Farmer

I thought the booing was a disgrace. Ended up supporting the Pies! So pleased Quaynor played brilliantly

Always on Hff, never on ball

Fullerton?

IMV it’s a no-brainer .we can be at Waverley next year. Caulfield in 5. Go to W now, even if it turns out to be temporary. All set up, great facilities NOW whilst we sort out issues at Caulfield. Personally I doubt we can. Ever heard of VCAT.

Fullerton has been great at CHB for the last 6 weeks. B o G twice. Definitely retain him another year. Our key defensive ranks are thin

I disagree. He has never had a run in midfield in ones. He has attributes Sparrow hasnt. He deserves a go next season.

Most metres gained. His effort in q4 was extraordinary. Wrestling the ball out of the centre. Started the chain of handballs leading to our only goal ( which he kicked) Do me a favour, watch the last quarter again, concentrating on Tracc and Sparrow. Perhaps Sparrow has lost confidence but his q4 was appalling

Petracca, Melbourne’s best tonight.

I’m struggling to understand the vitriol towards Petracca . Watch the last quarter again, he was by far our best player. The idea that he could have saved the faulty May kick is ludicrous. Watch it again , it was 5m short of where intended

Fullerton has now played well three times in a row. Named as our best the previous two weeks. Will be interesting watching him in finals

Well I disagree Old Dee. In the firsts Laurie has barely been given a run on the ball. Always on the forward line. Whenever I’ve watched Casey( not often) he has pretty much dominated as an on baller.

I see Fullarton at CHB . He was named as our best last match in a strong win. Who’s been watching ? Is Fullerton any chance as a key defender ?

I see Fullarton was named as our best in the last Casey match, yet not mentioned in goal kickers . So, are they trying him in defence ? Athletic type, might he have a future at CHB?

Give Tholstrup a decent preseason before thinking of moving him

Agreed. He was badly beaten by Oskar, but fought back v well.

He lost confidence mid season. Since regaining his place he has gradually improved. A few fumbling and kicking errors today but I do agree. In time a gun, pacy midfielder

Well I think u are denying yourself some pleasure. MFC play well at Docklands. Forget the last quarter last week, we played bloody well to 3/4 time

I’m happy to take you on. I’m betting we win 1 perhaps 2 of the last 3

What’s the common feature of Lever, McVee, Lindsay and Tholstrup? All had greatly interrupted preseasons , none are at their best now. Give Kolt time, I believe he will make it.. Didn’t he kick 2 decent goals in about 10minutrs against StK on the G last year?

I think u are correct! Leaving out Tom McD just puzzles me.

Can’t agree we dominated play . I saw a stat which indicated it was in Pies hands over 60 percent of time . Much understandable concern about our long kicks into attack for no result. But who, amongst the major forwards, provided any leads? Did anyone see JVR lead once ? What on earth has happened to him ?

I think there is sense in improving standards by radically improved salaries. My irritation yesterday was twofold.Yes Demons got none of the 50/50 decisions . But we also felt it was dumb umpiring. Take the first decision for inadequate attempt to keep the ball in play on the Members wing in Q1 ( from recollection it was Langford who tried to edge the ball with his foot along the line to a teammate). Had it succeeded the team would have been away with the ball, a likely score. But after the ball ran along the line a bit, it turned sideways and went OOB. All of this in slippery conditions, yet a free was paid. My son commented “ this leads to players not wanting to move a ball on”. Following this of course the umpires had to show “ consistency” so we had the ridiculous spectacle of a player who was swung off his feet whilst kicking the ball who got pinged. Many decisions did not reflect the somewhat difficult conditions. I would describe it as a great game despite the umpiring

We won clearances and Centre clearances . Gawn thrashed his top quality opponent . Can’t believe his 2 kicking errors lead to this sort of criticism

Changing the topic just a little, some pundit over the weekend expressed the notion that successful attacking moves commence on the half back line . That was certainly the case on Sunday. Both sides commenced brilliant attacking forays with excellent passes from half back flanks. Hence the importance of McVee, Windsor etc