Jump to content

Beetle

Members

  • Joined

  • Last visited

View Profile Find content

Posts posted by Beetle

    9 hours ago, Demongirl35 said:

    From what I’ve heard from people who know him, he wants to play with his brother at freo and is keen to get there

    I think he leaves but hope I’m wrong

    From what I’ve heard he will sign and there’s a little bit of “I like the speculation” about the hold off


    • Like 5

    5 minutes ago, Deeko2 said:

    I didn't explain myself super well, I meant peanuts compared to what he gets in the future if he explodes which we all hope he does.

    I'd love to know what the good money is.  I'm just not sure where we're getting all this cap space from.  Trac, Gawn, Lever, May and Salem would be on decent cashola.

    Brown would not have come across for bugger all and I'd imagine Viney re-signed for something decent as well.

    Guessing Brayshaw and McDonalds contracts were front ended but still, I just don't see how we can load up on him now

    Players will be offloaded at years end.

    • Like 4

    34 minutes ago, Deeko2 said:

    If we offered him a long term contract right now it would be for peanuts as we wouldn't have significant amounts of cap space.  

    Wrong. He has a five year offer in front of him on very good money.

    • Like 2
    • Thanks 1

    4 minutes ago, CYB said:

    With all due respect, I don’t think Amateur footy compares. Recovery activities , dehydration , cortisol etc will make it really difficult for a good night sleep. 
     

    That’s fine and I agree. But as I was originally asking you stated that we were coming off a 6 day break like it was a disadvantage?

    If it was theoretically the same as a 5 day break (like the Hawks) as you have stipulated, what was the point of the original post?

    No need to reply..as I said I wasn’t looking to pick a fight. The conversation isn’t going anywhere. Have a good night.

    ·

    Edited by Beetle

    11 minutes ago, CYB said:

    No offence taken Beetle. It’s a fair question. Have you ever ran 15km at 10 pm? If not there is no point trying to explain. 

    I’ll be honest mate yes. I’ve played night and day football and always found running at night a lot easier than during the day. But that’s just me


     

    edit - I’ll also be honest and say I unlikely ran 15km in a game as a half back. I am no Ed Langdon.

    • Like 2
    • Haha 1

    2 minutes ago, CYB said:

    We played the night before. From a recovery standpoint it is effectively the same as a 5 day. 

    No, not really. Our game finished 18 hours before them and they played in Tasmania.
    They played the next day, had less of a break than us but you said we had a six day break like it was a disadvantage? I don’t understand.

    I’m not trying to pick a fight, I’m just trying to understand what you mean?

    • Like 2

    13 minutes ago, Tom Dyson said:

    A wakeup call without losing is a good result, hawthorn showed everyone the blueprint on how to beat us, take it quick through the corridor and keep lever accountable. 

    Just shows how important Petty is to our backline. When Petty plays Lever doesn’t need to be accountable.

    • Like 2

    27 minutes ago, Caligula's cohort said:

    No love for Langdon??? I thought he was second best on ground tonight after Oliver. Brayshaw couldn't speak  more highly enough of Ed on radio after the game and said that Langdon is one of the most crucial players in the team which we all know, but still nice to hear. 

    Credit to our backline... May, Smith and a few others got heavy hits early and still played out the game. There will definitely be some sore guys for the next few days. May played the entire game on one leg with a bad corkie. What a trooper! 

    There’s plenty of love for Langdon on here and he is crucial for us
he just didn’t have a great first half. I thought he was sloppy, like a lot of our players, but he’s he made up for it with an outstanding second half.

    Saw the marking contest where May copped the corkie and the bloke is a superstar. Thought Brown looked a bit proppy also and continued to come on and off the ground. Thought Browns influence in the first half was very important
continued to make contests and bring the ball to ground despite awful delivery.

    • Like 2

    ·

    Edited by Beetle

    I will say this in relation to last nights game, coming in from Eltham on the Hurstbridge train line.

    As buses were replacing trains between Hurstbridge and Clifton Hill, I observed quite a number of Melbourne fans choosing to walk away when they discovered trains weren’t running.

    What is normally a 40 minute train ride to Jolimont became an hour and a half bus ride with a driver who had no idea where he was going to stop at every train station, all while empty stubbies rolled around mine and my kids feet.

    While I understand line works need to happen, it wasn’t a great start to our evening, especially when I rarely go with the kids and how excited they were.

    Anyway, we went, we had a great win and the family enjoyed themselves. Now time to rip into some hot cross buns.

    • Like 3
    • Sad 1

    10 minutes ago, dl4e said:

    Best we have played all year,

    I hate the metro train service.

    Weren’t on the Hurstbridge or Mernda line by chance were you? Absolute bloody nightmare coming in from Eltham this arvo.

    • Like 1
    • Sad 1

    19 minutes ago, DeeGee said:

    I got tickets on Level 4 last night with no issue.

    On a side note, pre-COVID it was possible for my kids to scan their MFC memberships to get into the MCC for Dees games. 
    Now we need to book tix via Ticketek, it doesn’t accept their barcodes, so I need to buy them a visitor ticket, which is a bit annoying. Anyone else notice this?

     

    As a 23 year MCC member the whole MCC/Ticketek booking system annoys me. I used to be able to push the oldies aside with ease to get to the seat I wanted like a Myer stocktake sale. Those glory days are gone.

    When Brown and Lever return, on current form there is no spot for McDonald. 
    I would rather leave Weid in the side. There is zero point in letting him languish in the twos. It’s now or never. 
    The fact McDonald has a contract until the end of 2024 is concerning.

    • Like 1

    ·

    Edited by Beetle

    Interesting story about Jake.

    Heading into the tail end of the season last year, the coaches identified that although we were still winning, we weren’t kicking enough goals.

    They believed we needed another playmaker off half back to assist Salem, because the ball wasn’t being delivered into our forward line quick enough to benefit Ben Brown and give him the best opportunity to be one out.

    Although Jake wasn’t our best performing Casey player at the time, he was identified as the player to assist us with that given his disposal, footy smarts and ability to win a one one contest. Immediately we started kicking higher scores.

    The rest is history


    • Like 6
    • Thanks 3
    • Love 1