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    19 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

    Yeah, I should’ve known better than to try to appeal to certain posters,

    Why do you feel need to “appeal to certain posters”?

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    5 minutes ago, Demonland said:

    Assume we didn't practice goal kicking this week either.

    When it’s appears the overriding importance in Goodwin’s time has been on effort based contested ball and not skills, it’s a bit too late for goal kicking practice.

    3 hours ago, jackaub said:

    We will need a tall backline

    Crows are playing 4 x 6ft 4 today

    Tall big and strong

    No Petty so I guess Turner may go back and T mac in

    May Adams/McDonald Lever

    McVee Turner Chandler

    May can still win the ball but is too loose in a lock down on a good key forward. Free him up.

    8 minutes ago, —coach— said:

    It baffles me how any AFL team can be so poorly skilled, it’s just amateurish

    Perhaps the overwhelming emphasis over the last 10 years has been a blinkered attitude towards crash and bang efforts to win the Contested ball and then jam it into F50 to get a stoppage.

    45 minutes ago, Gawnhub said:

    With the expected score being 82.7 v 81.8 in our favour, inside 50’s 57 to 40 and marks inside 50 14 to 10 in our favour, this tells me we are not getting the ball to the right places inside 50.

    I think it is more a case of us regularly getting the ball into a very, very congested F50.

    No only does it make it much more difficult to get quality possessions/ shots at goal, we get burnt on the counter attack when the opposition win the ball and transition it into an open forward line.

    While we’re focused on just getting the ball into F50, the better clubs/coaches are happy to set us up for this eventuality.

    Footballs version of “Rope-a-Dope”.

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    33 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

    Bailey Fritsch. Congrats on your 4 disposal game

    Shanked 2 sitters for goal 1 kick in each half. Stat less in the last

    Baby keeping you up at night?

    Just go now. Your intensity is pathetic

    I think the level of his intensity this year is on par with his entire career.

    And yes, it has been pathetic this year.

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    7 hours ago, binman said:

    Petty and JVR are more line ball, but JVR still has Petty covered for speed and mobility, particularly the latter.

    I respectfully say I’m staggered by your statement.

    IMHO it’s been Van Rooyens LACK of mobility that has seen him glued to goal square and behind his opponent in all his five games this season.

    He hasn’t seemed interested in offering a lead and the only mobility I’ve seen from him is when he jogs to the Centre to relieve Max in the ruck after a goal.

    The other knock on him, IMO, is he the opposite of agile.

    Petty, on the other hand, whilst not quick, does get mobile and certainly isn’t stationary close to goal.

    Our most mobile tall forward, by the length of the Flemington straight, is Dan Turner.

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    2 minutes ago, adonski said:

    Yeah the Fullo factor no doubt

    Joke all you like and post silly 😆s.

    I suppose that’s all you’ve got because you can’t argue with :-

    Fullarton 2 for 2, Van Rooyen 0 for 5

    Ps. Clearly Fullarton isn’t the answer but neither is Van Rooyen the way he was playing.

    Unless Van Rooyen can change his ways and get mobile, particularly in leading up to the ball and giving options, I don’t think he makes it.

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    11 hours ago, adonski said:

    JVR in for Fullarton paying $1.01 (Gamble responsibly)

    Whilst there’s NO doubt Fullarton has had very little of the ball there’s also NO denying the following fact.

    Van Rooyen Played 5 Lost 5

    Fullarton Played 2 Won 2

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    18 minutes ago, DubDee said:

    of course.

    Have you heard of resting players when the game is won off a 5 day break?

    As I have already ask you, does resting players justify the those remaining on the ground to 1. Put the que in the rack and 2. Butcher the ball and hitting their opponents on the chest with 25m kicks?

    Also, what example does it set Lindsay, Langford, Windsor, Tholstrup ?

    BTW, Richmond had less of a break than we did.

    What we served up in the last quarter was no better than that in our 4 straight losses this year and numerous losses late last year.

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    1 minute ago, Devil In Disguise said:

    In case you missed it Nank got off the chain & the rest was history. Fullerton can be banished to the VFL now at least.

    Nank, IMO, had bugger all to do with it.

    Solely to do with our own easing off.

    6 minutes ago, Flowergirl said:

    💯. Sometimes I wonder whether some demonlanders actually like MFC.

    I’m happy we won.

    But that last quarter was at best, concerning and at worst, pathetic.

    Considering our very poor record in Final quarters this season as well as being 2nd last on the ladder I would have thought it would have somewhat redeeming if we put our foot on their throats in the last quarter.

    And to those who have issue with us easing up in the last qtr and cruising to a win, what do you say about the example being set to Lindsay, Windsor, Tholstrup and Langford by senior players putting the que in the rack?

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    3 minutes ago, DubDee said:

    I care about getting a win and building. Resting Gawn for next week

    Also I care about enjoying footy and enjoying a win

    Why should Gawn being off the ground result in the our players slacking off their efforts?

    Also what has Gawn sitting on the bench to do with some pathetic Melbourne turnovers hitting Richmond players on the chest?

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    1 minute ago, Salems Lot said:

    5 day break was always going to be a factor. Reflect on that before criticising the last 10 too much

    Richmond also had a 5 day break, in fact they had 6 hours less recovery than us.

    So what your “reflections” on that?

    1 minute ago, Superunknown said:

    really ?

    Yes, it’s what I saw on the live Fox coverage.

    (I’ve just the checked the replay on the IQ box and unfortunately the game cut off with 2.5 minutes remaining.

    There was absolutely no emotion shown by Gawn when he engaged with Goodwin which appeared to leave him, Goodwin, perplexed.

    Maybe nothing to read into it but it didn’t look right.

    I took a couple of screen shot photos but can’t seem to upload them here.

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    1 hour ago, DubDee said:

    Average game but helped Max in the ruck

    that shot for goal was horrible but he’ll probably get another game as no one knocking at the door

    Fullarton is considerably more agile than the Lumbering Van Rooyen.

    That alone makes our Forward line more functional.

    He also, IMO, gives Max a better chop out.

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    After the final siren, players celebrating, Gawn and Goodwin meet, NO sweet embrace, Max deadpan even scowlish, turns to Langford then smiles, Goodwin looking somewhat confused.

    Strange

    PS. Great win today.

    We keep winning, no problems for Goodwin.

    However, lose one of the next two then todays win doesn’t mean much.

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