KingDingAling

Big Levi put a nail in the coffin. Suns have been massive free kick count is 21-9 in Brisbanes favor. Many in front of goal. It’s been a belting.

24 minutes ago, Older demon said:

My preference is for us to keep our picks and get the best young high-end talent. If it is an all-out assault on pick 1 and Harley Reid the in Taylor I trust.

History is interesting way back when we took Scully and Trengove at 1 & 2 and Richmond took a kid at 3 who like Reid was labelled as a man-child, stronger than his peers and his stock standard move of the fend-off wouldn't stand up to the rough and tough of AFL against me. Well, I reckon Dustin Martin has been pretty damn good and has certainly been a generational talent. Richmond got the better end of that deal, didn't they?

Our fault for not taking Martin. He put in a great carnival. We just had our blinkers on with Scully. 

McAdam does nothing all year and bobs up against us

That wasn’t touched 

JVR. Proper forward 

11 minutes ago, GCDee said:

How could you justify spending more than pick 1 on any player who is out of contract? 

Because of Jackson being out of contract, Freo looked to get him for unders. Now their form has dipped - we will get fair value. On an open market Jackson is worth pick 1

42 minutes ago, GCDee said:

I would be furious if I was a Freo supporter, the trade is going to end up being. 
13, 4 & 23 (4061 points)

for Jackson, 44 & 67 (431 points) 

Valuing Jackson alone at 3630 points
That’s equivalent to p1 and 30… or two top 10 picks 5/6. 
I would say this would have to go down as the worst trade of all time giving up more than pick 1. 

It’s probably fair value. Jackson is a gun. 

5 minutes ago, rpfc said:

No idea about talent (haven’t watched my usual 30 mins of YouTube highlights just yet) but getting Lamb and Taylor the capital to do something like this could be glorious.

That is why we deathride💀 🚴 

That’s it. Good pick to have either way. Whether it’s flipped for this Reid kid, or kept and spent on its merits. The Freo pick looks like a good one.

I know we’re a limited side at present, but I’ve seen nothing in this kid to warrant a call up. I see glimpses of what he could be. But he isn’t an AFL level player at present, IMO. 

Non issue. Hammy would be fine anyway. It’s probably not a heated exchange about a hammy. Bartel nailed it. I’d like Bartel at Melbourne. Can coach tomorrow if it were up to me.

I think St Kilda will do as they please. The game isn’t just win by list quality. St Kilda have made massive inroads under Ross. That in itself, is an endorsement on coaching. Do we have a far better list? Yes. But quality of list alone doesn’t correlate to success. 

I’ve said it all year we’re a bottom 6 side. GWS were a bottom 6 side before today. So it was evenly matched. 

6 hours ago, DeeZone said:

Unfortunately rpfc Freo have lifted a notch and can’t see them falling below 10th unless they are hit by serious injuries.!!!

Freo won’t make the 8. They aren’t good enough. Too inconsistent, can’t play at home every week. Their forward line is a couple years away. Good, developing side. But not finalists in 2023. Even top 10 I’d think would be a stretch this year.

1 hour ago, The Stigga said:

Nope,

Say our season came to a treacle, finish 13-10, lose the first final and bow out.

Would you ask the question?

Are we that gutsy?

 

 

It’s not even gutsy. We fluked a flag and have since looked like sh*t. Hardwick coached lesser talent to multiple flags. If he is available and wants the gig we’d be remiss to not ask the question. We’re a bottom 8 side in 2023.

Cmon Essendon. 

Harmes and Bowey just far far too good for this level.

1 hour ago, poita said:

You know you are watching Melbourne play when:

- the coach picks the same tired, old players each week, regardless of how underdone or out of form they are, and ignores those who are performing in the VFL.

- the sub is a one position midget who is totally unable to impact the game (on an unrelated issue, well done to Charlie Spargo for achieving negative metres gained in his 21% game time). 

- the goal kicking accuracy is south of 40%.

- the team lines up with 175cm players across the half forward line, all manned by opponents 10cm taller.

- (excluding Fritsch), no forwards lead at the ball carrier and all play from behind.

- the team would prefer to have 8 handpasses sideways and backwards before snapping under pressure, rather than kicking at goal at the first opportunity.

- both wingers are midgets who struggle to kick over a jam jar.

- players call for one metre handpasses, even when under pressure and facing away from goal, instead of making a shepherd or block to release a teammate.

- the captain spends more time on the ground pleading for free kicks than attacking the football.

- two supposedly elite ruckmen tap the ball to anywhere other than their teammates at centre bounces.

- centre clearances, as rare as they are, travel further upwards than forwards.

- the wetter the conditions, the more team wants to handpass in circles whilst the opposition kicks off the ground and moves the ball forward any way possible.

- defenders refuse to guard the opposition goal square.

- kick outs go to the same area of the ground 95% of the time.

- the side collapses when put under any sort of pressure in the final quarter.

Yep. I’d love to see what a good coach could do with this list.

If it didn’t rain we were looking at a drubbing. The rain got us back into it. We slammed on 5 quick goals against Port up there in the wet. We are an exceptional wet weather football team. Basic football is played in the wet, and we are a basic, one dimensional side. The wet helps us.

9 minutes ago, jayceebee31 said:

 

Coaching panel has to sought out forward line urgently or good bye. 2023 

 

 

Board has to sought out coaching panel.

1 minute ago, Superunknown said:

I would like to understand how a professional football team can be so bad at core business - kicking

 

Pro golfers more often than not sink putts (choose a distance say 5ft) - or pick another analogy if you think the golf one inapt. It’s just dreadful 

A good coach would help. 

Just now, Die Hard Demon said:

Are we actually ever going to play like a top 4 side? Our skills are the worst i’ve seen in a while.. 

No. we’ve been sh*t all year. 

Lucky it’s started raining. Cats skills and defensive marking was killing us. Bit of rain nullifies it. Plus, we piled on goals against Port up there in the wet. Frustrating to watch what we’ve become in 2023. Just a bottom 8 level side. 

This is embarrassing 

This could get ugly, 

1 minute ago, Roy Boy said:

Are we playing any differently today?

Nothing I’m seeing says we are!!!

It’s our intensity. We are behind but aren’t giving up. We are on today