george_on_the_outer

Forget No. 1. The umpires cannot see who kicked a goal or not today, they would only manage to stuff this up on a regular basis. All the others are OK. But they make sense, so don't let Gil and Hocking know just yet....then they will think they came up with the ideas!

Carlton have started the destruction with their abandonment of the Northern Blues ( Preston). As Mazer says: "Well, why not. After grass roots & country footy, why not go on with the knife and end VFL? Next, ammos and suburban leagues. "

OK....here is the answer to the last one. No 1. “I would have 100 shots a week at training….” A: Brad Green, Demonland Podcast 20/6/18 Small wonder that he was so good at shooting for goal.

OK, you have been kept in suspense, so here is one to help out: No 6. “Any game against Collingwood, you had to get up…it’s a long week in football and every 2nd bastard you run into is a Collingwood supporter..” A: Allen Jakovich Demonland podcast 21 October 2017. 37.25

sorry RM. I will reveal 1 each day, if no-one can guess them.....

sorry LFS neither correct.

Scot Sutcliffe from Demonwiki: http://www.demonwiki.org/Scott+Sutcliffe

Further help needed? No. 7. A: Ian Thorogood. From “The Red Fox” by Ben Collins

It was nice to see the umpires allow " play on" when the player played on, not until the umpire calls it, like today.

His comments about his time at Melbourne start with 12.37 to go

Mate of mine dejectedly walked out when WCE hit the front with 4 minutes to go, so he could exit the horrible Waverley car-park. Heard the first roar when Spalding marked as he went through the gates. Then the groan as he missed. Then the roar with the Lyon goal when we hit the front. Had to turn on the radio to find out we won. ......Never leave the game early!

Jeremy from Demonwiki However I think it is Peter Tossol, again the picture from Demonwiki:

Carroll's tackle on Gehrig was the turning point. He was going to win the game off his own boot up to that point. Couldn't move after that.

OK, we will help you out a litte...... No 2. “I train day on, day off. Day on. Day off….Todays’s day off” Allen Jakovich in Garry Lyons book “The Demon Within”

Congratulations Roger Mellie.....another one right! No 4. The old Melbourne’s gone….done and dusted. Finished….and that will never reappear again. Paul Roos. Demonland Podcast 13 June 2018 at 37.55

Still no more correct since Grinter and Barassi......

Heading down the sensible path with this suggestion, but instead of GWS it should be Gold Coast. Two problems solved with one move.

still no further correct answers, so I have put up an easier one in the first post........

Roger M ...one right! No 5 is RDB...... to the runner at 1.28 to 1.38 Left Foot Snap.....another right No 3 is Rod Grinter: Rod Grinter, Demonland Podcast 25 June 2019

OK no correct answers yet, but am impressed with a couple of options put forward...Remember these are only MFC icons...... So I'll give you a couple more to see if anyone can get the answers.... 1. “I would have 100 shots a week at training….” 2. “I train day on, day off. Day on. Day off….Todays’s day off” 3. “ If blokes got in my way, I knocked them over…and sometimes it was a little too high..” 4. "The old Melbourne’s gone….done and dusted. Finished….and that will never reappear again" 5. “Healy off, Ellingworth on….bloody weak as [censored]…” 6. “Any game against Collingwood, you had to get up…it’s a long week in football and every 2nd bastard you run into is a Collingwood supporter..”

Not much to talk about at the moment......so let's delve back into our recent and long past history and ask the question: WHO SAID THAT? As each one is correctly identified, another will be posted. OK no correct answers yet, but am impressed with a couple of options put forward...Remember these are only MFC icons...... So I'll give you a couple more to see if anyone can get the answers.... 1 1. “I would have 100 shots a week at training….” A A: Brad Green, Demonland Podcast 20/6/18 2. “I train day on, day off. Day on. Day off….Todays’s day off” A: Allen Jakovich in Garry Lyons book “The Demon Within” 3. “ If blokes got in my way, I knocked them over…and sometimes it was a little too high..” A: Rod Grinter.....correctly identified by Left Foot Snap 4. "The old Melbourne’s gone….done and dusted. Finished….and that will never reappear again" A: Paul Roos. Demonland Podcast 13 June 2018 37.55 correctly identified by Roger Mellie 5. “Healy off, Ellingworth on….bloody weak as [censored]…” A: R.D. Barassi: correctly identified by Roger Mellie 6. “Any game against Collingwood, you had to get up…it’s a long week in football and every 2nd bastard you run into is a Collingwood supporter..” A: Allen Jakovich Demonland podcast 21 October 2017. 37.25 Another one: 7. The voice became more agitated. “Open the door – it’s Norm Smith” I said: “Hell is that you, Red Fox?” Norm put his shoulder to the door and it nearly came off its hinges. He burst in and wrestled all 3 of us, and it bloody hurt too; we were bruised. ….” None of you will ever refer to me as The Red Fox ever again!” Who said “ Hell is that you , Red Fox?” thereby giving Norm Smith his nickname ? A: Ian Thorogood. From “The Red Fox” by Ben Collins

While it sounds simple in practice, defensive structures are now set up as a zone. One on one football is a rarity these days, especially in the defensive area. So a player with the ball cannot kick to space for a leading forward to run into. There should always be a defender within range, to turn it into a contest. The other problem with the Eagles games was that WCE had 3 tall defenders. We only had 2 tall forwards. As well most teams, like them, drop the extra man in defence. We did the same to them with Darling and Kennedy only getting a solitary goal between them.

I don't know how they actually do this or even can practice it at training. So let's see if I can get this right... If we have T.Mac, Weid, Fritsch, Melksham, Kossie, and Bedford playing as forwards, then to get maximum match simulation we would place May, Lever, Hibberd, Jetta, Salem and Harmes on them. Trouble is that we are now playing "half-court" ...i.e. it is all at one end of the ground. And we know that the players don't stick in positions during the game. So to overcome this at training , the forwards and backs get distributed to various other positions around the ground, not where they would normally play. If we have essentially a full list training you can get 36 on the ground. ( last year this never happened) But they are playing and kicking to players that they wouldn't normally be playing with and kicking to. So I would imagine the only way that we can actually get as close to match simulation is by using various players at FF, CHF, FP etc and then rotating others into the same roles. It probably gets even harder, when you have new players come to the club e.g. Tomlinson and Langdon. They don't know instinctively where T.Mac or Weid or Fritsch will lead to . They can be told this at briefing, but until you actually do it multiple times in real-life, it won't click. I remember someone who had moved clubs, saying it took at least a year until they knew exactly what others would do and where they would go. It applies to the backs as well, and it is no surprise that the best functioning teams have played together as a team for a long time. Richmond have had virtually no injuries for the past 2 years and that shows in their team efforts. Very similar to the Hawthorn teams of the 80's and 90's. They just knew where to go and what would happen before it actually did. Back to the original question....I don't know the answer. I don't know how the coaches teach it, if they can, other than telling players to do it.

Langers1971 is looking for VHS versions, perhaps PM him...

and for the most telling book ever written about us...by our own Supermercado.......just to cheer you up during this time: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32955680-the-great-deepression