Rodney (Balls) Grinter

I'd say Trac has Bluey in his sights, but I'd say just about every other MFC award linked to tenacity, the coaches and leadership award Jack has sealed up. Agree that he's been huge when we most need him this year. Absolutely love the bloke and I also think his leadership has gone to the next level. He seems a little less overtly critical of others in his approach than perhaps he may have been in the past and more of just "get behind me boys, because we're going to fight this one to the death!" The footy/war analogy has always been a bit tenuous, but I know if I ever did need to fight in the trenches in one, blokes like Jack are absolutely the kind you'd want to be in it with.

Yeah, they don't have to do that, just think their still enough of a chance to win a few more games and put themselves above Freo. Alternatively, if they beat us and we still finish 4th, I don't really care. It's probably better for our draft hand to finish 4th than third anyway. I forget - do Hawthorn still have their own 1st round pick? I'd actually rather they finish higher and get worse picks as well.

Super important game for the Hawks to keep their season alive this afternoon. So apparently this it the potential ladder at the end of the season if the Hawks win every game from here and other results fall there way. I'll be cheering them all the way to September. Hell, I'd actually love to face off against them in a grand final with our current squad instead of Brisbane as shown in the graphic. ...more importantly there's also a third spot for us riding on it too!!

So Grundy gets demoted for one week to the twos and the media imeediatley start to make the call he's being traded again - talk about knee jerk reactions and rumor mungering. If it goes on for the rest of the season and Grundy doesn't play another game, this season (including finals), then I could understand the trade rumors. Grundy and Gawn kicked 6 goals and 3 goals between them in of our practice matches this season against Richmond and St Kilda and the media were fawning all over it: New ‘double threat’ ominous as Dees ‘blueprint’ emerges: 18yo’s ‘exciting’ glimpses: 3-2-1 https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/live-afl-preseason-2023-st-kilda-saints-v-melbourne-demons-match-simulation-live-updates-score-stats-video-stream-result-news-blog/news-story/cf6ec8d981d2b8f225360391a22199ce The fickle and headline attention seeking nature of the media make me sick at times. Listening to Max on 774 last Saturday, he was still adamant that he was a believer in Brody and the shared ruck / forward scenario could work and was taking the kind of mature attitude about it that you wish the media would. Yes, you would expect him to take that attitude as both captain and current team member, but I do love his unwavering commitment to the concept of making the team better and supporting his team mates. In the circumstances I think we need to try every option we have to get more goals out of our forward line and both Max and Gawn have shown reasonable ability to take marks and kick goals throughout their careers, so it's no long shot at all IMHO. Maybe we just need to think a little more outside the square and have Brody and/or Max running off a wing or half forward back towards goal and using their athletisim rather than starting deep. Anyways, I'll be fascinated to see how it all eventuates, but it isn't a forgone conclusion where it ends up for me. Who in the media saw us winning the premiership or even finals in 2021 at the start of the year? Not many.

The other thing to consider is that we have a bit of a glut of A and B+ grade mids in something like the 25 - 28 yo age bracket. We need a few more future A grade mids comming through underneath in the 18 - 20 yo bracket, so we don't end up the Hawthorn/Eagles/Richmond in another 3 or 4 years.

One of the main things this table shows me JTR is Jackson asides, how long it's been since the MFC has had a top 10 pick. For the sustained sucess of the team, it's so important we get more in and thus what a gift from God this season Freo are having is for us in the circumstances.

So, if we get Jason Talylor on the Demonland podcast again this year, it would be interesting to know how he's enjoying the death ride!! In all seriousness though, I do wounder how it's actually influenced our recruitment planning. I'm guessing that knowing well have at worst a pick somewhere in the Range 4 - 8 will give the team some great options to seriously think about going forward.

Probably about what every other teams supporter says about our captain - you know the bloke that had the ciggy in the car on the freeway on the way to training! 😂

Springfield or Coorparoo?

This one was just plain arrogant when the Lions were on top. Fair enough go and support two opposition teams in your clubs getup as a 'neutral'. But when you pick sides, then start overtly giving it to the loosing team when the other gets on top, I think that's pretty rank and arggant.

Unless you are just talking about the ones you were there in person for, surely V Geelong final H & A 2021 and arguably V Bulldogs 2021 GF are up there?

Not to mention his 2018 H & A and brilliant finals series. For similar sentimental reasons, I would have loved it if Jayden Hunt played in a flag for us and to a certain extent Tomlinson, not to mention Nathan Jones. Still a realistic prospect for Jake if he can keep it up and an outside chance for Tomlinson (assuming the tram can bring home the chocolates if course, which is always a huge ask).

The ones near us were up and getting really arrogant I thought in the 2nd and 3rd quarters when they started to get on top. After we came back and won the game I made sure I gave them a bit of a serve. Some tool kid in a Colliwood jumper was also jumping up, turning around to verbal the MFC crowd and getting carried away when Brisbane got on top. Hey buddy - remember Kings Birthday??

I've just got home and got my boys into bed at 12:30am and my adrenalin is still flowing. 2nd that Kayo of the last qtr!

Agreed. I also thought the earlier goal from young Taj Woewodin was a really classy goal where he summed up his options, took on the responsibility and nailed quite a difficult goal under pressure. Although it was quickly responded to by Brisbane, I thought it was a real team lifter and momentarily injected some much needed enthusiasm into the team at a time the game seemed to be slipping away from us. In retrospect an important goal in the scheme of the contest.

Up forward or down back, his strength marking and pace are such assets. I agree that I like him up forward too, but tonight, Kossie, Trac, Melksham, Brown & Co got the goods in the end, although it didn't look all that pretty at times. Actually thought BBB has been decient and helped our structure and ball movement up there since he's been back

We are legit mate. Mark of a great side to grind away and squeeze out wins when you're not 100% on top of your game week to week.

And within a fraction of 3 - 1, although Collingwood would somewhat dubiously claim the same.

They're wasting their time if that's the strategy. Trac is the Norm Smith specialist!!

Just imagine what he could do if he played the whole game. Very stiff to be dropped when he was I thought.

Surely Joel Smith gets picked in the starting lineup next week. Another frindge type that tries his guts out, plays in the right spirit and just keeps preserving and putting himself forward.

I'm sure it's been said numerous times all ready, but "HOW [censored] GOOD IS JAKE MELKSHAM!!!" Love this bloke. He certainly had his moments tonight - both bad and VERY VERY good ones, but overall, I love the way he attacked the contest and took on the game by foot. Not gone yet Jakey boy. ❤💙❤💙❤💙

Guess it would depend on when the pod was done, but was the GC coaching job bought up?

The prospect of Kalani may be the most important reason for having an AFL team on the Gold Coast that's ever been put forward.

I'm not sure I've ever given that too much thought Wodja, but I'd prefer a win to Geelong. Take them away from Kardinia Park and Geelong will go to puss in finals from the bottom half of the 8.