Everything posted by titan_uranus
- POSTGAME: Rd 18 vs Essendon
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POSTGAME: Rd 18 vs Essendon
If we make the 8, we deserve to play finals. If we miss, we don't. Why do the Dogs deserve it any more than we do if they lose to Fremantle and finish the season with a worse record than us? Carlton finished 9th in 2013 and still beat Richmond who finished 5th. Then nearly won the semi final the following week. You never know.
- Demonland Player of the Year - Rd 18
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POSTGAME: Rd 18 vs Essendon
Well, we won. Only played one good quarter but, to be fair, it was a good quarter. As bad as the fourth quarter was, our core players stood up in the final 5 minutes to get the last two steadying goals. Really impressed with Hunt's game, 4 goals a good reward. Gawn, Oliver, Salem, Petracca and Langdon all played really well. Weideman's stats won't show it but I thought his workrate was good and he created opportunities for us. No idea what Melksham adds to the side. Smith was towelled up by Stewart, he's just not a defender but he gets by because of May, Lever, Salem and Hibberd.
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GAMEDAY: Rd 18 vs Essendon
Terrible quarter, the only reason we didn't lose it by a handful of goals is they are just so bad. How Melksham made it through the entire season without being dropped is just dumbfounding. Would be classic Melbourne if we lost from here, against a genuinely awful side playing bottom 2 football.
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Trade Fritsch
Last week did a good job on Haynes. Today beating an AA candidate in Ridley. This isn't a poor player whose goalkicking is the icing on the [censored] cake, he's just goalkicking away from being a B+ to A grader.
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GAMEDAY: Rd 18 vs Essendon
I wouldn't be getting too excited just yet. We should be far more than 28 points up. They are absolutely atrocious. But they are a confidence team and despite their defensive pressure being terrible they're still generating inside 50s and getting some looks. If they get an early goal or two, or worse, if Daniher gets his hands on the ball, we know we can concede goals. Fritsch's goal kicking is getting worse. Gawn, Oliver, Petracca, Langdon, Salem and ANB all playing really well. If this is our last game, Hunt, Brown and ANB are giving the club something to think about.
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2021 Fixture
In terms of next year's fixture, double up games aren't the big issue. They rarely are. The big issues are prime time games, travel, shortness of breaks and venues played at.
- Game plans, tactics and all that jazz
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Adam Saad
I'm all for us being interested in Saad but he's worth more than a second round pick, so something's got to give there.
- Round 18 - How it will play out..?
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TEAMS: Rd 18 vs Essendon
Fair enough. Is Lockhart going to be delisted? Can't get a game, can't even get a spot in the emergencies, was beaten to the small defender spot by Jetta who, though we all love him, was not in form when selected, got dropped out of nowhere.
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NFL
Bills, Chiefs, 49ers (Although I don't have huge faith in my 49ers, thought we were reasonably disappointing vs Arizona this week).
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THE RUN HOME 2020
This is fair. Putting close games to one side, we went 0-5 against the top 5. Our competitors for finals spots got over the line at least once in their attempts to beat the top 5 (Collingwood beat Geelong and drew with Richmond, St Kilda beat Richmond and Port, the Dogs beat West Coast, GWS beat Geelong and Richmond). Our competitors also have losses to "weaker" sides (Collingwood lost to Fremantle and Essendon, St Kilda lost to Fremantle and North, the Dogs lost to Carlton, GWS lost to Adelaide, North and Sydney). So we're not alone in dropping those two Sydney/Fremantle games. IMO, as frustrating as the Sydney/Fremantle losses were (Sydney in particular, given they're a bottom 4 side), it's the fact we didn't win even one of our five games against the top five that has us in this mess as much as anything else.
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Time to have a talk about Jayden
I know what you're getting at but there are plenty of fringe players who are premiership players. Shai Bolton last year, Daniel Venables the year before, Jacob Townsend the year before that are three examples. Mitch Morton and Steven Armstrong are classic examples.
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NON MFC: Round 17
We beat Hawthorn by 43 and Collingwood by 56. Those aren't the issues when it comes to our percentage. I'd instead be looking at losing to Sydney by 21, Fremantle by 14, or Port Adelaide by 51. Even giving half a yelp in any of those games would have reduced the margins and stopped the bleeding of our percentage.
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Jaidyn Stephenson
Talent-wise, he'd be ideal for us. But you have to question why he keeps getting dropped by a side that hasn't had a great deal going for it in the forward half.
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Chad Wingard
A hard no from me. Over-rated (or getting rated on his prior Port form rather than his Hawthorn form).
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THE RUN HOME 2020
So it's down to three. Next stop on the MFC rollercoaster: the Gabba, Friday night, 7.50pm.
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NON MFC: Round 17
Well that was disappointing. But not nearly as disappointing as us losing to Sydney. Complain all you want about Holman, Harbrow, Swallow, Cox or the umpires, but it all shouldn't matter.
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THE RUN HOME 2020
If we had won just one of the two Cairns games, we would currently be sitting 7th (to drop to 8th if Collingwood wins tonight). The scenario for this weekend would be that a win would guarantee us finals, whilst a loss would then trigger the current scenarios we're looking for this week to make finals with a win. If we had won both Cairns games we'd be locked into finals right now. We'd be 6th (and would stay there even with a Collingwood win). A win would lock us into 6th (unless we somehow made up 10% on West Coast) and a "home" final vs St Kilda, the Dogs or Collingwood. A loss would see us fall to 7th or 8th at worst. Read it and weep.
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NON MFC: Round 17
Here's my most recent favourite:
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THE RUN HOME 2020
If we make it at their expense, we'll have ended the year with the same number of wins and a higher percentage. Our losses may stick out like a sore thumb to us, but evidently if they miss out we'll have had the better year overall.
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POSTGAME: Rd 17 vs GWS
High horse? Not sure of the relevance of that one. You're having a crack at Goodwin based on quotes from a press conference you didn't watch. And your criticisms are pretty ill-founded. You're upset at him saying we need to play consistently each week and that we're a work in progress. Both of which are correct. We all agree that it's not good enough that we're a work in progress as at Round 17 2020, but better he admit it than suggest otherwise.
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Time to have a talk about Jayden
He can't play defence. When he was back there it was too much galloping and bombing with no plan. He's not a great kick and not a great one-on-one defender. He's got what it takes to be a decent small forward but he struggles to keep himself involved for four quarters. He's a good lead, a good mark, a good set shot, and last night showed a decent crumber. But he doesn't seem to be in the right spots enough and so goes missing for long periods. The fact he's getting games right now when others aren't is a good sign for him, but I'm not confident of his long-term future with the club.