Boyne on SEN has applauded the new game plan, which to be fair was not evident in the first 5 rounds.

Some interesting insights that he raises.

1. We have evolved. MFC is one of the fastest ball movers

2. Last 6 rounds we have been the teams to have changed the angles the most

3. We have proved that forward line personnel is not the problem as evidenced by the scoring we have had with Petty and AJ vs Carlton’s straight line (ie our old method) footy with Curnow and McKay.

Credits coaching staff and list management in bringing in better ball users into the club.

The quick, creative handball chains we’ve been executing so well recently are right up there with the speccy for my favourite thing to watch in footy.

There have been a few that have been like poetry in motion.

1 hour ago, Disco InTurno said:

The quick, creative handball chains we’ve been executing so well recently are right up there with the speccy for my favourite thing to watch in footy.

There have been a few that have been like poetry in motion.

How good are those 5-6 quick handballs to find space, often all whilst we’re moving the ball forward. Absolutely elite football. Langdon often amongst it as is Chandler, Bowey(who’s also an elite kick), Langford, Lindsay, McVee, Pickett and Windsor starting to get more form. That’s a lot of seriously good young talent who by the looks of it are loving life at the MFC. We’ve cone along way in a short time.

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We were one of the fastest ball movers when we were losing the first 5 rounds. I'm pretty sure i remember reading @WheeloRatings post on Easter Sunday we were ranked the fastest in the league.

Alot has changed since then. The fast ball movement hasn't but we have better ball users playing and or hitting form. McVee, Kozzie and Bowie.

Our forward line has made a transition to playing a style that every other club will follow eventually by not only preventing intercept marks from doing their thing but instead of leading in front of them they hide behind them so the interceptor can't watch their player and the ball at the same time, making them lost , then we bring the ball to ground or get an easy mark.

Plus Oliver, Petracca and Gawn coming back to form helps us move the ball quickly from centre bounces and contesrs.

There alot of layers too it

7 minutes ago, Wrecker45 said:

We were one of the fastest ball movers when we were losing the first 5 rounds. I'm pretty sure i remember reading @WheeloRatings post on Easter Sunday we were ranked the fastest in the league.

That's correct. We were the fastest but playing boring, straight-line footy. We're not the fastest anymore but we're the king of changing the angles.

I posted this in another thread but it is relevant here too:

[Having fast and skilful distributors like Bowey is...] part of minimising turnover in our defensive 50, to prevent the opposing team from having turnover scoring opportunities. It also helps with starting the chain of fast movement down the ground in a reasonable manner. High half forward and half back are some of the most important roles in the game now because of this. It's pleasing that our chessboard shuffling has worked alongside the new game plan!

The true test of how well this holds up will be when we play Collingwood, as they put on huge pressure and then are amazing ball users on the turnover

18 minutes ago, Stiff Arm said:

The true test of how well this holds up will be when we play Collingwood, as they put on huge pressure and then are amazing ball users on the turnover

I actually think we match up incredibly well with the pies.

34 minutes ago, Stiff Arm said:

The true test of how well this holds up will be when we play Collingwood, as they put on huge pressure and then are amazing ball users on the turnover

Fair point - that will be a big test. But we have the Saints to battle before the Pies. I'm keen to see how our new slick game style holds up against a team whose coach is an expert in defensive tactics and has strategies to slow the game down. The game against the Saints is going to be fascinating.

Late in the game

Langford's centimetre perfect deep pass to Melksham who then casually slammed it home from 55 was a thing of beauty

Speed, precision and execution

11 hours ago, Macca said:

Late in the game

Langford's centimetre perfect deep pass to Melksham who then casually slammed it home from 55 was a thing of beauty

Speed, precision and execution

Yes i was speaking to bro early on at the game and we were talking about how well he's doing so far (spit ...spit... salt over shoulder etc). Especially ability to find space/evade & the quality on his left.

I commented that if we can start to see a lowering of vision when he approaches 50 and hitting up the odd lead / target in the coming weeks / months look out! ...

Nek minnit

i find a jockstrap helps

1 hour ago, chook fowler said:

i find a jockstrap helps

Hmm, I think you might be missing the point. Our success has been based on increased changing of angles in motion.

15 hours ago, Lou C. Fur said:

Fair point - that will be a big test. But we have the Saints to battle before the Pies. I'm keen to see how our new slick game style holds up against a team whose coach is an expert in defensive tactics and has strategies to slow the game down. The game against the Saints is going to be fascinating.

That's true. Ross might throw a curve ball. This week's game is a game I think we just win on sheer talent. The saints just don't have the cattle to go with us.

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Demon discussion at 29:50 mark.

42 minutes ago, ChaserJ said:

We might need to pop this is a few threads. Time to go Goody, We're Not Dead Yet and Game style threads... ;)

Here's another one on us with Buckley...

Melbourne convo at 19.15.