Fanatique Demon

2 hours ago, Deecisive said:

i understand ANB is one of our fastest players, has the best endurance. has anyone seen any of that this year. All i saw was him running around in circles half chasing tiger players. he got a luck goal, because he was so far away from his player at the time who would if he had got the ball would have sent the tigers into attack. I do not see why this guy keeps getting games. he was dropped for a poor effort a couple of weeks ago and gets a recall based on what. .

And what's with his giant wide-open mouth when he stops running? Is he yawning?! 

His play could put me to sleep.

Hard to find winners, but Tmac and Hibbo did their jobs despite making plenty of mistakes.

I generally love Oliver, but he played poorly. Yes, plenty of possessions but fumbled, missed targets and ran lazily. I thought he looked injured, disinterested, or both. 106 "Fantasy Points"! The name says it all.

So my votes are

6 Gawn

5 Melksham

4 Tmac

3 Hibbo

2 Brayshaw

1 Salem

Not blaming anyone in particular, but I find too many posts turn personal. It's spoiling it for those of us who just want to understand the game and share our thoughts. Please!

9 hours ago, sisso said:

Am I the only one totally unexcited to see old man Lewis back in the team? Too slow!

He might be a bit slow Sisso, but check out his numbers for last year:

Disposals 540 (4th for our team)

Kicks 285 (3rd)

Marks 115 (4th)

Handballs 255 (4th)

Uncontested possessions 349 (3rd)

Intercept possessions 155 (1st)

Not bad for an old man.

Hore - not yet Hooker

21 hours ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

Oscar is playing like rubbish no way to argue against that.  But he has the capacity and potential to play much better than he is at present.

Frosty was our best key backman last night and I do think he is doing his job.

Our defense as a team was atrocious again last night.  So many loose Essendon players that took easy marks and receives in defense, which wasn't Frosty's fault.  I do wonder if we should just keep it simple and go man on man.

Frost? He was terrible against the Bummers. No way he is doing his job. Gives away free kicks; gets out marked by smaller opponents. I had to avert my eyes every time he went near the ball. Oscar isn't much better but makes fewer mistakes.

Both Gus and Clarrie need to use the ball better. Wasted possessions do not make a B&F.

9 hours ago, old dee said:

Only twice in the last thirty years has the side that lost the first three games played finals.

Ominous record to break when we have such poor form and a long injury list that will not improve much in the next month. I looked at the fixture today and the only game I have any confidence we will win before the break is the GCS game. Start thinking 2010 for finals and hope like hell when we get those injured back    we can have a more pleasurable second half with a few wins.

 

I take it you mean "start thinking 2020".

Sure, but those of us who are old don't want to wait, even for a year. I have lost 4 family/friends Demon supporters in the last few years who died living in hope since 1964.

Can't believe how many times we leave our opponents alone and go into a contest to aid others who are already there. Madness! And as for three flying to spoil one opponent! Give me a break. Forty years ago I played under 17s. We knew stuff like this. 

Agree, Werridee. All or nothing.

I really like this three word summary, JB. Thanks. I'd add:

Backs:

1. Guard a man

2. One man up

Mids:

1. Run both ways

2. Kick to us

Forwards:

1. Make some space

2. Mark one, occasionally

Coaches:

1. Are you blind?

2. Earn your pay

So, is our game plan doomed? After three rounds, the two most "chaos" teams are... Melbourne 0-3; Richmond 1-2. Add Collingwood's semi chaos game plan... 1-2. Or is it more about last year's finalists struggling to find form early in the year? 

On 4/3/2019 at 7:40 AM, Diamond_Jim said:

So if we take LH's excellent post as a base 8 out of the 18 teams are playing controlled possession football whereas only three are playing the chaos brand.

Interesting and when people complain of bad delivery into the forward line that is what the chaos brand entails... just push it forward. Problem is that it just doesn't work if you don't have forward pressure..ergo the last two weeks

First, thanks LH for a great summary. And Diamond Jim, I agréé. We can drive it in 37, 73 or even 100 times. The number makes no difference if we turn it over and it exits straight away. Last year we (mostly) marked it or crumbed it. This year we just watch it sail back to where it came from.

12 hours ago, Diamond_Jim said:

So if we take LH's excellent post as a base 8 out of the 18 teams are playing controlled possession football whereas only three are playing the chaos brand.

Interesting and when people complain of bad delivery into the forward line that is what the chaos brand entails... just push it forward. Problem is that it just doesn't work if you don't have forward pressure..ergo the last two weeks

First, thanks LH for a great summary. And Diamond Jim, I agréé. We can drive it in 37, 73 or even 100 times. The number makes no difference if we turn it over and it exits straight away. Last year we (mostly) marked it or crumbed it. This year we just watch it sail back to where it came from.

People talk about "game plans". I would really like to understand each club's game plan in just 4 or 5 bullet points. We could start with our own and then address the others alphabetically.

Thanks for explaining, Skuit. It's somewhat difficult for a French resident to understand all that goes on inside the club and in this forum. Lots of things go over my head.

12 hours ago, Skuit said:

Keanu Reeves and Gordon Sumner. 

Why do you feel a need to respond like that? I asked a genuine question because I am not familiar with those nicknames. 

Pardon my ignorance. Who are Neo and Stinger?

It seems to me that our forward flankers and pockets don't start wide enough, so when the ball is bombed in, it is to a pack instead of to a one-on-one contest. Watch how they set up after a goal. No one is on the boundary.

7 hours ago, McQueen said:

I spent $600 to come and watch this [censored]. 

And I'm here from France to watch my one and only game for the year. What a disappointment!

8 hours ago, Demonland said:

Melbourne Football Club Supporter Syndrome is the constant negativity of some supporters due to years of failures.

Thanks.  I've suffered from that too, but hope to escape its clutches this year.

Sorry... what does MFCSS stand for?

9 hours ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

No worries.  I couldn't remember his name when I wrote the original post, but do now - it was Viv Mitchie.

Thanks. Yes, waste of space.

On 3/13/2019 at 1:34 PM, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

I never felt that Freo guy we picked up in Mark Neilds time was any chop - impressive numbers at VFL level, but always looked useless and never produced when he got an opertunity at in our senior side. 

Sorry, Balls. Who was this? More clues, please.

Really? Max's parents are level headed young men??