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Just now, Redleg said:

You and me both.

Billings just can't kick.

Wasn't he recruited for his elite kicking?

7 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

north hold on to win by a goal

lots to like about jefferson, moniz-wakefield, and to a lesser extent adams with some good marks

fullarton and verrall cameos

billings, laurie, mcadam offered nothing while presume woey 2.0 was injured as he wasn't sighted - at least not by me - after half time

Why do we trade away valuable draft picks for blokes like billings and mcadam who struggle at casey

Why isn't kynan Brown playing ? Good opportunity to get him game time...

5 minutes ago, Cranky Franky said:

Yes its dire. Billings, Fullarton, AMW, McAdam, Laurie should all be knocking on the door but are all scratchy at best.

Instead of targeting a key fwd in the trade period, we elected to recruit billings and mcadam. We also gave contract extensions to schache and Laurie. All 4 are struggling in the vfl and is a big reason why we are struggling this year.

2 minutes ago, layzie said:

50 METRES 

Gets paid every week. Except today...

5 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

 

Spot on

Too many passengers in the side

-petty

-billings 

-laurie

-turner

-howes

-viney 

Time to blood koltyn, Jefferson, wowoedin and sestan 

Just now, DistrACTION Jackson said:

I'm not usually like this..... but do we need a line in the sand type game round 24?

This side and club have bullied us for most of the past 20 years. Something has to change.

They're too soft

Pitiful to see may and Oliver have a laugh with Maynard after the game

They both had stinkers too

Goodwins press conference is pitiful. Basically said he was happy with the game because it's an improvement on last week

1 minute ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Sidebottom always kills us, shut down him and Nick Daicos and they won't have much more firepower.

Daicos is a much bigger threat than sidebottom

Must tag Nick daicos 

But Goodwin hates a tag

Essendon really are overrated. Their forward line sucks

Sestan and tholstrup were clearly the best. All the other players won't be in anytime soon 

7 minutes ago, grazman said:

Is Howes playing today?

No

Was impressed with his physicality today and his size. Uses his frame well. Tank not great.

Another thing to note, saeed al hawli who was picked later in the draft had 4 goals and 27 touches today in the 2s. Will be interesting to see how their careers pan out

Just now, whatwhat say what said:

tholstrup shows so much promise - to 3/4 time he has 21 possessions, 4 marks, 5 tackles and 1 goal 2 to lead all comers on the stats sheet

Has to come in next week

Just now, Diamond_Jim said:

Still no real forward system

Bomb and hope. Sounds like the afl side

Ash Johnson has really fallen

From memory he dominated us one kings birthday

Half time update

Tholstrup: Clearly BOG, getting into the right spots, very physical, conversion has been dissapointing though. Should have 3 goals instead of 1. Has to come in next week

Adams: Not sighted, however the ball has been on the other side of the ground most of the time

Kentfield: Nice and physical,  however tank seems to be lacking, therefore has barely touched it. Would love to see him in the ruck. Ready made body for AFL and kicked a nice snapping goal

Jefferson: Unsighted, really needs to try and work his way up the ground and hit the gym a bit more, reminds me a bit of an 18 year old Jack Watts in terms of body shape

Woewodin: haven't seen much of him but he's getting to the right spots, just needs to clean up his disposal

Verrall: Missed an easy shot on goal at half time, think he needs to improve his tank

Brown: Played really well when he was in the ruck and covered the ground nicely, however barely seen him touch it when in the fwd line

Sestan: Looking really good, playing in the midfield today, has nice clean disposal and kicked a nice goal. He is definetly not far off an AFL debut

Tomlinson: Dominating his opponent, but disposal needs to be tidied up

Fullarton: Needs to hit the gym more, but I'm liking his effort in the ruck, getting lots of clearances

Moniz Wakefield: Playing well in the back line, but would prefer to see him in mid/fwd

Mcadam: Kicked two nice goals and took a screamer, but doesn't work hard enough. If the ball is not near him he will barely get out of a jog, clearly not match fit and needs to provide more defensively

2 hours ago, old55 said:

Quite clearly we'll all look back in 50 years and see the fact that Luker Kentfield took "too long" to get to his first training session as the starting point of the crumbling of the MFC empire, much like the sacking of Norm Smith in 1965.  Thanks for bringing it to all our attention so early!

Did I say that?

I'm just highlighting how a club that has beaten us (west coast), has managed to recruit a mid season draftee from Victoria, get them training and playing that same week (kicking 5 in the wafl) and gets announced his debut the following week

 Meanwhile our mid season recruit starts training the following week after the draft, and will probably be in the 2s all year

No not going to destroy the club. But maybe shows you the different standards between the 2 clubs

1 hour ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Unless he was teleported from WA he physically couldn’t attend training any earlier. And no, he knew nothing about us picking him in the MSD until we picked him. 

Its a 3 hour plane flight 

4 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

He arrived in Melbourne less than a week ago and was training two days ago. What more do you want??!!! 

Other clubs had their draftees starting last week

4 hours ago, Fat Tony said:

Hutchison was pick 3. 

He wasn't the only ready made player up for grabs. Also, why has it taken so long for out draftee to start training compared to other clubs?

On 04/06/2024 at 11:51, Demonland said:

First day today.

Luker has his first training day on Tuesday, meanwhile Jack Hutchison gets told he's debuting the next day. I feel like a ready made player would have been a better fit