Dingo

1 minute ago, dee-tox said:

It is horrendous. Taylor cannot string three words together.

For Brayshaw every kick is a 'ball'.

Hodge sounds stoned.

Danger is a plonker.

Hodge comment !

Do you reckon that the coaches mentioned regard us as a “destination club” ?

1 hour ago, Swooper1987 said:

Van Rooyen plays in a way that is going to draw the attention of the MRO and tbh I don't mind that.  The incident in the QF was silly but his attack on the man and ball has been hard and mostly fair in his first season. Our perceived softness is mental rather physical. And that perception will only change when we start winning the close ones regularly.

We won most of our games by small margins this year .So we know how to win the close ones regularly. And yes l know,we lost the last 2 games- by small margins.We didn’t get blown away.

35 minutes ago, Great Northern Summer said:

He might want to stay local, but I'm not sure he'll be bending over backwards to stay at the MFC.

He shopped himself to Essendon last year and was keen to leave. We were open to this, but had a change of mind when Brad Scott didn't make himself available to meet with Harmes early enough leading into the draft period, so the club ended up holding Harmes to his contract.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but we would certainly be ahead if this went ahead - may have got a second round draft pick for him.

I met a bloke at training recently who said James is leaving to go to Essendon. Man claims that he knows the Harmes family.Just saying.

In the past we have been accused of being a soft team playing “bruise free footy” .ln the last 2 games JVR has been suspended , Kozzie reported on Friday - for the second time this year - and Sparrow gives away a free kick for allegedly pushing an opponent player into the fence.Do we need to change our style of play?

Go J Hogan

2 minutes ago, Winners at last said:

That Bedford player looks ok. 

Let’s offer him a contract

30 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

 

Thanks very much

1 hour ago, roy11 said:

Went for a 3 hour walk this morning to try relax after last night.

We've been unlucky this year with injuries, especially weighted towards the forward line.

I know Clarry was injured but we covered that pretty well i reckon.

But despite our injuries, we've consistently been our own worst enemy with accuracy - and that's the frustrating part with a lot of our losses this year.

2023 was a golden opportunity, it feels more thrown away than 2022.

 

 

You said accuracey? Total of 16 goals 28 points for the 2 finals !

This has probably been explained, but when Brody goes to the Swans , do we get a pick from them?

2 hours ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

I don't understand the calls to replace Goody. He took a different approach from last year by promoting youth (which worked) and not playing banged up players (mostly). If nothing else he deserves a lot of credit for playing two of our most maligned players who helped us secure a top four finish (Melksham) and almost gained us a preliminary final place (Smith). He also persisted with Petts as a forward who I think (injuries notwithstanding) could well be the tall, strong, mobile presence we need up there. 

I love how he gives the press corps almost nothing and backs our boys publicly. He's the reason all our stars committed to long term deals and why the best from other clubs want to join us. The Gawn - Grundy combo didn't ultimately work because neither are great resting forwards but having BG helped us win games when Max missed a month. We'll also look after him in any trade that sees him leave and we'll lose no capital or friends in doing it. 

We lost 9 games by a collective total of 81 points. That's 9 points a game on average and one of those was by three times that figure. Injury deprived us of Petts & Melky at the pointy end of the season and Ben Brown's degenerative knee will likely see him hang up his boots, leaving us to rely on a very underdone T-Mac and Fritta who was playing with a plate in his foot. Far from ideal yet we almost completely dominated territory and possession in both our finals. I'm sure Macrae and Voss both feel like they've won the lottery right now. 

I really don't know much about the tactical side of AFL football tbh and lean a lot on some of the regulars on here to help make sense of what I see each week. Maybe my one strength is not making daft comments about things I don't really understand. 

I like your comment about stars recommitting and non Dee players wanting to come to us. Goody and Co must be doing something right! 

We have blooded 2 new stars : Jacob van Rooyen and Judd McVee.So not a wasted year. 

If Grundy was the sub ,He could have gone into the ruck in the last quarter.Take McDonald off and put Max into the forward line.

24 minutes ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

I've disagreed with you on many fronts @Superunknown but i reckon I'm done after this year also.

Better things to spend my $550 a year reserved seating membership on than watching absolutely thuggery in front of my eyes.

Soccer Australia and their hierarchy must be rubbing their hands with glee the amount of young kids that will be heading towards the world game via their parents after this decision.

Hamish Brayshaw hit the nail right on the head the AFL want Collingwood in the GF with Carlton.

This is only the first domino to fall, Martin will get off with a fine also.

 

 

Agree with you about spending $550 to watch a frustrating game with [censored] “rules” and terrible umpiring decisions.Run by an incompetent mob - the AFL. An organisation that has sold out to Channel 7 who decide the fixturing .Why is our game on Friday night at such a late hour - instead of 2.15 on Saturday? And then there are the tv commentators- l turn the volume off. I will shut up now.

27 minutes ago, gregdemon said:

And Michael long for 2000 grand final l do not forgive or forget

I spoke to Troy Simmons about this 2 weeks ago. He said Long would get 12 weeks if he did that now. Most importantly he is in fine nick and looks fit enough to play for the Dees today. Troy goes to the same gym - nice bloke.

7 minutes ago, sue said:

Don't expect anything from the AFLPA.

Doesn’t the AFL fund the AFLPA? That’s why they are a toothless tiger?

My mate and l are Premim members.Just got 2 tickets in our allocated reserved seats area - level 1 N55 ! Only took 10 minutes! Incredible. Last Thursday we were in the Shane Warne stand ground level.Our lucky day.

1 minute ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Tomlinson trained with the senior group?

Yes

Was there and was told by a supporter that Ben Brown has trained twice in the past week- once with the women.He looked all right to me.

Will he replace JVR?

When he went to walk off he thanked us for coming to training.Nice bloke.

10 minutes ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

I find it amusing that some on here and the socials think that if you believe Maynard should get suspended you haven’t laced up a boot….

Maynard had a right to protect himself, protect himself from what? 

A player running full tilt and kicking the footy is basically unprotected. 

But hold on, it was a natural action to turn side on….

If you are about to collide with something or fall or be attacked the natural human position is to raise your arms.

If Maynard kept his his arms in front they both might fall to the ground but both would get up and walk away.

Having said that he’ll either get off or only cop a week.
 

 

Suspend Brayshaw for bringing the game into disrepute! 

50 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

Because it was their home game.

There should be no home games in finals. You get the home ground advantage, but beyond that it should be neutral.

I hate all this pre and during game entertainment anyway. It is loud, obnoxious and completely irritating.

Please some music at a normal level, call out the players names pre-game (I do like that because it gets the crowd going), and just leave us in peace during breaks.

The “entertainment” noise was so loud that you cannot have a conversation with the person next to you.I hate it. And it happens at our home games saw well.

13 minutes ago, Katrina Dee Fan said:

It was their home final

Thanks but was it the same with us last year when we played Brisbane and Swans? 

Why was all the pre-game and halftime “entertainment “ Collingwood stuff?

4 minutes ago, Mel Bourne said:

Incorrect. 

 

4 minutes ago, Mel Bourne said:

Incorrect. 

 

Just get P.K. Every grand final .

2 hours ago, Supreme_Demon said:

Hopefully a good turnout of Demons supporters?

 

Sadly, I couldn't make it due to work commitments.

 

It would be interesting if any media show up. Although, I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't. 😒

About 4 or 5 tv cameras there.