Demon_JB

Thanks ? been waiting for that gold medal for around 3 weeks now. Probably along with half of the Melbourne supporter base.

Forgetting about the humidity there?

I have a feeling we won't risk him. It's not the best knowing that the toe is flaring up from a training session. Imagine when he travels, and plays a full game in the heat where it will most likely flare up even more?

If you look closely, Clarry does that every game. Except he doesn’t tap it. In that instance he would have jumped up and grabbed it mid air and hand balled it into space before his feet touched the ground, avoiding the tackle. He does this week in and week out. I just wish more players could learn and develop that skill as a habit.

Exactly. They mentioned Degoey..Has a few ripper games in the space of a few weeks and suddenly clubs like North are reportedly lining up to offer him 800k per year. If that's the case, a player like Tmac with an amazing tank, can cover all of the ground and is that key lead up forward who can also pinch hit, play down back, on the wing AND is a dead eye should be worth 1mill per season if we are looking at comparing values here.

I really don't see this as anything special. Granted it was a smart and clever play, but we should honestly see more of this in the AFL. It staggers me how many times a player will jump and take the ball out of mid air, wait to land and get immediately tackled and wrapped up, especially when they know an opposition player is close. Blokes like Oliver look to handball it every time they grab the ball out of mid air to a releasing player before they land, allowing him to avoid the tackle and get the ball out. Yet most AFL players will just grab it. If anything, we need to be seeing what Trac did a lot more consistently, especially from elite AFL players who train and do this day in and day out. Most players 9 times out of 10 would have blindly taken that ball out of the air and just get wrapped him, causing more stoppages.

Worth in excess of 800k per year. Anyone who disagrees have rocks in their head.

?? Pretty funny typo, that’s why I was excited to watch the video

Get excited fellas

Had my doubts on Angus. Was flirting with the idea of ‘would you trade Brayshaw for Zac Jones’ earlier in the season. Given his last month, I certainly wouldn’t do that trade.

I told everyone as soon as we called out Clayton's name, that he will be a star and reach higher levels than Petracca. Most people disagreed. YOU'RE MY BOY CLAYTON!

I'm very surprised Charlie didn't get a week. He was intentionally holding back an umpire from getting close to a melee. That's intentionally touching an umpire, is it not?

When it's your turn to go......You go....

How can anyone say there is nothing in it with what Charlie did? The bloke is half holding back the umpire and placing his hand on him trying to prevent him from getting to a wrestling contest likehe's a young kid trying to hold his mum back from getting to his brother to give him a smack ?? I reckon there is more in it than what Hawkins did.

Players hold off all the time. Especially if they’ve been injured or playing out of form. If they know they can only increase their value by backing it up in the seniors, they’ll take that opportunity to squeeze more $ out of the club towards their contract. The media needs to disconnect themselves from thinking that putting contract talks on hold, means they are thinking of leaving the club.

Clarry is already one of the best extractors in the AFL. He fights and fights for the hard-ball and always seems to hit a player running into space to completely open up the contest for us. Most AFL players handball to stationary team mates, which loses all momentum and allows the opposition to lay a tackle and create another stoppage. Clarry has that instinct to choose the right target almost every time, which creates that huge run of play streaming into the forward line with one incredible handball that goes completely underrated. I'd rather him do that 80% of the time if that means he kicks it less. His handballs are a LOT more effective than what most people/media think. It's hilarious.

The more Tmac plays like this, the more clubs are going to be adding numbers to their cheques directed at McDonald. He's now a dead eye in front of goal, is great down back, and can play pinch-hit in the ruck and be utilised as an extra mid including the wing. Not only that, but leads the time trial every single time and is a running machine. Every single club will be eyeing him at the end of the year, and we are going to look to have to pay the big bucks to retain him. If we pay Lever around 800k a year, Tmac should be worth 900k...

Saints odds at $3.27 are looking juicy with these likely outs.

Out: Weideman, ANB In: Pedo, Petracca.

Spag Bowl will be huge. Watch this space.

1. Weid provides great forward pressure, tackles hard and can make a contest. 2. Wagner continues to impress and surprise me. 3. Oscar is quickly cementing himself as a very reliable and lock down defender.

Out: Kent, Harmes, ANB, Stretch In: Spargo, Pedo, Lewis, Fritsch

ANB, Stretch, Jetta, Hibberd, Hunt, Garlett, Jones, Vince, Lewis, Tyson, Harmes, Melksham (except last night) have all gone backwards this year..Other blokes have stagnated. Our midfield aren’t sharking our massive advantage of us winning the hit outs. Hence, getting dominated in the clearances and around the ball, when last year that was one of our greatest strengths. Hogan being pushed up the ground means our forward line structure breaks down. We only kick goals when the opposition screws up, or we kick a chaos ball bouncing every which way and hope it lands in our lap. Hibberd and Hunt seem to have lost confidence in running it out of defence. Meaning we just play it so slow and allow the opposition to easily set up and run back to zone and man up. None of our players have confidence or instructions to want to kick dangerously and hit a target in the center. Instead we play it safe down the wing, allowing them to easily predict what we are doing. Trash all around. Confidence needs to be instilled. Respect needs to be earned again. We’re the most predictable and one dimensional team in the side. We simply need to take more risks.

Question regarding seating. Just realised my provisional MCC membership won’t get me into this category one game and all GA tickets are sold out online. Will tickets be available to purchase at the gate if I go early enough? Say around 5:15pm? MCG posted on Facebook tickets may not be able to be purchased at the gates, but unsure if they are doing that so people panic and pay a premium for more expensive tickets online. Cheers!

IN: Hunt, Pedo, Hannan, Tyson OUT: Harmes, ANB, Lewis, Frost