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With what I remember…the only games that stand out to me with oppo supporters booing us is Essendon…they are by far the biggest whinger’s. Collingwood are just quite frankly in a category of their own

Wonder how many Weid /Brown comparisons we’ll have by the end of the match. Maybe we can just laud the good play rather than sniping at someone who’s not playing.,,

Played well at Casey today

Hmm. If we had gone into the game without May & then having to deal with Petty struggling with a knee…maybe we would be better prepared. Throw in no Langdon..Trac struggling with flu..& a raft of young players going from trying to win to now being hunted every week ..that takes time to adjust and learn. We still have one of the youngest teams going round & consistency takes time to build. In this system of equalisation I don’t believe we will ever have a team that goes through undefeated. Our stretch of 17 wins is phenomenal & I still believe in Goodwin’ s mantra of building a team to win finals. I think this will be our hardest year …my only concern is our tall forwards but I think I felt the same last year . Is this the time we do our ramped up training ?

He got a corky early in the game & towards the end of the game was suffering from cramp ..in the leg with the corky ..reduced blood supply. It wasn’t his foot.

Dunstan consider his future ? …he did & it’s with us. He has 3 yrs with us & there will be plenty of opportunity for him & Tomlinson would still be holding hope to play again this season…there is a long way to go ..

Great question

Agree re Rivers. May did say he came back through necessity & wasn’t 100% so maybe a rest could be good as he does look a little sore …

Was it a similar moment to when May’s handball was smothered resulting in a Tigers goal 🤔😏

Definitely not Tmac. It highlighted to me watching the game last night how often he uses his big body to crash packs & open the game up for our little half forwards. Weid & BB have their strengths but definitely don’t play the crash & bash footy Tommy does.

Whilst I enjoy your podcast comments enormously…think you’re off kilter here. I don’t see any benefit to the club to play “ducks and drakes” with injury info. Injury recovery is an impossible science & if we were sitting down the bottom of the ladder & desperate for players to return I would understand your frustration but we are winning & I would rather those injured players come back rehabbed as best they can than bringing them back when not ready. (See Trent Mackenzie PA & Nick Haynes Giants)

Max also got his hands to many marks but didn't take them. TMac is essential to Bailey Fritsch playing well. As the night went on with the humidity & light rain..none of our talls (Dogga the exception) didn't mark the ball cleanly. Coming up against a red hot SUNS on their home deck with a shortened pre-season...I'll take any win ..anyway..to bank 4 points!!

they were probably glad Lever & Salem weren't there as well !!

Amazing...we win by 80 odd points & no-one is knocking the door down?? It is ROUND 1 of the VFL season & after 2 COVID interrupted seasons...lets see what our MFC listed players are doing after ROUND 6. If there is an injury to our senior team we are bringing a player into a team where they just have to play their role . Pretty harsh assessments on some players after 1 game.

You absolutely play Pickett unless he is not fit to play. Just as we get excited whenever he gets near the ball conversely the opposition gets extremely worried. His pressure alone is valuable!!

Rivers PCL… ?May went off against Nth so maybe residual soreness. McKay & Curnow maybe doubtful …

i think Max said this is better than the music festival we went to & Fritz said yeah but the festival was pretty good..or words to that effect. Maxy told that story so not sure if he was putting mayo on it...

Pretty sure that’s when she educated BT why the ball was kicked from our backline to McDonald instead of to Pickett…explained how the dynamics of our game had changed when we got that first goal after trailing by 19pts…i.e. attacking the ball rather than going into our shells. I’m assuming you made that comment “tongue in cheek”.?

Zanker Birch L.Pierce

Hand on heart I promised myself after our after the siren win in Geelong that I would never lose faith in our team again. I got a bit shaky with the 19point deficit but when Fritsch kicked that goal I just knew we wouldn’t lose. Would never have predicted what would happen next though…stuff dreams are made of !!

Definitely there…no moon boot then !!

He did … his whole speech was about all the people that made it happen on & off the field !!

We get a stand alone marquee game to kick of the 2022 AFL season. It’s a bummer that it’s not at a convenient time but as a Melbourne supporter barracking for our club which is trying to get back to mix it with the big Victorian clubs I’d take a marquee game opportunity whenever it is offered. I missed out on the GF so I would walk over “cut glass” to watch the unfurling of the Flag & the first game. We have roughly 3 months to make arrangements & I hope that after all the outpouring of emotion from the fans we actually physically turn out & support them. I get all the arguments etc but this is celebrating our first premiership in 57 years. It’s just impossible to keep everyone happy ..,TV audience will be massive & footy lovers will go because they’ll be guaranteed an amazing game & it’s been soooo long since we’ve sat in a full MCG..,

True…but pre flu shots & natural immunity, deaths from flu ( Spanish flu etc) were horrific. We know Covid won’t disappear but in time with vaccines & immunity build up…the same will occur & we will live with & only the vulnerable (as with flu today) will be compromised.

Don't we get new flu variants every year …covid will be no different