YesitwasaWin4theAges

8 minutes ago, Bobby McKenzie said:

Captain courageous Angus! That ever so brave diving mark in the GF was so typical of Gus. The perfect shot for goal and unbridled celebration was the catalyst for the burst of goals which followed. Thank you Gus and we hope your enforced retirement will spur the rest of the team to a premiership with a goal after the siren to beat Collingwood by a point. This was from a free kick following a Maynard indiscretion. Wouldn't that be absolute perfection?

Thanks mate for all you did for the MFC and for your loyalty.You were a true champion. 

A point? i want blood, another 70 pointer will do me.

2 hours ago, DemonOX said:

So sad for Brayshaw. 

He will be massively missed by us. 

Wish u all the best Gus. 

U were one of the best players in our 21 Premiership. 

3rd best behind Trac and Fritta.

Slips catch in the pocket diving full stretch in front of himself where angels fear to tread and kicks truly at a crucial stage in the 3rd quarter to put us in striking distance then bang, bang, bang, bang!

Absolutely classy and courageous till the end Gussy!

Thankyou!

Just now, binman said:

Performative.

The AFL put on a woeful case and then didn't appeal a ridiculously flawed decision. 

I was absolutely filthy at the time, times it by 10 now.

Love you Gus❤️ being there in flesh to witness your greatest footy moment means even more now.

Be proud of what you have accomplished in the game, still have alot more to contribute in the media and in life.

❤️W4TA🏆🥇🇱🇮

4 minutes ago, Doug Reemer said:

Good. Right us off. It worked for us after 2020!

Backs well and truly against the wall.

It will be one of the great triumphs of modern times if we salute in 24.

14 hours ago, DeeZone said:

I would have Tomlinson in for TMac, he’s coming off a calf niggle and a lot of people have listed him as cooked? I would also give Windsor another run and Verrall needs to be in the starting 22 to support Max.😁

Like the cut of Verrall's jib.

Another talented SA boy.

On 19/02/2024 at 14:38, WERRIDEE said:

Play the strongest side possible

B: Lever, May, McVee

HB: Salem, McDonald, Rivers

C: Brayshaw, Petracca, Langdon

HF: Billings, van Rooyen, Neal-Bullen

F: Pickett, Fritsch, Spargo

FOLL: Gawn, Oliver, Viney

IC: Bowey, Sparrow, Chandler, K. Brown

SUB: Verrall

EMERG: Windsor, Woewodin, Howes

I liked the look of Verrall, another promising South Aussie product.

We would want to get off to a good start to the year, that is all I'm going to say.

# F M D

We would want to get off to a good start to the year, that is all I'm going to say.

# F M D

2 hours ago, Lexinator said:

I would like to see Kozzy mix in more midfield and being the deepest forward too. If I recall, 1 of his 2 SF goals last year was being played as the deepest forward, hard to contain him with his speed and strength.

The dream team for me would be Trac deep with Kozzie floating off the (striker) in Trac.

Our own Batman and Robin combo.

Trac's body use is second to none he would destroy teams but he obviously wants his midfield minutes.

I would use this in a final if everyone was healthy and we could allow this to happen.

This is what gets us back to the promise land i reckon.

Don't see it happening unfortunately with team balance, Goody's preference.

Kozzie in rotation with Tracc would be awesome, if the full compliment is on board Viney, Clarry, Gus and Sparrow.

43 minutes ago, binman said:

It might have felt that way, but its not the case that virtually every ball was bombed in.

If it was the case it would be reflected in the shots at goal data (also in the charts that show inside 50 entries and where goals were kicked from, which I've seen but couldn't find with a quick search).

Given how infrequently we jagged pack marks in those games (or any games really, given how hard it is to take a pack mark these days) and factoring in goals from free kicks and pings from 40 -60 metres, if we bombed it long to a pack say 90% of the time, logic suggests the numbers would be something like:

• 70% of scores from general play (eg crumbing packs, stoppage goals, running shots etc) 
• 30% from set shots (marks, usually one out or on the lead, and frees).

In the blues finals loss we were aprox 50% from general play and set shots.

In our loss to the Pies, a game that was high pressure and slippery, we were aprox 40% from general play and 60% from set shots.

Shots at goal

Team	Shots	G	B	T	Acc.
General Play
Melbourne	15	4	9	33	26.7
Carlton	8	3	2	20	37.5
Set Position
Melbourne	13	5	6	36	38.5
Carlton	13	8	4	52	61.5

 

Team	Shots	G	B	T	Acc.
General Play
Melbourne	9	3	3	21	33.3
Collingwood	4	2	2	14	50.0
Set Position
Melbourne	14	4	5	29	28.6
Collingwood	11	7	3	45	63.6

 

The bottom line is our method works. 

Which is why other teams employ it, just at the tigers did yesterday - which is no surprise since they are the originators of the when in doubt get territory strategy that, with pressure, is the foundation of the game circa 2024. 

It was our accuracy that failed us in the finals not our method. 

I'd like to see how a Collingwood, Carlton or Brisbane would go for that matter, if a Curnow, Mihocek or Daniher we out of their finals campaign.

