Dodos Demons

Thanks for clarifying.

Apologies if this has been asked and answered before in this thread - do we have to pay out full contract of Goodwin if we terminate before the contracted end date or did the AFL bring in a max payout cap. If the latter, we should be on our bike in the hunt to secure the best replacement before other clubs are in the hunt (eg Carlton, if not already)?

Forwards seem to have very little body work craft. At least 3 occasions in first quarter when one of JVR and Disco had oppo player out positioned under the ball and only needed slightest body contact but zero contact. Simple stuff. How many times did we handball blindly forward. Don’t think it worked once. Look like a complete rabble.

Seems anything goes in the last minute but only if it advantages Collingwood. That was a disgraceful non-call and so obvious. Would love to hear Bevo tee off about the umpires. He must be seething. Don’t think I heard the commentators once mention the free kick count. Probably not allowed to.

Agree with all of this but it was nice (funny) to see another team do some “Benny Hill” moments that are usually saved for the Dees - Hipwoods handball point lol and Dannihers chip pass to Charlie lol.

Watched the Fox pre match and said to my kids 15 minutes from the bounce- what is wrong with the Melbourne players? They look flat and disinterested. Not saying I predicted the result but I have not seen them look so switched off and appearing as though they cbf’d. Could be a coincidence but not they looked very very flat in the pre match. The rest is history. Something seems to be way way off in the attitude and mental approach department. Worst month of footy for a long time.

100%. Salt in the wounds is watching Geelong successfully complete mini rebuilds and attract quality players time and time again to remain contending to years on end. Sydney too. We seem to be miles off anything near that as a club, on or off the field. Would love to be proven wrong but there just doesn’t seem to be the same noises, confidence or bigger picture being communicated from the coach or club (unlike the Cars or Sydney).

We have grunt bulls (that are very good at it although Clayton is off his best for known reasons) but silky skilled mids and wingers we fall well short. Even Salem is miles off his laser like kicking. May is inconsistent especially with short passes. Bowey lost his radar a little too. McVee is excellent but our game plan seems to need need about 6 silky players. Bring back the bomb to the pocket lol.

Would be a different narrative if we had the skill (and some luck) in finishing with the old game plan. Was the poor finishing (ie inaccuracies) because of lack of skills or fatigue or both? Who knows. Interesting times ahead for the MFC.

…. Against a top team or co tender I should have added.

When do we ever dish out a flogging like this.

North sharpening the knives for their only win of the year in round 22. Watch them bring the pressure and we will …..

Hate to say it but Pies, win or lose, seem to have a lot of depth with some good players to come back closer to finals. Just hope they are towards the bottom of the 8 or even better, the ladder.

“I felt we were a little bit off” lol.

Bet none of them have mentioned the umpires warning players earlier.