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4 minutes ago, 12345_54321 said:

I do agree with this absolutely, but don’t think we’ll see Schache or JVR come in if Fritta returns this week. I think our best forward structure is 2 keys + Fritta but really don’t think they’ll do it.

What would be stopping them?  Surely they have trained in that tall role all preseason and if they are both fit, they will chose whoever is in the best form.  

1 hour ago, Dees_In_October said:

Can't remember if I said this in the men's gameday thread, but was pleasantly surprised to see Goldrick still in town. Must be having an extended celebratory holiday? Assuming she didn't fly back from Ireland for the lap of honour 😆

I saw that as well. My theory was that she is here for the VFLW season which kicks off very soon. 

On 3/18/2023 at 11:37 PM, BoBo said:

Maxy gave him an absolute earful when he was on the ground (I can't remember exactly what Baker did). Not sure if they personally don't like each other or what but I've never seen Maxy look that [censored] off/aggressive towards another player. Was genuinely not happy about something.

It appeared Baker stood over McVee when he got pinged for HTB and Gawn took exception to that.  Baker certainly then appeared to be claiming his innocence so it may have been a case of mistaken intentions.

I watched after they game and every Melbourne player warmly embraced him including Trac who made a beeline for him after doing a media interview.  Certainly didn’t seem any ill will between Gawn and Sauce.

On 3/19/2023 at 11:35 AM, dazzledavey36 said:

Go on the Doggies footy forums and they're scathing of his performance last night.

And that would be just as idiotic as the people on here that blame our poor performances on our 15-30th ranked players that cost nothing in the scheme of things when it’s really the top 10 paid players not performing that are the problem.  If the Bulldogs supporters have any sense, all their anger will be directed at the club for chasing and investing heavily in Lobb, a player who isn’t what they needed, and that’s not even mentioning his long term flakiness.

5 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

He'll stir up as much controversy as he can this year about Pickett to try to make him unsettled and move to Port. He was relentless with North and JHF last year.

I'm not sure if leading the public witch hunt for Pickett will do much to endear Port to Pickett or Picketts family.

4 hours ago, binman said:

After that beautiful feint/baulk on the boundary line (which was almost right below where i was sitting) I said to bloke i was sitting next to at the footy that he the trait of the really good players (albeit an awfully cliched one) - time.

Which now that i think about it is probably manifestation of quick thinking and perhaps also a level of calmness.

That little bawk(?) was a thing of beauty.  Very subtle but it totally wrong footed Libba who just dropped his head knowing he had been beaten.

I'm too yound to have any meaningful memories of Brian Wilson, but he was my late father's favourite player of that era.  Great story and well done MFC.

8 minutes ago, AzzKikA said:

I haven't read anything but what's the media think about the length? Are they bitching about the MRO?

Kane Cornes and David King are the loudest voices I’ve heard that wanted more, ignoring that two weeks for a no actual harm incident is a huge leap forward for something that not long ago would have been thrown out for insufficient force. 
 

Whateley and Damien Barrett are two big profiles that think it’s a fair outcome. 

Good decision by the club I feel. I’m sure there are several past players struggling with concussion related life issues and that are part of the current legal action that the MFC would also feel some responsibility for. 
Unlucky for Kozzy and us that he is the first but it it well past time that the potential outcome of actions are looked at as well as just the outcome. It wasn’t that long ago that the match day report would have been thrown out for insufficient force. I think 2 weeks is a good starting point for a first offender for such an incident now. 
Just hope they also start to treat deliberate head punches and elbows just as seriously such as the [censored] we saw by the repeat offender Cotchin a few weeks ago. 

I listened with bated breath to hear Dammo’s take on the Kozzy incident, expecting more of the hysteria coming out of the likes of Kane Cornes and David King. Very surprised to hear him (and Josh Gabelich) say he was happy with it although he mused it could be challenged by Melbourne to lower it to one week. 

They were also very positive with the Grawndy performance and Dammo had Trac 5th best overall for the round in his Daily MVP votes (which he then ruined by giving Chad Warner 1st best).

5 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

I bet he doesn't but lever deserves Brownlow votes 

Played well all game but his first quarter especially was brilliant.  If any of our younger defenders may have been anxious without Steve May, they would have been greatly reassured that the system would stand up with the way Lever played.  It definitely reassured me 😂👍

Bulldogs invest heavily in a forward/reluctant ruckman when they really needed a genuine ruck backup for English who can drift forward.

Freo invest extremely heavily in a ruckman with very little forward craft and runs on the board based purely on potential when they desperately need a genuine tall forward or another key defender.

 So happy with the MFC list managers right now.

2 minutes ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

This is why I'm riding this train on its journey around the 2023 AFL season - not the 'LJ Thing' (he's forever in my memory for his part in Bang Bang Bang); rather, it's the draft bounty.

It's just the reality.

A bottom 4 finish for Freo with LJ winning their B&F is fine with me too. 

6 Gawn

5 Lever

4 Kozzy

then it gets hard

3 Trac

2 Clarry

1 BBBB

2 hours ago, titan_uranus said:

 

IIRC he was only booed at his first touch, which was shortly after Hunter’s first touch where the Dogs fans booed him. I felt like those who booed were doing it in response to the Dogs fans and it didn’t happen again.

I loved the way our fans drowned out the boos for Hunter and Pickett as the game went on though. 

Re Sauce booing: Agree. All pantomime and in good fun and as a response to the Hunter booing.  I think a lot of Melbourne supporters gave him a good cheer when he kicked his goal.

And loved how we drowned out the booing.  The dogs supporters seemed to lose interest after that.

1 minute ago, Wilbur said:

When  you compare this farcical outcome to what  Cripps  received from actually knocking out his direct opponent.

You know the afl tribunal a corrupt entity. The club must appeal this moronic decision!

Different sets of rules for different club will not stand.

The AFL weren’t happy with it and changed the rules to reduce the possibility of the Cripps farce happening again.

Gonna be lineball for worst performance of the week.  Suns or Dockers.

1 minute ago, Jaded No More said:

They screwed us. They deserve that karma. 

Also why is Peter Bell on the bench? Is he also coaching now? 🫠

Definite micro-manager personality so no surprise.

6 minutes ago, sue said:

If the MRO is now including a factor called 'potential to cause injury', then they should not bury it under the level of impact but instead have a seperate line for potential to cause injury.  Furthermore, there should be levels for that, just like they have for impact. 

If not that, some more fleshing out how and why things were graded how they were. 

LJ has missed two gettable goals so good to see he is doing his bit to maximise our return.

Two match balls got nicked by some enterprising young fans at the Hawks Bombers game.  Ch7 chose to show it all to the world so every chance this will now be a thing.

These were on MFC Facebook

2 minutes ago, Monbon said:

On the MFC site, saw the clip of 3 of the 4 new players receiving their jumpers. Mc Vee from Brownie, Brodie from Frank Davis, but I couldn't work out who presented Bailey Laurie's jumper? ( Would have loved to see Lachie get his jumper from the Dom...)

Trav Johnstone

3 minutes ago, david_neitz_is_my_dad said:

Giving Franklin just 1 week for his hit is rubbing salt into the wounds. He will be free to play us now

May will be back and he owns Buddy so all good.

1 minute ago, bing181 said:

Because they upgrade the level based on potential to cause injury. i.e. it's as much about how dangerous a tackle is as the outcome.

This is the change to the system that many aren’t taking into account and why we would be wasting our time and focus if we were to challenge.