Add in one of their key midfielders getting knocked out 3 minutes into the 1st quarter in a Qualifying final.

We are not far away at all my fellow Demonlanders.

It's one scratch match hit out FFS.

We beat ourselves last year, even with talent absent and Clarry and Fritta not 100%.

Lady Luck shining down on us wouldn't go astray.

18 minutes ago, RedFox said:

Genuinely shocked by the continued downward trending of Ed Langdon. Do we all remember that long haired gut running beast that was so crucial in 2021? He would run up and down that wing, all the way to pockets and provide defensive cover and crucial link up play...where is that guy? In my opinion it isn't talked about enough, he's a shell of himself. It's so bad that I'm to the point of I'm wondering if it's even time to move on from him in favour of a Woewodin type. FWIW this isn't based on yesterday's performance, as uninspiring as it was. This has been building for the best part of a season and a half.

Give him a chance to prove his doubters wrongs.

Was very impressed by Kynan Brown, Caleb Windsor, Billo, Kozzie could be anything and Jack with his neat disposal by foot through the middle.

Lots to work on and spots up for grabs especially in the forward half.

1 hour ago, HBDee said:

Watched the whole 7 periods on replay last night. 

Reason for most of Richmond's goals were sloppy turnovers from us, or poor ball handling aka. May fumbling, turning over and them goaling. 

Thought the ball movement when we were scoring goals was pretty good and our depth of forward 50 entries was good. JVR leading up and very nearly clunking quite a few was promising for early in the season.

To everyone saying we have to stop bombing into the forward 50, but they think we're a tall forward or two short down there, we can't have it both ways. The tall forwards want the ball coming in high or so they can get a run and jump at it.

Everyone saying we need to lower our eyes and hit up targets, means forget the tall forwards, just play smaller guys and look for them to lead to space/ball carrier. Which by the sounds of it no one wants that either.

Pressure on in the contest and the ball carrier on the wing for example, means they might have to put the ball on the boot quickly and therefore go long and high into the forward 50. We can't expect the ball to be coming in fast with space all the time, given our high-contest game, and opposition zone defences. Sounds like people want perfect leads and passes every time. Not realistic. 

I actually think the bigger issue is the separation of our tall forwards. To me it seem like they're always flying for the same ball. Easy for defenders for mine. Get separation and try and create a one-on-one and back our guys in. 

As the commentators were saying during the broadcast, we were top 5 for inside forward 50 efficiency (score per entry) during the home and away season last year, and top 5 for scoring in general. That obviously wasn't the case in the two finals we lost, but also, saying our method is completely useless is also not true. Tweak it yes. Say it doesn't work and completely change the way you play. Pretty stupid.

What i took out of the hitout is that we were trying to take it on risky kicks inside which we normally wouldn't do from previous years.

Which is better a more attacking approach as it opens up our scoring opportunities, better than the long up the line near the boundary.

But as you know if you don't hit those kicks you'll get done going the other way. 

It was a typical scratchy not much pressure and we didn't apply our half ground press at all.

This time last year we were smashing teams, flying out of the gate like a bull to a red rag.

Lets see if a change in approach yields different results later on in the year.

Youngsters show alot of promise great hit out, no injuries, Premiership aren't won in February.

Great composure by son of Dogga Brown Kynan.

29 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

You didn't miss footy at all WCW?

😂 Great work.👍

10 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

How good was that? Will never get old that victory. 
Not bad watching these upsets, wouldn’t call our win an upset though.
 

Never gets old that win, not in the slightest an upset, just a gutsy comeback win by the lads.

Those needing a quick sugar hit and a feel good bit of TV click on now and watch the beauty unfold.

35 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

I was confident then. And confident for 2024.  Get the goalkicking right and hit a target inside forward 50. We can win it.  2024 is our year.  

An Olympic year 2024🥇

Great report FF, any info we get on our Dees is always appreciated.

28 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

I think they'll be conservative with Oliver and not rush him.

I can see him returning in the seniors from round 2 (Hawks game) to round 4 if all goes well.

However if they were to rush him back for Sydney, it would allow Trac to spend more time up forward and we need all we can get down there with Kozzie and co missing. I'd also want to see Sparrow increase his 'time on ground' from 65% - 75% to 80-90% to supplement Clarry's lower minutes in the initial few games. (I'm expecting a big year from Sparrow as he enters his 6th season) 

If Clarry has clocked up the required amount of kms during his time off pre season and is ticked off by the coaching and medical staff and is ready to go.

I see no valid reason as to why they would hold him back.

Big win for Maxy, bout time rules fell in our favour.

30 minutes ago, DistrACTION Jackson said:

I'd probably go with:

HF: ANB              Schache                Billings

F:   Chandler       JVR                        Fritsch

With Spargo also going through and Trac & Sparrow also resting down there.

As bad as it must sound to alot of posters, this is Schache's chance to make an impact at the club.

I hope for his sake and the club's Shaq has gained some confidence during pre season and takes this chance that has been put in front of him.

He's not going to get a better run at it than this, 26-27 years old, its his chance to shine.