Neil Crompton

My god Dazz, don't let Dr D see this comment ffs!

Weid kick his second

I'm really looking forward to the battle of the wingers - Langdon and Brayshaw/Jordon vs Whitfield and Kelly

Titan, I think an in-form and fit AVB would be required in our best 22 - for the hardness and pressure he displays and how he brings other players into the game. Despite what you say, he does have a good tank and a good turn of speed and a good football brain. (His disposal has let him down at times in the past, but he certainly wouldn't be the worst in the team in that regard, by any means). I think that Goody, having watched the Casey game live, would have come away absolutely wrapped with what he saw from AVB - and another 2 or 3 weeks of similar or better form, Goody will most likely have him back in the 22.

Welcome back

No disrespect BDA, but none of us on here know anything about Sam for sure, except what is obvious - that he is completely out of form and lacking a shred of confidence. As such, I have every confidence that the Club will do whatever it needs to do to help him find his mojo again. And I also have no doubts that he will do just that - but that part is just my opinion. Talk of trading him, or that he needs to leave the MFC to come good, or that he may need to quit football for his mental health, is, at this stage, just so over the top IMO, and really just reeks of the over expectations our supporters have for anyone that comes to this Club with a KPF label. Look at what happened with Watts, look at Hogan, and look at Sam - and heaven forbid if BBB should play a few bad games. They have far more external pressure placed upon them than any other type of recruit. I would be more worried about Sam if he didn’t show his disappointment at his own form. It shows he has high expectations, and also shows that he knows he has the ability to perform on the big stage - again my opinion. But FFS, we have played 13 games this year without an in-form KPF and low and behold we have won 11 of them. I shudder to think what we will be like when Sam or Ben start to fire.

I certainly don’t wish to make light of the effects of covid, but after listening to BT call the game tonight, thank god its killed off Roaming Brian.

Love the way Daisy is providing comments that contradict the idiots she has to share the booth with.

Titan, I'm not sure of the plan that D was referring to, but the red cross on the map below shows the length and width of the MCG playing area (162m x 139m) overlaid on Gosch's. (Taken from Google Earth)

That’s good to know, because after your previous comment to me that “You really should stick to petrol sniffing”, I was beginning to question whether in fact the fumes had affected my thinking.

Haha, I’d say the chance of this happening is 0%, unless 5 + 5 + 1 does in fact equal 9 - or am I missing something?

Anybody else just having a pie and sauce and a few ales? Or am I the only black sheep on here? (I mean, quiche and tea cake! Really? )

The Cats only had 10 No. 30+ year olds playing last night - they may now have their eyes on another one for next year.

I'm not going to admit it was a guess, so I'll say that it had to start with a J

John Elliott?

I hope you are not begrudging us Sydneysiders having the opportunity of watching our team play live - instead of watching it from our lounge rooms, as we almost exclusively do? If you Melbournites behave yourselves (covid wise) we may let the team back to play at the G one day.

It is a great intimate atmosphere at Giants Stadium, yet was eerily quiet early. But understandably so. If I’m in my own lounge room watching live, or (I imagine) at the MCG amongst fellow members, I am incredibly vocal. But with a group of strangers, at a foreign location, I, like most, were hesitant to let go initially. But seeing the lions demolish our game plan, was enough to set us all off. And once the noise was up, it just kept cranking. I loved the Kossie, kossie, kossie chant that erupted every time he enchanted the crowd. I loved the great banter between the opposing supporters. l loved the supporter who fell down about 6 steps in aisle 290 but didn’t spill one drop from his 2 cans of beer (amazing performance) But most of all I loved our ability to turn the game on its head, and run out comfortable winners, and I was able to see that with my son. PS, hey Sydneydee, I have a couple of brand new unused ponchos if you are interested.

How good is this! As if seeing my first live game in years, and winning, wasn’t good enough. I’ve woken this morning to find Old Dee telling jokes, and, in the above post, sounding as though he was having a “Lucy in the sky with diamonds” trip. Well old friend, the trip you are on is called the Dee train, and ain’t it grand -so finally, welcome aboard.

How about we split the take every year?

Just about to head to the shops to buy a couple of ponchos. I’ll get a spare one for you.

Thank you WCW. It’s my first live game in years and taking my son. So looking forward to it. Beautiful sunny morning here but bloody rain forecast for the evening. Won’t dampen my spirits though.

Yeah, human

Our mistakes / poor performance during the game put us in the position where umpires' mistakes could have affected the outcome of the game. We should not have been in that position in the first place, and we only have ourselves to blame - that was the point I made. I'm sure the coaches and playing group accept that as fact. They are smart enough to know that we can directly control and (hopefully) fix mistakes our playing group made, so that we are a better side next week. How umpires umpire is not under our control. Like it or not, umpires will make mistakes - although we can demand better of them, no question or argument there.

I know venting is good for the soul, so here's my vent: - I'm so over people calling or inferring that umpires are cheats - umpires need to show more consistency, yes; they make mistakes, yes; but cheating?, a definite no. - we did not lose that game due to umpiring mistakes - we lost because of our own mistakes - end of story.

Thank God something does Old Dee, I’d almost given up hope.