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The 2nd was as bad. Bontompelli ran into a pack with the ball, dropped it then got a free for holding the man. Kicked a goal I believe. Stunning. Protected species.

6 Oliver 5 Petracca 4 Brayshaw 3 May 2 Gawn 1 Jackson

Brown has made a name as a lead up mark. Not a pack mark. Brown is not the answer if we just bomb it.

6. Salem 5. May 4. Petracca 3. Oliver 2. McDonald 1. Pickett

We lost because we were smashed at the clearances and around the ball, particularly in the first half. And I watched Oliver seemingly tagging Kelly at centre bounces. Didn't make sense. Think van den Berg might be in next week to harden up the mid-field.

We lost because we got smashed at the clearances and around the ball. We were small forward, so I'd bring Weideman or the other Brown in. But we gotta get around the ball fixed. Lot of ball watchers in the first half. Just a bad game that we could have won.

Sad to say, but he played like it. Looked out of place.

6. Salem 5. May 4. Mcdonald. 3. Fritsch. 2. Petracca 1. Gawn

When Balm stepped down as MFC coach, we beat Richmond the following week. We then returned to losing. When Daniher stepped down as coach, we played out of our skins to just lose to Essendon. We then returned to losing. Plenty of other examples. Having said that, I expect to win, but win/lose, the team will go into the bye and then reset.

Well said.

Yze-Magic comes to mind.

Brisbane would have got him much cheaper with MFC paying a fair bit of the $800k for 2021. His current contract finishes this year.

When he played against Carlton? he played with a lot of energy and was in a lot of pack/fall of ball contests, but didn't get much of the ball. Maybe he is a Mid; that's gonna make it hard for him.

Pretty sure there is a quote for the club somewhere saying he was drafted as a (backup) forward. Then Tommy stepped up to A grade and Brown is in the 2s. Majak's best year by a long shot was when he played down back for North. Can also play ruck. So............

Where did Chandler play? As a Mid, or small forward.

The mantra is: finish the game, review and reset for the next. Nothing will change no matter the opposition. Its been a long time since I have been so constantly confident in a MFC side.

Kids certainly do.

It all comes down to what the club thinks internally, what Weideman's role is and does he fulfil it. I suspect though that Brown will get a run of games sometime. Through injury?

Melksham/Sparrow for Langdon. Think Goodwin holds Melksham in high regard.

I think no-one expects us to win, including many of us until 4 or 5 weeks ago. Now we do. (Even when we don't if that makes sense.)

Strange indeed. Seem to remember McNamee's one strategy was to get a star for huge $s. Any star. Didn't matter.

Langton usually plays >90% game time, Brayshaw >85%, so not sure when Jordon has played the wing much. Also Jordon usually plays 55-70% game time, so not sure he has the tank for the wing

Last time I looked, Gus and Gawny weren't on the match committee.

This is what happens when a dictatorship ends; civil war starts. https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/teams/collingwood-magpies/afl-2021-jeff-browne-challenge-for-collingwood-presidency-magpies-board-mark-korda-afl-360-reaction-news/news-story/5b1f88f35783559b3ad6b54fb406d469

I think Tmac and Brown are fighting for the one spot. Reckon the plan was for Brown and Weid to be the forward talls until Tommy turned his game around and is first picked.