Roost it far

I think Goodwin and the coaches will need a lot to go right to not be looking for work at year’s end. It kind of feels like a “changing of the guard” moment is coming. To their credit they’ve been addressing the team’s weaknesses through the draft. I’ll take my hat off to Goodwin for this. Many clubs have traded out picks for older players to fit the system. We have done the opposite and I actually think our young talent is as good as any going around. It’s why I thought we’d be better this year.

Would it truly be home to Melbourne supporters without “suffocating negativity” Even I’m prone to it from time to time. As for bitchiness compared to other online forums we’re incredibly friendly and considerate for the most part. Anyway I’m an addict so I have to come here. Oh the pain!

If we were 7-2 they could play soccer all week. it's not the soccer it's the fact we are so poor in our F50 we should be practising all the time when we're on the track. I get the whole wind down and relax but sheesh if I was coach they'd be no relaxing until our F50's improved markedly. It's not like it's a new problem, you know, we've had the same issue holding us back for 3 1/2 years now.

Is the drop off in numbers engaging due to abuse or the fact we're not winning atm?

I think McVee is yet to find form, he's been a big loss this year.

We're going to be good by foot in years ahead, jeez that'll make a nice change. He and White will be solid additions to a really strong youthful side. If Petracca can become our Dangerfield and play 5-6 more years and we got Jackson for Pickett allowing Max reduced minutes we're looking pretty sweet. Now to grind out 2025. I was expecting more to be honest!

He was never kicking that.

We had 'em, oph boy we had 'em. I thought we played good footy for 3 quarters and bar our goal kicking I thought we should have been 5 goals up. Oh well, now for Brisbane.

I'm holding you to this Doug, them's some pretty tasty rumours if true.

Who? May as well ask my 12 year old nephew what he thinks.

I fear those stats will be chasing us around for awhile yet. Still going by Saturday and our young talent I'm confident in the future.

I love how time seems to slow down when he leaps for marks.

This post is chasing me around Demonland, everywhere I click it appears.

I believe there's 1 closed session each week at Casey. Looking at the way we play I'd say we need another on forward half connection. We played good footy on Saturday. If we cleaned things up and kicked straight we win that. That's all I want to see, some leading patterns, forwards working to create room and mids who know where their forwards and the space they lead into is likely to be. Oh and I'd love us to kick straight. I also thought we weren't as good at forward pressure on Saturday but I may be wrong on that when you look at the numbers. Forwards running forward patterns as opposed to soccer or whatever other unstructured training they're doing. I'll admit I could be completely wrong with these observations and perhaps they have been training these things for years, maybe the pudding is just destined to be flat.

You play like you train, you always have. Considering the glaring weakness we have doesn’t require heavy contact to practice it needs to be practiced all the time. 4 years and counting.

Pickett can’t be let go for peanuts. Jackson isn’t peanuts but he’s not as valuable as Pickett

Operation get Jackson underway.

People saying Clarry was wasted on Saturday were watching a different game to me.

It’s a stretch to say he was tearing up the vfl

If Viney got concussed against WC why the absolute fkcu can't he play this weekend?

Any chance they practised anything today?

It annoys me that we don't spend all our time practicing forward entries, shots on goal and crumbing to the likes of JVR, Petty, whoever! Maybe we do it in secret but the reports I'm reading all go on about the happy mood, laughing, lack of structure at training. It's now showing on game day where that leads. A team with the obvious flaws we have and have had for years need to be training this all the time. See how I did that without even mentioning that they play soccer instead of doing this.

We've got Langford, Lindsay, Windsor, Bowey, Chandler, JVR, Petty, Pickett, Rivers, Spargo, Turner and Tholstrup as our future. We're doing ok. Happy for Kalani to play like the Messiah but he's got a few to top first.

He was pretty good against GWS, real pity he broke his hand the very next week.

Missing that goal wasn't a hanging offence considering the absolute monty's we butchered for 3 quarters. It's clear to everybody what Jefferson's achilles heel is. So it comes down to either moving on or fashioning a role for him if you believe his other attributes are good enough. Once the season is officially cactus why not play JVR and him as tall forwards and get him to play to his strengths which apparently are marking on the lead. If we can create some more space in our F50 which I believe is part of our current plan just maybe we can build his confidence into becoming a useful forward. Playing him for one game here and there is unlikely to work with this kid. I look at a kid who doesn't think he belongs and he plays like that. It's up to the club to make him believe he does belong and get him to play accordingly. I'd be telling him to crash a few packs and get your hands on the ball whether you mark it or not. Don't care if you give away a few frees, just find some body. Anyway he's likely a bust but for me it looks way more between the ears than anywhere else. Even his posture says "Don't hurt me" Someone needs to shake that out of him and also lie him over a bolster 2 hours a day, get that chest to puff out, draw those shoulder blades down his back, the kid looks tense. Relax Jeffo!!