Everything posted by titan_uranus
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PREGAME: Rd 14 vs Port Adelaide
Final team In: Viney Out: Tholstrup (omitted)
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PREGAME: Rd 14 vs Port Adelaide
In: Viney, TMac, Sharp No outs yet. Viney named in the 18. Bench is JVR, Windsor, Tholstrup, Langdon, Howes, Rivers, Sharp, TMac
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KOZZY A DEMON FOR LIFE!!!
Waited for what, though?
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KOZZY A DEMON FOR LIFE!!!
The bolded bit of your post is something that doesnāt really get considered by those who query the length of deals like this. We all want him to stay here for his career. Whether thatās 1 contract, 2, or 3, who cares. Weād end up in the same place when all is said and done in 9 years. Getting this contract locked away allows us to move our focus to the rest of the list/market, with more certainty over the future. Yes, itās a lot of money, but if we donāt offer it someone else will, and itās one of few levers we can pull to get him signed. Itās also a massive sign of faith in the club, which, whether we like it or not, is a good thing for us. Heās marketable, popular and a genuine match-winner who is still improving yet is already at or exceeding the output of comparable players at comparable stages of their careers. I canāt express enough how much of a win I see this as for us.
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2025 MFC Injury List
In this clip Mitch Cleary says Viney still has to clear concussion protocols before we can pick him: I donāt know if thatās because his progress got delayed by the hand injury but itās concerning that he still hasnāt cleared protocols. Itās been 6 weeks.
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2025 MFC Injury List
melbournefc.com.auInjury Report | Viney in the FrameJack Viney is a chance to take on the Power.Sestanās absence this weekend explained - a minor hammy. Viney āa chanceā. Doesnāt sound promising tbh.
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Petracca & Oliver at the Dees in 2026?
How the [censored] is this at all related to what @Dee Boys correctly said? We lost to the clear flag favourites by a point in a game we played well in (this is what is getting lost in the result - yes, we suck at close games and we still waste forward half territory, but we simultaneously neutralised Collingwoodās ball movement and generated enough supply of our own, to an extent maybe 1-2 other sides have done all year). The idea that yesterday is the catalyst for needing a rebuild/major change is insane. If anything, yesterday is confirmation that this side can play good enough football to challenge, but that rounds 1-5 have snookered any chance we have of making finals.
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Time to go Goody?
Insofar as we continue to prioritise territory, the inefficiency issues are in part on Goodwin. But at the end of the day he canāt execute the plan or the kicks on the field, thatās up to the players. He canāt be there to hold Fritschās hand when he marks 15m out but plays on without looking. He canāt be there to mark Gawnās errant kick into the corridor. We all know our list is riddled with players who are poor kicks. Under pressure, their poor kicking comes to the fore, and their instincts (bang it, because I canāt hit a short target) take over. Hence the repeated losses of close games.
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POSTGAME: Rd 13 vs Collingwood
The appalling umpiring feels as bad as it does because of the way some decisions either sapped momentum or handed them a score. But we continue to let ourselves down in the same ways. 21 inside 50s to 9 in the second quarter but we lost it by 8 points. Fritsch playing on from 15m out. Gawnās turnover in the middle of the ground. Oliver out on the full in the last 2 minutes when a point could have snared us a draw (almost as good as a win given our percentage). Losing a close one (our record in close games over the last few years is really poor). We are such a low-skilled side by foot, even when we bring elite pressure, stoppage and defensive gameplay to keep the runaway flag favourites on the back foot most of the day, we still canāt do enough on the scoreboard.
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GAMEDAY: Rd 13 vs Collingwood
Wonder if anyone was dicey to get up for the game and Sharp was nearly called up to replace them.
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GAMEDAY: Rd 13 vs Collingwood
Who from the 23 was missing @waynewussell ? Clarry? Lever?
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KOZZY A DEMON FOR LIFE!!!
I havenāt read the article but I suspect Ralph is saying something similar to Daniels - we are going to offer him enough money to convince him to stay, or something like that.
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TRAINING: Sunday 8th June 2025
Thatās a good point @Harvey Wallbanger - keeping some players fresh to deal with the next month of travel could well be a factor. Bear in mind weāve also travelled in 3 of our last 5 games (Perth, Brisbane, Alice Springs).
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PREGAME: Rd 13 vs Collingwood
Yeah itās odd. Carlton and Essendon play 20 hours before us but named squads 3 days before us, and finalised teams 48 hours before us.
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TRAINING: Sunday 8th June 2025
Maybe Howes too (although Iād have thought TMac might deserve that spot more).
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NON-MFC: Round 13
Gee this place would be up and about if we hadnāt [censored] the bed last week. Had we won, weād currently be 10th, knowing that a win on Monday (however unlikely) would take us past the Dogs, and just percentage off GWS in 7th. As it stands, weāre now just percentage out of the bottom 4 again, and a 10 goal loss would send us back there. Yay.
- CASEY: Rd 11 vs Collingwood
- CASEY: Rd 11 vs Collingwood
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Goalkicking
If you want a great example of a good side doing exactly what we did last week, watch that last quarter of Adelaide v Brisbane again. Adelaide nailed some good shots (5 goals from about 8 inside 50s), but they also had a pressure rating of 248(!). Brisbane, all of a sudden under extreme pressure, spent 15 minutes repeatedly bombing it inside 50, repeatedly taking low percentage shots (snaps in the wet from 40m out), and repeatedly botching their shots on goal (Bailey at least twice, Robertson twice, Lohmanm twice, even Neale).
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Goalkicking
Again, @WheeloRatings shows this. St Kildaās shot map shows they kicked 8 goals from directly in front, 7 of which were within about 25m from goal. We barely had a shot from the same area. St Kilda got too many easy looks inside 50, hence their accuracy. We had too many difficult shots, hence our inaccuracy.
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Goalkicking
Thereās fairly enough plenty of focus on the players taking the actual shots, but thereās no doubt that on the weekend and historically we take low percentage shots. @WheeloRatings ā shot map shows how many shots we took on the angle and outside 30m. Our expected score was 83.8. We had 28 scoring shots. So that would still have looked like 11.17.83. So with the shots we had we were still expected to kick inaccurately. The shots were too often too hard. Weāve done better this year at generating better shots on goal. Last week was a regression IMO.
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PREGAME: Rd 13 vs Collingwood
Photos from training today show them in blues and whites, with the blues looking like the senior team. TMac, Laurie and Jefferson all seen in blue. Culley, Campbell and Howes all seen in white. Perhaps some insight into selection?
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POSTGAME: Rd 12 vs St. Kilda
Yeah like those unserious Hawks who won 4 flags whilst selling 4 games a season to Tasmania.
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Aidan Johnson Cops 2 Match Ban
The right suspension. Worse than Millsā hit last week. Absolutely deserves two weeks. Lucky he didnāt seriously hurt NWM. Quite frankly, it was idiotic and he has to learn to be better than this.
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PREGAME: Rd 13 vs Collingwood
I personally also think he wonāt make it but itās poor list management and leadership from the FD to never give him the chance to prove us wrong.