Dodos Demons

I was at the game and watched him very closely after the match and there was next to no interaction with teammates. They all huddled on the ground near the race waiting for Langford to come back from seeing fans on the other side of the ground. Fritta was just standing out the back of the players while the rest were joking and celebrating. Didn’t see any players go up to him. Very small sample size but did not seem to be a lot of love towards him from teammates.

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.

Anyone know the “rule” for reviewing that Pies point that was subject to a very very late review (clearly crossed the line). Seems like the ARC has discretion to review anything and wait until the next stoppage to inform field umpire. Interested to know what the rules are for reviewing a point when play continues. Could lead to some very unfair outcomes.

Re the free for not handing ball back, a caller to SEN post game said his son was at the game listening to the in stadium commentary and apparently it picked up the umpire telling Pendles earlier being warned that players weren’t handing the ball back quick enough (ie time wasting). Puts a different paint job on the “controversy”. See if the AFL come out and out Pies back in their box (cage). Could be deliberate tactic by Pies and they have been caught out. They should have other officials running the clock like basketball and make it black and white when the clock stops and starts (ie in the rules) and remove the need for field umpires to call time off and on. Such an antiquated system and so not necessary. Move with the times AFL.

I wonder how many of the 12 were on BBB. Sadly, he wouldn't be the hardest guy to chase down and tackle 😪.

If we can’t win the first quarter against the Eagles then it doesn’t bode well for the rest of the season. Rome wasn’t built in a day but if the “learnings” from slow starts cannot be demonstrated this week, when will they start to reveal themselves???

And there seems a complete lack of desire (or opportunity) for the umpires to ever consult on clear mistakes. It’s is like they are fearful of each other. Only time it seems to happen is boundary line throwing (other than arc). They would be encouraged not to but maybe in the last 2 minutes of each quarter (or game) they can? Of course, very little will change, if anything. Like when umpire does bad bounce at start of a quarter. Why don’t they reset the clock??? Rant over.

Chris Scott under the pump in the press conference wearing one of the Cats style headbands.

Joel Selwood says hi …/sarc

“Look, I don’t want to make excuses but you will find out that the team had the flu”

Would be nice if we could kick that straight regularly. Other than the Port game, we never seem to be the team that is in the game because we have kicked straight. We are the team that keeps the opposition in the game because we don’t kick straight.