Lord Nev

She mentioned later on it was on the TV show 'Deadwood'.

Professor Larissa Behrendt is also: - Chair of Indigenous Research at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning at the University of Technology. - A founding member of the Australian Academy of Law. - A member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences. - A Director of the Jimmy Little Foundation. - An Order Of Australia Recipient. - A NAIDOC Person of the Year award winner. - A NSW Australian of the Year award winner. - A Walkley nominated writer & director. - A winner of multiple literary awards. But sure, you focus on a dumb tweet she posted once and apologized for.

I'm not suggesting May should be captain. I wouldn't have minded a Gawn & May dual captaincy, I think that would give us that mix of things we need, but I'm more saying what I think Gawn needs to add to his leadership to take us to the next level.

Yeah sorry, that was in reference to Swooper blaming May for GC's culture. I think we have a good mix if the stories of that extended group are true. Just my personal opinion that Max as sole captain needs to develop a bit more with his game day leadership. Absolutely love him of course and think apart from that he's a very good captain.

The coach isn't out on the field though. He may get on the phone to a player on the bench, have a chat at half time, but there's not much opportunity direct and instruct from there, particularly with runners less involved. It can be different for every team, some may have that innate group leadership as you say, but we clearly do not. I'm not talking about how they perform on game day in a player way, I'm more talking about actively directing, instructing, setting the tone, all the things that are reasons you have a designated leader out on the field for. Gawn is fantastic with the other stuff. Amazing trainer, seems to relate well to all players, good with the media and promoting the club, I just think he needs to develop those other aspects and build a 'killer instinct' on game day for us to be a premiership threat.

Sounds like a lot of excuses mate. So at Melbourne the culture is the coach's responsibility, but at Gold Coast it was May's? Sure, Gawn is great with the media, an excellent trainer and an exceptional player, all things Swooper mentioned, but Swooper didn't mention once about his onfield leadership during games. That's the most important thing would you agree? I'm not saying May is the answer of course, but Gawn is yet to show he can rally, direct and organize our team on game day like a good captain would. Great bloke, funny, works hard, but until he develops some mongrel and starts directing and demanding more on game day I don't see him being a premiership winning captain.

I find this an interesting argument given last year under Gawn's captaincy we had COVID breaches, Bennell going off the rails, The Hunt & Trac situation, losses in very winnable games with finals on the line and a continuation of the same onfield problems we've had for previous years. I love Gawn, but where's the evidence he 'effectively influenced' with his leadership onfield in 2020?

Gawn (c) and Viney (vc) it is. https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/855078/gawn-to-lead-demons-in-2021

FFS. We've already been over this mate. That was 'Lord Travis', not me.

I like Petty, but given he's just had a year out and is already behind this preseason I'm not getting my hopes up yet. TMac who knows hey? They could play him anywhere. I'm not a fan of putting him in the backline now that we've made moves to try and make it safer though. We've made BIG improvements in our back half turnovers the last 2 years.

Fair to say I'm no fan of how he (and his Dad) went about the whole situation with the Dees, but doesn't feel like the right time for a pile on, even if it's a more footy-focused one. Seem to remember something about his wife's Dad having brain cancer (not sure if remembering correctly), and no idea if this has any relation to that, but there's clearly some bigger issues happening in his life and no matter what I think of him as a footballer; some things are bigger than that and I wish him well.

No. But remember we've also lost Oscar McDonald & Josh Wagner, and we've not brought in any defenders.

I think you have me confused matey.

That was @Lord Travis mate. But fair question.

Yep, thought this one had been put to bed already but apparently not. GC wanted a big gorilla defender, he rocked up to MFC and they wanted a more lean rebounding one. Pretty hard to instantly change your whole body shape.

I thought he was quite good in 2020, but we all see it differently I guess. He definitely has higher levels he should hit, but I think he's a clear leader either way.

Have they already done the vote mate? (Did they even do it that way this year?) Thanks for the intel.

It wasn't really a "comparison". He simply said he's seen Kozzy do some things up the field that he hasn't seen since Cyril. He didn't say they play the exact same way. He didn't say Kozzy will be as good as Cyril. He didn't say they do all the same things. Pretty silly to say it's a "woeful comparison" given a) It wasn't a comparison, and b) The bloke giving his opinion has 4 flags and has spent a fair bit of time watching both players in training.

What I would like it to be: C: May, Gawn VC: Viney Rest: Trac, Lever What I think it will be (if they change it to a group again): C: Gawn, Viney VC: May, Lever Rest: Langdon, Melksham

There's a difference between saying 'he'll be as good as...' and 'he has similar traits to....' I've only read the article, haven't heard the audio, but the quotes in the article make it sound like he's not saying he's as good as Cyril, just that he's doing some things that are 'Cyril-like'. Lewis: “He’s doing stuff up the field that I haven’t seen since Rioli.” https://www.sen.com.au/news/2021/01/20/young-demon-likened-to-hawks-champion/

Very very sad, and sincere best wishes to Hell Bent and Cards13. Beautiful stories about how much footy can mean to family and friends and the memories we can share through it.

Not my work, but adding just a little more info from this session that was posted on FB: Just to add to that report the group had a big session on Wednesday. Friday Match Sim was with the rain and was moving at a fast pace and tackling was happening. Williams takes the younger players at times during a match sim and is taking them through other drills. This does vary as they also get match sim practice as well. There are various drills they are doing which entail using the whole perimeter of the ground such as kicking to advantage and so forth. From what I saw, they are moving faster than the training I saw in 2019. Ben Brown was out there the whole time as well. All the coaches were out there including J. Lewis and Burgo was out there most of the time. I believe Jordan is around until his commitments with Fox Footy ramp up as per last year. There are always plenty of the coaches out there and they all have plenty of activity going on and planned. I have noted that Williams takes a lot of the younger guys and carries out various drills with them. That was part of his job description and he always appears enthusiastic and on his toes so to speak.

Djokovic (and some others) are in quarantine in Adelaide. The ones who landed in Melbourne went straight to quarantine also (escorted by officials in full PPE). It sucks, sure, but it's not as outrageous as twitter will tell you.

So good. Thanks mate! Encouraging they're working on some forward line techniques.