Stiff Arm

Need to answer that quickly

Really want to see Oliver kick 2 or 3 goals in 2nd half. Nothing better than an A grade mid who hits the scoreboard

Petty having a blinder. Oliver is everywhere. Lever getting pushed under ball too easily Must keep up the pressure Big 3rd quarter coming

Some great intercept marking by our backs

Oliver held without. Play on!

Port's final goal assisted by a clear throw under tackling pressure. Nice goal umpires. We have certainly turned up the pressure this week. Keep it up and they will continue to cough it up.

Sure, but they were both very good wins. While we weren't playing at our peak, its worth remembering that had we nailed a couple of [censored] house shots at goal vs GWS we would've won. Similar had the umpires not made 2 horrendous decisions in the last 2 mins vs Crows. 'Coulda, shoulda, woulda', and not making excuses, but goes to show the game can turn on a few small improvements. We definitely need to work on our effectiveness out of the centre.

I'd say the last 3 games. We were poor against the Crows for sure, but we were at our peak against Bullies and Lions the following weeks. We can turn this around. Your last sentence is very true. We have a good midfield that other clubs have developed strategies to minimise our clearance outcomes. I have no doubt Goodwin, Ooze and Choco will be going hard at this. Ben Brown is an excellent inclusion. Increase clearances, lower the eyes into the 50 and kick straighter. Please god kick straighter!

Because the VFL has been on again, off again and sometimes farcically one sided, and training and intra clubs might be a better indicator of his readiness. He has come straight back in from injury in the past and made an impact. Eg, around finals time in 2018, iirc. Just speculating, Kent...

It will be hard to move Dew.... I like the idea of Pies and Clarko. Misery deserves company

With all due respect, I think supporters and the media wind themselves up over things like the ladder. Drop one place down and suddenly its doom and gloom. Too much emotion, which is perfectly understandable I'd reckon the FD and players are focussing on one week at a time, quite literally. Get some good recovery and training during the week, do the homework on the oppo, strategise, get Chocco into the minds of those players out of form, etc.

BBB in. Kozzie has a couple of young guys knocking on his door. Please, not Melk, please.

Can't have everyone up every week, but it would be fair to say we have numerous important players going missing each week for significant lengths of the game. Eg. Clarrie: 9 disp to half time, Viney for most of the game, Brayshaw 7 to 3/4 time

And yet 4 weeks ago we beat Brisbane and Bulldogs reasonably well. Not sure about flaky, but we are certainly in a form slump, 1 win from last 3 games. The positive is that we are 12/3 and we know our deficiencies are midfield clearances and a forward line lacking key targets. Address this before finals and we are NOT pretenders

Our mid clearances and key forwards were exposed this week. 3 wins from last 6 games, and not great vs Collingwood or Essendon. Need to turn this form slump around. This won't stand up in September

Mate, time to put the glasses back on. Green is having a (green) field day

Hibbo: 1 disposal Toby Green: 3 goals Time for a rethink.

I'd like to see Nathan Jones do his best to work up peak fitness and form in time for finals. Give himself the best chance of potentially playing in a Granny. Had a cracking game for Casey on weekend. The guy is leaving no stone unturned. Good on him.

Again, its hardly the club's fault that ticketek can't get it right. Its not "your ticketek", the club does not control ticketek, ticketing is between the AFL, MCC and ticketek. I hear your pain 640MD, but let's not blame the club because you've had problems using the ticketek website

Is it the fault of the MFC? I would think its the AFL, MCC and ticketek who decide the arrangements. Not sure the club has much say in it, probably gave as much notice as they could to members

Had same problem on laptop. Ended up using app on phone and it had the box for 12 digit number. Try that Bob.

Big shout out to Hunt who I saw on Tippa for most of the night and kept him quiet. Not saying he's our next Hibbert, just that he can be very pleased with his game on Sat night. I like that he's lowering his eyes to find a target this year.

Viney so important to the balance of our midfield. Looking forward to him crunching a few Bombers with his tackling pressure. Keeping the pressure on the Ess ball carrier is crucial. Get them to panic and turn it over. They like a free flowing possession game. I prefer the smaller foward line, especially if its a bit slippery. Weid and BBB are better suited to dry conditions. We did well without the earlier in the season with Tom McDonald stepping up. Dees by 30

Man with a plan: Tom McDonald

MFC 16 game member and just got 1 ticket. Can't be many left, as 3 of the 4 bays behind the goals allocated to our club are full. At least that's the message I kept getting on ticketek site. Get in quick!