Engorged Onion

I'd argue Nank is nowhere near it. Now...argue it 😃

Get him on the next podcast.

Just listened to Tim Lane in the last 3 minutes of the match. He said Melbourne had kicked 100 points (which I know we all know) in essentially a quarter and a half against a team that had not conceded 100 points to any team all year. [censored] stupendous.

Not a stupid q at all.. audio is fine...weirdly the vision isn't. Firefox has remedied Kayo - but not the youtube vision of of any of the radio calls... I'll try some of these options... cheers. **thanks @FritschyBusiness - vision is working fine!

and good old Safari @Range Rover to the snow ...but I just noticed this on youtube... perhaps all the calls have been taken down (bit weird the Kayo melbourne matches isnt working either).

Hi all, sorry for doing it on this forum - but I figured some tech guru will know - I've just updated my Mac - hoping to watch a multicall - and cannot watch video (it plays/streams) but I can hear the audio -doesnt matter if it is kayo or youtube. Anything I can do somewhere in settings or preferences to rectify this? *sorry for posting it here folks, but I figured someone will know something... and then this can drift way down the forum topics list.

A La 'The Special One'

is this true? I've not come across it on Kayo...

There was a lot of talk about how badly Tom McDonald’s form tapered off in the last month or so. Did it though? Football is a team game, not an individual one. It’s not a coincidence that Brown’s apparent influence grew in the same time that McDonald’s diminished. Every time that Brown took a mark or had space to lead into, if McDonald and his man were nowhere to be seen, that’s not an accident. These are the sacrifices that key forwards make for each other. Does Bayley Fritsch have the finals series he does, and is he able to cut the angles to find space like he does, if McDonald is cutting off his leading lanes or being close enough for his opponent to go third man up? McDonald will have been feted beyond belief internally for putting the team above himself. Old mate earned the extension.

The UNIVERSAL Melbourne supporter emotional experience!

I can normally shrug of the arrogance of people... but I haven't been able to let this one go. Anyway, I present some artwork. Yes, yes, I am a very petty person.

Thought I'd bring up my own thread - just to be a smug bastard - around the meaningfulness of how we were tracking and the little observations that were there, even in the early round, were actually a portent of what was to come.

I opened you tube and sourced sen commentary grand final 2021 - as well as kayo (if you have it) and synched it up perfectly through that. I had the abc radio version. sublime.

where is this accessed?

I thought Browns goal in the third was a clear hands in the back against him I thought Schache should have had a free when Brayshaw smashed into him in their 50 I thought Pickett should have clearly had a free against Libba I thought Max should have had a free in the goal square when Easton Wood went front on (spoiled the ball mind you)]

I'd totally be up for a link to abc or any other radio broadcast coverage.

At the end of last nights game, I noticed I was feeling disappointed for Kossie, not to get a lick of the ice cream and jag a goal or three. It felt expected in a win of that magnitude. I then read he only had 4 possessions... and I wondered if he felt he hadn't contributed meaningfully to the win on the day. I then, checked myself to recall that stats don't necessarily tell the influence that some one has on the game (looking at you as well TMAC)... Anyway, a little nod to Kysaiah's work by the lads at Mongrel Punt. DO KYSAIAH PICKETT’S FOUR TOUCHES TELL THE STORY OF HIS GAME? No, no, no… not by a long shot. You see, there was this other guy who used to play small forward around seven or eight years ago. Turns out he was pretty good at it. Played for Hawthorn… name was Rolly or something? Ever heard of him? Apparently, some people used to think he didn’t do enough because they were used to looking at the stats sheet and assessing players by numbers. Players like Pickett, and yes, players like Cyril Rioli, make those numbers seem redundant. Put it this way – Charlie Spargo has Kysaiah Pickett to thank for his goal in the first quarter. It was all about Pickett’s pressure, firstly to not give up the ghost in a two-on-one disadvantage. Secondly, his lunge at the Dogs’ defender caused an error, leading to a turnover and the Spargo goal. There was another aspect to his game I found interesting, as well. Pickett has made a name for himself with his blistering closing speed, but if you watch the game again, as I am sure you will, watch the way he refuses to commit to the elusive Caleb Daniel. Instead of charging at him, and opening himself up to the sidestep, which Daniel does so well, Pickett stays off him and corrals him, forcing him to kick over or around him. It’s bloody smart! Daniel has made a fool of a heap of players over the past couple of years, walking around them like they were traffic cones – not Pickett. He was well-drilled in the way he played Daniel, and the further the game progressed, the less efficient Daniel become.

Oh, what was the song? Can't two teams like the same song?

The turn around in the last two months to realise our scoring potential has been amazing.. whether that is synergy between the forwards, or something else I am not sure. Anyway here are some lovely bits of data or data (depending on how you say it).

You know I love these writers - Mongrel Punt

https://twitter.com/StatsInsider/status/1441725915604471811?s=20

presumably @Axis of Bob

Didn't you know the Bulldogs had it tougher?

I am so so pleased that Max on live tv mentioned the names of Dean Bailey, Sean Wight, Colin Syliva and Troy Broadbridge in particular as a way to honor them, their contribution to the fabric of their club and their remaining families.

I wanted to acknowledge my Dad. Howard - died of MND 5 years ago this past May. Thanks for all the kicks of football on the farm in the orchard. Thanks for buying me a banana milkshake when Jimmy ran over the mark. Thanks for supporting me and driving me to all my sports, and taking me up to the MCG, sharing your love of Hassa Mann and Tiger Ridley, your disdain for all acts of thugery and violence on the field and teaching me that as I was left footed it gave me an advantage over most people that turned to kick on their right (didn't help). Thanks for buying me my first Demons top -made of wool, wearing it on cold cold junior footy nights and being covered in mud - the only one in Portland, with all other kids wearing Tigers, Geelong or Collingwood. Thanks for washing it.. a lot. Thanks for linking me into a team with a shared history of under performing... plenty of exposure to uncomfortable emotions learned early 😍 *these are some photos of Dad in his last stages of MND -> holding my son (family's first grand child) for the fist time, linked in to Danihers Drive and finally, the night before he died.(lets not turn away from the realities of existence). As Neale has said - it is a 'beast' of a disease. It would have been tremendous to have you watch us finally have some shared success, and now with the third generation - your 5yo grandson - a lover of all things Kossie Pickett and red and blue.