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PREGAME: Rd 21 vs West Coast

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This club will do anything to not play Billings or Laurie 😅

Good luck Culley, I'm not sure a slow midfielder that's a below average kick is the answer to our problems but it's nice to see a change anyway. He can take a mark and runs both ways which is better than most of our mids.

Edit: probably being a bit harsh, hope he smashes it in his debut game against his former side.

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    Our 8th debutant for the year

    Good luck Jai!

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    1 hour ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    The AFLW is a tough sell.

    I was surprised to read that the average attendance for the Women's EPL (probably the most successful league) is not much more than 2,000.

    The NRL seem to be doing it a little better.

    Women's cricket took 50 odd years to reach its present stage and below international level it's a media desert

    Yes, attendances dont match the resources the AFL and our club put into the game. True on 50 years for crivket. I went to an Ashes game played in Bulleen in the late 60s. It always had players of standard.

     
    10 minutes ago, Demon Jack said:

    Jai Culley making his debut!

    Debutant Announcement 📣🚨

    That's great news, and something that should have happened last week (if not earlier).

    But ... having sat out last week as the carry over emergency, Jai now hasn't played for two weeks. How is that optimal preparation for playing your first game? Surely we should be rewarding players for good performances when they happen, not several weeks down the track. Do we actually consider the consequences of the decisions we make, or just throw darts at the wall and see what comes?

    I agree that a debut for Adams also makes sense (and should have happened last week). Brown is the other one who deserves a game this week.

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    Culley debut video on the MFC website is nice viewing. Lifts the depression a tad

    I would post it but my wifi is down

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    IN: Jai but Out: who?
    Assume - Sharp is in for Spargo as Sub.

    It’s criminal how we were knocked out of finals contention at the half way point of the season with the second easiest draw.

    With St Kilda, North and West Coast twice on top of beating Brisbane and Sydney, arguably should have beaten Collingwood, we should be going into the game this week with our finals hopes still alive, but instead, we face a “must win match” against the 1 win wooden spooner to save Goodwin’s job..

    The mere fact that this is labeled as a “must win” says all there is to know..

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    received this from someone; laughed, cried...

    Jai Culley (career w/l record: 0-12) to debut for Melbourne on Saturday against the 1-18 WCE for whom he notched those losses

    He’s going 0-13 isn’t he?

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    17 hours ago, old dee said:

    It doesn't worry me how much women want to play football, I don't mind how much they play.

    Generous of you.

    How patriarchy works 101.

    The only people complaining about women's sport are **checks notes** men.

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    8 minutes ago, bing181 said:

    Generous of you.

    How patriarchy works 101.

    The only people complaining about women's sport are **checks notes** men.

    That is miles off the mark. I know a lot of women who think the AFLW needs a lot of work, is currently almost unwatchable and question the true reasoning behind establishing the league.

    Personally, I couldn’t care either way.

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    IN Culley and Laurie

    OUT Lindsay and Windsor

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    8 minutes ago, DubDee said:

    IN Culley and Laurie

    OUT Lindsay and Windsor

    I’d like to see Laurie get a good run rather than be the sub however surely Jefferson comes back in for a game against a team with an ordinary backline. Perfect scenario to build more confidence in the lad.

    11 minutes ago, DubDee said:

    IN Culley and Laurie

    OUT Lindsay and Windsor

    Jerry Seinfeld Reaction GIF

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    51 minutes ago, Heart Beats True said:

    I’d like to see Laurie get a good run rather than be the sub however surely Jefferson comes back in for a game against a team with an ordinary backline. Perfect scenario to build more confidence in the lad.

    I reckon Jeffo would get more confidence at Casey. he has looked average at AFL level

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    3 hours ago, DubDee said:

    Culley debut video on the MFC website is nice viewing. Lifts the depression a tad

    I would post it but my wifi is down

    And yet here you are.

    Confused Joe Biden GIF by CBS News

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    Making Spargo the scapegoat and dropping him after he only played half a quarter as the sub (and he laid a good tackle in that as well) seems like an odd move.

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    Just now, Demon Jack said:

    Making Spargo the scapegoat and dropping him after he only played half a quarter as the sub (and he laid a good tackle in that as well) seems like an odd move.

    Not really. Sharp is a much better sub option. Spargo is a good inclusion in your top 22 in a team that is performing well. He compliments others. In a team performing poorly he is useless. It's no surprise his best years were 2021 and 2018 (then again they were most of the teams' best years).

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    We drop a 46 point lead to a bottom 4 team and the only changes we make are resting a 19 year old and omitting the sub, yet I'm not surprised.

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