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Huh, there is too much AI slop on here

2 minutes ago, Greg Schneider said:

2nd oldest team of the round, is interesting

Would love to see the median - the average age is getting a prop up from Melksham, TMac, Gawn, and Mihocek.

3 minutes ago, bluey said:

Certainly receives a pass from me.

He has great instincts in defence. That cut off that led to JVRs goal was a great read. A 12 point read.

1 hour ago, Young Angus said:

Apologies as I don't have time to read it all, but stoked with that win! Is Melksham injured? What's up with his knee anything?

Also I really hope CJ isn't brought straight back into the side, surely everyone agrees we seem better without him, for now at least.

Bad cramp.

And don’t agree - I think our style suits his strengths and in the counter factual that he was playing the last two weeks we would be signing the virtues of Jiath.

Systems win flags that’s for sure. Predictability is the genesis of that axiom.

You can build In creativity into your predictable plan I think - I look Gryan Miers and the way he kicks into the 50.

But the dump game plan of the last 4 years turns our offensive phase (when we have the ball) into the contested phase immediately.

The beauty of our current game plan is that if you have total commitment you can have a level of predictability and success WITH the space for creativity.

Just be comfortable when it all goes to hell and we turn it over on the back flank and we get punished.

This can be merged with the game plan thread - can’t find it - but I wanted to talk about the engine of this ‘speed’ on the ball and why it’s different to previous years.

So I was closely watching the forwards when we didn’t have the ball or when it was in contest to see what we were trying to set up when we want to defend and the when we get it.

The SnapBack

Essentially it’s a counter attack pose but with a team licence to push up and gegenpress when it’s something that works with defences or if we have the tickets to do it, so when the team does need a ‘breather’ the forwards neutral position is corridor and across centre/centre wing and even defensive side of wing. While that is a ‘flood’ if we can keep Mihocek and/or JVR in the forward half we will. Makes any turnover have a chest to hit running into space with players to hand to.

So when we get the ball into our ‘forwards’ hands from an intercept - and this is why Sharp got a lot of footy on the wing chest facing goal - we don’t blaze away but try to maximise hands out of a contest and then kick over the ball watching defenders and run past them.

Then we just free jazz from there. If you can kick a floating chip to your cousin you do that. If you want to go across goal for Culley to ‘do something with’ you do that.

We can be opened up when we overcommit and make a mistake but that is something to just expect and put up with.

It must be so much fun to play with

If you can run…

3 hours ago, Nasher said:

Oh God, is that possible? Now that my age begins with a 4 I find I can trigger calf and hammy cramps rolling the wrong way in bed. Never had a groin cramp, or even really imagined it, but if that starts happening, I’m throwing in the towel.

Yeah, you’re in strife

Melksham looked so proppy in the last. He was either cramping in the groin (uncomfortable!) or twinged it slightly.

The beauty of Latrelle is that he, his teammates, the opposition, his folks, kozzy, you know them - haven’t the faintest idea what he is going to do with the ball when he gets it

“Corral him!”

Corral him? He just run backwards and up a flight of stairs

14 minutes ago, Chook said:

This seems incredibly unprofessional by the individuals involved. I wouldn't tar Melbourne the club with any sweeping brush, but the individuals unable to keep sensitive, private, and unverified information to themselves should really not be employed in any position anywhere where they might handle that stuff.

Pretty basic really.

And the need to over share in front of partners make one wonder what are we overcorrecting for and what behaviour did we tacitly condone with silence and ‘sweeping carpets’…

So Richardson was always on the way out in my view - the nonsense new role we were trying to get Bartel into gave that intention away.

Guerra is the longer term worry here - he doesn’t lead things that he should lead and he was doing the opposite when he was putting words in the mouths of others earlier this season “Max thinks blah”.

Not great signs

1 hour ago, Ugottobekidding said:

The club knows who leaked it

Or blew the whistle.

One man’s freedom fighter and all that…

16 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

I reckon Daniel Turner may play forward this weekend. I know for a fact that he has been told by King that he will swing between back and forward this year depending on certain match ups as he rates his versatility and marking ability.

It may not even happen this weekend but dont be surprised if there are games where he ends up forward.

I think the emergence of Howes as a bonafide dependable role player makes this possible. And very handy.

50 minutes ago, Dee Vinci said:

Should be an absolute cracker of a game of we play like last week's second half.

Planned to go down from cosmopolitan Wollogong with my son to wean him of Usa Nba ( he's six feet three and plays it so it's fair enough)

But really trying to get him to appreciate the greatest game in the world.

And I'm not bias.

It's faster than soccer and has just as immaculate goals kicked just much more of them.

It's physical. It's highly skilled. The banana kick for example.

It's the most democratic. Spargo tackling Sam Draper.

It's got the right about of biffo with nobody being killed, for the blood lusty.

Total athletes. Could probably play a lot of different sports quite successfully.

Anyway due to the cost of living we decided we couldn't afford it Sadly, I know I'm not alone.

Putting two kids through uni is draining. Especially when they live at home. Sure they work but still struggle financially ( like me)

I bought an i30 diesel wagon five years ago and was laughing how much I was saving. Now I'll be lucky to drive it soon.

I actually only got a cheap interstate mship even though I Probably won't use the tix. I'll see if I can transfer them to someone here.

But so looking fwd to this . Kayo....my gullty indulgence...... but necessary.

I'm so glad Turner is back in. Lever's form was good but Petty was average.

And woo hoo, Milkshake is back.

Jvr has gone back into his shell after his thunderous start so Milkshake and Fritta with a few others there, should be interesting and needed.

I'm glad Tracca is out because for some reason our ex players always do a number on us.

They are a good side and we can't afford to get jumped.

Win this and it really shows that we are proper competitors this year.

