Everything posted by seventyfour
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CASEY: Rd 07 vs Footscray
The promise is Kentfield becoming a future CHB is exciting. We need it.
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PREGAME: Rd 08 vs West Coast
Enough mids in the team already to cover. Good opportunity for Langford to show his stuff.
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Xavier Lindsay- Round 7 Rising Star
Another Jason Taylor special. There's nothing I don't like about this kid, I've got question marks about Kolt and Langford but Lindsay just makes me happy. Looks skinny on TV but surprises me in real life, bigger than I thought and think he'll build a great frame in a few years.
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TRAINING: Monday 28th April 2025
Hope so - we are desperate to find our next KPD. If our kids develop quickly we could have a shot at another flag around 2027 but we'll need a May replacement by then.
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Tom Fullarton
Jeffo and Fullarton are the same. We've seen players like them before. No physicality as tall = you won't make it. Ever tall we draft going forward needs to have physicality as a key trait.
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POSTGAME: Rd 07 vs Richmond
I'm fine with the last quarter. Some opportunities missed in the thirdn quarter are frustrating. We could've been 3-4 goals further in front. Viney stuffed an easy easy opportunity straight in front early on. Oliver stuffed one with heaps of space from 50m out later in the quarter. Pickett used the ball poorly from a centre clearance after the Lynch goal, should've hit a lead. And speaking of the Lynch goal, it only happened because May had just been taken off after rolling his ankle.
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POSTGAME: Rd 07 vs Richmond
Fullarton showing why it took Goodwin so long to give him a game.
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CASEY: Rd 05 vs Richmond
Good to see that it's our AFL listed players doing most of the work. Of the VFL listed, the best two are former AFL.
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CASEY: Rd 05 vs Richmond
28yo, delisted by 2 clubs. His ball use at AFL level is no good. Credit to him for his VFL year so far but he's not what our AFL team needs.
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Petracca & Oliver at the Dees in 2026?
I am open to Petracca as captain as a reclamation project. Most Melbourne supporters I know have little love for him. Making him skipper and getting his commitment to the club for life would go a long way towards his personal legacy and our clubs legacy.
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PREGAME: Rd 07 vs Richmond
Turner for May is obvious. McVee comes in, I'd make the change for Sharp, but then not sure who gets the sun. Melksham perhaps.
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PREGAME: Rd 07 vs Richmond
No change other than McVee in for Turner. Rewards the team as a whole for performing. Put Sharp on the field and carry a tall as the sub, either Jeffo or AJ. Gives us flexibility to drop Petty back if we need it.
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Time to give Howes a fair go
200 games is a lot. We've had less than 30 in our entire history.
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The Luke Beveridge Thread
Surprised this has got to 4 pages. There is zero chance of Caro's reporting being true.
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GAMEDAY: Rd 05 vs Essendon
Henderson is [censored]. Tholstrup straight in next week for him if match fit.
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GAMEDAY: Rd 05 vs Essendon
Dees by 19. Fritsch to fire with 4.
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Time to go Goody?
A premiership isn't won in single game, it's a season worth of results and we were incredible that year. Start to finish, it was one of the more dominant seasons in the 2000s. We won 20 games for the year, including streaks of nine and seven, and a massive come from behind win in Geelong to seal the minor premiership. Of the four losses, the largest was 20 points. Our finals campaign included an easy win against Brisbane, a belting of Geelong, then the Grand Final. Teams can't do this sort of thing without a great coach. Goodwin's issue seems to be the complacency in the years following. Stubborness with the gameplan, misfires in recruiting and drafting, and letting poor behaviours creep into the culture.
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Tom Fullarton
Maybe the onus is on Tom to play more than 3 good games before he gets a shot.
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If we lose this week I will?
I'll move on. Losing is easier when we're not contending for the flag.
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PREGAME: Rd 05 vs Essendon
Might be time for Turner to go back again? Showed some promise there before his move forward.
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PREGAME: Rd 05 vs Essendon
I have. We were in just as bad form last year and got it done against the Bombers. I don't rate Essendon at all. Merrett is a freak, otherwise there isn't much in their team that i'm scared of. Even the worst teams win games, usually 3 or 4. If Lever comes back it gives us arguably our best team (on-paper) so far this year. May and Kozz with games under their belt, hopefully Windsor is better with some consistency too. I understand that we look horrible but i'm not going into every game thinking it's an automatic loss, and the Bombers are a team i'd particularly highlight as opportunity for a win.
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PREGAME: Rd 05 vs Essendon
Essendon are no good and getting a lead will surely cause them jitters. We can absolutely win this game.
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PREGAME: Rd 05 vs Essendon
If the season finished today, our first pick would be 20, and that doesn't factor the pick sliding from academy and father-son players. Essendon holds our first round pick. There is no incentive for us to tank this year other than the development of young players.
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Petracca & Oliver at the Dees in 2026?
Reckon the bombers would give our first pick back for trac?
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Petracca & Oliver at the Dees in 2026?
I'd love to keep these two, and Kozzy, but at least one needs to go. Why? We need picks to regenerate the list. I'm terrified about the future of our backline, there's no KPD repalcements in sight and they take time to develop. We need to draft someone this year.