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Timothy Reddan-A'Blew

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  1. Yep. Just add @biggestred's ingredient: Get players in space.
  2. Interesting thoughts here, all posters. Thanks. A well-examined subject over the recent years! Each time I see our talent enumerated in its quality, breadth and depth - as you have here, DeeZ - it makes me realise how important, then, are a coached effective method and player buy-in to that method. Then I realise the frustration that we can only get a sense of the method and buy-in from the players' play (successful or otherwise!) We never know what they're being coached or their willingness to execute it. Retaining competitive edge/s dictates this, as Brad Green confirmed in his review email.
  3. For comparisons for Roo, another animal comes to mind: The Ox. Can someone do a stats comparison of their first 2 or 3 years (allowing, somehow, for the mercurial nature of those years for Schwarz)?
  4. Serious question: these different characteristics that a midfield needs to provide - inside / outside / run & carry / ball use / etc - If players don't have all or most of them, how is a game plan based on a particular combination of them sustained through rotations? My point: Players need all or most of the characteristics; so, for example, 'elite ball user' (just using this as an example, sons; it could have been any of the 'needs' that come up herein) isn't enough by itself. Discuss?
  5. Who could tell, from this, that just 27 days earlier, had come this, on a much more consequential 'Number 2': https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/asset/96113-menzies-speech-declaration-war Some learnings, that never seem to sink in...
  6. Sorry about the long address, but here's a bit of what you're referring to Mr Stone 😊 https://www.google.com/search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tTP1TewTEsptzBg9BIoKUosyyxWyMrPyCsuyc9LBQCGDwnd&q=travis+johnstone&oq=t&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqDAgEEC4YQxiABBiKBTIGCAAQRRg8MgYIARBFGDsyBggCEEUYOzIGCAMQRRg7MgwIBBAuGEMYgAQYigUyBggFEEUYPDIGCAYQRRg8MgwIBxAuGEMYgAQYigUyDAgIEC4YQxiABBiKBTIMCAkQLhhDGIAEGIoFMgwIChAuGEMYgAQYigUyDAgLEC4YQxiABBiKBTIMCAwQLhhDGIAEGIoFMgwIDRAAGEMYgAQYigUyDAgOEC4YQxiABBiKBdIBCDE5NDNqMGo0qAICsAIB&client=ms-android-samsung-ss&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:d87d7f97,vid:VsAWKj1999I,st:0
  7. Also, I think the timing has been openly foreshadowed for some time? I'm sure all those interested in it have prepared to make time to dig into it during their longweekending.
  8. I can't get a handle on whether his views about the Club have been formed from the outside looking in or, somehow, looking from the inside. Clark has 'quoted' Smith extensively, as 'told the Herald Sun'. That feels vague, but I must assume he said what is attributed to him. He thus seems strong on the clarity that, '...from the trade period...no one really wanted to come to us.' Do we assume that was a view held by the Club (SS 'inside looking') - and, if so, I'd be expecting the review/s to be clear on that - or was it formed from the media 'analysis' (SS 'outside looking')?
  9. And another, slightly different, recollection: https://www.afl.com.au/news/533286/demon-recalls-1948-gf-draw
  10. And here it is in The Age, right near the end. Wouldn't it be fun to find some vision? https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/drama-of-1948-had-everything-20101001-1615l.html
  11. Time to change 'Quits' to 'Retires', @Demonland? 😉
  12. https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/1686641/letter-from-brad-green-club-update (Sorry, just had to!😁)
  13. [There's no coming back from being eaten! Except the waste products, I guess...] I'd say there's a good chance there'll be another letter to Members from Brad on this one, possibly with the Jones acquisition, too.
  14. More in this, too (subject to reliability of source/s): Chippendall interim CEO. Smith to chair in 12 months. New Board member Chris Barlow.
  15. So, slowly unfolding: - End of year, not immediate. - Continuing with Caulfield project. Come on, Club. Facts, please.
  16. 'Sources', said he told 'staff' (Shun) or 'the club' (Rage) this morning. I wonder what the circumstances were that the Club didn't have a release ready to go alongside this?🤔
  17. That was my initial impression, too, BA, but I thought he eventually showed improvement, possibly as confidence improved?
  18. @Demonstone, @Cranky Franky and @hardtack, can we tempt you over to NoT$NoB$, where Herzog and Fassbinder will feel very comfortable? (I appreciate that might be a bridge too far for you, at least, Mr Stone!😄)
  19. This: 'It's taken some work to repair some wounds left from the end of 2021.'
  20. He just couldn't help himself, Tom. '...some wounds left from the end of 2021...' And, Tom, apart from having this intimate knowledge of Nathan's feelings, providing you with the fuel for a mandatory dig at Melbourne, you're saying if the wounds weren't there, he'd be back at the Club, in this role, even earlier, not needing the 'work to repair' said wounds?
  21. Thanks for the Laughs, @Wilson7 and @Jeremy. I was actually sort of serious, just from the way he moves on the footy field. But @dazzledavey36's response reminds us all (you were with me, @DeeZone, with your Like?!) of the stark difference. So the Laughs were well warranted!😄Lever really was some get, eh? We can only hope Howes provides as much 'Lever' as possible - perhaps now a little delayed - in the coming years.
  22. While we await the start of training, this has just popped up on the Club's website. It's sort of relevant, inasmuch as it's an indicator of some of things that training creates, as they manifested in 2024. Maybe some surprises herein; some discussion may result, too! https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/1686412/gps-numbers-revealed-fittest-and-fastest-demons (p.s. The cynic in me raises its 'Why now?' eyebrow at the timing of this 'feel good' story!)
  23. I posted this over on the Hawks game thread. Curious, the reference to (optimism about?) 'next week'!😄 Anyway, it also confirms most of the unavailables for Saturday. https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/1686096/injury-report-skipper-to-test
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