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Gus seems to come up often and has taken Oscar's role as a whipping boy. Viney's Disposal Efficiency last night was around 50 % which effectively meant that even though Gus had a lot less possessions he had as many effective as Viney and only a couple behind Oliver. Plus the ball was not handed back some 20 + times at the centre to HF line by poor disposal. Connectivity, sorry poor disposal/turnovers meant that the Fwds in Jackson, TMac and Weid were not even given a chance to be involved. You can have all the potential in the world but if you lead and the kick that was to come to you is fumbled, dropped, misguided etc .. as we saw last night then you are stuck in middle of FLinders St. without toilet paper. That highlights the problem in that the only current "big"ball winner who disposes reasonably is Petracca who has jumped Gus as a midfield option. Gus had a great year UNTIL the running past midfielder got cut out with 2019 rules. Plus surely Gawny could tap it OVER the scrum a bit more. Brayshaw seems to come up often and has taken Oscar's role as a whipping boy. Viney's Disposal Efficiency last night was around 50 % which effectively meant that even though Gus had a lot less possessions he had as many effective as Viney and only a couple behind Oliver. Plus the ball was not handed back some 20 + times at the centre to HF line by poor disposal. Connectivity, sorry poor disposal/turnovers meant that the Fwds in Jackson, TMac and Weid were not even given a chance to be involved. You can have all the potential in the world but if you lead and the kick that was to come to you is fumbled, dropped, misguided etc .. as we saw last night then you are stuck in middle of FLinders St. without toilet paper. That highlights the problem in that the only current "big"ball winner who disposes reasonably is Petracca who has jumped Gus as a midfield option. Gus had a great year UNTIL the running past midfielder got cut out with 2019 rules. Plus surely Gawny could tap it OVER the scrum a bit more.

Something is wrong, because two years ago he was one of the quickest endurance athletes around for his size.

I thought Lockart was pretty good. He showed a lot more competitiveness than people on 7 times his salary !!!! The damage was done when the ball turned over around 1/2 fwd, centre because of poor decision making/skills not AFL level. The resulte was a grey swarm going down the ground and the defenders got overwhelmed.

5 Gawn 4 Lockart 3 Sparrow 1 May 1 Petracca Cannot find anyone else to give even 1 vote to

I honestly think that was the worst performance Melbourne have put in since I can remember (some 68 years ago ). Too many palyers flatfooted The quality of decision making was definitely not AFL standard . Unfortunately our most prolific ball getters are among our worst disposal / decision making. Therein lies our problem. I am not denying Viney & Oliver efforts, but tonight they fumbled & wentt back into dinky handball/bombs. That is when we are at our worst.

VIney has been terrific for the last 3 weeks, but he & Clarrie do not bring others into the game as much as they could. Petracca is so much more effective with ball in hand because he is looking for options BEFORE he gets the ball. The Wings & Outside Mids do not know where Clarrie & Jack are going ?and how they are going to dispose. For a season & a half we have hand plenty of grunt in the middle ,but not enough quality coming out of it. Opposing teams learn to play off our dominant ruckman like tonight and have the quality to use the ball better. Simple game really.

Maybe the definition of an effective disposal should be more clearly defined !!!

OMac is never going to gain Brownlow Votes. That is not his role. But he was pretty good again tonight in his role.I would not say their big forwards were dominating tonight so credit is due.

Why are our ratings always so negative ?? We were playing a top side tonight and with reasonable kicking at goal we would have won !!!!

TMac back to provide a mobile big man around the ground to take some predictability off Max (who is doing a great job) Jackson was great in first half, but I think a young player would find it hard to back up after a 4 day break. Having said that , just like we have a million inside mids we seem to have a lot of medium fwds in Hannan, Melsham and Fritsch. SO maybe one of them may be rested. Unfortunately I feel Nev Jetta is struggling with pace of the game at the moment, Lockart was good tonight so maybe Rivers gets another go.

At one stage tonight the commentators remarked how difficult the role of wingman is in modern football . ( at the time he was referring to Robinson and Langford( who both came into the game later on) If the ball is going through the other side of the ground the Wingmansrole is to cut off the switch (even by just being in position. No stats there though !! SO maybe Gus is playing a low possession role for the benefit of the team.

Unfortunately Oliver, Petracca and Viney crowd out any other midfielders because they are possession beasts. Angus has obviously been required to take another role . Being an outside mid tonight for us , you were on a hiding to nothing, because their midfield clearances negated his opportunities. MAybe a little more flexibility from our ruckman (who is terrific ) would enable us to go over their midfielders heads and bring the outside mids into play more.

Please get your facts right. Brayshaws disposal was no worse than some others. He is the player who sees options and creates option. (no player has 100% DE especially when he is trying to take the game on rather than playing conservative football). He has ability to dispose on both sides of his body which is a rare skill in today's football. He is also a very competitive midfielder. Viney's disposal often leaves us exposed, but he brings other aspects to the table. Pickett only had 6 disposals today and no tackles yet some are lauding him . I think he was good also and once he learns to tackle he will be bloody brilliant. No player is perfect.

