Dee Viney Intervention

Brown in to take the better defenders and relieve pressure on JVR and use his height to hopefully draw free kicks. But he needs to start showing more intensity and if not then I would consider going smaller with Melksham with our mids instructed to lower the eyes. Some serious heat needs to go onto the rest of the forward line to apply pressure down there because Ben Brown won’t. Zero tackles again from Bailey is not good enough whether he impacts the scoreboard or not.

Love your work Dutchy, must be the cookies.

Ouch Fez. I think as punishment Kozzy should sign a long term contract to stay at Melbourne

You can tell at a Perth Hospital maternity ward what team a newborn baby will barrack for. If it cries it’s a docker and if it boo’s it’s an eagle.

Really like the look of Cross. Has a touch of Kade Chandler about him.

I’m not a religious person but I pray the club has the vision to nominate the Caulfield Racecourse as the preferred location. An almost exclusive facility that is in supporter heartland. Public transport on the doorstep, potential partnership opportunities with Monash University with physio or medical. Room to build an elite facility now with ability to expand in the future. Can have a MCG sized oval to train on with another oval that we can interchange to replicate dimensions of away grounds eg GMHBA. Too much politics and red tape at Gosch’s and is limited in use and potential. Please Melbourne FC get it done!!!!!

If they drop Chandler then I will be as mad as hell.

[censored] crowd. Why would you watch the Bronco’s and Dolphins live when you could watch the Mighty Dee’s!!!!!!

Happy 50th Game Harry Petty. Stick it up em!!!!

Serious question. Have we ever appealed a tribunal decision. I would have contested both length of ANB suspension and the Kade Chandler suspension. I genuinely can’t remember us contesting a decision. We are a very “nice club” Good thing we are a football club and not a cricket club because we don’t appeal. In this case if Kossie was consulted and satisfied that will do me. If not we should have at least had a go at getting it down to a 1 game suspension.

Do I think he should get a suspension….yes. But I would be appealing the level of impact and see if we can get 2 weeks down to one. This is a bloke that we are absolutely desperate to sign a new contract, or do we roll over on that as well. we have nothing to really lose by appealing but potentially a lot to lose if we don’t. Pretty confident the big clubs would appeal. Will not appealing be the difference between Kossie staying or going……no. But having his back and at least asking the question might help to get him to sign on.

I’m calling B.S on this. Collingwood supporters can’t read.

I also think Chandler will be pushing, Spargo, ANB, Melksham etc. They need to hit the scoreboard more or provide more forward line pressure. Fritsch hits the scoreboard but we need more pressure from him defensively as a medium size player.

100% this!!!!! He will also bring that defensive pressure in the forward line which was lacking big time last year. As long as he keeps it simple and plays to his strengths will be dangerous with that bit of X factor. Also loving having Kossie and Riv rotate through the mids once again providing a different look there with speed and X factor. On paper our forward line is really imposing but doesn’t quite play like it. It is the missing link and if we can get to a stage where we sort out the delivery, the leading patterns ensuring our key talls have separation and our smalls are in the right spot. If we get back to playing selfless footy there providing blocks etc then I am certain we will break our premiership drought. Great that Chocco is the specialist goal kicking coach but I would have loved for us to invest in the off season in a specialist forward line coach or at least swap Yze and Stafford with Yze taking forwards and Stafford mids which makes sense as that’s where they played their footy. Early days though and it was a pretty good start.Give ‘em Hell…..again

Hope he does play, he had front row tickets to the Bang, Bang, Bang show being in the midfield at the time.

1/ Better player management; that is both injury management and performance management. 2/ Play with a more attacking mindset, last year we were far too conservative 3/ A better functioning forward line. If we do all of the above then I believe we will win the premiership in 2023.

It’s been 6725 days since they last played in a final. That deal ain’t helping them. And long may that streak continue.

Really sorry for both you and your son. On a positive note at least you can say you’ve spent more time on Gosch’s Paddock this pre season than Joel Smith. Hope the club makes it up to you.

Pure Ralphy

Maybe we should hide him at Mansfield and let him kick 25 goals in a game, surely nobody will notice

100% this. What is JJ or any of our mids meant to do when more often than not our forwards push so high up the ground. Would love to see 3 stay at home forwards, isolate Kossie, isolate Fritsch and heaven forbid that we actually played to Ben Browns strengths and kicked the ball to him one on one or in a lead to space situation. Our forward line set up and leading patterns are poor. I am hoping that Santa leaves a “specialist” forward line coach Under the MFC Christmas tree

Maybe we should invite them around for a spliff

Very ordinary scenes. Puts our title of worlds friendliest city in jeopardy.

Can you blame our fans when games are scheduled down there on a Thursday night, plus our ticket allocation is reduced due to the taxpayer funded ground enhancements that they are receiving down there…………again.