Deemania since 56

It seems to be a widespread problem with out ball movers....

Across 2018, Tracey was an immense source of assistance with a variety of my 'interstate' and family members 'interstate' meetings at the G for the footy. She assisted cheerfully and completely in meeting my Interstate Member requirements and upgrades to such a Membership. This included one finals match. There was no time in my schedule for attending the GF but I would be keen (as the likelihood of the MFC making the GF is at this point very good) to examine the details required to secure - as early as possible - an additional upgrade and a GFG. Therefore, I would be keen, LH, to see the maturation of this information on this DL Website for the next season. 'Carna Dees!

It is a simplistic approach and quite sound thinking, too. He has the attributes that you describe, some in buckets, tiers. Just a bit of sound coaching and tweaking needed - down back and / or outside mid. Very plausible.

Ditto, just stopped listening, reading and worrying. It makes one forget how good the recovery this year actually was for us all. What will be, will be with regard to the acquisitions and trades; I'd still stick to our associations with players being both thoughtful and professional. We are the MFC, after all. Hope the team is ready for a very big pre-season preparation and our aspiring acquisitions and retentions can come to fruition.

Talent.

Stretch, Hunt, Fritsch, Baker, Hannan - intensified training for speed and outside skills - that's what we need, now. That is a talent list that other teams would surely envy...and all capable of such development.

...and he will be, next year, too.

Always thought that Harmes would bounce hard at his potential - and he's done it! Great effort.

So many things came together into the face of adversity for this Club, in 2018. It took classy leadership and the acceptance by merely a handful of the responsibilities involved in turning corners. By next year, that spirit will be more widespread as handrails upon which this gravy train carries the side to the GF. Well done Maxy and team.

FFS, DJ, I was trying to take the pizz a little bit.

That is cold, stark reality, GCD. It won't happen at Norf and he'll struggle to bond as a teammate with all of the players on the list with excessive salary considerations. He would remain a 'fly-in'.

What terrible, soul-destroying luck for poor old Collingwood in the last seconds of the GF. It truly makes your heart bleed, it is a gross injustice to the spirit of the game, to the team and to its administration. However, it was a great kick, and a terrific goal to WC and sealed the game completely. Geez, it was a knockout result.

did not see that article, do you have a link?

Nice thought, very nice. We want Maxy to reach the 300 game level. We want a target. Preuss is the man.

Without hesitation, that is on the money. Great midfield in 2018, great forward entries, Nervous Nelly supporters whenever the OMac was required to come into play, that's if he was able to keep up with it.

Simpson did coach well across the season, shoring up his KPD/KPF as an arsenal and used the season to create play familiarity and responsibility; he also maximised his team strengths - as we found out in the Prelim. The GF was nearly always going to be a proving ground for them, and the widespread mantra was '...how to beat Collingwood or Richmond...' on the day with talls, contested marking and a sustained finishing intent after the first flush - which obviously was Collingwood's attempted 'best play'. The relentless 'hard ball get' was another asset that supported their mid to final game rally. Well done, Simpson and his determined team of players.

Clearly put and well put. Straightens out many thoughts in my head, at least. Hogan is a loss - but it is a well-managed loss - so you are correct. I do think that with the MFC FD training intention, Preuss may well turn out to be that rucking deep forward upon whom more wins and a top four finish might rest. Pedo just needed a few more yards; Preuss well-trained should provide these.

Thinking the same thing, during the second and third quarters of the game. Wondered if Gil the Dill and the umps would dare?

Wise man, your father.

TMac actually made improvements in a quantum manner - OMac has not across two full years, at least not enough of the plural improvements that he needed. These brothers are two individuals, not clones. TMac learned and TMac worked, and TMac made the grade. TMac now is dependable in so many areas. Great. I cannot say that about his little brother.

Agree with your first sentence, SWYL. Frosty was put there to back and assist OMac who was very slow, unreliable to chase, errant with his sense of DEFENCE, territory and last line of defence. He is too light for words as a backman, as well. The second sentence reads much better IMO if you said: A defence that includes May and Frost is much better equipped to take that next level.I think this way because Frost has made rapid and game-winning back-up to OMac and his 'assistance' has been largely self-propelling and very dynamic to what a fullback is supposed to bring to the game. He will blend with May, Lever, Hibberd, Nev, Salem and Kolliejazzknee very naturally and add further drive and penetration to that mix - but needs some individual work to turn his hands into vices to mark more assuredly and continue to read the plays defensively and in rebound. Most of this has been achieved and it is characterised by his new-found strength, speed and delivery.

Frosty is aware of his style and weaknesses, and has improved 3 of these in just a couple of months. With a good pre-season, I'd reckon that the FD can sort him out, just fine. Frosty is a playmaker, and a very big asset down back that will turn the final two corners with focussed coaching. It would appear that he will achieve this heightened mastery in quick time, too.

We have to put these sentiments aside; Ray Biffen wasn't pretty, either. But hell, he could rough 'em up well for a few years there.

Can he juggle a nice French brie with his wineglass of Grange 68? Does he have his Range Rover Sports V8 parked in the Members? If not, too bad. He fits the bill perfectly.

Quite depressing, the shift and change in the concepts of club and team loyalties. The mobile phone accoutrements generation certainly possess a different short, medium and longer-term outlook on method, means and entitlement. At the same time, the importance of sustainable values and objectives is brushed aside for the quick fix of the very few, and in reality, a measurable none. However, good luck to them. Football has improved but it does now flash continuous and impending warning signs that does not lead to a great deal of positive change - it leads to a dissolution of some appreciative stability. The fans agglutinate not for the game but for the tribal rites. For the players, a key focus is definitely on the rights of passage.