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He was good at GWS as well. Probably more to do with Voss as coach.

It’s a list issue. Similar as us - they have poor kickers.

Voss is gone this week.

I actually am not in total disagreeemnt with you. Kozzy has every opportunity to become our next super star duo but also knowing our luck… . I’ll need to see another season from Langford and XL before I comment but they have potential. Caleb will be good too but can he be great? I’m not so sure - hopefully we can see him through the middle a bit more. Turner is already a gun and has room to further improve. Bowey solid too. I think with more experience he’ll become a more dependable playmaker.

I tend to agree with this take. I distinctly remember the player analysis on draft night, which had a question mark caleb's kicking skill. I remember it distinctly because the discussion on kicking was topical on DL and when that graphic came up i thought why are we after him. *Ill caveat this with human memory being rather flawed and what i actually saw may not marry up with what actually happened.

This is a solid point. I love the bloke, but he is not suited the role we are playing him in. Can he be redeployed elsewhere? Will likely mean, he, Kolt, Charlie are all effectively playing for the one spot. I wonder if he could reinvent himself as a small defender? He is a reasonable ground ball player.

100% agree. Bergman has to be the priority IMO. If he is out of contract (RFA ?) then we have to get him on the cheap. Bottom line is we need to overhaul the midfield and get some balance in there with ball-use. We have an over reliance on the contest (same issue with the Blues atm) and teams are countering this with ball movement and back half transition.

If someone can get to JT. Let him know of a draft prospect for 2030 draft. U13 Vampires kid (won’t share is name for now) but plays in the ruck. Super smooth mover, and an all round gifted athlete. Has a flawless kicking technique as well and a phenomenal leap. He’d be close to 6ft now at age 13.I’d be surprised if he didn’t go top 10 in the draft even this far out. Best player of his age bracket in the SMJFL without question.

Firstly, I agree with you. Second it feels like DL goes full circular about forward or forward delivery being the source of scoring once every 6 weeks. At the 3 week mark its inaccuracy.

Half of his goals last week were from absolute nothing frees. Funny how this weeks umps seem to be quite neutral. We seem to attract the absolute junk of the umpiring fraternity.

As good as watching Cats lose, Lions being this good and looking likely to not miss a step in their rebuild on the fly and win another flag - aided by F/S and NGA - is everything wrong with the drafting system.

3/4 goals from 50s that were not there.

Incredible ball movement.

Where was the 50 there? Ran straight through the protected zone did the cats player.

Another one for the umps. This is turning into a blight. One more and Im switching off.

That was no 50. Not even close.

Id love nothing more than Lions to pummel the Cats tonight and make it memorable for Danger. THEY ARE ON

Bombers have some good young players. I love the idea GW. I’m guilty of this 100% and am not ashamed to admit it.

Literally just came here to say we should have moved heaven and earth to go after caddy. He looks so much more athletic than Jeffo or JVR.

All I took out of this is Melbourne councils are being held hostage by dog walkers. I think losing the equivalent of one oval and some space for admin offices is not too much to ask for especially in the Elsternwick Park area. There is an abundance of space there that is more than enough to cater for MFC. I know it is a pipe dream but still frustrates me nevertheless.

Yes they were up for the entire game, but we dominated all facets of the game except conversion. Their scoring from back half was the only way they could have any sort of impact - we knew this coming and in the end if you told me we would limit Collingwood to 60 points in that game - i and the whole of MFC would have taken it without question. 69-37 i50 + 1 Uncontested +14 Contested +4 clearances +6 Frees +6 Contested marks (+1 Marks i50) -32 Rebound 50s. We knew this coming into the game in the end the one that matters was scoring / conversion accuracy: 9.6 - 7.11 (2.5 vs 4.1 in the 3rd)... was where the game was ultimately lost. So respectfully disagree. This was the game that got away.

That one act will become MFC lore for the generations to come. I knew it the moment they won the GF. It was even more obvious when Maynard got away with it. Then the final nail in the coffin was Gus's forced retirement. I feared the MFC would be unable to recover from that trauma, but unfortunately the impact it has on the group is for all to see. I won't say it alone is responsible, but when you factor in Clarry MH and Trac's hit - i think we underestimate the psychological significance of all of that on the team. There would be no other club in the AFL that could recover either. Take out the club's spiritual leader (Pendles at Pies; Neale at Lions; Danger at Geelong) then take 2 of their best players and subject them to some type of mental / physical trauma that reduces them to 70-80% of their capability (Daicos / Sidebottom at Pies; Stewart / Cameron at Cats; McCluggage / Dunkley at Lions) and see how they go. Put aside the coach / gameplan / forward 50 delivery for a moment and just process that fact alone and i'd say it is just as significant at explaining our downfall as some of the on field / game orientated aspects.

I highly doubt he is on that much coin. It maybe up to 1.7M with certain match day triggers and accolades but he is likely at the baseline of his contract , which I’d guess is still very significant 1.3-1.4M territory. I’ll posit this about Oliver form. It’s his confidence that has taken an absolute bartering. Why is this the case though. It still fascinates me. What has happened with him that has caused his footy to drop away so significantly. There is a typical form slump, daylight then there’s Oliver current form and it’s been like this for nearly 3 seasons. I know what is documented publically and I can absolutely relate to MH struggles. Is it that simple though? Can we put his form down to MH?

I’m hundred percent with this. Goody has the rest of the season to work out what he is to do with those 3 including picking who stays and who is out on the trading block.

Yeah its definitely a leg-up on the comp those northern academies. They 100% should be scrapped. It is grossly unfair. The argument that the northern clubs are trying to grow the game doesn't equate to "we get first dibs on all talent that comes through". Half those boys are playing in the VIC Coates league anyway.