3 hours ago, Earl Hood said:

    Sparrow or Jordan perhaps? 

    Of those two, I'd assume Sparrow, simply because Jordon is a tackling machine.

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    25 minutes ago, Tim said:

     

    No. And 23 trained.

    I like bringing both Petty and Hibberd. I was worried that bringing in Petty which sounds deserved defensively does not balance the amount of attack from the back half we get from Maysie as well. Whilst Jetta has not been bad he has just been hanging on and Hibbo coming in reinforces the we need to look at ways to continually get better. Brown for Fritta is like for like but I would based on last week and him not playing the Fritta role push Melksham back to medisub. 

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    12 hours ago, willmoy said:

    Preliminary Final........we owe them , big time, "baskets"

    Your memory is long willmoy. That is now ancient history. Add to that we caused the loss.

    57 minutes ago, old dee said:

    Your memory is long willmoy. That is now ancient history. Add to that we caused the loss.

    I was at that infamous match.

    Even if we had won, we would have been thrashed by Carlton in the GF the following week.

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    1 hour ago, Earl Hood said:

    Sparrow or Jordan perhaps? 

    Who is this JordAn chappy? Not on the list, I checked.

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    4 hours ago, old dee said:

    I would love to be able to get one binman. I am in1b but my clinic tells me not to get excited before June/ July. My best hope is that a lot of people get scared off. I would have two if I thought it would prevent MFCSS!

    you are not alone, od. my 98yo mil in nursing home is 1a and has no idea when she will get it. same for rest of nursing home.

    i'm 1b. at least my gp has me on wait list but no idea when he will get supply

    fortunately there's no covid out and about (yet)...... 

    17 hours ago, Pickett2Jackson said:

    A bit of a prediction..... Angus Brayshaw who is finding form and fitness after an interrupted preseason to be BOG in a sterling performance that reminds everyone why he went at pick 3 in the draft.

    I have heaps of support for Angus Brayshaw - on song, he is a terrific footballer, capable of really effective excusions into the forward line and finding (almost the only one onfield for us in recent years) that space to do that damage to an opposition.

    Highly rated but a midfielder he will always be - Clarry and Viney need  to realise he has always been the source of our outside run and/or carry solution that we have looked tirelessly for through the draft. One day, the penny will drop.

     

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    1 hour ago, Demonland said:

    Coincidently just ran past Goschs and only Big Benny Brown was on the track having set shots from outside 50 in a #79 disco Casey jumper. 

    That means he's fair dinkum, then. Outside 50s rehearsals, like the sound of that effort. Onyer, Benny!

    2 hours ago, Dees2014 said:

    Rewatched the replay of the games against Saints and GWS over the last week. Both were a lot closer than we acknowledge on here. The absence of Fritsch really worries me as he was the catalyse for the come backs in both games, and we will really miss May. 
     

    It is important we win and win well. In at least two games so far we have been ahead by more than 30 points before three quarter time and failed to go on with it. We need to start burying opponents as we regularly did in 2018. We so far seem to lack the killer instinct. 

    We so far seem to lack the killer instinct. A little mongrel, like Vegemite, goes a long way.


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