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Disposal back to our best.

Carlton appear well Coached. Whether they win or lose today, they are playing well and continually finding loose men up forward. They appear to know exactly what they are doing and are an improved side.

Actually quite surprised at the level of confidence on here. We have already dropped two games we should have won. They have been bashed like we were the week before and I expect them to come out firing. They also have a pretty smart Coach, who adapts well to the situation facing the team. We will have to play well to win.

He is great, don’t you agree?

Foxtel IQ3, I use the word tape, being an old fuddy duddy, instead of record.

Hope you are right, but I think you might be wrong. At least Nev will feel young next week, the Hawks have 7 players in the likely side who are 31 or older.

Durwayne Russell has to be the worst and most annoying commentator on air. Every ordinary bit of play is “spectacular, awesome, magnificent, massive, unbelievable, superb” or any other over the top adjective he can think of. It is infuriating.

Disappointing, we win a game and I tape the 9 Sunday Footy show and just when it is time for our game wrap up, Andrews comes on for more bad news and there is then nothing about the Dees. Oh well, we will just have to win our next game.

Having effectively had 4 games in 5 years, I wonder if his body, other than his calves, is pretty fresh and will allow him to play several more years. Here’s hoping, as yes he is all class.

Agree. He can also run his man all over the ground and get free much like Hogan did.

Agree. I am worried about Nev as age seems to be getting him. He was never quick, but got to contests and could negate his opponents. He is slower now and struggling. I think sadly he will struggle to be in the side soon. Just on Gawn’s tap, while he was superb yesterday IMO he should not be tapping the ball close to the pack near opposition goals. It is just too dangerous and he should be belting it our way to clear the area, which gains ground and gives us the chance to break it at least force a contest and bit further out from opposition goal.

Hopefully we are raising this behind the scenes.

They tried their best. Totally inconsistent. Ignored several holding the balls in front of our goals in first half and then plucked them continually for the Suns .

While his disposal was abysmal last week, I remember who was our best player in round 1 in Perth and who helped get us into a Prelim in 18. Agree he won’t be going anywhere but needs to be coached into giving off the easy option and not trying to always go deep.

And more on Hannebury.

The Cats belted the LIons and we lost to them by a kick, after probably giving them 5 goals and failing to stop 2 easy ones. Terrible disposal cost us the Tigers game. We could have been 3-1 and then everyone would say we were going really well. I agree, we probably need one aspect of our game fixed and we are an ok side. That is what is so frustrating for our supporters.

I would love to know what was going through Viney’s head in the picture we have all seen, where he has 2 Dees players to his right and he goes long to the goal square. Is it a game plan instruction of go long quickly, or has he simply thought that was the best option. The first is bad coaching, the second is bad decision making. The answer to this would be very incisive. If he played robotically under instruction, the Coach has to fix it or go. If it is a bad decision and against the Coaching it needs to be fixed as well, but it is a correction of poor play. The poor disposal is another thing altogether. Slowing the game down will help, but I think that if you are poor at this aspect you may not be able to get that much better.

Melksham has to be on his last chance this week. His game was pathetic against the Tigers and worse against the Cats, where he cost us several goals. He is in on reputation and not form.

This mob mentor them. I think they asked for a free at halftime.

Never seen a team whinge more to the umpire and beg for frees than the Cats. Actually sickening.

I posted in the changes thread that Tomlinson jibbed a few contests and was weak in his tackles and the FD wouldn’t like it. He will be back, but hopefully harder and more committed.

Mike was a nice guy and his family headed by Tony will continue the MFC connection. Sincere condolences to family and friends.

Agree. You win a few games and then everyone and everything is fantastic.

It is amazing the effect of a first year player on that side.