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Agree …20 more inside 50’s ..you would say the margin was flattering,..I’d prefer to say.,we’re not that bad

Agree …also Langdon irrelevant. Such a narrow ground makes the wings irrelevant. You can’t change your game plan to suit I ground . Let’s see how Geelong goes on the MCG

This is a part of an article written by The Mongrel Punt on the Adelaide v Melb game. I found it interesting reading comments by independent commentators. "Matching them up, they attended a similar number of ruck contests, but that is where the comparison stops. ROB got 48 hit outs from his 70 contests, 16 to advantage while Weideman's 73 contests. netted only 11 hit outs with four to the advantage of his own team. The story is the same for practically all key stats, with O'Brien pantsing Weideman in clearances, tackles, marks, disposals, metres gained, intercepts and even free kicks. Having said all that, Weideman would have known that he was probably not going to win the taps going into the game, so it looked like he intentionally put his body into spaces that O'Brien was looking to use to tap to his mids, while the Melbourne midfield looked to steal the ball as it was tapped down, which they did so very effectively. So while I'm giving O'Brien the nod as a pure ruckman, the way Weideman was able to work with his midfield was everything that Melbourne could have wanted from him in terms of outcome. He still needs to watch some undisciplined play that gave away free kicks, but as a role player, he did very well and will likely be congratulated in the Monday game review."

I’ll try to believe you are not serious. He is paid by a club whose members put their hard earned dollar in to support said club ! 1 …don’t care whether it’s consenting adults or not …it is a shocking look from an AFL player in the middle of a season off his face & exhibiting offensive behaviour 2…you can pontificate all you like about whether AFL players are role players …but whatever arguments are thrown up …they are . Drunk offensive young men who are excused because they “are having fun” become men who think being a [censored] with women is acceptable.

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 !!