Timothy Reddan-A'Blew

If Mahoney is going, it gives me shudders of memories of brutal corporate life when the club's website uses him as reporter of, and commenter on, the recent re-signings, with "WE look forward to..." And, re the review, it IS Tom Morris / Fox sports (I know, I know!) but...

Latest showing when I open link is yesterday's "We're going backwards"?... Help needed by this dinosaur! didnt see the more recent posts

I've been looking for somewhere to acknowledge the relatively honest, perceptive, enlightening and raw analysis Christian Petracca did in his post-match (oh that Goodwin would speak that way!) Tracc is with you, 3183, at 1:30-1:35 in the interview. Of the apparent many issues with the coaching, is fun-sucking another?

Indeed, Kev! In fact, seeing the names Wells, Alves, Thompson and Jolly, could a fair team be made of the exports who then tasted the premiership success we have missed? Throw in Chippa and the name-escapes-me fella who came to us with a Kangas flag and then got 3 with the Loyons. Well, maybe an AFLX team anyway? Who else? p.s. I don't begrudge Stan Alves. That North premiership was just a little bit Melbourne for me in the dark 70s...

Indeed, Kev! In fact, seeing the names Wells, Alves, Thompson and Jolly, could a fair team be made of the exports who then tasted the premiership success we have missed? Throw in Chippa and the name-escapes-me fella who came to us with a Kangas flag and then got 3 with the Loyons. Well, maybe an AFLX team anyway? Who else?

Haven't read all 7 pages here, so not sure where the TMac consensus(?) has got to (and I also couldn't get the game), but he rates special mention on the Club's 'Stats That Matter' commentary. Changes anyone's position?

Deever, no! Elephant...Room...

Cue "discussion" of Us v Lions = 1 goal, Bombers v Lions 10 goals?...

Goodwin in his presser pretty clearly put the responsibility on (our) Bailey, in a 'poor-discipline-the player(s)-will/must-learn-from-it' way. NO reference to any umpiring aspect...

Thanks for the 'management' of my post on the O'Dea/Cordner/4 others trade tabling news, LH. Player / Team 'I want / we want' always a challenge; more surprising, though, when the player is one judged captain material by the club. They have misread each other? My default position is to fear that the club has issues, though I find "really" and "big", with respect to "valued" and "role", a bit 'non-team'... A bit of a risk expecting these to be delivered somewhere else, too...

Women's team trades (Sorry to appropriate this men's team thread - and I don't know the protocols there - but I'm not confident to start a thread, and I'm not sure how much interest there is anyway? Alternatively, sorry if this is somewhere already on another thread! Anyway...? What do people think of yesterday's 'Age' report that 2xAllOz and occasional captain Elise O'Dea and MFC 'royalty' Harriet Cordner, as well as Aliesha Newman, Bianca Jakobbson, Maddy Guerin and Katherine Smith are all 'on the table', to "reinvigorate our list" and "improve our draft position". A fair chunk of the squad! And the first four are linked to specific clubs. What could this say about the club (if they want out, though I'd be surprised...) or what effect might the shopping around have on the playing group (if they don't)? It strikes me that draft position is a bit of a crapshoot this year anyway, with even less exposed form than usual? And what "reinvigoration" is needed, given the presumable spur of last season's unfinished business? Thoughts?

Good news for us Fields 'locals', if they're going to allow spectators. Also, then, if they can wear the MFC jumper (save for BH(?), the other teams have non-AFL strips)

Fair point, Zeph - 2 already has us well on track for a number-sequenced 10 this year!?

Hmmm... 5 in '18 and 7 in '19: it looks like it's the OTHER quarters that make the diff! However, 100% improvement, to better than "median Richmond", under Goodwin. Hmmm...

Reckon the two halves of the Adelaide community, from opposing perspectives, might beg to differ with you, King!?

Just saw your 4 April post, Disciple, sorry. No, Patto. Also an OK place to surf, for mine, though many factors limit me to the 'bodying' type! I'm impressed that you(?) surf at Liptrap!

I presume you're up at Fishy, Demon Disciple. I'm down here at Cape, so I agree with you and dl4e. Sorry, Fidelista, we DO exist!?

I realise R50 stats vs US in individual games, rather than teams' year averages, are more relevant (ALL 17 other teams were ahead of us last year in R50s against total points scored, but that reflected (partly) us not letting it GET to the D50 in the first place?) However, that depth of analysis is beyond me! Hence my "the eyes have it", with simple (simplistic?) stats to support it...

Sorry if the second of my paragraphs following is a subject of other threads. I like the idea of us getting in that 'recent playing/leading Hawksness' (and Yze) as much as anyone, particularly given the characters and cache of those mentioned. And I read Jordan's comments about us (including Goodwin) as sufficiently positive that he at least wouldn't warn the others off. Their interest might also depend on who we get to replace McCartney and whether they can see learnings value there. BUT, I think fixing our issues should be the driver of who we get to help address them. The guys in this thread MAY be suitable (thoughts?), but their might be someone BETTER (thoughts?) Our eyes alone tell us the big issues - by themselves but also as far as the 'craft' that Roughhead, Lewis and Hodge have - seem to be 1. delivering the ball into F50, both to a player and to a player in a good place, and 2. grabbing it and using it when it gets there (along with 3. having a 2nd and 3rd string forward line for much of the year - but they can't help with that! - and 4. turnovers - who CAN help???) Supporting our eyes - and it's just a simple selection - we rank 5th for I50s, but 11 and 12 teams respectively are ahead of us for R50s and R50s against total points scored, and we rank 1st for ratio of behinds to goals.

Glass half full view - well, a bit more than half full, I reckon, compared with Harriet Cordner's assessment on the club website anyway: The goal kicking was a mixture of MF's assessment and a bit of rushing, plus (am I imagining it?) the women haven't yet picked up the nuance of 'kicking it around the corner'? Set shot kicking was pretty good. Also the Tassie Kangas scored 2 flukish checksides out of packs, an over-the-back to 'Mo', and 'on the break' more often than not. HC's assessment of lapses from the game plan ring true in this latter. So the tale really was in the tape of the 14 scoring shots to 11. MFC impressive with some fast move and receives forward of the ball, notably in the final Q. Some strong marking, too. I think HC's assessment that the game has gone up a notch is right on - kicking pretty good, play-on, overlap and speed impressive, attack at the ball and tackling fierce as from the beginning but happening more often. Can't name names, sorry - not familiar with them (yet?) and the Fields are hard to see across, particularly with these old eyes!

Oh well...

GWS today, please: 1) In quality (definitely!), if not (quite) in quantity, the Tiges' drought is deliciously worse than ours. Must be preserved! 2) The sooner GWS get their 'inevitable' premiership, the sooner they're into whatever it was befell the Doggies this year. 3) For no particular reason, just general 'meh' (and possibly that 0.5%), I feel the AFL's 2017 (AFLW excepted) warrants an all-non-Vic GF ...semi seriously...

This. And all the other good-vibe posts

Noting the discussion about ruck duties this week, any chance Geelong will again use the non-contesting they employed against North in the last quarter? If so, we'd need a ruck division smart enough to counter it (e.g. quick hands to grab and give). Jake might be less qualified here than alternatives.

The club is organising a tour group (cost $1450 single, only a handful of places left? - contact Michael Gallenti, 96022122) They'll be staying at the Chifley Alice Springs Resort if you want to go separately but catch up with like-mindeds...