Engorged Onion

Why do they need a new forward and kicking coach? What metrics are they not hitting effectively enough from your perspective?

@Ham My take on Sam, is that his development hasn't stalled, he has had numerous injuries over the course of numerous years and this has impacted on his continuity. Also, neither am I expecting him to be a big dog so to speak (Hawkins Kennedy, Lynch) in his role in the forward line. Just on Stafford as coach, why would a professional club employ someone in a role if they're not fit for the purpose, and then continue on the knowledge that that person is not fit for purpose? What's your take on Stafford and what he brings to the table?

@Skuit, we've had the kill mentality in 11 of our games... the pressure is not as overt as scoreboard pressure (but 4 goals up with 8min to go is pretty good).... I believe McCartney called some of the midfielders 'glass munchers' - this now seems to apply to to the rest of the team and how they absorb pressure and re-distribute it.

I was searching for your stats on an earlier post re: scores against us top 8 vs bottom 8 - could you re submit with this please :) An underrated post...

No effort? WTF?

This is so fantastic, I was not aware that it had been commented on publicly previously? A little tear in my eye...

Hello Brisbane midfield, just a little reminder that 'tasty tasty Chomper' is coming for ya....

Mmmm, a vulnerable post. My father died of MND 5 years ago last Thursday, just as I became a father (and he had his first grandchild), and had a relationship with Neale, through Daniher's Drive . Previously because of my unwillingess to attend to the G for The Big Freeze, I've headed to Alice to honour the old bloke and watch a match live around the date of his death. In a somewhat hilarious course of fate, it's taken me around 5 years to have the courage to head to the 'G' to celebrate the life of my father, and honour the work that Neale and the entire community that facilitates Fight MND have committed to do. I've often envisaged myself sitting at the ground, sobbing, overwhelmed with the occasion, and most likely heading to the Bullring to have copious amounts of pints throughout a game. This year, I felt as though I've worked through a lot of my unresolved grief, to a space of being joyous about turning up to the G, and marking his absence, by taking my 5 year old up to the ground to watch the Wiz go down the slide and have yet another generation support the red and blue and mark it with a solid [censored] win against the Pies. Anyway, best laid plans and all of that... I'll be putting my days outing cost (train ticket, plus beer, plus food, plus gate, plus more beer) into a MND donation tin/online somewhere instead.

Yeah... I disagree with you on this one Rusty. To be honest, I can't recall our last win on a Friday night and then what the subsequent media saturation was like, but I'd imagine it's already had a day to be dissected in many other outlets elsewhere, hence Channel 9, or wherever you get your consumption of football from have made a call that it's out of the 24hour news cycle. However, I would be surprised if on AFL360 there isn't a bit of a dissection from Gerard. I also disaagree about an 'anti' Melbourne bias. I think things fall the way of larger clubs, and sometimes (or lots really) towards the home ground advantage, but that's not anti Melbourne, that's just favourtism (implicit?) towards the bigger clubs. But mate, we see what we want to see.

Genuinely curious... I just assumed there was apathy... What's the hate about Rusty? How is it evidenced throughout the AFL community?

Ah, well I get the push then... I was just thinking as cold as it could be made for them... but having googled....

Brilliantly put @Watson11

Tasvegas??

My vibe was the wanted to exit via Brayshaw's side, whereby he halved/won many contests. Just on the notion that Ed runs harder... it's not much more than Brayshaw weekly (about 1km (250m a quarter)...but like Hunt, it's the flowing locks that you eyeball.... though he does get forward for a snag or 2....

Can you give a time stamp @McQueen? He'll be fine* *If the AFL see him as in genuine Brownlow contention and thus now protected.

Bulldogs did everything to go to the opposite wing. Consequently Angus did a brilliant job under siege most of the night.... not from a stats perspective, but from guarding space, blocking contests. Actually, there were 2 moments for me when the ball was dumped kicked from a Dogs defender to just beyond our 50m arc and I knew that Gus would be there to intercept... and I just grinned at myself at the sense of comfort that even I as a spectator knew the system was working...

Geelong are the sleeper...

"No it was as comprehensive as it comes. You almost felt Melbourne knew they could break it open with insane pressure then backed their defence to absorb what we had after that. The played in phases and read the game situation brilliantly it was very impressive. They’ve got the structure to go all the way, my doubts were off about them." The above is from a Dog's supporter... That's about as succinct as I could be. This is the way that the team rolls now. My emotions still haven't quite caught up to this truth...

I doesn't make sense with respect to the rigours of concussion protocols, but I do wonder if they were looking at resting Langdon anyway... the footage of him last night showed him smiling and laughing with Sparrow.

@sue, I just asked @binman the same q. However, I just worked it out, if you go back to the full game - it streams straight on from that now... so there is an extra 30 min to 60 min of post game analysis. Enjoy your Saturday mid arvo ?

Thanks for sharing Binman, my name is Engorged, Engorged Onion to be specific, my descent into Melbourne Demons capitalist consumption began earlier this year. For many years I was apathetic to those that imbibed the content, mocking others that devoured the content and the impact it had on them, and their families lives. But now I am one of them, I have been so arrogant to believe I couldn't be touched. I'll try the strategy of 'First Crack' as well as making contact with this Leppa bloke.

Secretly, I have been hoping one of Demonlands own, would take some photo's or video's when they are perched high in the stands and upload them as a public service to us all.

Aside from Demonland and the afl website, on a Saturday morning, where do people like to get their post game info? What radio stations/programmes? What websites? The lid is off...

Ahhh Goodwin and his belief of winning from the contest out is the game style that only stacks up in finals... Plan A.

Normal service resumed (4-6 goal win)