I have been a fan of this unsung team player, so well done. Some people are starting to appreciate that it takes the :"role" players to make the TEAM successful

"Brayshaw didn't get a lot of it but again did his job, what I like about him is when in the centre bounces he knows how to spread and create space. He's knows how to get a clean clearance from the middle. I was looking for all that dejected, head down stuff that I read and saw none of it. He can do more but sometimes when Trac, Oliver and Viney are getting a lot of it there's not as much to go around. " Petracca (bless him ) had a funny night Disposal efficiency wise, but has been our most effective player under 200cm. Exactly , the problem is with our most prolific ballgetters is they do not spread which utilises Brayshaw. He cannot be expected to put another ball grabber in the midst of things. Once we get back to distributing the ball away from the stoppage, we will be firing. OMac does his job in a low key way so it was good to see positives from people.. Not everyone gets 25 possessions etc. Can you name the whole of RIchmond's 2 premiership sides or Hawthorns/BL . No, because there were a lot of role/team players.

Until we deliver the ball properly into the forward line (and get it working properly), we could get Tony Lockert , Jason Gunstall, Gordon COventry & Jack Mueller AND Neita and we would still not win !!!

You could get John Coleman back and he would even struggle the way the ball is delivered into the scoring zone.

" " 1. Gawn comprehensively beat both Richmond rucks. There was no "break even". 2. No, I'm not Simon. 3. Go back and watch the game again. You'll see a goal where Gawn got the ball to Melksham which ended up in a goal (city end). Was a decent kick too. 4. Check the Age player of the year totals. Gawn is on 22 votes from 4 games (all the others in the top group have played 5). He has the 6th highest total with one game less. Goldstein is on 29 and Lachie Neale is the runaway leader. 5. Most unbiased observers believe Gawn is having another good year. 6. I respect your opinion even though I disagree with it. On the basis of this we should be trading him because some people want to trade players the minute they make a mistake . On another thread, Brayshaw, McDonald etc are all up for trade. Seriously when are we goin to let up on the players. Their Efforts have been good, it is just the execution !!!! plus Gawn , Brayshaw and McDonald are the least of our worries. I can think of a couple of players whose mind goes in reverse when they have the ball (i.e. Viney & Clarrie) . Melsham has his capabilities and aspirations mixed up and Lever still thinks it is pre season. Hannan , Hibberd and May showed good stuff yesterday and Fritta was good once he got on his bike. But it would nice if we had a 196cm fwd as well as Tmac. ( Do we know where there is one .......Weiemann.,Jackson ???

MUch to some people's joy , it seems it is too late to trade Angus Brayshaw. He has gone already (that is probably why he was "missing"(according to some people yesterday. He was busy poling votes for Dockers in their win against Crows ( The Age). Do not know how he got back to MCG so quickly from Adelaide.

Wonder if Angus Brayshaw is going up there or is in Perth. According to the Age today he polled voted in the Crows vs Dockers game.

Viney/Oliver/Melsham/Tomlinson/Langdon : Disposal issues Brayshaw : needs game time ( the reson he goes missing is because he is sitting on bench !!) Small Fwd Line : Not working because of point 1 Decision making : non existaent Hibberd : I will eat my words -great effort game TMac : See point 1 ----moved well Hannan : was good breaks lines Pickert/Lockart : Overwhelmed but promising Weid/ OMac/ Jetta/ Jones : Missing the maturity Umpires : Invent rule changes Crowd noise : Advantage : Drowns out Taylor Disadvantage : Sounds like American "comedy"

Yes...because we only have one plus the ball is not being delivered properly. If you have videos of 2019 compare the quality of ball movement front of centre to the last 16 months.

Brayshaw : Team needs more minutes of him Lever : Good arm waver. Too big to be a rover/Too light to be big.=> in between Petracca : Class considering tagged. Harmes : Underutilised Tomlinson/LAngford/ Hibberd : Stop Bombing Viney / : Get Ball / Disposal ???? Oliver : Take game on !!! Gawn : Shining light Pickett/Rivers/Lochart : Give them time Mc Donald : Lone big fwd very difficult spot Fritsch : Suffered from poor delivery

JUst hope we don't kick a point first up .......and there is no Full-Back to kick it back in. But I suppose we would win by 1 point......Yeeeeeh !!!!

I think we are over analysing his attitude and getting into conspiracy theories territory. I would rate his disposal as better than Viney, but Viney gets first chop. Gus and Clarrie were brilliant in 2018 as a combination , but they are not working together b ecause Viney is back and he is a see ball.... get ball ....make sure noone else gets it player . Yesterday, he had limited time yet had 15 disposals and 5 tackles. There are a few to look at yestrday before you get to him