Leoncelli_36

Yep..in that same quarter with about 4 minutes to go and Lions playing tries to break a tackleg 25 out from our goal running across the ground trying to switch..gets caught and drops it..play on called. Then kick goes in to gawn who has three hanging off him including one player with no eyes for the ball and all the commentators suggest it is and free..play on..while up the other end Cameron cops a free for a touch on the shoulder. I am biased in the moment, but when you watch it back after and still think you are hard done by, you know that you probably have. Everything shifted after Fritsch went off. We should have goaled from that play bUT for the neck breaker from the Lions player that held up play. Should have been a fifty.

Did I say he was...? What an arrogant and antagonistic reply. I was curious as to how he was developing..thought I clearly prefaced that. <snip>

Just watched the 3rd 1/4 again...we had a chance to absolutely bury them..we were 41 points up..12 minutes left. Petracca misses a gimme set shot..Bugg then misses a snap he should have nailed...Then Gawn goes off with about 11 minutes on the clock. Christensen gets a suspect holding the man call and goals. Stef Martin gets another free and misses and suddenly the crowd is right in the game. It was the free that got them into the game. Gawn comes back on and Cameron tackles him straight I the back and play on is called. Cameron gives it to Max and then Cox goals from outside fifty . For 8 minutes of the 3rd we dominated and could have been 10 goals up. We left the door ajar and a dodgy free brought them back into it.

Not that I am suggesting that either are in the mix this week, but where are Balic and JKH at? I thought Balic might turn the corner at Melbourne. Barely heard him mentioned over preseason

Fritsch was Watts' replacement. 9 possessions for 2.1. I'll take that.

Watts has been quiet. Zero goals and 10 possessions

I honestly can't remember such negativity after a win. It's absolutely sheeeit. Stop being overly critical and enjoy a damn win. Yeah lions came back. Let's look at some realities though. Hogan has the chance to make it back 30 point lead 2 minutes into the last. Kicks it on the full. If he kicks that the Lions know they are done. Brisbane get a bulltish holding the ball free kick in front of goal against Neville. Never shown the replay and it was a crowd induced free, no doubt. Christiansen kicked goals off the back of free kicks for ducking and one idiotic moment from Lewis when we has 3 on 1. Petracca misses easy goal to stretch our lead. In the late 2nd and 3rd. Bugg misses, Hunt misses. ..all gettable ...the game should have been put to bed. Now ..yeah we gave them a sniff. ..yes they came hard...on their home deck in conditions that are far more familiar to them. We withstood the fightback and won by 26 and had Melksham Petracca Bugg and Hogan nailed goals they should have kicked in the 4th...we'd be sitting here applauding a 40 something point win. While the fade outs are a worry, the wrist slashing going on here reminds me of Roos' comments about the veil of negativity that surrounds the MFC. Ffs Essendon who thought they were flag contenders were beaten by Freo. Who can hardly claim a home ground advantage. It was their first game there. Maybe a home crowd advantage...and flag favorites GWS limped over the line against a depleted Collingwood who we all know absolutely stink.

melksham is suffering and AFLX Premiership hangover methinks

I will tell you the single biggest flaw and reason that we are being beaten in quarters at the moment....here goes Our plan is to win the clearance in the middle and then handball to the runner off the back flank...usually Hibberd or someone like that. The running player drives it long inside forward fifty aND we have 2 on 1 against us EVERY F. TIME. It is so easy to set up for. Just drop one back and we will kick it down your throat 2 on 1. That is setup. That is coaching. That is not on the players. It must stop. No point dominating in close..releasing the runner and then having no one inside fifty. It's FLAWED ...wake up GOODWIN. End rant

Agree..north are being touted as some massive threat..did anyone watch their first half vs Saints. They were bloody awful. Saints barely beat lions the week before and if not for some key misses from Brisbane would have lost. I'd be bringing in Frost for Wags. That's it. Maybe Brayshaw..Lions were on the their home deck..got iffy frees in front of goal to score about 4 goals. We didn't play that bad. The conditions were slippery as f. Settle down.

Get off this forum then. You come here and mouth off at everyone. Who are ya?

Geeezus you are mouthy. Come out of nowhere this one

Dog of a game

Lewis is fuckkkkjhin garbage

Dones lewis ever stay on his feet

Tyson wants to go backward at every opportunity. He was out in the middle of the ground and his first instinct was to give a 2 Metre handle back to Jones who wasn't expecting it and we miffed the chance . Horrendous. That said, he is providing more than Maynard. Harmes way off the pace at the moment

Tom Bugg is a liability. He should be told to hand it off every time he marks inside fifty. Cannot kick for [censored]

No disputing that Nash. ..but you reckon he can match Brown in the air? Do you have any recollection of how Brown has torn up our defence in recent times? Fairly blanket comment by you that factors in nothing in regards to OMACs strength vs weakness

Surely Frost in next week for Brown. Punch able head but when he gets his tail up he can do damage. No way Lever or McDonald has what it takes to go with him

There has to be more to the brayshaw thing. He isn't even an emergencyou. Looked locked and loaded in the JLT..now in the wilderness

Trac seemed to be fighting fit when he was at the Nike Melbourne On Air party about four hours after our loss Sunday. At leat from what I saw. Anyone know why he missed??

You are kidding me...the bloke was forced to play one on one and was caught out of position as he had no idea what he was doing. Honestly, I am.not going to continue this debate. . If we went Lever to be an intercept mark, he can't be used as the key back. He didn't make a name for himself as a key back.

Yeah it was SEN. He was involved in the last marking contest. Anyone know what is supposedly wrong with the elbow?. Ffs

The most important in this week is Frost. Forget the midfield. Frost is the direct replacement for McDonald. When we drafted our best 22 it would have included McDonald at one end of the ground. There is no way Oscar nor Lever are the tall key backs. I know OMac did well on the weekend, but Lever was awful. He is not designed to play on an opponent 1 on 1. The entire football world knows this. So, get Frost in. Either Hannan goes out as we have too many of his kind, Wagner...as he was part of the back 6...Salem as he was shot after half time..Maynard. I don't really mind...but not playing frost would be a massive error. Goodwin seems to have marked hi papers. I am not sure why. Happy to have either Tyson or Brayshaw in but not before Frost.

Freed up Lever to play the role he is accustomed to. That's what. Your comment shows a complete lack of knowledge of the game quite frankly.