Fritta and Turner

5 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Apologies for spelling mistakes and typos in original report. A bit lazy not to check, but I'm just keen to get it out there! No 39 Matt Buntine, this is interesting! anyone any S.P on this development. Have we got a spot left??

I believe not but if we need a covid top up player handy to have....

My WEG poster was a disappointment. Paper wafer thin, colours terrible red is brown and the blue is black.

In general i am very happy with my purchases.  I like items of a practical nature and went to buy some more but they are all sold out.

@picket fence any players heading for the Twilight Zone?  😃

(Viney sure trains for keeps)

Interestingly MH said to the effect 'Best decision I ever made in my life was going to the MFC' (against the advice of family, friends and team mates).

Now could I say for nearly all of my adult life I have believed the exact opposite.

The MFC offered a safe haven.

Does anyone really know Why Luke Dunstan came to Melbourne?

The Demons will host North Melbourne at Casey Fields on Thursday 24 February, with the first bounce scheduled for 11am (AEDT).

34 minutes ago, manny100 said:

I am tipping his management will advise him to stay while at the same time negotiating a good deal. 

I will tell Luke and his management you said that.

18 minutes ago, old dee said:

I have been to the majority of these over the last 30 years. I miss actually going to the meeting. Zoom meetings are not the same but perhaps that is just me trapped in the 20th century.

Did you go to Roos first AGM?

He said like 'At the Swans 5 people would turn up and I would say if anyone has any questions ask me at the bar over a beer'. (Meeting closed).

Just received an email to register for an AGM zoom meeting on Wednesday 2nd March 2022 at 6.30pm

You can submit a question as part of the registration process.

14 hours ago, Old Bear said:

Do remember one preseason no Melbourne or Nth jumpers were available to buy

As manufacturers were aware of a possible merger between the two clubs

No idea what year it was 

If your in FNQ thats every year....

On 2/3/2022 at 8:37 PM, tiers said:

In an earlier post (can't remember which topic) it was noted how many times Daniel was in the vicinity of a goal opportunity for us - came late to stop Gus' diving mark; was nearly run over by Viney who was running with Clarry at bang, bang, bang; kicked it to Clarry who gave it to Tracca for TMac's first goal; bypassed by Kozzie who passed to Fritsch who passed to Langdon. There were others as well.

Leaving Sparrow twice, once for the Sparrow goal and the other for Sparrow to kick to BBB in the last.

When to attack the ball carrier and when to stick to the receiver is an art, at which Daniel failed miserably.

15 hours ago, Little Goffy said:

Salem; 26 years, 130 games. Limited games in his first few seasons, but I can't see any reason why he wouldn't be able to keep playing until at least 40.

Of course, why not.....hamstrings?

5 hours ago, dees189227 said:

When people watch the replay do you just fast forward to halfway through the 3rd quarter because from then on it's just great viewing or do you watch it from the start and fast forward through the dogs goals? 

I tend to watch from the start.  I never fast forward.

2 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

are you sure they can't be used for match day? any references?

Thats what it says on the back of my card....

The reason why so few 300 gamers is that we were unsuccessful and rarely played in the finals.  A sustained period of success can add up to 30 games to a career.

Clayton Oliver.

Most entertaining training report I have read.

At the MFC there are obviously no passengers or klingons...

On 2/3/2022 at 8:44 AM, binman said:

Fantastic.  Is there anything suitable for the ladies?

43 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

The news coming out of overseas is that Son of Omicron aka BA2 is more virulent than Omicron and will fast become the dominant strain. The more concerning element is that having had the initial Omicron offers little if any immunity to BA2.

If that holds true the opening round should see us deep in the covid mist.

I dont live in the COVID news cycle but nothing I have read concerning BA2 has said that it is more virulent than Omicron, though it does seem to be more contagious.

Then again, as BA2 is now the dominant strain in Denmark time will tell...

47 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

SWYL has submitted a question….

Was it painful?

25 minutes ago, 58er said:

Looks like a Rock Paper Scissors gone wrong !! 

or a sore finger, nail or knuckle

27 minutes ago, John Demonic said:

And as for the Dogs, if Libba decides to not mentally turn up (again), then they're already gone.

Disagree.  The dogs should be better as E Wood has retired, with hindsight at the end of the prelim. Worst defensive performance in a GF since Ray Boyanich.

11 minutes ago, Macca said:

Best thing that ever happened was the formation of the Commission and then the intriduction of the draft & the salary cap (and therefore, the abolition of transfer fees)

Totally agree on that.  And paying players out of a brown paper bag.  And after 20 years of misery the Dees finally had a modicum of success.

(TBH I thought this thread, melbourne Kangaroos, was going to be about BBB or Steven Icke etc).

2 hours ago, mauriesy said:

Sack that red backline group, they're hopeless! 😁

and it was plainly obvious that the umpire murdered us.....😃

I watched the replay today.

One thing i can tell you - dont pick your nose after kicking a goal in the GF.

10 hours ago, Macca said:

And then there's the advantage the forward can have with regards to free kicks (playing in front) Arms chopped, push in the back, high contact etc etc

Awfully difficult to win a free kick playing from behind.  Not a good percentage play

And if a defender is allowed the front position they can kill the play (or the forward foray)

They can double fist or punch the ball away towards the boundary line or simply mark the ball

A good forward knows how to feed the front & centre blokes too.  If he can't mark it, his hands can dictate where the ball might end up.  But that's reserved for the class forward

Playing from behind, all that is a much harder assignment.  Clangers will eventuate but again, who's fault?

Maybe the Dogs defence needs to read this.  3 of Frittas 6 goals came from playing behind.

(Now putting on my original K Tel Tin Foil Hat, if one considers the space time continuum, does the classification of playing from behind be contingent on which way you are running?  Anyway dogs were swallowed in a black hole).

Fwd line needs space to run into,  and delivery needs to be to your advantage.