Rodney (Balls) Grinter

4 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

the Orange Men do it again

Now... top of the ladder with Adelaide to play tomorrow

Nevery thought I'did say this, but I'd rather Adelaide on top.  The AFL mandatory Second Sydney Fake Team Giants don't deserve to be there.

YELLOW AND BLACK

3 minutes ago, brendan said:

Are the tigers going to choke again? That would be funny only 6 points in it 

Playing to the script 

Whitfield couldn't get his boot on it half a second before the half time siren - suck on that one drug test dodger!

8 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

need gws to win so tigs fans see another loss and fall out of the 8. Tomorrow is a must win for us. 

Can they leave it to 5 seconds to play this week, GWS seem to be good at winning them and Richmond obviously like loosing them.  Haha

I really shouldn't be crule or arrogant about such a matter, that loss to the Dockers last week reminded me awfully of the one we lost to the Saints a few years back.

Just now, Bitter but optimistic said:

A coprolite is a fossilised turd Rod - so you could actually polish it.

Or even mount it - arrgh  that came out badly.

Lol, I guessed as much, but thought I'did just play it out for all it was worth and you didn't disappoint BBO.

Must be one of the most common artifacts on good old planet Earth...I know of plenty!

2 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

Unless said turd happens to be a coprolite.

A whatoprolite?

Just now, defuture15 said:

Wallis hit brad in the throat

Long took out Simmons when bent down to pick up the ball

OK, thanks, I stand corrected, it was a while ago now and I was sitting a long way away right up in the old Pontsford Stand.

3 minutes ago, DominatrixTyson said:

Could've used Marcus Seecamp or Rodney Grinter 

Would have loved to have been there!!

Just now, daisycutter said:

surprised the techos at ch7 haven't used their skils to insert a digital crowd onto the screen complete with raucus cheering

What's that saying - "You can't polish a turd"

2 hours ago, DominatrixTyson said:

The groundwork for winning that game was layed by Terry Wallace. We chose not to flood and were blasted out of the water by superior firepower and bullied by their cheating thug defence and Michael Long. The one that got away if we were brave enough to try something different to the entire year. Perfectly understandable on Neal's behalf that we would go in as we did the weeks prior, we were playing scintillating footy and it was worth a crack.

For all his bluster and bravado from David Swartz after some of our bad losses in recent years, I (perhaps unfairly) hold him and others responsible for our fate that day, after they failed to fly the flag after Brad Green was ironed out by Michael Long.  Every time Swartz opens his mouth on matters like the team showing some heart, I just think he is so full of it.  I loved him as a player at his peak, but I have lost so much respect for him since.

GWS playing to another bumper home crowd of 2,000 at Spotless Stadium.  Seriously, the presence of a team with no suporter heartland like this is soul destroying for the whole competition.  Please relocate the entire team (including their players) to Tasmania, where they would actually be appreciated and supported.  I wouldn't begrudge the Tasmanians for enjoying some well deserved success and state representation.

Just one thing, they could leave Tom $cully in Western Sydney, he is the perfect fit for that souless place.

On Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at 5:17 PM, CanberraDemon said:

You were spot on about the token minute or two although I think your asterisk came into play as was the case back when The Ox was on the program too.

Interesting that Daniel has been trying to meet with the AFL about their gambling association. 7 and fox footy need to reduce their reliance on this income stream too, but I suspect that it would be a case of pushing poo up hill. At least Deesbet has disappeared from the club's landscape.

Mike is well past his prime and should be put out to pasture completely.

While I was certainly interested, humbled and inspired  by Daniels courageous openess on his gambling issues, it dominated the interview and got so repetitious that in the end I almost switched off and lost interest. 

There was so many good footy topics that could have been explored, from someone whom I remember as a somewhat non glamorous, but capable and reliable footballer at a time that we had a really good team.  Was glanced on that we had won 6 games in a row leading up to the 2000 GF and that we had a pretty decent chance, but then left there with barely anything more said.  Could have explored that game so much further.  

Personally as a supporter, I regard the 2000 GF as the one that got away.  I really do think it was conceivable that we could have done a Hawthorn 2008 to Essendon, as we were about  the only team that got close to themy all year and I thought we actually had the troops that could have pulled it off.

1 hour ago, Chook said:

Some people don’t even go to games (preferring to watch them on TV or not having time to see them at all), but still want to support the club when asked to. The MFC did a big membership drive to get to 40,000 and I know a few people who signed up then, even though they don’t go to games.

Absolutely, personally I'm an interstate member based in Brisbane, so some years like this year I don't get the opertunity to watch a game using my membership  (unless I was to travel to Melbourne to watch us at the mighty G).

I actually rejoined the MFC membership after one of our atrocious losses to West Coast in 2010?/11? on the basis that I thought it was when the club needed my support most.  All serious supporters of the MFC should have some kind of club membership (personal finances permitting).

