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My understanding is If we take the minimum 3 from the draft we have no senior list spots available. Therefore if we want to get anyone else in or take an extra draftee, we will have to trade or de-list either Stretch or JKH who are currently out of contract.

JRNMAC meant to type goal keeper as used recently. brain fade.

As long as we are being pedantic, you can be pedantic but you cannot be a pedantic. You are a pedant. sorry annoying post I know...But like you I hate the bs terminology creeping into AFL discussion. Goal Keeper, lace out, etc.

So many posters complaining about the changes, yet most can only point to 2 others who could come in. The first is Kielty. Whilst I'd like to see what he can do that would leave he and Tim Smith as the key forwards. This seems a diabolical lack of experience to me. When the match committee decided to drop Weid (who was having zero impact) they had to push TMac forward. They have made the call that at this stage Oscar is a better bet than Petty. I am comfortable with this. Keilty missed out last week when they brought in Smith. Unless he was going to play back he was never going to get a run this week. If Smith gets dropped surely Keilty is next in line. Those who want Sparrow in the side instead of Wagner need to consider, like Wagner he is a fringe player who has done little in the games he's played so far. If we are going to play better footy it'll be because the guys who are a lock for best 22 get their acts together. It won't be because of the decisions made over the last bloke picked for the side.

Whilst I don't think we'll make finals i also haven't completely given up for the following reasons. 1. A lot of posters are saying it will be impossible unless we get to 14 wins. This is a little unpredictable, but in most years 13 is enough and in some years 12 and a decent % will get you in. Working on 13 we'd need to win 12 of our 16 games. 2. Whilst our % is dirt, if we rack up the 12 wins I imagine our % will be very handy at the end of the season. 3. We have some good players playing rubbish footy. I think fitness and confidence are the 2 big issues here. Maybe they can scrounge a win or 2 and start to turn it around. 4. We have some injured talent on the sidelines. We will start to grow in strength after the bye. 5. We have a few softer games before and after the bye and maybe we can get on a roll Having said all that I think the more likely outcome is we finish in the bottom 3rd of the ladder. If we play like we did against Richmond it'll be hard to imagine us beating anyone

Josh had a really good game tonight. Corey was quiet but strong when he was involved. I have noticed the Febey effect. That is sometimes i think they are travelling really well because I can't tell them apart.

Yes. Criticising someone with a disability for their struggles to perform a task able bodied people take for granted is a pretty bloody low.

On exposed form Jones and ANB are in the team. Others may replace them with time. You can't just cut players, you need to replace them too. There aren't 22 players on our list better than Jones and ANB. JKH is an emergency. My point was that on exposed form he would be selected before a few who got the nod vs Port. He played some solid games late 2018 and was unlucky to be dropped when Viney came back. I was making a comment on how our current lineup has been hit by injury. On a side note and not intended as a dig at Jackaub, some of the so called supporters hurling abuse at Jones on the weekend turned my stomach. He was rubbish in the 2nd half, but this is a guy who for many years was the only ray of hope at MFC. His best footy is behind him, but he made a valuable contribution in 2018 and hopefully will do the same in 2019. If I'm wrong and his form has him outside the best 22 the least we can do as supporters is give the man the respect he deserves. He is a legend of this footy club and it is disgusting how quickly some turn on their own.

What we all wouldn't give for Biz at the moment. I'm no OMAC defender. I think he ranges from good to average from week to week. Against Port he was the latter (as was most of the team). My point was that on team balance he is the 2nd best tall defender we have at the moment. To my mind Lever doesn't fill this role. I don't think Dropping Oscar will make him better.

OMAC makes my team. Lever was all at see last year as a 2nd tall defender. Much better as a 3rd defender/interceptor type. Omac will be better with some quality around him.

