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kev martin

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  1. Thanks demonland, I like that when I open a topic it takes me too last page. Easy too see as well.
  2. We do have a chance to still make the finals. So as Dazzle did, I retract. Go with the strongest team possible. The periphery players will get the chop if the list numbers are reduced anyway. Team B HORE May Rivers HB Hibbs Lever Salem C Langdon Petracca Tomlinson HF Smith Weid AVB FOR Pickett Fritsch Melksham FOLL Gawn Viney Oliver IC HARMES Preuss Hunt Baker Outs: ANB, Bedford INS: Hore, Harmes Maybes: Bennel for Melksham Wow, playing again with a 5 day break! Is that 4 games in 14 days, plus our travelling? A good thing GWS arn't much better. GWS has its first 4 day, after a couple of 5 day turnarounds, against us. With some travel from Adelaide. I have some confidence of a win after reflection and GWS's loss. Go Dees.
  3. I'd take him back. Great when the ball is in his hands. Nice kick, great turning ark, difficult to tackle, big ego. He will always be upset with others not giving him the ball and can get lost for awhile. I think he would try hard with us if given a chance. We dealt with the many issue he had fairly and sympathetically. Actually I think we need him. Our forward line would be the WA boys, Pickett, Jackson, Hogan. Hogan could settle them in to MFC so they don't get homesick and want to return west. Something like, the grass isn't greener or better support here, etcetera. PS. I'd also take back Watts. I'm invested in the players that we go through. Watty would help Gawn out. B, nearly A graders both of them.
  4. Play the 2nds. Out: Oliver, Viney, Melksham, Lever, Gawn, Hibbs. In: Dunkley, Chandler, Hore, Spargo, Brown, Tmac. See if they are any good. Play Spargo as a mid for Vines, can he get the ball. Chandler for Melksham in the hope we can develop some crumbing forwards who also have defensive abilities. Dunkley for Oliver. Give Oliver a good break and get him primed for next year. The same for Lever (Hore). Gawn needs the break. Emotionally and physically stretched. Give Tmac a chance to resurrect his career as a backman, to replace Hibbs. If we make the finals then they will be well freshened up, Petracca and May, stay for the leadership and that they are holding us together.
  5. More than disappointing again. So many steps backward. Goody in his pre-game interview, “We are process team, not guided by emotions”, or something like that. Well the process is flawed or even non-existent. Emotion is a great motivator and can cause positive outcomes. He must have been defending his no spray policy, or his inability to get the team hyped up. Need a goal kicking and forwards coach. The routine of young players in the system is lacking. Rivers attempt to kick his first goal was rushed, and he appeared stunned. Pickettt can't kick them. Preuss poor decision, out on the full and not trying to hit up. Crumbers can't get to the ball drop. Smalls trying to mark or making leads only to be beaten by taller players. They don't know how to be in the best areas to get the ball or to hold it in the forward area. Why have we so many passengers, is the process not to include them all? It is obvious they don't help each other be part of the game. We are a club of 6 to 8 players. The Goody's favourites, the rest don't seem in it. Building relationships, what hogwash. Too many players getting to the positions Goody wants and not playing a natural game. (The same game most have been playing since the under 10's). They can't do 'the take it' on within the process parameters. Also like to thank the AFL. Three 4 day turn arounds and one off a 5 day break, plus the different game day grounds and training places. Why didn't Bartlett give them another public spray after Sydney? Someone has to get some emotion out of them before the game. Wow and shocked.
  6. That's a tad pessimistic Wise. What about our inside 50 conversions? Which has been our bane. You'd probably say in the low 70 -80 %.
  7. Will our periphery, C and probably B players have a big mpact and not just perform the roles adequately. Would love to see some strong developmental progress in these players. Hoping the mids continue to score goals. Expecting our forwards to perform with conversions and straight kicking. Melky and Hunt to to get a handful of goal assists each. Bedford and Pickett to give headaches, at the feet of Weids and Preuss to the opposition. Backline struggled for one of the rare times last week. Can't see it happening two weeks in a row. Gawn and Viney to get their synchronisity right. Vanders to kill someone (sorry just joking), to straight line a few with his tackling. Amazed Mihochek played this week. Hoping for consistency with at least three goals a quarter. I wish I could say no turnovers or brain fades but I am not so confident. Switch on Dees.
  8. Thomlinson may rotate through the backline and wing. Hunt, Baker and Vandenberg rotating with mids and wing. Preuss and Gawn rotating in ruck and forward line.
  9. Don't like it. Too many changes lately. They bring in players that haven't had a run this year (Bedford and Baker). There are only 3 games of the home and away left. Why haven't they been picked in earlier games? How are they supposed to develop match fitness, cohesion and be given time to cement a spot, (short term fixes), setting them up to fail. Those that have had a run are not picked, Jetta, Bennel, Lockhart, Hannan. Selection committee really have no idea of developing a core and stable playing group. Freo go in unchanged. Four of the changes all to the bench. So not much enthusiasm for them. Hoping, Pickett, Hunt and Vanders make an impact. We need them hard, intelligent and motivated. Preuss and Hibberd should do their jobs. I do like that we have pace. A few lucky to still be there, Smith, ANB and Melky. Too many passengers this year. C'mon Dees finish off the home and away season with some momentum.
