daisycutter

Whichever way you look at (and you really need to be at the game, not watching on TV) our offensive and defensive tactics at kick-ins is a glaring deficiency this year and appears to be lacking any coherent strategy. It is an area we could gain some real benefits in the future. However in defense of last Sunday's tactics of kicking long (mainly to the wings), it wasn't too bad a tactic given the appalling weather conditions. It wasn't a time for pinpoint short passes. Players downfield however could have been smarter in positioning themselves, covering the packs, tapping over the back etc Just my 2c worth edited spelling

I don't buy the basketball argument Plenty of kids his age have no problem switching from playing "soft" in basketball and "hard" in football. He's not some long-term basketballer who has just switched to football Different definitions of soft is just semantics, if he plays "soft" he plays "soft" - period. I don't know the reason for it but I sure hope he grows out of it. His lack of aggression and urgency is worrying, I hope its just a confidence thing

I'd have to go a B+ (A- if it was allowed) At the start of the season I wondered what would be a good measurement - wins, Q's won, competiteveness, development of players etc In the end I thought the simplest measurement would be points percentage and I plucked 90%+ out of the air Currently we are sitting on about 97% which I think is quite remarkable from the previous 3 years. It needs to be stressed though that a B+ rating is only a reflection of where we have come from and what my expectations were Its certainly not a stand-alone rating against all teams In summary, a great year, exceeding (realistic) expectations and certainly promising better things

Lets hope its only 4 weeks so he is ready for the Preliminary final!

I thought it was quite succinct . . . . but then I'm bored waiting for the Moto GP to start

sarcasm? I thought it was more flippancy

since when is Oscar Wilde the infallible font of knowledge? I don't think he ever went to a game of football let alone played mind you he was a pretty good exponent at sarcasm himself

I think you have spelt your username incorrectly

thats stiff someone one demonland must have a spare ticket?? any takers??

Dunno, probably the same reason you call people stupid because they have a different opinion to yours??

Its a "designated home game" in lieu of the "home" game in Darwin Should be a MFC rep at the gates though Keep trying the phone in the meantime

What? You mean they are all facts?

Jack Viney to sign contract with Cricket Australia

MFC to resurrect the silver clash jumper in honor of all the silver-ware won in the glory years and to be won this decade

or . . . just be available in case Chip doesn't come up at the last minute

Yes, this changed. Just the one (white) clash jumper Plus sometimes a one-off promotional jumper (e.g. pink cancer one)

I'll keep it brief I like Matty Bate, he's been one my favourites His development at this stage is below my expectations I rate him but not as high as Dappa Dan He has obvious strengths and weaknesses. He needs to minimise his weaknesses and be more consistent with his strengths He is only 23 and has a good upside He is worth keeping for depth reasons and his potential to take the next step I expect he will be around at least the next two years I'd be disappointed if he went to GC but we could live with it

If only . . . sigh! But its the AFL thats the issue not the club, they define red as "dark" (like it gets hard to see!#$%) We wore red clash jumpers in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009 see footyjumpers 2007 was the infamous silver one 2010 is the current white one

Indeed some were ok I only put these up because InnerDemon said he thought based on tweet that next years clash jumper would probably incorporate the entwined MFC letters as the twwet said it would be heritage/tradition based Whether it will have this element I don't have a clue. I thought it might be interesting to see what it "might" look like if it did Presumably its all done and dusted, so this was not an attempt at influencing anything

Well I see two contexts 1. What we have to live with at least in the short term (ie predomonately white) 2. What I would really like In context of point 1, yeah I could live with something like that A Q for you. Was that something like what you were thinking? Which of the 6 comes closest to what you like?

Two more variations First one only has heritage elements - the MFC letters and the red verical stripe Second was that plus an attempt to minimise the white

a variation with the original vertical red stripe seen on MFCs first coloured jumper

Were you thinking something like this? or

Answer to what? He just said hark back to tradition . . . he didn't say what that was

For those "maintaining the rage" this was perfectly expected for next year/short term This changes nothing Rome wasn't built in a day