Brownie

They're trying their hardest. Would be great to see em go down by a goal

I think they're making room in the cap as Goody takes on a "HR consultancy gig" with Haymes paint in the off season. 👍

It was an interesting season 2024. I was really disappointed early on in the season but they really ground out some good wins late in the year with some key personnel missing. In lots of ways I'm loving watching the women play more so than the men. They seem to play for each other as a really tight team. I still reckon Stinnear should be a big part of the men's coaching squad. Culturally and strategically, he seems more confident to swing the changes mid game and has them all playing for each other. We've got a bit of an injury list to start but I reckon we've got to be close to top 4 this year. My only MFC premiership to see live at the ground. Will always have a soft spot for them. Go Dees

But there's one tall defender most of us have been screaming for to move forward. I wonder what having Disco given a solid 6 week run up forward earlier in the season may have produced? I know it's not a silver bullet but it's not just selection that could be questioned but also where some players have been continued to be played. E.g Petty forward, Windsor off half back

Got to watch the replay late last night. TMAC - what stands out for me is that the bloke can actually straight. The value of having good disposers in our side is just so critical. He's steady as a rock and should never have been dropped. Our defence - keep TMAC in, move disco forward with JVR and Jeffo. Send Petty back. Give Lever and May a rest. It could work really well. Our goal kicking - was better. But there were three oofs in that total from set shots and we still missed sitters. I wouldn't be overly satisfied with our goal kicking but it was better. And yep as others have mentioned, our ball movement and disposal is still off chops. Our intent - won us the game. It was fantastic to watch Tracc, Viney, Oliver, Pickett and of course Max grit their teeth halfway through the third and grind out a solid win. Pressure is everything. Jeffo and JVR - we just have to persist for the rest of the season now and see if they can find confidence and a groove. Leave JVR forward as much as possible. I still don't understand how JVR ends up under the ball so much? Can someone who can get to the games shed some light? Surely if he's leading hard you kick it out in front of him. Is our field kicking letting him down or is it his leading patterns or both? Lindsay looks cooked now, Windsor just needs a game or two. Langford is a gem, he also looked cooked for 2 or 3 games back, but he seems to have gotten a second wind. He's a gem. Xerri - swinging stiff arm to the jaw with the ball nowhere near tells it all. The slow motion footage is damming. 4 weeks at least. And yes our club is completely placid. The players looked shocked and the club should come out hard this week for all of the players and Tom's family. Melksham almost got very seriously injured earlier in the game with a hard hip to the head. Not even a free kick and the commentators just said it was accidental. It was still high and reckless. Petty's concussion the other week was blamed on Petty for poor technique. Wtf you tend to lead with the head when you're going for the ball. And yep. Dragged my wonderful wife down to the MCG from the northern Rivers to watch that fateful final. A horrible night. No respect for a fair and courageous club champion. No respect after the game with abusive pies supporters screaming at Melbourne fans AFTER THEY WON! Just filth. My love of footy at the AFL level was broken that night. I probably won't attend many more AFL matches in my lifetime. I'd rather have a nice day out watching a good suburban game. @Ghostwriter please send our love and thoughts to Tom and his family this week if you can. Hope our club comes out strong this week for us all. I'm not holding my breath though. Go Dees

The master of the one arm tackle

Got the feeling they'll come home with a wet sail going into the finals

And with Carlton acting long before us means the baggers "get first draft picks" of a new coaching team before us. We seem to excel at procrastination

It certainly looked like it. Just absolutely batpoo

Goal kicking. Practice on drop punts and proper set shots anytime soon? And the. The forward setup. 3 mins left and our last two clean entries are kicked hard against the line in the forward pocket. Is this under 12s footy? this club seems to be so dumb and so slow to deal with problems that are obvious to everyone

Yeah, running those straight lines out of defence instead of boundary hugging and handballs

Ya reckon? I thought it was a pretty good pass. Fritsch has no physicality and body work to make that work. It was a pure one on one and it was a good kick. We keep sending our big body forward right up the field but I get it. The kid needs to keep getting the ball in his hands to build confidence. But Kozzy has to roll back too, so apart from Melksham. We really don't have anyone. I'd seriously think about trading Fritsch at end of season. I say it wilth sadness too because he has been great but not for the last two seasons.

We've been missing tackles absolutely everywhere

Definitely Koz. Gawn has really been huge again

That statement scares the carp out of me from a depth point of view

Just thinking he's got a real Cale Morton vibe about him. Has JVR been sent into defence? He's clunking marks and playing better, but we're just a shambles going forward

Thinking the same. They're scared to give us one

That was a fantastic kick to advantage by Kozzie then, totally ruined by Fritz

I really do wonder about the way we play out of the back half. We almost always go back and all the way around the boundary on the opposite side. It's a really big slow switch with loads of long running to only get from one half back flank to the exact spot on the other side where we then kick to a contest. Lots of running into space but no-one really wants to take the corridor and go direct. Is it game plan or a lack of confidence that we can thread the needle with accurate kicking. Anyways we're in it through better goal kicking. Hoping for a great finish, if we're fit enough

Really good armwrestle now. Really need to get on Rankine

I wonder when was the last game we actually kicked 4 goals in a row. Makes a world of difference (obviously)

So many missed opportunities this year. We're finally getting return for effort with straight goal kicking

Amen.

It's that woeful, he should be down there on Monday