  10. Hey Optimus. I would like to see a comparison with an exported legion. Played at MFC, and moved or was moved on to another club. I am not very good at surfing the net to find them. Some of my favourites are ; Greg Wells, Stan Alves, Ron Barasi, Greg Parke, Shane Woewodin, Jeff Farmer ,Scott Thompson, Darren Jolly
  11. Especially when they had to travel. The trip across the creek to East Malvern shattered them.
  12. The description was mine to describe what the trajectory, not the clubs. They were attempting to shape the ball by pinpointing to the receiver, over the opposition zoning infront and before the defenders behind . A few would do it, though many just did the slow, floating lob. They used a word to describe the pass, but I can't remember it. They practiced it numerous times, in drills and simulations. I could see the benefits when they got it right. Wrong and it was a turnover.
  13. Our inconsistencies have been there forever. Up and down, nearly, not quite is what I see. Flat track bullies, then beat good teams, then back to losing to weaker teams that want it more, though have nothing to gain. The coaches have always needed to apply different skills to get the best out of the players , (including mental strength). I see our coaches as quite one dimensional. I believe they need a variety of approaches to preparation and game day. A dossier of A, B, C etcetera plans and approaches. This is what I would call the modern coach. @don't make me angry Other teams can do what they like, it is not my concern. Though I enjoy watching the stars from other teams perform.
  14. Why a stupid thread? You may not agree with the premise but that does not make it stupid. Means you are biased to others opinions by calling it stupid. Inconsistency is a mark of not being able to prepare and apply yourself mentally to a task.
  15. I agree with what @Gee N wrote. Hard coaches, not friends, discipline and not medals for everyone. The mateship/respect that Goody wants isn't working and probably feels fake because it is fabricated. They won't break through barriers for him. They hit the wall and bounce back. We need them harder, physically and mentally. Too many pats and smiles over small things from the coaches. Let them work some things out themselves. Push and want more from them. Be direct about not good enough and to get on with it. The yell, the look, the ignore, each player needs something different. Try different ways of reward, punishment and communication, but please, don't let the anxiety fester. The coaches seem to have created squads in squads. Those in favour and those not, splits everywhere, from salaries, to those getting games, from the experienced, to the young ones. Lack of cohesion, connection and not working for each other or the coach, leads me to my conclusion. Harden up coaches, be an example. The only coach I have seen get stroppy at training in the 3 years I had been watching was Rawlings and he has gone. You aren't their friends. Be professional, get the best out of them by anyway you can. I think the best mates, developing relationships thing is a fake, airey fairy fantasy, The chemistry of us people is an impossible recipe to conjure up. It usually develops naturally. In sporting groups, cohesion is possibly based on the respect for each other, not mateship. Though, I agree with them enjoying playing footy, losses don't help. The coaches should have as many strategies of management as they have different game plans (should be a handful of each). When it comes to MFC coaching staff, it appears there is one way of each. C'mon do your job.
  16. What kind of disposals are they? If flat kicks, they don't get above the defender. The dinks are made for interceptors. At training last year they were emphasising the trajectory were the balls gains height with a concave flight and then drops quickly on the head of the player. They are not skilled enough to do it with pressure. Perhaps the coaches expectations are too high, and they don't train to their abilities.
  17. As Freo travelled with them on the plane, I would assume they attended the match today. Would have learnt a lesson from Longmuir, on how to play us. Give them some confidence and some sledging material. Hope MFC are finished drinking from the bath. Time for a bounce back. Hang on, far too many passengers all year. So can our stars rise for the occasion. I don't know. +39 or - 39. Anything could happen it is the, MFC?
  18. Need a goal kicking coach. I think Sydney went to North Qld after the Adelaide game as Papley said they trained Tuesday on Gazaly field, when Interviewed. Wow, what happened, no structures, no talk, no endeavour. Prime players missing easy goals (Jones, Petracca, Langdon). Forward line non-existent. Fell from Sydney playing in there back half. Goodwin's changes too late. Why Omac up front, why not Smith.
  19. Such a sad first half. Won the toss and thought the wind will win it for us. Too many passengers. No talk or connection, playing for themselves. Why do we let a team get a run of goals? Cmon dees, bring the skills.
  20. From the pre-game interview with Parley, I assume they flew from Adelaide to Cairns as they trained at Cazaly Tuesday. So, they have been on the road, with less flights across the desert From Tracc interview, seems we got there today.
  21. Probably Harmes rotating with Smith and Wagner. Would have liked to see Jetta, but?
  22. Sydney has been doing some travelling. Although hubbed in WA, last week was in Adelaide and now they fly to far north Qld. The Nullarbor flights do take a bit out of you. So three long flights in five days. Parsley (sorry Papley) didn't have a good game against Port. I hope he doesn't like to travel. Needs someone shoulder to shoulder with him. Blakey's intercepts, the sling and ball use of the half-back is more my worry. That is how we have been beaten by other teams. I want to see greater forward pressure, a desire to slow them down, impact the contest and cause turnovers on the wings Hoping we don't do bad turnovers and we are switched on. Kennedy, Parker and Reid are the ones who can hurt us (old fellas).
  23. At the end of last weeks game, Goody was all smiles with Omac. Must have done the job that the coaches asked of him. I thought Lockhart looked sore a few games back. Perhaps carrying the niggles. I like Smith, if we get him right he can do the spectacular, hoping for consistency and no stupidity. Great that Max and Nathan are physically healthy. Viney to hit back hard after a bad one. Good that ANB comes straight back in. The scratch matches must have helped.
  24. The AFL want an open, flowing game. The NRL do the stop and start. Open games are more enjoyable to watch as the creative skills look better than the arm wrestle. Small tweaks or rule interpretations are always done by the AFL. I feel the tweeks already done, are giving advantages to the "vultures". Time to better reward the play makers.
  25. It shouldn't be holding the man, however the intention is to lock the ball down. This makes the scrimmage and encourages them to create stoppages and not a flowing game. Could penalise with diving on ball, (on player on ball and often they grab the ball as well as their teamate).
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