Gawndy the Great

I was afraid about Mays body at this age given his history of soft tissue injuries. I hope it is just a 1 week injury but suspect it’ll be more. Pity given our hard start to the year. Can see the Dogs definitely going with 4 talls now to try and stretch us.

I agree, that turf is ready grown before it’s shipped in. The big question is has it settled on the deck.

Same here he is just another Geelong mouthpiece. It’s funny how all Melbourne supporters in the media can maintain a neutral profile but others like Derwayne, Derm, Bucks, Hudson, Whately cannot. Drives me nuts.

Those that got it last year were offered the same for the first three games this year.

Typical. We would have won it the last two years. But should challenge this year.. Lions are our only real threat. Didn’t think the Cats aflw side was any good.

Also fails to mention BBB playing on half a leg, Gawn battling through multiple injuries, LJ putting the cue in the rack, Trac playing with a broken leg and the midfield running out of puff after a reduced preseason. Easy to look at TMacs injury as the trigger but that is grossly oversimplifying a year that full was of many issues both on and off the field.

I watched thebi tee ire Trac. It’s hard with Trac - he starts saying he’s super confident, then once pressed was less certain. End of the interview I was just confused.

That’s a big call I don’t think anyone was definitive on LJ come to think of it.

Watched the footage of JV’s suspension from a few years back. His elbow was into Collins neck for about 4.5second. The amount of force applied also looks negligible as Collins doesn’t react initially - comparable to when i scratch the belly of my cat for the same amount of time - both then realise what’s going and proceed to freak out. Cotchin’s had much more of a driving force , and from what I can tell seems to apply the arm for about 2-3 seconds. The situation was similar enough, with the same intent and arguably higher force. Loved the way Robbo and sidekick Whately just wave it off in 360. I had to pinch myself as I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.

How on earth does Cotchin only get a fine when Viney gets 2 weeks? I remember Whately really pushing the case for Vineys suspension but doesn’t seem to care so much about Cotchin. Its pre season and already the MRO has lost credibility.

REally? i dont get that vibe at all. I thought he was overly positive for the Dees.

I agree, there has to be something in it for the club if they decide to make that move. For example. if you march him to the draft, the club gets the pick immediately after the one used to snare the uncontracted player. So if Kozzy was to go this year and was taken at pick 3, we would then get pick 4. Doesn't really help with interstate players as go-home-factor would probably put-off a lot of Victorian clubs and its not always going to be equitable, but at least the club has some bargaining power.

Granted its pre-season and there is always a 'predictive' component as a retrospective top 50 is boring. I think Petracca is going to have a history making year. His form in pre-season looks so good - I don't recall ever seeing him play this well in pre-season. Max also has a point to proove, given the way we exited finals.

So he wasn't happy with the way he was being played and now he is in an increased midfield role in contract year... So clearly we are going to great lengths to keep him - its a pity it takes the impact of a contract year to make these types of changes. He should have more midfield time last year with Chandler / Bedford getting more of a run up forward.

It’s going to be a real cracker. Both 2nd rucks resting up forward… which coach is going to flinch first and move them back. The 4 forward talls is unlikely for the Dogs as they’ll likely get slaughtered on any ground ball and rebound 50s esp with out ball users.

Ummmmm

The odds of him going are clearly high, given these tend to get sorted out sooner rather than later. LJ's situation clearly taught us that we are not bulletproof to loosing good players. As much as many say Kozzie is different than LJ, there will be lots of people in his ear. He'll probably be paying close attention to what his family says and if they are anything like the Jackson's, we are in trouble. Let's hope uncle Byron can put aside his allegiances and advise Kozzy on what is best for his career and that is as a one-club player. To counter this, Brayshaw left his contract decision to the 11th hour and whilst we all thought he too was gone, reminds us that it is still possible to get a signature deep into a contract year. He doesnt seem to be a sell-out or a money grabber. His girlfriend situation gives us something, but really it can go both ways unless there is something that is keeping her bound to Melbourne.

Foot off the pedal that quarter and weren’t really able to mount a good enough response IMO.

Early days but Bucks has gone out and said McStay better than Grundy … 🤔 I think not.

Loving this ball movement

Is that your opinion or are you in the know? It’s helpful to start off any opinion based sentence with “I think” it helps the nufties like me to tell the difference between fact and speculation.

I know you don’t want to leak anything that you shouldn’t and I’m ok with that but why wouldn’t the club just come out and say what’s what? I don’t understand why it’s so secret unless they need to conceal it so it’s not exploited during season proper.

Team named. Pretty decent squad. Nobody missing bar Viney at the moment. Even Lever is in giving his ankle issue.

Beware of the Dogs. they had a shocker last year for god knows what reason but they are stacked full of talent - maybe underdone a little in the backline but stars in the forward half.

Geelong getting smashed but are +12 in f50s - no Cameron or Hawkins though. Get those matchups right and you go a long way to beating the reigning premiers Hawkins sooner or later is going to fall off the perch. This year may just maybe that year.