DurriePirate

5 hours ago, Doug Reemer said:

Fair play!

Was good to see him back inside too!

On 7/11/2022 at 6:56 PM, Doug Reemer said:

Won’t happen.

Did happen

Bring in Dunstan for clarry this week easy choice, alternately bring back Rivers and move Brayshaw back to the midfield. 

Is there more merit in making the big changes for the round 19 after the trip to Alice, save the debut of Laurie & JVR for the following week back in the normal temperatures to give them the best chance of succeeding.

Love to hear your thoughts? 

If anyone is feeling bored or looking to get that warm fuzzy feeling I suggest watching the replay of this prelim and just take note through the entire broadcast who the no1 high five'r/celebrator/hugger is after every goal/spoil/pressure act.

Tom "Fridge" Sparrow

once you see it it's hard to not to notice how much of a team roll the kid played Friday night.

The future is bright post Jack Viney!

On 9/13/2021 at 4:04 PM, DubDee said:

We don’t talk about Simon’s evil twin 

He's not here to [censored] spiders!

Brian Taylor commentary voice

"Bowwww-eeeeeeee"

Ive genuinley been too busy celebrating hungover all weekend after attending friday nights game to even realise this whole barcode trade is a thing!

Prior to covid shutdowns in 2020 shutting down my business id been an interstate member for decades, hurts so much not having access to guaranteed tickets for me and my family given its going to be the only time in history (at least for the next 99years) the GF will be in my home town.

Assuming i dont get access to genral admission tickets Im going to make the most of it and have a good old fashioned back yard bbq with a bunch of friends that have all jumped on board the bandwagon

Go the dees.................1 more game of happy tears to come hopefully!

2 hours ago, Nasher said:

This is arguing about which player keeps the spot warm for the few we’ve got out. And this week it’ll probably be neither of them.

Exactly!

6 hours ago, rjay said:

Unfortunately I suspect the small, vocal minority might be a bit larger than we think.

Many might not speak out but it's the underlying thoughts that bother me, Tex just spoke to probably what was always on his mind.

Agreed, less of a vocal minority and more a case of Baby Boomer era majority populous that don't have the desire to educate and grow with the times.

I think we've all given him too much of our valuable time and energy that should be focussed on more positive endeavours like the mighty Red and Blue!! 

3 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

walker would be old enough for jeelong too

True, fits the J.Selwood Grub requirements 🤣

Tex has always been a Sh*t Bloke, he need to fall on his sword and retire or Crows trade him to collingwood with the rest of the dirtbags

So if the Maynard trade is on the table who/what do we give up?

Vanders straight swap? maybe throw in Chandler/Bedford for an additional/improved draft pick?

On 6/22/2021 at 1:22 PM, binman said:

Players 

• Top 5 in the bluey (based on similar criteria as the bluey ie not just the best on 3,2,1 voting) 
• Most improved - other than Tmac! 

Top 5: E.Langdon, T.Mac, C.Oliver, C.Petrraca, J.Lever.

Most Improved: Dead Heat J.Jordan/C.Spargo

Could have listed 3-5 more players in the mix for the Bluey, Notably Max would by his own admissions agree he has not been anywhere near his best this season.

Looks like Marty Hore may be ready for a late season/finals re-birth if we run into a few injuries, re-joining the group for running this week.....you'd assume 10-12 weeks from there to be fit and smash a mini preseason

In the spirit of the thread my thoughts on why each player had what they had on the night......so constructive feedback perhaps.

Gawn - Clearly has an injury issue, alternatively we may be seeing the early stages of decline heading into the 30+ age bracket 

McDonald - just constantly competing, the word UTILITY comes to mind 

Brown - gaining some traction and slowing starting to find his communication with the other forwards, on track for 45-55 goals

Petracca - off the pace a bit, by his standards a poor night but that still results in a 28 touch 1 goal 1 performance hardly a let down ?

Spargo - was really important to our match ups and a genuine meat & potato's high pressure team performance to the detriment of his own "stats"

Melksham - ignore any goals/score involvements, VFL bound if not for the coaches pet. SHould make way for Chandler or Sparrow in the short term until he's back to playing the footy first and umpire second

Fritsch - was gallant all night, outnumbered 1v2/1v3 all night. Brown and Nibbler actually spoiled a few of his F50 marking chances

Pickett - not often a 19yo small forward is Tagged or constantly double teamed for the majority of a game and still made grown me look 2nd rate at times, fair chance he'll win 5 cars over the next 10-15 years (Mark/Goal of the year)

May - ELITE

Salem - Precision 

Harmes - Love his energy and want to compete.......but don't be fooled by the 21 contested possessions, a lot of poor decision making and passing pressure to team mates in amongst that. Disposal Eff 61% way down on the required level if he's looking to keep others out of the squad

Jackson - one of the most important players on the ground for our structure and match ups regardless of stats, last 3 games we have looked more dangerous through the stoppages when he is giving Gawn a rest

Lever - wasnt allowed to be an intercept marker due to the swans structure but was still able to hold his opponents 

Brayshaw - serviceable but just straight up role playing

Oliver - BOG

Hibberd - Pure heart siren to siren

Langdon - if the wings is where careers go to die then Lingers is immortal! 

Jordon - some of his disposal was [censored] poor but geeez long term he has 250+ games written all over him  

Rivers - just imagine if we didn't draft Kozzy and Jackson, Rivers would be getting a hell of o lot more praise across the league

Hunt - has become one of our absolute weapons, blitzed his run and carry when required (just close your eyes when he kicks haha)

Neal- Bullen - Sparrow is way more promising, really not enjoying his "brand" to quote the goodwin

Petty - competed hard all night, good or bad he gave it his all and will be hard to replace given an 8-10 game block

GO THE DEES!!!!!! (No More MFCSS)

weak selection choices by goody, cant argue that Jones is out but bring in a small forward for him (chandler/bedford) or like for like swap him for Sparrow and brown for melkshambles

perfection

speaking with local ports retailers & "THE AFL STORE" staff for some reason MFC are the worst club to deal with in regards to merch stock.they want all the retailers to buy the merch line in bulk but at retail prices.

Have had multiple conversations at different locations asking where the "dee's" merch is and always the same result.

"they're the only club that wont supply us with the shirts/merch at wholesale prices for us to be able to on sell them at a small retail mark up".

demon shop itself have been hit and miss over the years.

2022 new rule "CONTACT, stand aside" and bibs to show what part of the oval you belong to. 

100% Fluff piece but got me hook line an sinker hahaha

just watching how May has to stand his ground while gawn essentially runs past him to kick the goal looks terribly awkward.

From a entertainment point of view looks like auskick or netball, going to be a long year.

Pre season Hype train departing the station, a bit of Max Gawn magic.

Is this just a sneaky parting gift to the club on behalf of "MFCSS hot spot" Josh Mahoney? or the fact big Max'y gave him the 5 goals in 1 quarter G'up on the radio yesterday!

Also this sound pretty similar to Lever and Gawn 2 years ago, swelling "awareness" following training.

3 hours ago, binman said:

So no, we haven't been losing in an almost identical manner under Goodwin, unless you mean the opposition has scored more than us in those losses, which if the case is an issue we have struggled with for 165 years. 

Oh boy did I enjoy this little gem. had myself a big ol laugh.

Binman does it again!

6th at the club for score involvements though so he's pivotal in setting up our forward 50 transition.