I'll have a go. Best 22s are cathartic after a nasty loss. I've bolded those not available against Port FB Jetta May O.McDonald HB Hibberd Lever Salem C Kolo/Stretch Oliver Fritsch HF Melksham T.McDonald Neal Bullen FF Hannan Weideman Garlett/spargo FOW Gawn Harmes Brayshaw INT Viney Vandenberg Jones Petracca These would be my players just on the outside of selection Jordan Lewis Joel Smith Next in line would be JKH That is 9 unavailable players I'd pick before some of the guys we played against Port. It'll be good to get a few back in the coming weeks.

That could be the least of your worries. I'm in a group with my wife, brother, father and father in law. wait until you meet my Dad. He takes the word passionate to dangerous new levels.

wow Demonland, I'm going to have friends in high places. We're q15 row c

I ended up Q15 row C. $25... Pretty happy. It is slightly cheaper to be in a rown further back and slightly more for m9,8 and 7. There is also q52 in the olympic. good luck to all.

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sounds more like it. Thanks

ok. I had assumed I got some compensation for already having access to general admission. If not it is a pretty poor choice having this game as a make up home game when there are ? over whether you could even get in.

Hi all, I just received an email from the club in regard to the Richmond ANZAC Day Eve game. It's an away game but also a reciprocal game for MFC members. The club are advising members to upgrade to a reserve seat in the Ticketek presale starting at 10am tomorrow. Does anyone know how much this costs. I'm assuming you don't have to pay the full purchase price of the ticket, which is between $70 and $45 depending on the area. At the moment the website is not showing the cost for members only the full price.

My cousin has bought 15 tickets for a group of us. He is a member but didn't purchase through the club because it was $67 instead of $50 general admission. We are sitting in a39 row o. I think this will be a couple of bays around from the geelong members. I'm pretty nervous. What's it like going there as an away fan?

There is also no real evidence that he spat the dummy or wasn't trying. All that was obvious was that he stopped impacting games and was in poor form. I think it's worth remembering that the small forward position is one of the least predictable in regard to correct running patterns. Often the crumbing forward is taking a punt on where they should run to either present for the ball, crumb the ball or pressure the opposition. These problems are worse at vfl level where the ball tends to be kicked long to packs more regularly. Whilst I don't actually know for sure, I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt that he was trying. Like everyone else I hope he comes good in 2019.

6 and 23 was an ok deal given he wanted out, For the life of me I can't see why we had to sweeten it with pick 65 though. I would have thought given we have 7 list spots and 4 draft picks another pick in the 60s would have been worth holding on to

Got 5 seats together in m54 row L. Last week we were M12 towards the back. I'm wrapped to be back in the Olympic stand. Our usual spot is m51.

The Hannan debate is an interesting one. like you I feel that with Fritsch and Garlett we have 1 to many small forwards and could afford to replace 1 with a mid. All 3 of these guys hit the scoreboard and had moments of influence against Geelong. All 3 of them also went missing for long periods of time. To a degree that is the nature of the small forward position. At times it can be tricky to find the right spot to run to. I agree that Hannan had a poor game. I do not understand though why supporters question players effort. All of these guys were putting in all the time. Sometimes though effort does not equate to high performance. I'd drop 1 of Hannan or Fritsch, along with Maynard and possibly Wagner. Although I really liked his 2nd half I think we may be better off with an extra tall. In would be Tyson, Bugg / brayshaw and Frost. although if they stick with Wagner over Frost I can see how that makes sense. The defense was pretty solid in the last half of footy they played together.

very surprised Mifsud has not been selected. I though she was our best key forward last year. Anyone got any goss? Selected as an emergency so presumably not injured.

I rang the club about this a few weeks back. If you have an existing reserve seat package you can continue without the $429 reserve seat gfg bundle paying only slightly more for your demon seat package than you did last year. However you cannot purchase a new reserve seat package without the gfg bundled in. If like me you purchased a gfg and demon seats in 2017 you were automatically transferred into demon seats plus for 2018 with the gfg at a cost of $429.