Everything posted by Smokey
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PREGAME: Rd 04 vs Geelong
186 v2.0 is on the cards
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Time to start a rebuild?
Goodwin absolutely has to go.
- GAMEDAY: Rd 02 vs North Melbourne
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May moved forward?
Shifting magnets isn't the solution to our key forward issues. Bottom line is we need more from JVR. I love his attack on the footy and has a beautiful kicking action, but I'm becoming very concerned at his inability to read the ball flight coming in. Watched him run under it too many times last week. Maybe Lever can impart some wisdom on him in this area.
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NON-MFC: Round 02
Hawthorn looking ok. Interested to see how they go against better sides, such as GWS (and us!). Until then I wouldn't pencil them in for anything significant.
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Demon supporters are pathetic…
Nevermind the F1 was on and we were playing GWS This post is more pathetic than the crowd size
- POSTGAME: Rd 01 vs GWS
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NON-MFC: Round 01
Always a pleasure watching the eternally hyped Carlton [censored] the bed Happy for the ooze ❤️
- GAMEDAY: Practice Match vs Fremantle
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PRESEASON TRAINING: Friday 15th November 2024
All I need to know is are we "training the house down" yet?
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Gary Pert Quits as MFC CEO
Huge day for the “told you I was right, I’m smart you’re stupid” cohort at Demonland
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Time to go Goody?
Passing on your lack of resilience to the kids hey? What a great lesson in life that is.
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MFC 2024 BEST & FAIREST NIGHT
Beautiful words from Gussy. We love you mate ❤️
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Oliver Trade Rumours
My advice to anyone who needs it - disconnect from footy media for a bit, focus on playing golf or whatever it is you do, and come back for the trade period. All of this speculation eliciting emotional reactions is exactly what the media want and get paid on. Ignore it, its 90% BS. You know in your heart of hearts that we'll look back on all this and wonder why we got so worked up about it.
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Oliver Trade Rumours
Yet it would save face with the members. Not sure which is more valuable right now.
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Oliver Trade Rumours
I highly doubt player contracts allow for arbitrary non-payment to players lol
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Andrew McQualter - Appointed coach of the West Coast Eagles
All the best Mini. Very happy he’s gone.
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Christian Petracca
Being good enough to win one and actually doing it are 2 very different things. And that's the point I'm trying to make - having any sort of expectation of winning flags doesn't make sense to me.
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Christian Petracca
No list, however talented, is ever entitled to a flag. A lot needs to go right on many fronts, and often requires plenty of luck too. Are you suggesting our list over the last 3 years has been comparable to that of recent dynasty teams? We don't even have a single established, consistent key forward. In no way has our list been that good. Dee's fans tend to overestimate the quality of our list holistically. Our top end talent is as good as it gets, but our middle of the road and below players are what prevents us from having Richmond or Hawthorn type success. Your expectations far outweigh the actual quality of our list.
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Kate Roffey Steps Down
Why is gender an issue at all here? Would you say male president if that were the case?
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Kate Roffey Steps Down
Fell on her sword like a good executive should. Thanks for your service Kate.
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Christian Petracca
I agree with this. But I also feel he has an obligation to protect the MFC by not giving the runway for these sorts of media stories to get to this point. But I get it if he wasn’t in the right state mentally if that’s the case. The only clear winner of this is us - he’s bloody staying and that is excellent news.
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Christian Petracca
I think if he had his time again, he’d realise he hasn’t gone about this the right way. I think his passion got away from him a bit here. He almost died though, so I tend to give him the benefit of the doubt. Blokes in their 20’s, regardless of their position in life, are liable to the odd bad emotionally-driven decision. But this quote from him is music to my ears. These are the type of individuals that propel clubs forward. This is leadership of the highest order. “I make no apologies for wanting to better our club and contribute to our success both on and off the field”
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Club in crisis - Media pile on - August 2024
I am open to the possibility that no such leaks exist and that its a throwaway line used by these journos to peddle whatever made up story they are coming up with based on loose inference only. I'll use Trac as an example: - Strong club with good list under performing - Star player out all year under controversial circumstances (medicos sending him back out on the ground) goes MIA on social media (on what we would come to understand as a self-imposed ban) - Star player expresses concerns with direction club is headed (due to said performance issues) Headline: "Petracca unhappy with club and open to trade". And here's the brilliant part of it - the headline can't be refuted either way. He stays, well he "was open to a trade", and now isn't. He goes, "Told you he was going". I'm not saying with any authority that we don't have issues with leaks, but I don't think its so bad as to quantify all the nonsense around Trac and Viney these last few weeks. Journalists are bound by a professional code of ethics which I would love to see enforced upon the AFL media more. In particular, this part of it: Accuracy and clarity 1. Ensure that factual material in news reports and elsewhere is accurate and not misleading, and is distinguishable from other material such as opinion. 2. Provide a correction or other adequate remedial action if published material is significantly inaccurate or misleading. https://presscouncil.org.au/standards/statement-of-principles
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Goodwin is the MAN!
Thought Goodwin coached really well on the weekend