Vineytime

Petracca as an on baller in the second half... this kid is a freak, absolute bull who played brilliantly. 

Viney & Oliver 22 tackles between them ✔️✔️✔️

Oliver

Petracca - 2nd half Wow

Viney

daylight.....

Hibberd

Pedo

Was stated on Triple M by James Brayshaw today we have something happening in regards to a BOJ sponsor. 

Injury prone player that shows glimpses, has talent but where would he fit in our team?

forward - Hogan , Watts, Reid??

back - Frost, TMac , Reid

pushes Omac / Weid out...

33 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Sam Frost plays like a man possessed.

Absolute beast.

Our best backman today, him & Salem excellent 

14 minutes ago, Fifty-5 said:

JKH plays a different role from Stretch so comparing their selection is not relevant.  He struggled early against the Tigers but inproved as the game went on.  He hasn't played at AFL level for a long time and deserves a chance to get with pace of the game.  I agree that it's not easy to see his distinguishing attributes like it is in say Kent.  But the key is listening ro Goodwin say he plays the way we want to play, I'm not sure that Kent does.  That's the message.

Spot on, follow team structures or play at Casey...

5 hours ago, ProperDee said:

Hibberd, to come in for his first game in a couple of years and play like that, absolutely highlights how bad our defence truly is. To those wearing a MFC jumper, THAT is how a genuine defender plays in today's game (Apologies to Jayden Hunt).

Tom McDonald, you are not a FB's rear end. Footy is not a difficult game. When the opposition is streaming forward with the ball you man up on your opponent and try to stop him getting the ball. That is hard to do from 10 metres away.  One could be forgiven for thinking that Tom should have learned that by now.

Dom Tyson is probably (alongside the aforementioned TMac) the most overrated footballer on our list.  I read somewhere that he was described as "an elite midfielder". Perhaps it was his mum? Can't mark overhead, poor kick, lacks some intestinal fortitude and slow. 

Its sad to see the criticism of Nate Jones. The poor bastard has carried the whole team on his shoulders for about 5 years and is a legend.

Bernie Vince seems like a kid playing in a scratch game at the local park and James Harmes - never been sold on him and still not - has tickets on himself that he has not earned.   On a final note, has anybody else noticed that Jesse Hogan's body language is still "off"? That worries me.

Thought Jesse was really poor Monday night, played for frees to much and his body language was terrible, needs to smarten up, quickly.....

2 hours ago, sisso said:

I'm not a fan of our style of footy at the moment, could be due to lack of personnel but it's indirect, ugly stacks on style footy circa Swans of 2005. We have hundreds of possessions that seemingly end up no where and for a monster amount of inside 50s we aren't getting many shots on goal. We certainly can't score "easy" goals either. Fremantle had this problem in their strong era they would dominate the game but only be 2-3 goals up leaving the door ajar for the "inevitable" comeback.

 

Have we recruited too many inside mids when the game has moved on? The best teams (GWS, Adelaide, Geelong) play a clean attacking style that we seem miles away from.

 

You can see our players are absolutely stuffed from playing this grinding style: we aren't the Bulldogs and we don't have their same type of midfielders! I think the story would be a bit different with Max Gawn in there directing operations as we could spread harder from the contest but our setup is so reliant on him it's hard to see where the next win is coming from...

Finals football is won at the contest, being hard at the footy for 4 quarters, that is why we play this brand, it stands up when it counts. 

2 hours ago, DeeZee said:

Anyone know if there is seating for Melbourne supporters that's not in the nose bleeds?

M34 in the Posford Stand, ground level. 

1 hour ago, KingDingAling said:

It was a terrible decision at the time and remains. Melksham isn't a great athlete, and he isn't a very skilled footballer. Should be in VFL at moment. That is his level IMO.

100% Agree

Dud footballer, 4 yr deal a bust for MFC...

1 hour ago, Wiseblood said:

Yes, seriously.  I've never heard him called that.  

I take it you like being difficult...

4 hours ago, hells bells said:

I seem to recall that the pick we were hoping to get for the Trengove deal to the Tigers was earmarked for Jake Lever, who looks a very solid defensive player for Adelaide.

Correct and he would be perfect for our needs...

1 hour ago, Demon Disciple said:

If he changed it to FB then i'd agree with him (don't post a pic of OMAC or Frost)

Exactly what I was alluding to, OMac...

Dear Jason Taylor

Please find the MFC a great CHB  

Thank you

The Demon faithful. 

Had a mate speak to Macca during the week, he rates the current MFC kids better than the Geelong kids from their premiership era at the same stage of their career...

Only played one JLT game for the club but hope Hibbo gets through unscathed and is ready for Rd 1, feel as if he is going to play an important role. 

8 hours ago, Satyriconhome said:

You may have a better chance next week, assume they will have one well publicised pre Rd 1 session, today was only Open Session and the first on a Tuesday, there is a Casey prsctice game coming up over the weekend if you live down that way

Thank you. 

What days & times is training normally on? I would like to go and watch one day this week or next. 

I like Stretch but feel these pre season games he has struggled, VFL for round 1, Harmes, ANB likewise...

Please no Garland / Omac in the same team again..

Imo one of Spencer / Weed doesn't play, makes us to top heavy up forward, need to be more nimble up there, create pressure. 

Get VFL practice games into Frost, Hibberd, Garlett, Kent if fit. 

Hibberd, Milkshake Bernie & Hunt are a nice combo down back, room for Jetta??

1 minute ago, Satyriconhome said:

Good news from training is that both Tyson and Kent did nearly the whole session

 

 

Great news, any word on BenKen at the moment?

JKH & Weid firming for Rd1 after impressive pre season campaigns. 

21 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

A few things have started clearing up the questions I've had over the tall defender and tall forward spots:

1. Gawn today alluded to Frost and Oscar having a battle over a tall defender spot. So I'd be looking at only one of those two.

2. The stat presented in another thread that Oscar Mc averages about three 1v1 contests a game. If that's all our defenders have to deal with I can see why we'd rather get more skill and run in to the side and be willing to lose 1 or so extra 1v1 contest and back us preventing any more than that with the zone.

3. Pedda's body has also impressed me. If there's more run in those legs I think he'll start round one.

The fitness of Kent and Tyson are probably my biggest queries now. Otherwise there looks a reasonably clear best 18 or so with a couple of spots up for grabs. Very keen for some scratch match footy and then the preseason to see if anyone jumps out of the blue.

 

Frost plays in front of OMac IMO, OMac still needs to work on pace, skills...

He's our Clay Smith - has potential to step up...