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I messed up the order of my games in my comment… Carlton beat them today so that’s the first of four we need them to lose! Yeah fair, I’m hoping for a miracle and that we can somehow manage 2nd and play Port or Brisbane at home. Don’t expect it, but hoping for it. I’ll take a lock in at top 4 though.

We need them to lose 4 out of the remaining games and we have to win every game Port *could* lose the next 3. Collingwood today, next round Adelaide then Geelong down at Geelong. if they win all any of these then it’s over. The other games are Carlton, GWS, Freo Richmond, so one of these teams would need to steal a win.

I completely forgot about the lights! Feels like it was an age ago

Ah shoot, yeah I didn't think of those threads as I'm dumb.

https://wwos.nine.com.au/afl/news-2023-clayton-oliver-training-argument-with-melbourne-demons-trainer-video/e7f8356c-f85f-4a42-b497-b861cf3aab96 Haven't seen this on the site yet so if it's already been addressed, please delete. This quote in the story is confusing to me: 'According to 9News Melbourne, the argument between the pair came about after Griffiths asked Oliver to complete sprints at a certain speed, speeds which the premiership star argued he would never reach in a match' Can someone clarryfy (sorry) what 'he would never reach in a match' means? As in is he saying he is being asked to run at a speed he can't reach, or is he saying he doesn't run at his absolute full speeds in a match? Could Imagine Clarry is pretty bloody annoyed that his 2-3 week injury is extending further and further.

Yup. I want to see Mcvee/Bowie/Salem playing forward flank. I want to see a forward line that is in constant motion and for one of these guys to be hitting targets inside 50. We’re on a trajectory of failure if we keep doing what we’re doing. Change things up, keep the forward line moving and hit targets in front of goal. If we lose, we lose. Move on to the next plan. We cannot keep doing what we are doing.

STOKES GONE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Agreed. He has the Pendlebury extra second ability and hits targets constantly. Very smart footballer. Give him a crack and who knows, he could be the answer going inside 50 we need.

WOW.

I seem to remember at the beginning of last year, (about 3 rounds in?), King was using our forward line as an example of why we are so dangerous and hard to defend against. It was footage of essentially our entire forward line in constant motion which stretched out defenders so they couldn't converge on the incoming ball. Options everywhere. Why did that stop? Now I watch Melbourne and it's majority bomb it 20 meters out with very little movement on the whole. Maybe get that cracking again? Get one of Bowie/Mcvee/Salem up the ground to allow for better entries to our forwards and for gods sake go back to the method that was lauded at the beginning of last year?

Dunno, that loss to a [censored] Freo side at home certainly cost us more than Port beating Essendon….

UURRRGGHHHH, Yeah I forgot about that but was losing my [censored] at the time.

I don’t know how big of an undertaking it is, but I’d love to know what our F50 efficacy to goals is, based upon teams finishing in the top 8 against other teams also finishing top 8, since 2018. I know we have a reputation for scoring big and fast at times, but how does this stack up as an average year by year against other top 8 sides? It seems like this has been a consistent criticism of us for many, many years. I distinctly remember listening to G. Lyon talking about this problem as far back as 2018. Our 2021 year seems an aberration in this regard. All good if I’m asking for too much.

That and the kick along the ground from 40 out that wasn’t given because Toohey was within 20 meters of the ball. Not blaming the umpires for the loss but [censored] me, obvious free kicks getting let go.

Spot on. This has been a constant criticism (apart from a premiership year) of us since 2018.

Absolutely.

I wonder what our F50 efficiency against top 8 sides has been since 2018? Anybody know a way to look this up as I’m struggling to be able to find it?

Yeah he should’ve taken it obviously. Doesn’t take away that Geelong have deliberately taken him out in all other instances.

WOOOOOWWWWWWW

To be fair, there has been a tall Geelong player right on him every time it goes near him in the air. They’ve taken him out of the game aerially and it’s showing.

Surely this is on track for most smothers in a half by ONE TEAM

Genuine question, is the AFL (by threat of litigation) in 10 years time going to look more like a semi-contact Gaelic football? Is that where this is going?

Huh, interesting. Clarkson leaves the game on mental health issues a couple of weeks before the investigatory panel is finished, then once it’s finished, a week later he’s in the fold to come back.

Was a tense 2-3 seconds of silence whilst Lewis was trying to figure out what Maxy was saying.

Maxy got back into form the second half of that game I felt. Started taking big grabs again. Good signs for him. He plays well, everyone else plays well. Onwards to the pies.