dee-tox

Maybe kind to Bernie.

6. TMac

5, Hibberd

4. Salem

3. Jeffy

2. Pedo bear

1. OMac

Smart football!

Hard, precise and really promising!

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The form line chasing three on the trot is poor. Everything points to a two or three goal loss. 

A win could be season-defining a kickstart to something special. The Dogs will hit us with everything. 

Hope runs eternal.

3 hours ago, TGR said:

Unlike Joeboy, I didn't have the luxury of sitting back, assessing his whole game, reflect, ring Finey then type like a warrior.

At half-time, blind freddy could see he was shot, and there was no way he was going to come back, like the team eventually did.  Most games this year under Goodwin, Melbourne have had a horrible quarter and a great one.  My post would have looked stupid by the end of the game if he pulled his finger out and carried us home.

 

I also didn't go the comfort zone last November and suggest that....he will be lucky to play 2.5 years of a 3 year deal.  I put my gonad on the line and said then, what some now are finally fearing.  He is gone.  The game has past him.  Going to ground and losing your feet regularly, is the first indicator surely.  Clarkson's decisions on moving Lewis and Mitchell was a masterstroke.  O'Meara's knee is another issue all together.

I was never for a 3 year deal nor a 2 year deal.  We got seduced by the romance of a name player wanting to come to us.  We got seduced by the player he was and not the player he is and will be.  As I said in November, when father-time comes, it can come quickly, especially if you have no tricks (speed like Boomer; strength-mobility like Ablett Jr.) .  Jordan Lewis has no tricks.  No speed.  No overhead prowess.  No change-of-direction wizardry.  He has had a massive career of unparalleled courage and hits; and if anyone in the league should be battle-weary by age 31, it is him.

 

Pretty easy for Jordan and his throng of supporters (at SEN and demonology, and the MFC board, and MFC list management) to put egg on the face of those of us that dare say the earth may not be flat.  All he has to do is play footy worthy of player 14-18 on the list I would have thought....week in...week out in 2017 and 2018.  I am laying on my back, eyes closed, and here is a dozen.

For those that point to the games we lost without him, should insist that the club not pick Hogan because we have won a few without him.

My advice to the natives is, don't worry about the intangible you think is "leadership".  That is a get-out.  That is the dumbest of the dumb safety net that the simpleton holds on to, with 3 fingernails.  Look deeper for once.  Switch off Robbo on 360.  Switch off Finey on SEN.  Switch off Wacky Wednesday with Cameron Schwab.  Give your brain a chance to work like it could.  Stop walking with the herd.  A carbon tax wasn't going to kill us.  A left hand right hand opening batting combination wasn't going to be a panacea.

Look at him lose his feet at most 40/60 contests, which result in us being -1 immediately.  Look at turnover, when Bevo makes sure that the outlet is the guy Lewis is chasing or responsible for.

 

Where have the thinkers gone?

 

 

pTGR

10 out of 10 for pure entertainment/jococity.

Like most things in life this post is somewhere in the middle.  

If he had Salem's kicking and decision making he'd be something else.

15 hours ago, xarronn said:

Well done BRFE, it's great that you have taken the trouble to check this out. I was at the game and listened on the radio as well, and there was no mention of this tag. Then in the post game thread, out of the blue, a post claimed that Melksham, had tagged Pendles. That post without  elaboration or substantiation changed the conversation about Melksham. I really want Melksham to succeed as a great get by us, but I want that to be based on facts not fiction.

If you are correct, he had the poor day that most of us thought we observed. I don't think I can be bothered, but it is almost worth looking through the Post game thread and asking the poster who made that statement where that idea came from.

WTF? It was I that originally mentioned that Melksham was tagging Pendlebury in the first half.

Since has been mentioned almost ad nauseum by pundits, analysts, etc. Add to that Bernie Vince, Nathan Jones etc. It was even mentioned by Tim Watson that Collingwood should have been more proactive in breaking the tag.

There's an insinuation that just because you didn't see it, it didn't happen. That's pretty ordinary IMO.

9 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

 

I would feel better if Melksham wasn't in the team, but maybe he can back it up playing on Bontempelli.

Weird isn't it. Bernie tags Sloane and gets plaudits. Melksham does the same to Pendlebury and is in line to be dropped! Talk about unconscious bias! 

27 minutes ago, Juicebox said:

"Melksham - some important touches"

He had 10 disposals at 40% DE. 

Stats aren't the be all and end all, but cmon, he was crap today.

Did a great job on Pendlebury and kicked important goal. Watch the game.

Was an absolute liability today. Slow, fumbly and indecisive.

6. Jones 

5. Petracca

4. Watts

3. Tyson

2. Oliver

1. Hunt

Jeffy, Hannan and Oscar unlucky.

One contest mark for a half (from Pedersen).

Lewis is too slow. Viney ineffective. Clearances abysmal.

Can't win a clearance to save ourselves!

Won't be missed by me. No real original thoughts on the game. Very reluctant to say a good word about Melbourne. 

An Essendon barracker who got well paid for 30 years sayings what every one said.

1 hour ago, xarronn said:

You sure about this? Does the name  Brock Maclean ring any bells?

Prendergast was gone from early 2012. Jason Taylor was appointed about July that year, but was held to his contract until the end of the year by Eddie at Collingwood. The 'Tanking Enquiry' was commenced later in the year after Macleans appearance on a footy show on which Roosy was a panellist. 

One hundred percent sure xarronn. Well known fact for those close to the club.

1 hour ago, Biffen said:

I thought that was Brock McLean.

Carlton tanked and rorted the cap if we are honest.

BP was first followed by Brock McLean. No co-incidence both were given a home at Carlton.

On 6/4/2017 at 0:51 AM, Biffen said:

No care-no responsibility.

Perfect job.

 

BP was forced to leave because he was the one that dobbed us in for tanking.

Remember one freakish soccer kick at the MCG by Sean Wight from 35 out. City end. Never saw it on video.

Others. Garry's torp in the Prelim vs Carlton.

Jakovich's scissor kick.

Farmer's at Waverley

Woey's vs Port Adelaide.

Jurrah's first at Docklands.

Neita's v McCabe/Hawthorn.

Trav's in the semi vs Adelaide

Todd Viney vs Sydney in Elimination Final.

Davey's volley vs Brisbane.

Been singing the praises of Charlie Spargo for a while. Just a stand-out. At only 173 cm he might slip down the draft like Caleb Daniel?

Along with Jakovich the most exciting footballer we had for the past 40-odd years.

His wide turning circle, inability to execute basic skills and the fact that Frost has taken key defender one's position means he'll have to be looked at. He was a headless chook for much of yesterday.

Does TMac deserve his spot at the moment? 12 possessions at 50 percent efficiency doesn't cut it. If Hogan comes back I would drop him before his brother.

You can't be happy that for 60 percent of the game we were putrid. 

Not sure I would give TMac a game if Hogan comes back after the bye. Salem can come in and move forward and take Bugg/ANB's spot.

6. Jones

5. Hibberd

4. Jeffy

3. Melksham

2. Clarry

1. Hannan.