Bring-Back-Powell

Viney is having his worst season in years. Sure he was excellent last week, but he’s otherwise been way down on what he’s capable of.

Hoping to put in our best performance since the St Kilda game and keep the margin very respectable. A win is unlikely for a number of reasons. However, win next week and there’s a scenario or two that would have us in the 8 at the end of round 17, or at the very least on the borderline.

On a serious note Goodwin couldn’t have been any less effusive of Brown’s prospects of getting a game this week when asked in his mid week presser so it’s not a surprise in the slightest he was dropped.

Our coach clearly deemed that Kynan didn’t have enough impact in his 3 minutes of game time (despite getting 3 less fantasy points than Fritsch’s in his 120 minutes)

FWIW Melskham should be a lock in the side after 1-2 games in the VFL provided he has adequate AFL standard fitness. I don't care if he's 35 or whatever, the club still needs to put out a competitive product week to week, and Melk will surely assist here. Our forward line is crying out for natural forwards. With all due respect to Petty and Turner, they are not natural forwards while our most natural forward is way off the boil atm. Hence we're battling to kick 70 points against the Norths and West Coasts of the league.

OMG, it sounds as though we actually did a good last weekend.

The boys on Foxtel’s Midweek Tackle mentioned the following: 1) Fritsch is so close to getting dropped it isn’t funny, but will probably get one last chance. 2) Stunned that we’re now fielding one of the youngest sides in the league.

I think our treatment of Tomlinson has been pretty ordinary post 2021, and he's always the first to be dropped at the drop of a hat. None more so than his MFC career best game against Collingwood in 2023. Even against Sydney in Op Rd, he was far from our worse but got omitted. Not a crime against humanity by the MFC, as every club has an unlucky player, but he's pretty stiff overall and will get dropped for Lever this week IMO. Having said that all that, he'd be a useful chip in a hypothetical mid season trade period. We could trade him to a club short of KP defenders in exchange for their surplus of tall and small forwards or resting rucks.

Sounds about right but Goodwin wasn’t exactly glowing about Kynan Brown’s retention in the side, in today’s presser.

Without it we would've lost the game, pleasingly and sadly at the same time.

And yesterday he was training in sandals or berkenshires or whatever you call them. Clearly an issue there but I'm sure he'll be there on Friday.

I voted for Curnow as I'm sure he'll need the votes.... Just kidding.

To his credit he's a pretty decent set shot. Looks as though we're persisting with the JVR/Petty/Turner 3 pronged attack. That needs to change for next year, and will change.

A more than fair outcome. I'd be livid if we were robbed a free by an opponent doing the same thing. I'll be even more livid if a Carlton or Collingwood player does the same this next week and it fails to even crack a mention in the MRO report.

Also think Carlton and Collingwood could account for Sydney on GF day, but that's for another thread.

Kynan Brown (8) got 3 less fantasy points than Fritsch (11) on the back of 1 tackle and 1 possession. Clarry got 26 points. Prior to this year he’d get 100 in his sleep. Fair to say there’s some room for improvement with regards to some of our top end players.

Did McAdam demand selection next week?

Not for next week but is Jefferson closing in on a debut? 4 goals/8 marks today which would make that his second or third haul of goals for the year. I’d imagine Brisbane will go all out offence and engage in a shoot out, given we can’t score 80 these days, and they can score 100 in their sleep.

When was the last time a club won a game with less than 300 possessions? That’s genuine 1980’s and 1990’s quantity. Usually clubs that’s don’t crack 300 cop a belting.

As I mentioned in the non MFC thread today, how is it that Brisbane keep drafting and successfully blooding goal kicking forwards, and now have 2 more in Lohmann and Morris that are now established in their best 22.

As much as I’m disappointed with the performance, that’s a very level headed post. North’s last 2 weeks have been streets ahead of ours, and it was pleasing to finally see some set shot accuracy tonight, which ironically won us the game.

I actually take this as a positive. Means he’s going to go off like a rocket in the coming weeks and kick some bags, if you believe in law of averages. Although Petty’s doing his best to defy that law.

I thought it was years since we’ve won off the bye, but in 2021 we beat the Dons at the G (25% Covid capacity) and then flogged Brisbane in 2022 by 10 goals at the same venue. Having said that, tonight wasn’t exactly conquering Mt Everest.

Edit - triple post.

I thought it was years since we’ve won off the bye, but in 2021 we beat the Dons at the G (25% Covid capacity) and then flogged Brisbane in 2022 by 10 goals at the same venue. Having said that, tonight wasn’t exactly conquering Mt Everest.