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  1. Chook respectively I completely disagree. We can’t blame players who have focused on perfecting one craft for their careers for not developing another in just one preseason. I think we should go back to the birth of it - it was the club’s idea. When they approached Max the only question he asked is if it would help us win a premiership and they answered yes. The club overestimated their ability to develop their forward craft, overestimated the value of this structure, and did not fix our forward issues which cost us a shot at the premiership.
  2. Best first quarter we’ve played in a while, and loving it. Everyone on their game. Absolute pressure and body commitment. Max’s run down tackle a highlight…
  3. Adelaide got completely out coached last night. Didn’t try and minimise Stewart (10 intercept marks, 28 disposals at 89% efficiency), let Dawson butcher the ball as distributor for too long, and no corridor movement. If their kicking was better they could have gotten there, but they should have rolled Geelong as a baseline.
  4. There still appears to be a bit of smugness around the St Kilda area and isolated showers of denial near Collingwood.
  5. I think / hope it’s more than that. Hawthorn have a very depleted backline of talls (Jiath, Blanck, Grainger-Barrass, McCabe all injured). It’s just kicker Sicily of any talent (sorry Frost). The Petty inclusion might be to take further height advantage. Let’s just hope our just forward 50 entries are good and on target.
  6. Lol what?! Please tell me you’re joking!
  7. The free count was a bit lopsided, but I was amazed by the lack of running and pressure from Collingwood. Felt like there was no accountability and once a contest was lost they just gave up. Far too many passengers.
  8. Great start to the weekend. Just need a Dees win!
  9. For anyone interested there was a good article in The Age which looks at Sydney’s high press effectiveness as a blueprint against Collingwood: https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/high-press-high-reward-did-the-swans-give-the-footy-world-a-blueprint-for-beating-collingwood-20240318-p5fda1.html?btis
  10. Nearly best on ground! The focus of the game was great to listen to. Much less dribble.
  11. What a game from Clarry. After I thought he wasn’t fit last week he destroyed it today. Rapt and hope this is a start of a great new journey for him. Billings was extraordinary. A few Saints mates said he could play and he showed it today. Was hoping BBB and TMac could etch out one more year and this was a great start. Great game, go Dees.
  12. Committed until the end of 2025 so wouldn’t be impossible, and agree that he should be getting more games there. Don’t know why Beveridge is persisting with Lobb.
  13. Here I are excerpts of the article below. The Scoop has since learned that eyebrows were raised at the Demons’ season launch at the MCG two weeks ago when president Kate Roffey declared Melbourne wanted “to be more like Collingwood”. … This column approached Roffey to provide further context. And the president did exactly that. “Collingwood members set the benchmark when it comes to achieving huge – and let’s be honest – noisy crowd attendances; and that is a benchmark we want to chase,” Roffey told this masthead. “I believe Melbourne can and should be a big club on and off the field. We have seen our membership grow to record numbers over the last few years and are on our way to reaching 75-80 thousand members, and I want to see that number keep growing. We have always had a great rivalry with the Pies on the field. Let’s add the membership-number challenge to that great rivalry off the field.” Roffey went on to explain that her remarks should be interpreted as a call to arms for Melbourne supporters. In 2023, the Demons had 70,785 members to Collingwood’s 106,470, while the two clubs’ average crowds, including finals, were 43,860 for Melbourne and 64,429 for Collingwood. “The crowd at a game makes a huge difference - especially a noisy crowd giving their team 100 per cent support. I’m not sure supporters realise how much difference it does make to players on the field - but it matters a lot to them. When the MCG is full and our members are making lots of noise it gives the players a massive lift out on the field. “I will keep encouraging every Melbourne supporter to play their part by getting to games, by being louder in the stands - and getting behind their players whether the team is five goals up or five goals down - because it does matter. Roffey admitted, “I may well go down in history as the only Melbourne president who has ever said anything positive about Collingwood - but in the context of the conversation I was having around the size of the club and crowd attendances I don’t think there is any confusion for supporters. …
  14. Sydney’s dare and skill execution is very impressive
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