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    10 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    I Agree with all of the above, but what blows my mind is the lack of elite Goalkicking to finish the job

    Our Forward entries (and there is always a lot of them) has always been Hack & Hope, this was mentioned on here in 2018, and the basic philosophy of it has always remained

    In ‘21 we won the Flag because the Team was Super Fit and we were fortunate to get some good games out of Benny Brown running into September

    Forward Craft has always been neglected under the Goodwin tenure

    Doesn't even need to be elite kicking Sir Why. Converting at average AFL standard would paint a much different picture

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    14 minutes ago, layzie said:

    First of all great reference, RIP to the great man.

    It was very common practice for decades to rest ruckmen in the back pocket. The game has evolved so much obviously and there has never been more versatile and athletic rucks but it was a method that worked well.

    You had to rest them somewhere. There was no interchange then.

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    2 minutes ago, picket fence said:

    Agree to a degree, but if you kick 10 gls 2 in two games and don't get play in ANY team on the weekend, i'd sure as hell call that Shizzen development would'nt you old Dee?

    Firstly, I'm still on board the Jeffo train although my seat is a lot closer to the door than yours.

    Agree that not playing him at all this week was a mistake.

    With regard to his 10 goals in two games, you should balance the numbers with a bit of context. The Preston team he played are abysmal at VFL level. Yet to win a game and are made up of chippies, sparkies & wannabe influencers. You probably played against better teams in the ammos.

    The Sydney team are little better. To Jeffo's credit, he got his goals when the game was in the balance rather than the final quarter avalanche. Pleasingly, in both games he got goals through his tackling efforts, an area in which some have questioned him.

    Personally I'd like to see Jeffo perform at a high level against some of the better, more mature VFL sides before rushing him back in. Get his confidence & belief up. Like it or not, he's still developing. Some take longer than others.

    I'm pretty sure that it was @Axis of Bob who posted what I believe to be a fair and accurate summary of where Jeffo is at. I cbf finding it but if you can, have a read

    Right here, right now, there's no way Jeffo could do Petty's role. Simply not mature enough

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    38 minutes ago, 48 Year Now said:

    Nate caddy type for sure. I’ll go back a long way and say a bloke we had around 87. Forgot first name , Dean.

    Warren. No.23.

    Despite a shocking hook foot when kicking for goal , was a a ripper. Played his first season largely on the wing before moving to CHF.

    Blew out a knee and never played AFL again despite being speculatively drafted by WCE a year or two later

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    On 31/08/2024 at 15:23, Queanbeyan Demon said:

    10 years on and he's my favourite player in the comp outside of the Deez. Love him to bits. if he was with us in '23, we win the flag.

    I think Jesse still has a few fans on here. I stumbled across this and ended up watching the whole thing. Jesse's story in his own words. The first 40 minutes or so are around his time at Melbourne, everything he was going though & finally leaving for Freo. It's honest, raw and equally enlightening and bloody heartbreaking for his Dees fans. If the big fella still has a place in your affections, I recommend this highly.

    Jesse interview on Dyl & Friends

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    2 hours ago, BDA said:

    I think it was more than that. When we played north this year the girls nailed her in some tackles. You could tell there was no love lost. It was personal. I have no inside info but something definitely happened between her and our playing group.

    Same when she left the Doggies. Some bridges burnt there as well.

    @DeeSpencer marked her cards early in her career with the Dees. He was spot on.

    2 hours ago, DubDee said:

    Am I the only one that thinks Petty is playing a good role as the primary target up fwd?

    Not getting the goals but competing hard and bringing the ball to ground

    No way I would drop him to the Sub

    No. No you are not. Petty's leading and running patterns, his ability to impact aerial contests and his capacity to make opposition defenders accountable make him comfortably our best KPF. His work contributes to the likes of Melksham, Kozzie and even Fritta being able to do their thing. We're close to having what looks like a functional forward structure and method. First time in years.

    If JVR spends a few successful weeks at Casey and returns with form and confidence, I've no doubt he and Petty could be a formidable combination.

    Good to see you looking at the game and not just the stats sheet @DubDee . Plenty don't.

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    47 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

    Was Cameron Schwab a diehard Dees supporter ? I always thought he was too corporate to align himself to a club.

    Whiteboard Wednesday!! (aka the BS report) Salary cap breaches and Dees penalties!!! The Neeld appointment!!! Player upheaval!! MFC to Casey relocation!!! Just a few disasters during his tenure!!!

    Given his parentage I'd have thought Schwab grew up a Tigers man.

    He was in recruiting in his first stint with us. If I recall correctly some of his signings included Todd Viney, Earl Spalding and Warren Dean.

    Perhaps he should have stuck to that

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    3 hours ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

    i watch the roos every week. he was horrendous.

    Interesting. I thought he was tracking really well as a young KPD. Until Robbie Tarrant left for Richmond and left him to lead the backline. McKay seemed to stagnate, if not regress from that point .

    But I've not watched them as much as you

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    1 minute ago, titan_uranus said:

    I think it came afterwards. Trac, probably rightly, went to Gawn for releasing the handball to someone with more time and space rather than kicking it himself under pressure. Consistent with what I’m sure we’ve been drilling into the players the last 2 weeks.

    I’m confident I saw them then get around Chandler, although I might be mistaken.

    Nah you’re spot on. The camera followed Trac who went to Max to acknowledge the handball. He then went to Chin who was already surrounded by team mates congratulating him.

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    4 minutes ago, Macca said:

    Ok, thanks for the confirmation GtB

    He spent his early life in Wandin which was in Carlton's zone

    Top player, all the same

    Gun. And a player whose attributes I reckon would suit the modern game.

    Back to the Bison. I heard a commentator last night refer to him as Baby Bont. Can't recall who or what show but he's being noticed

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    4 hours ago, Macca said:

    I reckon you're right, Pennant

    The Dominator played for Prahran which was in our zone I believe. Sheedy was another who played for Prahran and we might have knocked him back?

    Later on, we knocked him back as a potential coach?

    We didn't knock him back. He asked to be cleared to us but Jezza decided to have a look at him first. Then wisely decided to hang onto him and the rest is history

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    8 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

    But more importantly…

    HOW BLOODY GOOD WAS THAT WIN !!!

    All the emotions running amok but the main one was RELIEF. So, so proud of our boys.

    PS: ‘twas my lucky Melbourne socks that did it.

    YOU’RE ALL WELCOME!

    Needless to say I’ll be wearing them every week.

    Again, you’re all welcome 😁

    YEAH THE MIGHTY DEES!

    Look after those socks

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    1 minute ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    Who else thought that it was going to be the most Melbourne thing ever had he tore his ACL..

    Guilty as charged.

    Things are crook when hearing a bloke isn't as injured as he might have been turns to be my footy feel good story of the weekend

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