Of course, one of the highlights being a Northern member was watching the mighty Demons smash the Suns up here last year on the Gold Coast - was one of the biggest wins I witnessed over the last half decade or so.  Most times I have traveled to Melbourne and watched us there, we loose, so I think it's in the best interests of all that I just stay up here when we play!!

Oh yeah and please keep Bernie in the mid field or forward for the most part.  I think he can be an effective sweeper down their on occasions, but I don't think it's his best role and the backline functioned so well on the weekend in his absence, why break away from a winning formula.

1 hour ago, hells bells said:

Logical matchup for Waite this weekend, who has stitched us up a number of times in the past.  I felt the backline looked as strong as I could remember against Adelaide.  Long may it continue.

Agreed.  I think we have really hit a critical mass of quality players down there with Frost, Salem, Hunt, Hibbard and Jetta.  With this quality core, I think it takes the pressure of Oscar a bit and I even thought he was pretty solid on the weekend.  Having both Hunt and Frost with blistering pace makes it pretty had for the oppo to shut down both.

Was really impressed with how our back line got on top of Adelaide's forwards.  From the mid way point of the second quarter, it was as if Tex and Eddie were non-existent.  As others have said our mids also probably played a role in this, but it would have been easy for us to have leaked a few goals from entries here and there to keep them in the game - didn't happen.  So much for being dominated by the Crows talls!

9 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Dunno, maybe it has to be an effective disposal? I'll have to check the champion data definitions.

On topic, I agree Garlett has been fantastic this year has really gone up a level. Playing a more mature team oriented game but kicking more goals as a consequence.

Agreed.

I think there may a little less of the mercurial and more of the percentage plays from Jeff this year, not that he isn't capable of the odd freak goal every now and then, I think he is just summing up the situations better and as you say doing the team thing.  His passes to setup team mates in better positions epitomise this, he had a few rippers on the weekend.  I think there is also a little less of him trying to take on the world and fail with his run and carry, which I think is also assisted by the team having others in good positions to palm it off to, where's in previous years it might just have been Jeff out the back with nothing else between him and the goals.

Would love to see the stats on his goal assists over the years if anyone hasees access to those.

Have always been a huge Jeffy fan and great to see he's back in good touch.

If it's OK to indulge in a bit of light humor on a serious  topic, I was reflecting on how inappropriate my avatar/profile name is for this thread!!

Glad they picked it up early and hope Jesse makes a complete recovery with respect  to his health. 

All the best Jesse.

14 minutes ago, chook fowler said:

If you think Pav was bad have a listen to Dane Swan. He was on AFL Tonight and was totally inarticulate and incoherent. Painful to listen to. Why they give these washed up numb nuts airtime is a mystery to me.

I actually didn't mind some of Swan's appearances on the Footy Show though, he came across as a pretty good sort of knock about bloke who's a bit alternate and out there, not afraid to be himself, with a sense of humor.  A bit like a poor man's, less extraverted Max Gawn.

Pav on the other hand really does nothing much for me at this point.

13 minutes ago, Skuit said:

His forward pressure was sensational in my opinion. But I felt that he was actually a bit down on touch on the weekend. A lot of near misses with not so clean hands and a couple uncharacteristically poor snaps. Comes with the territory though.

Clarry used up all the miracles for the night with his goal.

On another note, he may not have set the World on fire with big bags of four or five goals, but my take is that Jeff Garlett is back to his best this season and has been consistently good in most/all games that I remember (probably our most consistent small forward).  His forward pressure was pretty good (again) on the weekend with six tackles and my perception is that he has got better at distributing the ball/setting up other players inside 50 and certainly his set shot goal kicking has been pretty solid this year, where previously I thought it was a bit of a shortcoming.

He has been important to our team so far this year and I'm looking forward to a day when Jeffy really turns it on and has a day out.

1 hour ago, A F said:

Love how Brownie (J Brown) continues to pump us up. During ON THE COUCH a moment ago, he just said something along the lines of Melbourne have "arguably the best midfield in the comp". Someone fact check me there, but I'm pretty sure that's what I just heard.

The lead up to the Healy call was that Brown also gave us a bit of a plug for having an unsociable midfield and that Clarry had gone to another level since he'd got off the chicken nuggets!

1 hour ago, A F said:

Love how Brownie (J Brown) continues to pump us up. During ON THE COUCH a moment ago, he just said something along the lines of Melbourne have "arguably the best midfield in the comp". Someone fact check me there, but I'm pretty sure that's what I just heard.

I actually liked Gerard Healy's quote:

"so summing up - message to the Adelaide Crows midfield, get harder and get off the chicken nuggets...it would seem if you want to take it up to the Demons"

Amazing how tight the half of the ladder is at the moment.  Assuming Port continue on their merry way and beat the Suns, they will go from just outside the top eight, to just inside the top four based on just that one result.