Kick_It_To_Pickett

I still never understand why good field kicks like Gawn and Petracca go back 30 metres and run in with a completely different action to field kicking, when they have marks from 20 metres out. It gets all awkward and they end up missing. Guys now kick off two steps around corners, but continue on massive run-ups when kicking 20m directly in front. Dunstall would tear me a new one for this opinion, but I’d be pushing back off the mark as far as ai would for a field pass, and aiming to ‘pass’ it over the umpires head. I reckon it’s far safer.

I understand why we go to the pocket too, it's safe. If you don't mark, you get a f50 stoppage from a ball in. However, that relies on small forwards working at the stoppage. Kozzy starts too far off the contest and hops a ball will squirt out to him. He needs to get in and win the pill or draw a free. Same goes with Spargo. We don't hunt inside 50, a large reason we lost the game. Several weeks now without tackling pressure inside 50. In contrast, Collingwood were manic and created goals from holding the ball in front of goals, even if a few were very dubious.

If he kicks 8 with a stuffed knee I’ll take it. I’d be considering him as a forward line coach. Would love him to work with Van Rooyen. We need someone down there to have a look at what is going on. If you rookied him and he got right, might be worthwhile. I believe we did something like that with Reece Conca. Apparently he is off to play country footy. His knee mustn’t be completely cooked.

We should have a crack at Josh Kennedy. See if he wants a 1 year deal

Cripps has to cop minimum two. Left the ground. Bumped. Regardless of whether you turn your body or not. Ah Chee subbed out with concussion. He is gone. Kade Chandler would get 8 weeks

Woke up, still livid. How did we let that slip. Pretty simple. We kicked ourselves out of the game. Failed to capitalise. Won all the key indicators but the main one, the scoreboard. The forward line connection is still our biggest issue. Midfield held their end up last night, but DeGoey in the last quarter was given too much space. Would have loved to sub Harmes in for a tag on him. Gawny has to work on his goal kicking. He had a method that was working. He now runs out so far to the right in an unnatural way. Brown at ground level is useless, but he nails his shots. We miss TMAC so bad. I think we need Van Rooyen or Smith to play the half forward role to allow Brown to stay deep. Neither Jackson nor Gawn seem to be able to play forward and impact. Not in the way Peter Wright and Lobb do. I don’t see us winning the GF, but we get to finals and give ourselves a shot and doing something special. Will the manic pressure return in a final ? Perhaps! It was severely lacking last night. No killer instinct

Spot on. Had a runner on the outside too. Pathetic leadership really.

Kozzy Pickett was MIA all night and his mark as CHF and lousy kick to Fritta was the death nail! Drop him . Needs a kick up the backside. Has played one good game this year

should be safe...they will be down in Poppy's Lane in their Bintang singlets trying to figure out the exchange rate on Rupiah

They swooped on our undermanned defence and the fact Gawn was on one leg. It’s actually as simple as that. We were trying to plug holes. We couldn’t. We were in control of the game until half-time. After that, they slowly pegged it back, due largely to Cox having no opponent and doing it at both ends of the ground. He won’t be afforded that luxury this time.

Funniest thing I’ve seen today

As much as I hate the Cats and would love to be top of the ladder, I can’t stand the Dogs and after last week, hope they [censored] the bed and miss the 8. Unbearable supporters

His kicking wasn’t. Basic errors under little pressure. He slows the game down when he should take it on, and handballs to other mids not expecting the ball. Will be a good player, but Harmes is ahead of him.

Anyone know if BBB trained today?

Just a side note, young Kalani gets involved on multiple Melbourne Demons Instagram pages and gets stuck into trolls bagging the club. It’s brilliant to see he is passionate and loves the MFC

What day is the podcast ?

It needs to kick in from Friday. Dropping out of the eight altogether is a serious possibility if we don’t get a win soon. That should be forefront of mind for the players.

There were complaints from the EPL clubs tht played on it the other night. We better wear the correct boots when we play. Especially James Harmes and Jack Viney, who constantly seem to slip over.

If we were to drop all 4, what has to happen for us to miss the 8? Asking for a friend

Online reports say Brayshaw’s management is in Melbourne this week to work with Melbourne on a new deal beyond 2022. The sooner that is done the better. As for Jackson, I think 4 weeks out from the end of the season, the Club has the right to ask him to declare what he is doing next year. They don’t need to announce it. However, it may actually be a weight off his shoulders and allow him to play some decent footy before finals.

Up the Dons 🤮

Bombers are at least competitive now. One more and they will be back in the game

Just as a side note, are the Bulldogs and their fans the greatest over-celebrators in the history of the game. They are labelling it as a “historic win” and Bevo said it was “monumental”. They’ve posted black and white images of Bont and Bevo embracing in the change rooms. You’ve got Weightman interviewing after the game saying they can win it all. Yep, he actually said that. For a team that is one loss away from missing the eight, what an absurd thing to say. You’d think they’d learn

Collingwood could very well win the premiership. 🤢

Essendon are a rabble