Mach5

Didn't see this one coming. Like all great leaders, his legacy will be the culture he leaves behind.

Main issue was a new team coming in with money to throw around. Fact is, someone was going to leave, and fortunately it was the lesser ones that Geelong was able to attract. They went for bigger players and were told where to go. Ordinary approach with Mithen too, telling her she couldn't play for the VWFL team unless she signed on. Pretty stupid way of going about it.

Not really bothered by the losses. Losing others would have hurt a lot more. Good result.

2 weeks away, according to the man himself. Is that round 8? Sounds about right.

More importantly now Vince and Lewis lack the agility to side-step defenders rushing at them front-on, forcing them to bomb it high and long as the kick it around the corner just to get the kick away cleanly. Their "precise" kicking skills have been rendered irrelevant.

Can't rely on us to completely demoralise the saints, but I think you can rely on us for the win. The saints are very poor. They were always going to struggle after being a middle rung team last year and facing the prospect of losing Riewoldt & Montagna at once.

According to foxsports. Shame cos I was liking being able to pump games into him.

Offensively hit & miss. Being a defensive liability is what hurts him the most.

We should target Billings at the end of the season. Saints would probably want too much though.

We'll be fine as long as we keep kicking to decent contests, our talls bring the ball to ground, and our smalls learn to stay down. And a little more composure would help.

Rioli-like

Interesting that those with the memberships complaining, have not considered that they have benefitted handsomely from MFC's relative lack of success over a sustained period, and now that we're seen in a more favourable light they are getting value more in line with what they pay. You've had a good ride, but you've been spoilt. I pay my membership every year and that of family members and expect nothing for it other than an opportunity to watch the boys play. Support your club & stop being so damn selfish.

With the new clubs coming in, surely we're expecting some of our girls to be poached. I'm hearing that there's a few that have been approached but don't want to leave because of the strong culture, but sadly some will go, and some have already committed to do so.

A quarter of two eighths, I think you'll find...

So what is your point?

The irony! Anyway, I thought it was self-explanatory, but I didn't account for you... Much ado about nothing. Better?

Meh.

As I said, it would make the umpire's job easier. Penalise anyone going into that area, and it removes the issue of "sneaky" teammates curling around the bloke with the ball, dragging an opponent into the area, tempting an umpire to make a mistake. Clarity for all, less iffy frees... I can't see a downside.

Simple solution for mine: Similar to the 50m penalty for an opponent coming too close to the man with the ball, play-on should be called as soon as an opponent comes within 5m (or 10m?) of the man on the mark. Dont wait until he is alongside, as it will give an unfair advantage. That way no one comes close to the man with the ball, making it easier for umpires to manage, and the blame lies with teammates.

I think (hope) it is simply a case of a coaching dept with a young team still with plenty to learn, and the end game is to have our players learn to work through slumps themselves by making their own adjustments. The coaching dept give guidance during, before and after, but really you want the players on-field to eventually make those moves and make it work before the coaches need to intervene.

Love the prolonged defensive efforts, not to mention sarcastically mocking someone for having exactly as much cred as yourself. Mate, if you don't care, just let it be.

Probably gone over a few heads that today is April Fools Day?

It's not our aim. We're not going out trying to pick teams apart with precise kicking. It's about moving the ball quickly to give our forwards more chance of catching their opponent off-guard. We aim to attack with run & carry in waves, weight of numbers at the contest, keep moving the ball forward. If we were trying to chip it around to move forward, then you'd have a point. We aren't.

Leadership and awareness. This will come.

I think we suffered from a series of poorly executed handballs, while having the right idea. A good well-placed handball releases a teammate into space, or give another quick handball linking to a player bursting past. We displayed too many awkward slow poorly-placed draw-and-dish handball moves, just allowing the cats to collapse on us and putting us under more pressure until the turnover. The quality of the handball either creates space and opportunities for a teammate, or it puts them under pressure, leading to another poor rushed handball, and then another... until the inevitable turnover. Once we get the execution right, or eliminate the players making the critical errors, we'll cut sides to pieces. Maybe we were too easy to read, but then we need to be good enough to recognise that, dummy the handball and go the other way or put it on the boot. It's all about slight adjustments.