Hopefully our 43 point turn around has filled the team with heaps of self belief and we take home the chocolates.

I think we will have to play KP in the middle for the whole game.

He was devastating on the ball against carlton and seems to see ball...get ball...use ball well.

A genuine superstar who I don't even believe is at the peak of his prowess yet.

Jvr needs a good game. I'm hoping at least 3 goals. He can't afford not to impact another game as it will really hurt his confidence which is probably low after such a big start.

Looking for big games from Chin, Windsor, Steele...who is a gun, Fritta( again...shades of GF Fritta,) Tmac and mainly Sparrow.

The latter probably played his best game in years.

I can't say I have a great deal.of faith in him which seems harsh after his last efforts. I know he's not lazy...his tackle counts is always high. In other words he tries hard.

But as I've posted numerous times he's just not a ball magnet. I've suggested he's best played fwd. He's good for a couple of goals and an accurate kick. Maybe a sub.

But if he plays consistently he didot will be a team changer. Alas he's 25 and we've seen a handful of games like this from him.

I've said before he's like playing with a man down and under Goody was always in. Maybe we lacked depth but I, and not a few here, thought he did not warrant so many games.

I hope so much he mocks this sentiment from me on Sunday.

So a big game against the number one team in the comp and at home, thank goodness.

I think we are a genuine chance.

And after the first quarter against carlton last week, I had almost given the year away.

Good Lord what a fairweather supporter.

Forgive me oh ye Gods of oval ball with great sense of humor in this time of footy long weekend heaven.

For I no know not what I do nor say.

But may the ball bounce true and straight for us, stick to our hands when marking, guide it always through the big sticks, rain down accurate handballs and curse all maggots making poor decisions against us.

And all the Mfc fans said , Amen.

Ps..I haven't watched all of the last two games except last week. Has Jvr been rucking unlike the first game and if so, has this possibly impacted his game? 6 goals then zip...zip is very odd. Granted , I think delivery v St Kilda was very different. The game seemed faster and there was lots of room fwd. But what's changed?

I really thought he turned the corner but if he fails to fire again, id be worried. Hopefully I'm totally wrong and he has a ripper. Let's hope it's a cornucopia of goals for us from several forwards.

Tolstoy is blushing

1 hour ago, Ghostwriter said:

Disco might go forward if there’s a very late out.

Hmmm.

Sounds like an FD overcorrecting after a period of time of “keeping the carpets full” but not a great sign that a player or a partner felt so aggrieved that they have ‘whistleblown’ on a senior FD official for revealing sensitive info on someone that now puts that person back in the news when they don’t need to be…

39 minutes ago, Mister Ed said:

I don’t know anything.

I’m a horse.

Of course

Wonder what Copilot says happened

2 hours ago, Roost it far said:

Turner, Bowey and a fit Rivers along with Lever, Turner and Petty is where I see us landing once everyone is fit. You’ve then got XTaylor and Lindsay as well as Kolt to add defensive/mid running, along with what appears as a very fit midfield group. I think we can attack and defend within the parameters of what we’re currently seeing. Tomorrow we will learn more as GC have serious talent across the board.

One other thing I reckon is this side has a bit of the John Northey’s about them. There’s a bit of us against them vibe and they’ll fight it out to the end and that’s a fantastic trait to in-still into a team. Hats off to King thus far.

Yes hats off. It’s been great to watch. And we may be the baby bombers.

But more accurately I think we are trying to find the balance of a gameplan that we are completely committed to from the jump. And that advantage will ease as we give more teams an opportunity to see what we are doing.

And I am not so much worried about ‘the defence’ - it is the over committing of the mids, a turnover and an easy hit up to defenders with zero pressure on the ball.

It’s expected, I am comfortable with it, but I can genuinely see Dees supporters getting there eyes bigger than their stomachs here.

1 hour ago, binman said:

I'm not sure about that.

I was really impressed by our defensive system against the Blues.

And even more impressed with our pressure, intensity and contest- suggests to me that we're not just an outside team.

Amd I'm not the only one.

I heard Simpson say on SEN that before the blues game he had us pegged as an outside team that would score heavily against bottom teams but get beaten up by the top teams because we couldn't match their contest work.

He said that he was super impressed with our contest, pressure and ability to match the blues at the contest and stoppages. Said we clearly more than the one trick pony he thought we were.

Yes I heard that, damned with faint praise. Essentially, he was amazed Gawn and Steele were able to adapt to making the stoppage bigger and have our half forwards roll up and exploit our ‘speed of gameplan’ advantage. I think that can be neutralised and brutalised by the best teams as we make errors.

I can see it being great to watch and give us a chance to kick goals against anyone but it is essentially a desire to open the game up - almost by definition we are going to have more A1-D1 contests (1-1 contests) to win and execute well from. I just think that we are not there yet and we can expect the best teams to have more than enough opportunities to get a hold of us.

It’s really promising.

But as a I said for a few weeks - we will get absolutely torn in half by the best teams.

And that’s ok if you live on a plane of reality as a Dees fan.

7 minutes ago, sisso said:

So is Fritsch "in doubt" for this week or out injured for 6? That's a wide gamut of possibilities...

wait, what’s happened to his gamut?

4 minutes ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

Fritta is an elite field kick.

His field kicking is laser like.

Also an elite finisher.

He is also lazy and selfish.

Again, elite requires almost universal execution. Fritsch is not an elite kick because of?

Anyone? Anyone?

… decision making.

27 minutes ago, Sideshow Bob said:

What astounds me is the st kilda supporters were delighted to rid of him.

Stopping the development of some kid.... jeebus. He is the reason they develop ....

Not sure about that. That roar when he got his first touch in Rd 1 was every fan in the stadium - not just Dees fans.