The Jackson FIX

Agree. He will come back in soon though (as he should). Liked the midfield mix last night and felt like they hit targets in almost every spot inside the 50. Hope Clarry was watching…

Tonight King and his iPad were glowing of Melbourne. Maybe you should’ve gone to more than one training session David?

I missed the other post, possibly because my retinas were amidst an acute bout of PTSD caused by our media department

OLD MAN ALERT: The team sheet on the MFC site hurts my eyeballs. Not the players on it - the font, the sizing and the spacing. Took me way longer to figure out who is playing (and where) than is necessary. Hopefully that is my only gripe with the MFC today.

Feel like we say this every year in the first month of footy and are constantly let down.

Chasing AAMI. Petty’s new role in 2024

Genuinely interested to see how they get faster and keen to see how others better expose their backline pressing up the ground when they’re moving it forward.

No words WCW, just an enormous picture of Gus’ helmet with a premiership medal draped on it on the banner and we all know what that means.

STICK IT RIGHT UP THEM DEES…. All of them.

In other news, David King and his iPad don’t reckon we’re top 6. Fairly sure it is just minesweeper on his iPad though and he just makes up footy stuff.

Would barely get a look at it with the way we move the ball forward.

He also has $3m+ owing him on his contract so the above comment combined with his choice of words in being ‘medically retired’ suggest to me he was making sure there is no stuffing around when it comes to a salary payout in full.

Thats my evening (and weekend) sorted then: 12 slabs of beer, third quarter of the 2021 Grand Final on repeat and a box of Kleenex. The Kleenex is obviously for the tears.

Not quite sure what you are expecting when you say ‘compensation’ but I would expect we would be able to remove his salary from the salary cap and a spot would be opened up on the list ala long term injury protocol

This is what Lloyd said on the eve of the 2023 season (three of these sides made finals, two of them made a prelim and both weren’t far off playing each other in a grand final). Teams that can’t win the flag North Melbourne, West Coast, GWS, Essendon, Adelaide, Hawthorn, Gold Coast, St Kilda, Carlton.

Would’ve thought by sheer weight of exposure that at least once the ball just falls in your lap

Almost 50 CBAs for Nibbler + Tommy Sparrow for zero clearances 🥴

LIKES; - K Brown did some good things - Caleb showed something from the 3rd quarter (albeit disposal and decision making a bit iffy but to be expected for first game at the level) DISLIKES - we looked awfully slow when we turned the ball over. No run. Tigs generally stayed wide and even then they put together chains of possession with next-to-zero presssure. Yes it was a scratch match but for a team that prides itself on being difficult to play against (and for a team that has a growing reputation of rolling over in important games) it was the absolute worst case scenario for mine, injuries aside

Sorely needed at HBF based on our decision making and execution off half back in the 1s earlier

I think there were (and are) enough worrying signs against a second string outfit to warrant some panicky posts, pre-season or not.

Caleb getting involved this quarter. Kynan Brown done a few good things. Less tackle today than an empty fishing box though.

Our kicking and decision making is sub VFL-2nds level today. Could only assume they’ve shunned ball-work for running in the off-season but we’re getting run off our feet so that can’t be it.

Holy spit Kossie

Not even round zero and max is already having brain fades

Koschitzke is a good addition for them