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9 Carlton

10 druggies

11 filth

That would be wonderful after rd24.

 

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    The best consolation for our bad run this season is seeing the glorious implosion of the bummers, Carltank and the filth 

    I guess arrogance doesn’t win AFL matches after all 

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      On 11/08/2024 at 05:45, Ollie fan said:

    And get so many people keep bagging goody despite his valiant efforts with a list which, this season, has been decimated.

    You do realise we are about 3rd best in terms of games missed by injury right?

    Yes we have had some injuries but nowhere near as bad as some will have you believe on here.

    We have had a terrible season no matter how you look at it, particularly when Goody himself said we will show the footy world where we are at with our actions on the field.

    Sorry to hijack the Non MFC thread but the injury excuse many on here use is not why we are bottom 6.

     

     

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      On 10/08/2024 at 12:52, dees189227 said:

    And this is why the wildcard round is stupid. Essendon would not deserve a chance at finals 

    Neither would we, but.. you would take it EVERY TIME!

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    Hawthorn won’t miss finals from here. They’ve played one bad game since Round 7 and they close with the bottom 2.

    IMO it’s down to the Dogs, Fremantle and Carlton.

    Carlton should win their last 2, but can’t be certain with their injury list and loss of form. If they lose again they’re almost certainly done. But if they win both they’ll likely pass Fremantle who have GWS and Port and on current form won’t win both. 

    Dogs have been in top form but have Adelaide and GWS, two games they can easily lose. If they lose both they will also be passed by Carlton if they win twice. 

     

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    Hawthorn playing great football.  

    Still think that their list is average but they are playing as a team, with full buy-in from the players.  Great coaching and leadership.

     

     

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    Perhaps we should study what Hawks are doing and use some of it.

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      On 11/08/2024 at 06:10, Sydee said:

    The best consolation for our bad run this season is seeing the glorious implosion of the bummers, Carltank and the filth 

    I guess arrogance doesn’t win AFL matches after all 

    It proves how tight the industry really is - which you would hope transcends how its own supporters make sense of how the Dees have gone this year. 

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      On 11/08/2024 at 06:10, Sydee said:

    The best consolation for our bad run this season is seeing the glorious implosion of the bummers, Carltank and the filth 

    I guess arrogance doesn’t win AFL matches after all 

    Hmmm…wait til Hawthorn hit their straps over the next few years - they will be insufferable. 😂

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      On 11/08/2024 at 06:12, Hellaintabadplacetobe said:

    You do realise we are about 3rd best in terms of games missed by injury right?

    Yes we have had some injuries but nowhere near as bad as some will have you believe on here.

    We have had a terrible season no matter how you look at it, particularly when Goody himself said we will show the footy world where we are at with our actions on the field.

    Sorry to hijack the Non MFC thread but the injury excuse many on here use is not why we are bottom 6.

     

     

    Of our top six players: Brayshaw out for the whole season, Oliver a shell, Trac out for half a season, and now May out.

    It's not how many you lose, it's who they are.

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      On 11/08/2024 at 06:10, Sydee said:

    The best consolation for our bad run this season is seeing the glorious implosion of the bummers, Carltank and the filth 

    I guess arrogance doesn’t win AFL matches after all 

    I look at it and think the opposite. We really just the worst season to go off kilter. Our ‘22 and ‘23 form would have had us favourites I think. Lions the only real team to beat 

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      On 11/08/2024 at 06:08, dl4e said:

    9 Carlton

    10 druggies

    11 filth

    That would be wonderful after rd24.

     

    Dees 13th just wonderfull

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      On 11/08/2024 at 06:52, Gawndy the Great said:

    I look at it and think the opposite. We really just the worst season to go off kilter. Our ‘22 and ‘23 form would have had us favourites I think. Lions the only real team to beat 

    And the Lions aren’t even in the top 4.

    Dogs, the current flavour of the month, are currently 4 goals down to a bottom 4 side. 

    I’m with you. The frustration for me is that we’ve put this season together in a year where middling form can get you top 4. We’re not that far off Geelong or Port but 1-4 in games decided by under a kick and two beltings to a Fremantle side who hasn’t really achieved much else for 3 months has ruined us. 

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      On 11/08/2024 at 06:35, loges said:

    Perhaps we should study what Hawks are doing and use some of it.

    Their recruiting of cheap, “not really wanted” players from other clubs has been amazing. Ginnivin, Choll, D’Ambrosio, Meek, Amon. And they have got most of their early draft picks right and still have some veterans, Bruest,Gunston playing their roles perfectly and importantly coaching the young brigade.

    MFC has mostly struck out on the cheap, recycled recruiting in the last 3 years. As a cohort they have added little in terms of improving our list, playing a role or providing on field leadership. 

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    Dogs will have to beat the Giants to make finals

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      On 11/08/2024 at 06:35, loges said:

    Perhaps we should study what Hawks are doing and use some of it.

    Hawks are playing a skinny kid at FF called Calshar Dear who is going along quite nicely & kicking goals.

    Meanwhile we have a kid by the name of Matt Jefferson stranded at Casey who given the opportunity might just surprise some people. 

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    How are Cripps and Neale the 2 favourites for the Brownlow. Neither has had a great year

    Bont, Serong, Butters all better imo

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      On 11/08/2024 at 06:08, dl4e said:

    9 Carlton

    10 druggies

    11 filth

    That would be wonderful after rd24.

     

    The only joy left in our season. As bad as we have been this year one extra goal in the GWS or Lions game and we would have been looking at a top four spot. 

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      On 11/08/2024 at 07:10, wizardinoz said:

    Hawks are playing a skinny kid at FF called Calshar Dear who is going along quite nicely & kicking goals.

    Meanwhile we have a kid by the name of Matt Jefferson stranded at Casey who given the opportunity might just surprise some people. 

    Our player management has been a joke. Max should never have been playing against WC, it was the absolute clear opportunity to rest him, instead he gets injured. TMac was having the season nobody thought possible, we never managed him and lost form at the moment we needed to win. Windsor, never managed like every other first year player until he’s injured. Viney, up and down throughout the season, never managed, inconsistent and doesn’t give a player like Sparrow the chance to step into a more central role. No player management and that’s been a failure over multiple seasons, none more than this year.

    We were a mathematical chance at making finals if we won against Port. All those unlikely results are now coming true: Ess go down to Suns. Blues lost to Hawks. Crows up against Dogs. All of them managed to come off, except us, we lost.

     

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    Only joy is watching both blues & pies not make the finals after they called us one hit wonders, covid cup winners..  

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    Saints are playing well. They won't be Geelong next week but would be a decent chance against Carlton in the last round.

    A chance we could end up with pick 5.

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      On 11/08/2024 at 07:31, No10 said:

    We were a mathematical chance at making finals if we won against Port. All those unlikely results are now coming true: Ess go down to Suns. Blues lost to Hawks. Crows up against Dogs. All of them managed to come off, except us, we lost.

    it’s looking like 13 wins and high percentage won’t be enough so we were no chance even if we won

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      On 11/08/2024 at 08:28, Dee-tonator said:

    Given all the other results in this round, how important could Tholstrup's missed goal chance turn out to be?

    It's a bit unfair to single out Kolt's shocker.

    Both teams missed several gettable chances, among them Demons such as JVR, Nibbler and Billings.

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      On 11/08/2024 at 08:28, Dee-tonator said:

    Given all the other results in this round, how important could Tholstrup's missed goal chance turn out to be?

     

    Billings miss was no harder.

    But yeah, 80% of AFL players make that shot.

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