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Time to go easy on Fritsch

Farmer
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19 hours ago, Farmer said:

Those who didn’t attend the match but watched on 7 saw Fritta and his partner nursing a baby. Two weeks old! First child I believe . History is full of examples of sportspeople going off the boil when a baby is due/ recently born. Give him another week or two, see what happens

Interesting post and maybe there is some merit in it.

Perhaps he is entitled a little more understanding.

The problem for me is last year way before the arrival of this bubba ( great luck to them all) was Frittas lack of tackling them.

And yesterday while he kicked two good sausages he failed to lay a single tackle compared to JV who managed 15.

So there's that.

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    Nah, if he isn’t up to it because he has had a baby - he can play VFL.

    Otherwise, he is up for criticism and deserves it.

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    May has also had plenty of sleepless nights during the off season and leading in to matches.

    He hit the ground running and, aside from twisting his ankle while pirouetting in a contest on the wing vs Lynch on Thurs night, hasn't put a foot wrong so far.

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    20 hours ago, Farmer said:

    Those who didn’t attend the match but watched on 7 saw Fritta and his partner nursing a baby. Two weeks old! First child I believe . History is full of examples of sportspeople going off the boil when a baby is due/ recently born. Give him another week or two, see what happens

    Good lord, how long was that child in Utero?

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    14 hours ago, old dee said:

    He was poor last year before the baby was conceived.

    31 minutes ago, D Rev said:

    Good lord, how long was that child in Utero?

    I’m not agreeing nor disagreeing with the OP, I just wanted to remind folks that sometimes the path to having a child isn’t as easy for some.

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    1 hour ago, Dingo said:

    You mean go easy on the guy who kicked 6 goals in the 2021 grand final.?

    Are you suggesting that that's the level of ability we need to judge his efforts by ?

    Or is that some disingenuous permanent get out of jail free card ?

    Just curious

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    Time to stop berating MFC players (premiership heroes included) if you are a Melbourne supporter. Or do it to their faces at a training session, and get feedback in real time.

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    33 minutes ago, bush demon said:

    Time to stop berating MFC players (premiership heroes included) if you are a Melbourne supporter. Or do it to their faces at a training session, and get feedback in real time.

    Mate... this isn't a world of free lunches.

    They're very highly paid professionals. They are accountable.

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    Obviously I like Fritta but I am not sure he is totally onboard with the current game plan. It is up to the club to determine that.

    Does kick a nice goal though.

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    15 minutes ago, bush demon said:

    Time to stop berating MFC players (premiership heroes included) if you are a Melbourne supporter. Or do it to their faces at a training session, and get feedback in real time.

    Are people really berating Fritsch though? The vast majority of criticisms (on Demonland anyways) are pointing out flaws in his game as something he needs to improve upon.

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    3 hours ago, Dingo said:

    You mean go easy on the guy who kicked 6 goals in the 2021 grand final.?

    Four years get over it

    Needs the blowtorch in my view

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    1 hour ago, BoBo said:

    Are people really berating Fritsch though? The vast majority of criticisms (on Demonland anyways) are pointing out flaws in his game as something he needs to improve upon.

    because he does need to improve upon them to play senior footy lmao???? (1% ers and body language) and if he doesn't want to he has no place in the team, we have plenty of players injuried and too good to be playing for casey. he will get left behind very quickly as will lots of others we have a just as good or if not better young list then anyone in the comp

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    3 hours ago, beelzebub said:

    Are you suggesting that that's the level of ability we need to judge his efforts by ?

    Or is that some disingenuous permanent get out of jail free card ?

    Just curious

    I agree with bush demon’s comment.

    Sure you can be critical of a player,but it’s the tone and language of the “comments” that annoy me.

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    I love Bailey, but he consistently has shots at goal when there are players free in a much better position. Hes greedy as.

    if he can tone that down and become more of a team player, he would be the whole package

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    42 minutes ago, jaydenh10 said:

    because he does need to improve upon them to play senior footy lmao????

    I am sincerely and genuinely so confused, haha

    I can’t tell if you agree with me that Fritsch is being criticised fairly or if you think I said something else.

    Did you think I was saying he didn’t deserve criticism?

    Could be me as I have trouble with ambiguity sometimes

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    8 hours ago, beelzebub said:

    Mate... this isn't a world of free lunches.

    They're very highly paid professionals. They are accountable.

    A world of highly paid professionals ...and anonymous, gutless sledgers.

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    Without saying anything else

    His snap for the second goal was beautiful

    I dont think anyone in the team could kick that

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    I think he needs a block of hard training and 2-3 weeks at Casey to sharpen up. Love the Fritta, but he hasn’t been the same since his injury last year…

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    19 hours ago, beelzebub said:

    Mate... this isn't a world of free lunches.

    They're very highly paid professionals. They are accountable.

    Or we just sing their praises no matter how poorly they play and lose every game.

    Let's just change the name to Demonloveshack.

    Fritta needs a good reminder that he needs to apply more pressure. Zero tackles in today's game is unacceptable no matter who you are.

    I love the bloke but he's in one hell of a form slump and one way to get out of them or at least try is to tackle and chase your guts out.

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    On 25/04/2025 at 13:18, adonski said:

    Blokes been our only half decent forward for 5 years and has been surrounded by plumbers, journey men and VFL players across that time but gets called out on "pressure numbers". Sad!

    He averages 1.7 tackles and 1.3 1%s in his career. It’s not that his numbers in those stats have dramatically dropped or anything. Last year he took the most contested marks he ever has in one single season.

    I’m guessing these metrics were overlooked cause we were winning lots of games, I’m just trying to understand why that’s an issue all of sudden when those numbers never lit the world on fire.

    He’s too skilful to be running around in that Mickey Mouse VFL comp imo.

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