14 minutes ago, Demon Dynasty said:

Your interpretation of 'great' must be my 'handy'

32 touches, 24 kicks, 6 contested possessions, 8 intercepts, 9 marks (2 contested but that was highest on ground). I'd say he was pretty good.

7 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

Correct and unfortunately Tmac has shown more this year and deserves his spot ahead of Tommo. 
Realistically Tommo would have been dropped post bye for Lever anyway. 

Why unfortunately??

10 minutes ago, Billy said:

Can anyone please explain how Petty is playing, please!!!

Collingwood with half a team in will play with heart, something we’ve been severely been lacking & Petty especially 

Hope Laurie gets a full game, we know what we’ll get with Billings so make him sub, give Bill a go & see what he’s got

Petty is playing because we need a key forward and Goody is stubborn simple as that

Just now, Bates Mate said:

Petty is playing because we need a key forward and Goody is stubborn simple as that

He’s a key forward?? Ah thanks 👍

 

9 minutes ago, croydick said:

32 touches, 24 kicks, 6 contested possessions, 8 intercepts, 9 marks (2 contested but that was highest on ground). I'd say he was pretty good.

His impact with that wasn't that impressive from what i witnessed CD.  There were a number of turnovers im there also.

Very hard to judge anyone's form on one match against a bottom rung VFL opponent that's only won one other match aside from against us last week.

Same with today's game vs the filth.

1 hour ago, leave it to deever said:

Fair call but his kicking distance can't be excused by conditioning. You either can kick the ball more than thirty or you can't. No amount of game time is going to fix that I'm afraid.

So how far was he kicking for Casey this afternoon, I wasn't watching 

20 minutes ago, Billy said:

Why unfortunately??

Well I mean unfortunately for Tommo. I really like Tomlinson and I think he has a lot of offer, but unfortunately for him and he’s always had too much competition at Melbourne. Hard to compete with May, Lever and now a reborn Tmac. 

2 minutes ago, loges said:

So how far was he kicking for Casey this afternoon, I wasn't watching 

It’s seems Deever under estimates length. Poor fella. Must have self esteem issues 😳😳😂😂

Gutless team decisions. 

wtf drop Tomlinson.  
wtf drop Woewodin 

Include Billings 🤢

Include Laurie 🤮

 

1 hour ago, Jaded No More said:

Incorrect. He is not fast or nimble enough to play on a small. Him May and TMac together make for a pretty slow backline anyway. It’s one thing when you have 3 talls to defend. Another when you’re defending smaller players. 

... and it is another thing to (at the opportunity) to break free for receives, and with his booming kick, hit his target in the Dees' forward progression of the ball. He's done this, recently, without sole focus of defending against an opponent outside of their goal zone.

31 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

Well I mean unfortunately for Tommo. I really like Tomlinson and I think he has a lot of offer, but unfortunately for him and he’s always had too much competition at Melbourne. Hard to compete with May, Lever and now a reborn Tmac. 

Except all 3 of them are getting older. How do we keep him for another year or two to step in as those three start to fall struggle with older bodies.

I question if Maysie is fit enough to be out there at the moment. (He'll probably play a blinder)

Tommo is a vexing issue as I think he has the capability to be a permanent rock for us down back. He's just a very close run 4th at the moment 

On 07/06/2024 at 17:02, Winners at last said:

I despise the filth ... the club, players and supporters en masse.

I won't go to any filth matches. 

Don't let them win go and support our boys 

Season on line tmmrw. No doubt about it. If we can't beat a second tier filth side then the show is over. Ignore Maynard.

1 hour ago, Demonsterative said:

It’s seems Deever under estimates length. Poor fella. Must have self esteem issues 😳😳😂😂

 

 

Edited June 9, 2024Jun 9 by leave it to deever

1 hour ago, Billy said:

Can anyone please explain how Petty is playing, please!!!

Collingwood with half a team in will play with heart, something we’ve been severely been lacking & Petty especially 

we need a big body forward to play along side JVR Fristch and Turner who are either young or undersized or both

Ideally Brown would play this role but he has been poor and his body doesn’t hold up. Petty has mostly been poor but at least is young and might improve. 

Season is salvageable if we win and finished if we lose. 

If we don’t target Maynard physically tomorrow then we’re a bunch of Peahearts. 

I think Collingwood will torch us sadly but I am happy to be proven wrong 🤷🏻‍♂️.

1 minute ago, OhMyDees said:

Season is salvageable if we win and finished if we lose. 

If we don’t target Maynard physically tomorrow then we’re a bunch of Peahearts. 

I think Collingwood will torch us sadly but I am happy to be proven wrong 🤷🏻‍♂️.

