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Finals or bust?

I come to this topic and first thing I see is an ad saying "come to this site for screwing". I hope this isn't meant to be subliminal. 🙄 EDIT: "Local site for screwing" actually. Oh, dear.

Yep, Maynard is risking his life.

Please, leave Sparrow and his wife's family planning in their hands. I'm happy to hear how he's training , but this is TMI. 😂

In jest? I'm sure some coaches and players have pushed too hard and had it backfire. Maybe some of these players could've turned up as moral support. But Goody burned out. It's not a good idea for players to do so too

Nix non amplius est, Range Rover meum reparatur et caseus pretiosus mihi deest. Sinite me paulisper oblectari, quaeso.

Oh, please. "Bated" is only used in that phrase. Give him a chance to .... master it. 🙄

It's amazing how small, subtle changes can have such an accumulative effect. It often explians how each season teams look like theyre in a game of Snakes and Ladders. A player isnt suddenly 10cm taller nor sprinting 10%faster. But , yeah , if in an new season , say, the midfield is exactly the same but now two more times in 100 minutes a kick into the forward line becomes a shot 20m out virtually an identical side wins more games. And if a team can have a dozen players just developing a few better on-field habits suddenly it looks like they recruited Bruce Doull, Paddy Cripps and Tony Lockett over summer.

DA? What's wrong with "district attorney"? 😁

Navis mea anguillis plena est. Gratias ago pro laude; mihi ipsi providere conor. Rex novus Melburniae est.

Im guessing the nephew's pretty young. When he sits with you it should be a great memory for him.

Yep! I have fond memories of leaving the ground to get a Mr Whippy cone at half-time. 😉

What has Chandler done wrong? I think it's a little premature to include 'non-recruits', though admittedly they'd hafta get some game time.

You tryna be funny? Surely you can see it means 'I'm going to have to .... "

How's Kosi? Did he have a good break? Is he raring to go for preseason?

The Day I Tried To ..... Kick. Hopefully next year that changes.

Yes! How T.

You meant Langford?

No I'd say there's all sorts of reasons why a team stops. Against St Kilda it looked like a team lacking self-confidence fell apart big time. I certainly think Melbourne's fitness can be improved.

No, I reckon there's a few reasons w .xxxz

These days preseasons are so intense I'm assuming that by the time a team/player realises their preseason had been mucked it's too late to catch up. If that was Kolt's problem last season tucking into him midseason could only backfire.

Hmm, I think the "at all" bit is wrong. Didnt we lose something like 8 of our first 9 last quarters. Hell, North, of all teams, beat us like a runner coming from out of the bushes for only the last kilometre of a marathon in round 2! The last half of the year had us about 50-50 having more scoring shots in the last. So I really dont know. I'm sure the coaches have lots of GPS data we'll never see. We just hafta have faith they'll get this preseason right. At the very least, unlike 2021, no one would put us among the fittest teams.

Fitness always seemed to be a problem last season. Maybe it's more that players like Kolt and Roo have worked hard over their break to make sure theyre in great shape. Next year will be important for so many players . It will be such a good foundation for King if already players want to improve significantly from 2025.

Yep, and after being three goals up at the final change in the Second Elimination final Essendon somehow managed to extend their finals drought by another year.