Superunknown

Amazing to see how quickly the Gaff-Brayshaw hyperbole has been quelled. It will be interesting to see how things progress. Is there any sense when we might get an indication?

No doubt from here, I take it in good faith/on face value. Who is doubtful as to the veracity? Good points, too. A summer off and he might be fine. Due diligence needed. He's only, what, 26?

My personal opinion looking at on/off field demeanour is to favour Lever in a leadership role. That's observation from afar though.

Erm, to be fair, we played GC twice, SKFC twice, Adelaide x 2 (admittedly for one booster), Dogs x 2 and have luckily only met Richmond, Hawthorn and Pies once and will only meet WCE and GWS once, or else our % might be a lot worse. Don't forget to make up for the rather large losses to Hawks, Tiges and Pies (3 losses), we had to [censored] Carlton, Suns, Adelaide by a factor of x2-3, plus win a heap of games in the range 30-60 odd points. Had we really beaten Geelong or Sydney (with straight kicking) this line might have more validity. (I agree with your broader point though: % is less important than actually winning big games.)

Tom Cruise more reliable output than the MFC, even with a broken ankle. Saw it yesterday. Walked out, checked scores, rolled eyes. "Luv! Hey Luv! We've got the Colliwobbles!"

Good point. No longer surprised at lots of wins against bottom sides, to the extent we're expecting them (and expecting some to be big). Heightened expectations (which is what made St Kilda loss worse). Had we beaten St Kilda we'd have an incredible record against all teams below us bar Geelong. MFC more reliable against lower teams. Now for the big games. Good perspective. (We'll still miss the finals and I'll be spewing but.)

Against Sydney, we brought it, in spades. However, the team went full Ian Baker-Finch and basically lost the game off the boot in the first half. It's really that simple. Bad kicking (and lack of composure) is bad footy.

I took 8s after the GC win. My crystal ball was right. Only regret was not putting on more.

Wait what? McGovern is getting 385 Million per season??

I'm expecting a circa 5 goal loss to the Eagles (but as bad as 8goals) and a 4 goal loss to GWS.

I was thinking about this this morning. What's your level of confidence for MFC to win a flag if - Goodwin is coaching? (Mine is close to 0, and that's informed by the last two seasons, more than any feelings about yesterday's game, which I'm mostly circumspect about as I completely expected capitulation.) - Clarkson is coaching? (Mine would be a lot higher, e.g. 100% in next 5 years). - Choose your favourite coaching prospect or change to the coaching team (+ Caracella etc etc:

To be clear - are you saying all those calls - Tmac etc - were Goodwin's? Someone else in the box didn't suggest?

Well that escalated quickly. Now we're talking about trading Petracca!

Me neither. They are rubbish.

Just because Jack changed does not mean Hogan will.

In a multi-verse version of Melbourne, you mean.

Agree. A hard-nosed edge - killer attitude - may help. Are there any companies doing business running camps that focus on such things?

Yesterday's performance in isolation is not the problem.

This. Schuss!

That;s an indictment on Frost. He appeared to be looking right at him. Sorry, but that demanded a response.

How many times have we had a run against us like that this year? Let's say more than 4 goals (I'd prefer to look at 5-6+). Hawks. Pies? Swans. Any others? (Serious q, not being smart.)

The MFC doesn't have what it takes to make Gawn sole captain. Will continue to support someone who a fair few people can see should not be captain, and someone who can't get on the ground and allegedly has questionable judgement re: treatment of injury.

If we beat Sydney and the Cats win then we still won't have beaten anyone in the 8 (unless NMEL win by squillions to leapfrog Geelong on %). What a delightfully awkward situation that will be. The media/naysayers will be twisting themselves in virtual knots to spin that negatively: "Melbourne beat an undermanned/tired Sydney [Ed: without Viney, Lever, Hibberd, Melksham, Smith etc] and STILL haven't beaten anyone [Ed: currently] in the 8." I would have loved to have seen that continue into the finals; alas, we will need to beat WCE and/or GWS so everyone is going to have begrudgingly admit that yes we beat 1 (or 2, or 3, or 4, if NMEL come in) teams in the 8 (once) ... but of course "we're still lucky to have just gotten there."

I wish we saw more of this swashbuckling, derring-do, devil-may-care flair and panache in footy. Watching his 11 goal game against North - imagine if we had him now.

Literally the best thing I've seen on YT in ages. I quickly whipped this animated gif up for DLers so you can download, email to your phones and send to your MFC and nonMFC mates alike. I recommend sending to WC supporters as a priority but I realise most of us have the good grace, sense and dignity to avoid mixing with their kind.