Yeah hard to have any faith in a side that has not just been beaten, but waived the white flag twice in 3 weeks 

9 hours ago, old dee said:

Strange how three weeks can markedly change your view. I now see our side as in need of some change and renewal. We miss Gus big time, our forward line is a shambles and the loss of Yze to Richmond may now be showing that he is a big loss. We seem to have lost our spark. For me this weekend is about today. I am very interested in the  Casey game. The weather will have some effect but I look forward to seeing who has made progress and who shows any signs of being a top level player. I am really looking forward to seeing the new light from the west. Tomorrow is about who has the least impact from injuries. IMO neither team will win a flag in 2024 or even make the top 4. 

Yes, in retrospect Yze may be a huge out, but remember many here lauded McQualter as the second coming of Christ.  I am not quite sure of his role.

6 hours ago, Superunknown said:

The fact that such a scandal went unreported and unremarked is an indictment on the people that run the game. 

 

The fact that such a scandal went unreported and unremarked is an indictment on the people that run ruin the game. 

Spelling corrected

6 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Kynan Brown to debut??

Hopefully not as the back up sub 😠

4 hours ago, Dee*ceiving said:

Windsor playing for Casey too. 

Out 

Hunter, McAdam, Tomlinson, wowoedin, Windsor  

In 

JVR, billings, Laurie, howes, K brown?

I'm guessing either 

Howes sub = Petty back 

Or 

Laurie/billings sub = Petty forward 

wrong Windsor, Dee

3 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

I’m surprised Leigh Matthews is publicly advising that our players focus their attention on the filthy POS thug tomorrow…

https://www.3aw.com.au/leigh-matthews-melbourne-must-make-sure-brayden-maynard-has-bad-day-on-kings-birthday/

Of course that is what he would have done in his day, before MRP and video reports - an absolute thug 

2 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

Prepare to enjoy that rubbery sole. I reckon Laurie is sub. 

Laurie? Billings?  Does it make much difference?

2 hours ago, leave it to deever said:

I hope not.

Last time he was sub against the pies he barely touched it. And he played almost the entire game.

Shocking selection by Goody last year in the final.

Goody is not THE selection panel though I am sure he has a huge say.  And the Laurie as sub wasn't quite as bad as the Schache sub unused even when Petty (tor was it TMc) was limping throughout the last quarter

1 hour ago, Bates Mate said:

Petty is playing because we need a key forward and Goody is stubborn simple as that

Petty is playing because we need a key big forward and Goody is stubborn simple as that

Word choice correction

I would like to see Maynard dealt with but not sure if we want to be distracted by him.

Nah, let's do him in.

23 minutes ago, Rednblueriseing said:

Don't let them win go and support our boys 

Sorry, but the filth people do my head in. Not quite a mental health issue, but not far from it. I actually get upset in their presence. 

Please cheer for me. 

 

2 hours ago, croydick said:

I will eat my own shoe if Billings isn't sub

 

“What the [censored]!”  Billings to play Laurie  the bridesmaid.

Be the club that supports each other 

4 hours ago, croydick said:

Hunter is great but keeps getting injured. Not very excited about Billings, McAdam and Schache. Billings and McAdam have shown glimpses but not enough to get that excited over. Schache just seems like a VFL player, not enough drive for AFL level.

Consider what we have lost, Jackson, Grundy, Jordan, Harmes, yet Schace had played 4/5 games and was a sub over Grundy, Fullerton is a back up ruck and hasn’t played a game, am I missing something? 

7 minutes ago, monoccular said:

Yes, in retrospect Yze may be a huge out, but remember many here lauded McQualter as the second coming of Christ.  I am not quite sure of his role.

The fact that such a scandal went unreported and unremarked is an indictment on the people that run ruin the game. 

Spelling corrected

Hopefully not as the back up sub 😠

wrong Windsor, Dee

Of course that is what he would have done in his day, before MRP and video reports - an absolute thug 

Laurie? Billings?  Does it make much difference?

Goody is not THE selection panel though I am sure he has a huge say.  And the Laurie as sub wasn't quite as bad as the Schache sub unused even when Petty (tor was it TMc) was limping throughout the last quarter

Petty is playing because we need a key big forward and Goody is stubborn simple as that

Word choice correction

Whoa @monoccular I reckon you’ve PB-ed yourself. Eight posts quoted at once. Eight! 😲

11 minutes ago, monoccular said:

Yes, in retrospect Yze may be a huge out, but remember many here lauded McQualter as the second coming of Christ.  I am not quite sure of his role.

The fact that such a scandal went unreported and unremarked is an indictment on the people that run ruin the game. 

Spelling corrected

Hopefully not as the back up sub 😠

wrong Windsor, Dee

Of course that is what he would have done in his day, before MRP and video reports - an absolute thug 

Laurie? Billings?  Does it make much difference?

Goody is not THE selection panel though I am sure he has a huge say.  And the Laurie as sub wasn't quite as bad as the Schache sub unused even when Petty (tor was it TMc) was limping throughout the last quarter

Petty is playing because we need a key big forward and Goody is stubborn simple as that

Word choice correction

Key and Big forward have always meant the same thing in the 40+ years I've been watching.