Are 3KZ and Picket Fence the same person, very similar outlooks on the game

9 hours ago, biggestred said:

Have we had a tom Morris style leak since trac left?

Enough said and rant warranted!

8 hours ago, BDA said:

It’s a pity they couldn’t motivate each other the last 2 years to finish higher than 14th on the ladder.

The nail has been hit.

By seasons end, "Did you know Scott Pendlebury was a basketballer" will be overtaken by "Did you know Christian Petracca had a life threatening injury"

I remember once hearing Goodwin in an interview about a discussion with Choco on our set shots and Choco saying that most have good execution but it was a mental thing that let them down. We saw Trac do things like close his eyes before taking a set shot and visualisation techniques.

I wonder if at the GC they've said to Trac, "No this is a pure technique thing and we're going to work on it" (particularly his high ball drop). It honestly makes me wonder how long Melbourne was unnecessarily employing Williams for with such little improvement.

Having said all that, I'm not going too early on Petracca. That was an extremely low pressure game and the Cats let him run with free reign. He'll dominate West Coast next week too but he'll get more attention now which he'll no doubt struggle with.

8 minutes ago, At the break of Gawn said:

I remember once hearing Goodwin in an interview about a discussion with Choco on our set shots and Choco saying that most have good execution but it was a mental thing that let them down. We saw Trac do things like close his eyes before taking a set shot and visualisation techniques.

I wonder if at the GC they've said to Trac, "No this is a pure technique thing and we're going to work on it" (particularly his high ball drop). It honestly makes me wonder how long Melbourne was unnecessarily employing Williams for with such little improvement.

Having said all that, I'm not going too early on Petracca. That was an extremely low pressure game and the Cats let him run with free reign. He'll dominate West Coast next week too but he'll get more attention now which he'll no doubt struggle with.

Tracs set shot technique has always been a mess.

One game guys, one game..

Let's not pretend that these two didn't have the odd ripping game in the last two seasons. I mentioned in the Clarry thread his Round 1, 2024 game against the Dogs. Had they both played stinkers do you think these boards would have been quiet? Not likely.

They were great but let's see how it unfolds.

he was (is?) a very good and talented footballer

that's the best i can say for him. i never really warmed to him personally like i do for most of our boys

Lyon recent interview with King basically not a lot was mentioned on Trac & Oliver other they were moving on & focused on the future, understandably so but a phrase from Goodwin what were the learnings??

13 hours ago, KozzyCan said:

Tracs set shot technique has always been a mess.

I'll never understand why so many AFL players drop the ball from so high

On 08/03/2026 at 16:07, 3KZ is Football said:

Left The MFC in a right mess Wayne…

Yeah right, goody left the club in a mess.

I forgot the coaches run AFL clubs and their boards, CEO and administration are purely figureheads, not the people responsible for running professional football clubs.

1 hour ago, layzie said:

One game guys, one game..

Let's not pretend that these two didn't have the odd ripping game in the last two seasons. I mentioned in the Clarry thread his Round 1, 2024 game against the Dogs. Had they both played stinkers do you think these boards would have been quiet? Not likely.

They were great but let's see how it unfolds.

Exactly and lets not forget Geelong was flat-out, bog ordinary. 3rd worst game under Chris Scott. Now was that because of their state of their team, timing of season etc or was it made that way by the Suns performance. I'd lean into the argument that 14-16 teams would have beaten the Cats on Sat night.

The defensive work on Trac was woeful. Its not like he has done anything different in his whole career. Touk played the ANB role well. The only difference was the Suns had Anderson, who pretty much sacrificed his own game to allow Trac to do his thing. In years gone by we had a few better options in Gus, prime Oliver, prime Jack.

What will be fascinating is how this midfield group evolves over the year and whether the ego's of Trac, Rowell, Anderson, Humphries can all co-exist. If Trac starts all-of a sudden receiving all the kudos and attention or vice versa..its only a matter of time until ego's start getting hurt and unsettling the playing group. Not a matter of if, but when this happens. Our premiership side is the textbook case of how quickly things can go wrong.

21 minutes ago, binman said:

Yeah right, goody left the club in a mess.

I forgot the coaches run AFL clubs and their boards, CEO and administration are purely figureheads, not the people responsible for running professional football clubs.

You would have preferred that Goodwin Coached out his contract??

We Would be left with 25,000 Members.

40 minutes ago, 3KZ is Football said:

You would have preferred that Goodwin Coached out his contract??

We Would be left with 25,000 Members.

Yeah, that's exactly what I meant with post you are responding to.

Sheesh.

46 minutes ago, 3KZ is Football said:

You would have preferred that Goodwin Coached out his contract??

We Would be left with 25,000 Members.

That’s…not even close to what he said?

Let's all get along.

17 hours ago, At the break of Gawn said:

Having said all that, I'm not going too early on Petracca. That was an extremely low pressure game and the Cats let him run with free reign. He'll dominate West Coast next week too but he'll get more attention now which he'll no doubt struggle with.

Hope Reid runs rings around him again.

4 hours ago, lorn said:

I'll never understand why so many AFL players drop the ball from so high

Probably the same height he drops the parmesan onto his pasta?