Brownie

5 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

No point coaching a system all summer that doesn’t work. 

Sunday proves that hands down

Dumb and Stubborn i say (and dangerous for 2018) 

Stuff can be changed to save this year, but does Goodwin have it in him?

so Richmond, Essendon etc etc will have watched that too and guess what will happen straight away next Tuesday night if we play our usual structure.

They'll apply them same tactics as the hawks did.

Massive challenge for the coaching staff and the playing group.

wadda we gonna do?????

interesting when a game plan can be picked apart so effectively.

8 minutes ago, old dee said:

Well big event re the Tigers game.

A close friend who I have gone to most games with over the last 20 years informed me this morning he has gone to his last game.

He said he has finally come to the conclusion there are better ways to spend 4 hours of your life than being part of the MFC.

I am astounded I thought he would be there at the last ever game.

Sad am I!

did the member survey this week.

name 4 words that come to mind when you think of melbourne... had to include weak and frustrating.

we'll never be successful off field until we find success and consistency on it.

sad to hear old dee. I'm sure we'll keep bleeding members and supporters until we stop this pattern.

We didn't play Richmond........

6 hours ago, A F said:

He doesn't lose his feet constantly like those two do though.

I reckon Jetta is playing sore too. He's been smashed every game this year.

Had his ankle rolled under him yesterday. Didn't expect him to come back out.

thanks heaps for the reports.

I think we would have dropped that game last year.

Maybe the wheel is turning for our club and we're going to win more of the tight ones now.

Great win. Go Dees

Johnathan Brown said it was the best game he's seen a ruckman play in the last decade.

Gawn was a beast yesterday. His work rate and effort is beautiful to watch.

If his body holds up this year, he's got to be in the hunt for the brownlow.

Another step forward for our footy club yesterday. A lot of our problems have been above the shoulders. 

9 hours ago, david_neitz_is_my_dad said:

 

it seemed like blatant cheating. we need to lodge something with the afl

1 hour ago, Deemented Are Go! said:

AFL Super-whatnow??

what does this committee do? 

dream up more BS changes to the game just for the sake of it.

5 minutes ago, Frustrated Demon said:

This was the pies banner.

that is pure glod

it will be challenging but the right thing to do.

Go Dees

7 hours ago, Leoncelli_36 said:

Just watched the 3rd 1/4 again...we had a chance to absolutely bury them..we were 41 points up..12 minutes left. Petracca misses a gimme set shot..Bugg then misses a snap he should have nailed...Then Gawn goes off with about 11 minutes on the clock. Christensen gets a suspect holding the man call and goals.  Stef Martin gets another free and misses and suddenly the crowd is right in the game. It was the free that got them into the game. Gawn comes back on and Cameron tackles him straight I the back and play on is called. Cameron gives it to Max and then Cox goals from outside fifty . For 8 minutes of the 3rd we dominated and could have been 10 goals up. We left the door ajar and a dodgy free brought them back into it. 

two 50m penalties in a row for the cats the week before was also the folding point for us as well.

On 4/1/2018 at 12:38 PM, bananas said:

That thirty metre handpass to Trac in space which led to Hogan's 5th goal? Yeah … that was better than any [censored] kick.

There was another where he leapt into the air at a stoppage grabbed it above his head and handballed it down a team mates throat before his feet even hit the ground.

He's a freak

9 hours ago, Rusty Nails said:

To be fair Brownie there were 4 umpires watching that contest and they were all blind sided! 

and 4 commentators Rusty.

I think the mrp should be citing him.

It would be good to see the club do a medical report. Doesn't seem to be our style though.

just watched the replay.

our defence seems to really panic when we started to fall apart.

That grub Berry that pushed Jetta in the back straight into that pack should be cited.

We were really lucky not to lose Jetta for a heap of time with a bad injury.

Really dangerous play

Ok, I don't know why I'm getting sucked into reliving this but I rewound the betamax and watched it a couple more times (16:30 to go in the 2nd Qtr).

I'm in Violent agreement with everyone on this post.

1, Lewy should have shut his mouth. He even pi$$ed the ump off on the goal line because he wouldn't step back on it.
Leaders just suck it up.

2. It was a soft free and a softer 50. I reckon he just said "he tripped over his own feet" which triggered the 50.

That 50 was followed by another soft 50m within 2 minutes of game time when they penalised us for infringing within the protected zone when Geelong had the ball on their half forward flank.

We were 10 points up and looking good before the umps started squaring things up and then we went to pieces.........

We are still lacking the mental discipline to suck it up and lock things down when things go against us.

BTW, I watched the end again and the Geelong players were sticking it to Gawny at the end. He was ropable.
 think he's going to have a cracking season and can't wait for the re-match when we spank them with Dangerfield included.

6 hours ago, binman said:

You recorded it on vhs?

betamax gives you better definition to lip read

1 hour ago, waynewussell said:

Just worked out why Lewie was so upset with the umpire on that free kick to Parfitt... Parfitt tripped himself, right foot behind left calf, at the precise moment that Lewis laid a hand on his hip.

yeah. I rewound it twice and all Lewis said to the ump clearly was "he tripped over his own feet" no profanity or abuse.

No idea what he may have said before that but the 50 was given after Lewis said those exact words to the ump.

18 minutes ago, Forest Demon said:

if you want a scapegoat, Jordan Lewis is mine. Bought in for his experience, makes a mental decison to gob off at the ump and give up a goal. I can excuse skill errors, but that really pisses me off. 

yep he shouldnt have said a thing but the bloke tripped over his own feet.

the ump gave to 50m when Lewis just said "he tripped over his own feet"

its s*$t but leaders should just shut their mouths.

16 minutes ago, DSP said:

Ablett needs a good snotting.

 

Arrogant old @@@@

did you see Jones at three quarter time when ablett went to high five his mate.

Hilarious

geez Jones Oliver and Gawn have kept us in this.

What a difference when the second tier players have a crack.

Come on Dees.

One solid consistent quarter to go

hey Hannan and Harmes are playing

2 minutes ago, Redleg said:

We have no pace and spread. 

They have 55 more uncontested possessions and they use them to leave us flat footed and score.  

They have scored 20 times from 24 entries and us 13 from 30. 

Who are our running players. 

our running players would be hunt wagner and lever...... oh

9 hours ago, Rusty Nails said:

Most matches at Etihad sees the home team getting these Brownie.  Nothing in the AFL happens accidentally any more and hasn't for a decade or more now.  The whole thing is very carefully massaged.  We should consider moving there as our home ground just for that advantage.  Without the influence of umpiring decisions the Bombers were pretty much down and out in the early part of the last.

I hope we win a flag before the competition becomes even more of a farce.

I used to love watching games between two good sides even when melbourne wasnt playing.

I really dont bother much any more.

57 minutes ago, Rusty Nails said:

Most matches at Etihad sees the home team getting these Brownie.  Nothing in the AFL happens accidentally any more and hasn't for a decade or more now.  The whole thing is very carefully massaged.  We should consider moving there as our home ground just for that advantage.  Without the influence of umpiring decisions the Bombers were pretty much down and out in the early part of the last.

I worry that by the time we win a flag it will be in a competition that makes us cringe.

I used to love watching big games even when we weren't playing. Just to watch a tough "put the whistle away" armwrestle between two even teams.

They don't happen much anymore.

Yep. country / lower league footy matches now have more atmosphere and toughness about them. 

I wish bad umpiring was held to account like bad players form.

They never get dropped

umps are just scary. 2x frees to essendon in their forward line to even it up