Redleg

But trades are done basically with coaches’ input, whereas with drafting, the recruiters tell the coaches all about the possible draftees and there can be some coach input. Tim Lamb doesn’t just go and get someone without the coaches telling him to. It’s on them, not him. His main role is to manage the list and salary cap and work with the recruiters.

I think you are correct, that the time on had been called and play was stopped. I was unaware of the new rules that you can run with the ball as far as you like, without bouncing it, if you are running from a melee and that you don’t have to go behind your mark if a free is called and play is stopped, when time on has been called, while your team mates have knocked down a player not in the play and are wrestling the opposition to stop them defending. We will say nothing most likely.

After picking up the ball ahead of the mark, while defenders were being held and wrestling in a melee, not able to stop him and then not bouncing the ball once in that 40 metre run. Wonderful officiating!

I was making my point in answer to a post we lack fitness and that we were playing under some reasonable difficulties, in being men down from quarter time, with several other injuries as well. We were beaten but not thrashed, by a home team, playing for finals, with more fit players for most of the game. That might not be solace, but it is recognition of an effort from a team playing under a disadvantage and not giving in. We could have lost that game by a hundred points, from where we were at quarter time..

Can someone explain this to me. May gives away a free. He is then charged at and put down with force, with the commentators saying it should be a reversal. There is then an all in brawl. While players are being held down, Ainswerth, who got the original free, picks up the ball metres ahead of the mark, plays on and runs about 35 metres into goal, with out bouncing the ball. Four umpires stand and watch all of that and do nothing. Imo they should all be in the VFL next week.

You do realise that with two players off at quarter time and two more with heads split open and several others with head knocks, we won the last three quarters. We didn't lose that game because of fitness.

Hard when the ball is nowhere near you.

3 goals for first game forward all year. Well done. Looking forward to him doing a full first pre season. He is one of our better chances to become a senior player.

Watched the last 20 minutes. Tom Mac handballs to a Sun in the goal square for a goal. Hardie runs into open goal from 12 metres out and hits post. Windsor misses a simple pass for another turnover and Suns goal, misses a regulation kick for goal and appears to jib a contest for another Suns goal. Dropped marks by several Casey players. Missed handballs by Casey players. Second to the ball. Wrong options chosen. Missing simple goals. Several Casey players not involved. Suns can't miss, as per usual with our opposition. Lose by 9 points in typical seniors fashion. All that in 20 minutes I saw. Don't suppose the first 3 quarters were a lot better. WOW!

Couple of cms taller and less barrel chested.

He is named in the forward pocket tomorrow.

Is it the List Manager who lets players go, or the Coaching panel? I think it is the Coaching panel.

Or your secret herbs and spices.

Because we haven't converted our opportunities, which has probably cost us 5 games. If we converted at league average, we would be at the other end of the ladder. That is our problem, nailing our chances and as part of it, fixing our F50 entry.

Did you hear it from the poster 15 minutes and two posts before yours?😉👏

Good teams win more.

Goody on 360 was as positive on Caulfield as he could be. He said we are closer than ever and we will be at Caulfield and it will be great. He should know what is going on. As I have said often, IT WILL HAPPEN.

Killing it in the VFL, took 14 marks last match and hopefully still wants to be a Demon.

The quicker Caulfield is announced as our home, the better.

Don’t want to ruin your day, but there was a bit of gossip that the Pies are into Ben King. Hopefully that isn’t true.

Happy with that change. Seriously though, have you heard any gossip from the boys, if Kalani has given them any indication he will join them next year? I wont tell anyone.

Repeat that situation in the first game next year and all of us will be very happy.

That is not rumour it’s fact as stated by the club in reports and the media. He actually pledged $3m and had paid up $2.7m when he got into financial trouble and couldn’t pay the last $300k. It is the biggest donation to the MFC in our history and to give him some more credit, he was responsible for us getting the Bentleigh club, which gave us our whole future fund of about $25m on its sale and if I recall correctly, also was involved in getting the Oakleigh club, which we later also got millions for when we quit the Pokies industry. We will get the money for Caulfield, when it’s finally approved fully.

It’s clearly a loss of confidence. A player doesn’t just lose his talent.

A CEO is basically the business manager and he has to be good at running the business. We have seen “fan boys” and “wanna be coaches” before and a good footy CEO doesn’t necessarily have to be an ex jock and if you have a good FD boss, who can run the FD well and report to the CEO, that may be a better result. Think Cameron Schwab and the whiteboard.