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This begs but one question…

You see you need 22 players to play in a game of football. And a sub of course. 4 of them will begin on what is called the ‘interchange’ or ‘bench’ as it is known in some parts.

Parish should have gone too. Its laughable that there was this equivalence being made to Oliver as there were pick 4 and 5. There’s a reason Mahoney got to that pick. Didnt want to get stuck with Darcy…

Yes, Shiel should shoulder the blame for Parish having 18 more touches than him and going 40m further with having 18 fewer touches… Scapegoat, sacrificial lamb, whatever animal - it’s a bit rich. And also pause for thought for those that change clubs - you are always on the outer of the inner, anything goes wrong - you can find yourself at the meat market.

Weid was gearing up to be 2nd ruck/fwd before Jackson fell to us. He will surprise a few in the stoppages I think.

Ok, well as long as she is getting some exercise. Don’t want a Gilbert Grape situation; those cranes are an expensive rent.

Spend an extra $66 and get her [censored] off the armchair…

Andy Maher was very impressed. His answer to the dynasty question is exactly the right pivot - we want the underlying environment that enable dynasties but don’t expect to win them. Perfect answer.

Get stand-alone Thursday and Saturday night around QB and what do we have to greet these marquee fixtures? Melbourne fans readying their excuses and dusting off their reasons for not going/not having good a crowd/being out numbered by fans of teams that do not exist anymore (Fitzroy/Sth Melb)… Sad really.

The real problem are the ‘unknown unknowns.’ They’re the ones that get you.

Good clubs lose assistants. Deal with it. This all came from a ‘trolling’ post in another thread about Yze being a better coach than Goodwin and we will get a lift out of that and now you have turned that into a thread. It doesn’t deserve to be - Goodwin is a flag winning coach that has got the players happy and the team humming. You don’t eff around with that.

We lost our back up ruck, 5th mid rotation, and a pressure forward. None are in our galaxy of stars (yet). We should be fine. No excuses.

Weed is better suited to back up ruck as it would mean he does less up forward.

Weideman is a very good forward ruck. TMac to come back

Who are the three out with Covid?? Any whispers?

Yeah, but they used to just sit there in silence.

Classic MFC fan revisionism of BB. He was fantastic at North and has been, and currently is, the best tall forward we have.

The oval shaped ball means the spin drags the ball down quicker which means you have to flush the ball in the ‘belly’ for shots past 30m out and that makes the ‘around the corner’ kick just as hard to master as the drop punt. Kids should definitely do more check sides and bananas and barrels though- they all have their place in the game.

Funny, I saw this and immediately thought they are isolating together and have got Covid. Others see a contract signing. Art is in the eye of the beholder…

Coz it’s Steven effing May…

Good point. The bigger crime is those self-imposed know-it-alls who look at players and say “he will never play in a premiership” and that is absolute nonsense. Half our team are ‘playing a role’ and are what are called ‘replacement players’ as they have no elite aspect to their game that can’t be replaced with an equally dedicated and trusted player. We had plenty of those people on here before last year.

We are playing 4 qtrs of defensive minded strangulation of teams as they slow the game down in a misguided attempt to bore us into making a positional mistake. It rarely comes and when we pounce it is only our execution and decision making that stops us slinging the ball through middle and deep into the forward line. Sometimes we are pure and sometimes we get away with it and sometimes the other team loses patience. And sometimes all three things happen in 6 minutes and we have kicked 5 and the game is over.

We hate Geelong.

And maybe turn up to games while you support a generational team…