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40 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Think we will in the future be adding Laurie to that list and maybe Deakyn Smith, Rosman and even Weid. 

Deakyn Smith and Turner look good

5 hours ago, Elwood 3184 said:

I read this on another site about JT’s drafting accomplishments -

1st rounders
Christian Petracca
Angus Brayshaw
Clayton Oliver
Christian Salem
Luke Jackson
Kysiaih Pickett
Jake Bowey (pick 21)

Later picks
Trent Rivers (pick 32)
Tom Sparrow (pick 27)
Jayden Hunt (pick 57)
James Harmes (Rookie)
Alex Neale-Bullen (pick 40)
Charlie Spargo (pick 29)
Bayley Fritsch (pick 31)
Harrison Petty (pick 37)

Talk about nailing them!

And Jordon, not sure but he was probably third round pick

Thanks for all the replies

I've long held the view that Toby Bedford is an outstanding  player and should be playing midfield for us.

I must admit I was won over by Bedford when he plays midfield. Saturday was no exception. Bedford is so bloody good, so fit, quick and bloody tough and puts on hard tackles on opposition and a great kick and dangerous,  and runs and also dynamic. For example his game against North reserves back in Feb 2020 when he ran and kicked a magnificent goal at the City end. 

In summary I just think Bedford is a better player at this stage than Viney,  I like Viney and respect him but more the reasons expressed above we can do better with Bedford.

Further, whilst Jack Vineys courage cannot be questioned Jack is somewhat limited/lacks outstanding abilities in many vital parts of the afl game:

a) kicking the ball (in particular depth, accuracy, ability to pinpoint a quick incisive pass as compared with and not be confused with a slow 15m easy kick)

b) marking(caveat here,  its not surprising and to be expected given his short height)

c) pace, spread from the contest, ability to get into dangerous positions to receive the ball, ability to put on a side step or burst of pace (not to be confused with ability to jog beside/behind an opposition midfielder who he is tasked with tagging- he tagged Wines on Thursday and Wines had 33 possesions! And a goal.

d) damaging with handball (not to be confused with ability to handball in tight

e) never impacts with a goal

Like all supporters I admire Vineys courage and big heart but above all I want our midfield to be better in fact it is a longstanding theme of discussion in post match statements by Goodwin

With respect our midfield could be much better, imo there is so much room for it to grow so that it is less dependent on stars like Oliver, Trac and Jordon and Kozzie with his midfield cameos , that is to have a player who is more skilled and in particular better at kicking, has pace/spread from the contest, side step and just a better overall package rather than mainly tackling.

I cannot see it happening but I think the Match committee should not select Viney unless the other midfielder players mentioned above are injured

Furthermore I would play Toby Bedford in the midfield instead of Jack Viney to see if the hypothesis that Bedford can do more than Viney is correct and test whether Toby makes us a better team.

I know this appears to come from left field but hear me out: firstly it's based on long held views about limitations of Jacks game and I respect Vineys commitment/courage, secondly I fear he is not the best available option if we want to win a premiership and teams with better midfields will expose what I perceive to be an inherent yet fixable weakness in our midfield.

19 minutes ago, old dee said:

I don't think this is  correct, Werribee played it close and tough all day the scores do not IMO show how tough Werribee made it especially in the first half. If they had kicked for goal reasonably it would have been a lot closer. Also some senior players look not so good at this level but look better when up graded. We have quite a few in that side who can cut it at AFl level. 

Totally agree, went to the game today

Declase has serious pace, good footy iq, good kick, good mark

Bowey played well, still young but seriously talented

Lockhart, great player, the speed he can utilise from taking possession to kicking well over 40metres was impressive

Bedford, seriously good player with great pace, side step

I was seriously impressed by our players today

Danger, danger, danger, danger......Game!

3 minutes ago, The Stigga said:

Yep, just got to fix the kicking, but Jackson and Kossie up forward, entertaining times to come

Here, here

Took some ripper marks....

Important player

4 minutes ago, Elegt said:

Oscar is quite close to the worst Melbourne player we've had 

MFC is a 3 goal better side with Oscar gone

9 minutes ago, Lord Nev said:

OUT: Harmes

IN: Viney

Sparrow lead our tackle count with 6. We need that to balance out the others sadly.

ANB had some great looks inside 50 and had 5 clearances (second only behind Oliver). Craziness to suggest dropping him IMO.

 

Great stat, thought his tackling was crucial, particularly his second quarter,

 think he laid 3 criucial tackles just in the second quarter to win back momentum and intercepted the ball to give Fritsch a shot on goal 

Geez we missed Oscar out there today, would of made all the difference 

Langdon and Brayshaw did well today

Both with 13 kicks and 5 marks

Langdon got his goal 

Brayshaw missed his

Don't mind this set up

Great game by the young bloke, he makes a huge impact

Loved it when he pointed to the sky/heavens in tribute after his goal 

On balance No changes for mine

They'll be better for the run

Give the boys who got the job done a chance to do it again 

2 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

Love it mate

They look like great leaders on the field, follow us boys

Played well could have had 2 goals

Great player development by MFC

15 outstanding marks between May and Lever against Freo today.

Absolutely fantastic effort by Lever and May

Incorrect, Sparrow is playing because he has AFL traits, good on the club for sticking with him & giving him another chance.

What is a pass mark today for Sparrow to retain his spot?

9 hours ago, Elegt said:

Anthony Scott. Prime example, bloke was only drafted a few weeks ago, looks way better than sparrow already 

Kozzie, Jackson, Riv, say hello

28 minutes ago, TheoX said:

Go Omac. At least he wouldve offered decent backup unlike daw.

Not really, he generally offered very little and had heaps of goals kicked on him due to his lack of impact and brain fades, Georgiades kicked 3 goals on him on his AFL debut.....he was delisted for a reason and it wasn't because he offered decent backup, happy for him though as he did well tonight

19 hours ago, Reader said:

Pretty sure Deakyn Smith will play for Casey vs Box Hill tomorrow

Will be keen to hear what others think about this guys game

Let us know.

Maybe not?

Pretty sure Deakyn Smith will play for Casey vs Box Hill tomorrow

Will be keen to hear what others think about this guys game

Let us know.

2 hours ago, Demonland said:

 

Great photo, hope Smithy has a great career with MFC

Jake Lever – absolutely spoiled everything and looks the fittest he’s been since he’s been at Melbourne. Eight marks, seven rebounds and used it magnificently (86per cent). 

1 hour ago, NeveroddoreveN said:

How about Bedford?  He has big tank and came high in time trials last year.  Extremely fast, not sure what his best position is currently as have not seen enough of him.  Probably deserves a chance if we are just going to roll through a heap of players in this position throughout the year.

Deserves a shot, would be a brave selection