The Mongrel Punt

Just on this - not sure how many of you watch Port games closely, but I am not sure how he would fit with you guys given the role he plays. From where I sit, you play Langdon on one side of the ground and rotate Jordon with Harmes, ANB, and Brayshaw in the past - all these players have significant defensive sides to their games that Amon simply does not possess. He is a great runner and will work into the rotation to clog up space, but he is not a ball-winner in contested situations the likes of the three I listed. I am not sure he will be one to keep his width and spread the defence the way the others do. Sure, he can be taught, but to pay overs for someone that will play a role that four others already on the list can play... seems a little out of character for the current Melbourne team. Far be it from me to tell you blokes about your team - I know how much attention to detail there is on this board - but I watch the wingers pretty closely across the league, and on face value, he does not appear to fit in with what you're doing at the moment. Anyway, happy to be corrected

Formula remains my own, but I use a combination of disposals/efficiency/metres gained, inside/rebound 50s, score involvements, goals,, turnovers, as well as player ratings every week decoded by the writer reviewing the game. They go in with the special herbs and spices every week to give a score and we get the cumulative amount. Hope that helps

He hasn't played on the wing since R2

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Just adding our game review from last night - expect a little blowback from the comments about Pickett ducking into the tackle, but you gotta call what you see... and it is more in relation to the plethora of players employing this tactic. Anyway, hope you enjoy. https://themongrelpunt.com/afl-season-2022/2022/04/08/melbourne-v-port-adelaide-the-good-bad-and-the-ugly/

Just adding our review of the game for your perusal. Feel free to delete if it's against a rule or something. Nice win. 👍 https://themongrelpunt.com/afl-season-2022/2022/03/17/melbourne-v-western-bulldogs-the-big-questions/

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Thanks for the share. Hope you guys find some value in this. 👍

Rapt to hear that. I'll let the missus know. She was a little nervous about her review going in given her... hmmmm, "limited" knowledge of the game, but for a light hearted piece, it came off well. Cheers

Humbled. Thanks for the kind words.

Always up for a discussion. Hope you enjoy

If you're using an iPhone or iPad the best option is opening it with Apple books. On a Samsung or android phone, youll need an ereader program - the app readera is pretty good. They're the epub version I have a kobo reader - works a treat on that, and the kindle/mobi format is... well, it's for kindle. Both files are available on the download. I've not tried transferring fom mobile device to mobike device, but if I was going to grab an ebook, I'd usually do it on my laptop then transfer to whatever I wanted to read it on. Cheers. Also, allow me to make your life a little easier/cheaper with ebooks. Search for whatever book you like at the following link. Its the cheapest you'll find... as in, it's free :) My daughter put me onto it. It's ridiculous. https://z-lib.org/ Cheers

Cheers for the plug, mate. Really appreciate it. We do this every year for the premiership team. As you can see from the contents, not every game is covered as I can only feature the content I write personally - this includes the members content, and a couple of extra articles for the year. All other Dees articles can be found on our site. Again, thanks for the support and if you opted to part with your hard-earned, hope it was an enjoyable read. I reckon the finals section provided value for you guys. Cheers - HB

Hi mate, joined to say thank you for sharing our stuff on here all season. Really appreciate you doing so - we are unlike other agencies that have marketing or advertising budgets, so people like you sharing and getting the word out and possibly having people sign up is worth so much to us. Hope you all watch the game over and over until you know the commentary word-for-word. What a win. Congrats, and thanks. HB - The Mongrel Punt