Go Lordie

Roy did actually take a one-grab mark close to the boundary line.

We need to bring in Ray Biffin and Rod Grinter to play on Moore and Maynard.

TV! Think of the TV audience on Saturday night!

Billings is timid with the ball (afraid of making a mistake), but I thought he was better V Port, altho his Q4 shot at goal was an opportunity lost. He created one goal by kicking over the top into space.

Salo is a brilliant distributor. He has had an interrupted season. And Sparrow has had a down year, as many young players do. I expect him to bounce back in 2025.

Hello boys (oops, sorry, I've been listening to Roy and HG and remembering their Sydney Olympics show). I love the podcast. The great balance between analytics, wisdom and MFCSS soothes my troubled brow and fuels my optimism. Tonight I would like to contribute a little cooda-wooda-shooda theory that I came up with to make myself feel a little better after falling short by a fraction once more. This year we have lost to Carlton by one point, the Lions by 5 points. the Giants by 2 points and the Power by 2 points. Those losses - totalling 10 points - are the difference between us finishing 13th and finishing 5th (on the current ladder). And, while I haven't looked back at the first three losses, it was BAD KICKING at goal in Q4 on Saturday night that cost us the game. We missed three gettables in Q4 (and also had two posters during the night). If we can get May, Salem, Spargo, Windsor, Petracca, Oliver and Gawn back to full fitness, my conclusion is - forward 50 connection problems notwithstanding - we can look forward to a good year in 2025. Keep up the good work, chaps.

Easy to say, but where do the replacements come from? We have already blooded some mid-sized, fast players. Key position players don't grow on trees. I think Melksham has been a real plus, bringing some energy (OK, he can't chase that well) and some footy brains. Some of his foot passing is terrific(especially compared to some others in our team).

I think they executed the game plan brilliantly. We actually could have won the game if we had kicked straight in Q4. How were we that close? Brilliant plan, brilliant execution.

Binman, I want to know what we would get for Max when we trade him away. Clearly, he is surplus to requirements now. Perhaps we could get two power forwards, a Brownlow mid-fielder and a couple of Hibberd/Jetta-style defenders? No, wait, I AM joking. It was a terrific performance by the team on Saturday night. They snuffed out the Bombers' surge in the first quarter and then stemmed Essendon's fourth quarter surge - perhaps less emphatically. I'm just curious about how much the weather helped us. Wet weather is generally considered a leveller, bringing more highly skilled teams down a peg or two. I'm not very confident about beating Freo in the dry. Tell me I'm wrong. Please.

When the momentum shifts, the other team is getting to the ball first, which means we are more likely to infringe.

Hello Gents, Thanks again for the excellent podcast. Binman's eagle-eyed review of the stats often tells a more positive story than we spectators get from watching the game on TV, helping me, in particular, to bring my heart rate down to a more sustainable level. I just want to take this opportunity to apologise to the Melbourne Football Club and its coach, Premiership Goodwin, for my remarks last week when I predicted we wouldn't win another game this year. We didn't win in Brisbane, but it was clear we could have. It was a different team we saw against the Lions, a Melbourne team that restored my faith in the team's ability to win. Imagine having dead-eye Dick Jake Melksham out there taking that Q4 shot for goal that Harri missed. He's so close. We're so close. George, could we actually actually lift the cup this year?

Hear, hear!

Thanks for the podcast, gents (to save time, please see my earlier accolades). I was at the 'G for the Collingwood and North games and there was very little in either game to lift the spirits. We show no sign of team cohesion or understanding between the players. We rarely can string more than three possessions together before turning the ball over, usually with a long bomb to a crowded, static forward line. The poor field kicking and handballing breaks my heart, with chance after chance being wasted by poor ball control. It's like most of the players - not just Clarry - have lost their confidence. Given the way we are playing and the skills we are displaying, I fear that the North game might be our last win for the year. OK, we have Lever and Tracc out, and Hunter, but we look like a VFL team - to quote the words of a Channel Nine cameraman: "Can't kick, can't catch." We couldn't beat an egg at the moment. It's so puzzling. George, can you tell us where is the team that beat Port and the Crows in successive games and brought Geelong's seven-game streak to an end?

Hello gents, I love the podcast - even when we lose. There is usually something positive to take from any game and Binman and George always find something to cheer us up and reduce Andy's MFCSS. I agree with many here who think the North Melbourne game felt like a loss. To be held scoreless in the fourth quarter after a dominant third quarter is hard to accept when playing the bottom team. I suspect it has a lot to do with the number of young players in the team at the moment and the fact they are getting tired a this stage of the season. Oh, to have Toby Bedford, James Jordan and Harmesey back in the team - and Grundy! Given these trading decisions, and the constant changes in player positions across the field this year, do you think there is any chance the Melbourne Football Club might be in danger of being fined again for tanking? At least we could afford to pay the fine this time around... Keep up the good work chaps!