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Some issues : Steele Sidebottom summed things up in his halftime interview, when he stated that they were confident that all they had to do was maintain/improve their pressure and we would make mistakes (make him an assistant (playing) coach straight away. at one point Melbourne had 5 bloks going for 1 ball. Collingwood had three areas covered outside. We got ball gave to outside and Collingwood outnumbered us EASILY and just marched down the ground. I thought we got out of that 3 years ago. I feel Hore would be cheaper than Lever ,....and more effective. Lever cannot seem to be able to man up when required. and once he gets the ball it is a big kick dwon the line .......to nowhere. SImple mistakes after a passage of good play leads to rebounds that we do not handle well Some positives I know he is a whipping boy, but Oscar's efforts were impressive. There was one post during the game criticising him for not beating Grundy in a ruck contest.. Get real even Sir Maximus with all his ruck craft does not win every hitout against Grundy. Oscar provided a competive big body in the forward line contests, and Fritsch took a good grab after Oscar provided the space. A team thing !! Patience is a virtue (too much is .........) but : Dunkley (19 yo) first year, late entrant to AFL training , Petty( big with a bit of aggro) is going to be a beauty because he contests. Hore is a terrific first year player although he has not done much for a few weeks.. Wagner is still really a first year player so has not picked up the tempo like Carlton's Walsh, but has a red hot go. Lockart is competitive and also a first year player who arrived into this years system a bit late. Baker also shows promise. All is not lost. 2020 roll on with May ,Weidemann, McDonald all having full preseasons. Fritsch is only a second year player. and plays above his height. Oliver is too good a player not be able to be more effective. i.e. get more positive yardage out of his contributions. Guss has worked his way back into some good areas in the last few weeks. Increased Tackles, Breaking lines with good disposals ,etc Believe it or not I am more positive about next year than what I was about this year (at the same time last year

Bit harsh on Oscar. He has been serviceable. TRac disappeared that quarter because Hibberd Viney and Lever are stuffing up "the connectivity" In fact Oscar has been competitive in Fwd line. Provides a bigger target. He will be handy as backup swingman. Lever seems only good when he ia by himself , not a strong 1 on 1 . Hibberd has lost pace and confidence. JKH, Wagner both compeitive and committed.

MY CAse has rested. Hope OMac burns . 8 goals

6 from Carlton . How come Henry from Gellong missed out and Blakey from Swans

THANKS.

What has happened to Joeboys 3 word analysis last week? I did not think we were that bad !!!

Apparently Phil Walsh (dec) thought the wolrd of him in his ability to relate to players and develop them. We saw the results a couple of weeks ago . I am not knocking Ratten , but these kids are the ones who RIcho has been developing. He has had no luck with a few longterm injuries etc (i.e. Mc Cartin and , the HB Flanker with Heart problems. both of them quality players. )

Yeh, the gate to the members lounge did not work ....is that Omac's fault too !!

I hope not. He needs to learn some "man Management" first. You would have him in front of Max ?????

Yes I think RIchardson would be a good fit for us. AN Excellent Development Coach . Must keep Rowlads though .

Well, I follow Melbourne because mu uncle's teacher left his school in the Wimmera to play with Melbourne in the middle of the year. THat wa in the mid 1920's and my uncle followed them all his life ( he died @ 92). As a kid in 1950's, I thought I was onto a good thing (still do) ..First saw Melbourne play in 1963 @ Junction Oval (CArl's first game ) Robbie Flower made it worthwhile going to the footy . Gary Hardeman could mark anything and Stan Alves owned the Members wing. I still think we are recovering from the hidings from Hawthorn and the loss after the siren. I was numb !!! The good thing about Melbourne was that any little success became great. Beating Carlton on the eve of the finals when we finished in bottom part of ladder and they won the Flag nearly was equivalent. Last year was the start of our Decade of Arrogance , but it seems it has hit a hiatus. This year has taught us to be humble in our period of greatness. ( and I have only just opened my bottle of red !!!) Normal Arrogance will resume next year !!!

We need someone who has very long arms so that he can marks over a variety of areas. VAry good reflexes to pick up the direction the kick is coming from etc. The Full fwd does not maketh the team. The quality of delivery maketh the full fwd. The bloke we shouldbe looking at is Seb Ross. How many times does he make Membrey and Bruce (Both fair to average) look really good.

T%hank you, the hysteria surrounding the bloke is getting ridiculous. He had 11 1 % last week which indicates he did a lot of "team" things. He made mistakes, but tell me a player who did not. One of Bruces goal could not have been stopped by SIlvangi at his peak., the quality of the delivery to him. Lever caused another by wanting to be a hero and surely Omac cannot be responsible for a ruck ocntest when he is not the designated one. The absolute balls up in the fwd line after a really good ball movement by hand down the ground was more ridiculous than many of the things that Omacis beoing pilloried for. Give him a breal.

NO, we have put a lot of development into him plus we have seen what he is capable of when he is right

Max'interview after the siren last was pretty frank and lucid. I feel that Max has shown enough committment to MFC to be our Captain . Even though Nathan Jones and JV aree our captains, I do not sense a feel of presence about them. Nathan grew into the leadership role, but is now using all his attributes just to stay on the park. I also feel that the appointment of JV as Co-captain was made a bit prematurely. He has been a tremendous servant of MFC.

Yeh.... you must have the cattle for such a complicated game plan. Remember our blokes are professionals and need to bring flasher terms to describe things.

I wuld be more worried if I was an Essendon Barracker or a GWS OR Collingwood person. None of them covered themselves in much glory at the weekend At least we had a premonition that the wheels would fall off at some time in the game, so I am at Acceptance already. Then the only way is UP

It is obvious, what is wrong.. Skills and Connectivity = 13 goals scored via turnovers. Fixable ......Yes , by getting ball out before opposition line up When....... Soon Hopefully Solutions : OMac to CHF Pretty to CHB, Clarrie to Outside MId: Gus, Harmesy in MId, JV to Small Fwd

Unfortunately JV seems more intent on the contest, rather thanhat he is required to do with it. We often criticise Clarrie for his manic movement between contests, but he at least is trying to keep the ball moving, whereas JV wants the game to contunually stop. Because the ball is not ocming out our midfielders think they have to help it come out AND then we are undermanned on the outside.

Solution : Offer Carlton our number 1 pick for Sam Walsh. Problem solved

Not as silly as it sounds, although I reckon a spot will be found for Jordan Lewis .

Agree with the thrust of this. We may criticise a commentator for what he says, but in his analysis he highlighted why we have gone "backwards". And there were many on this forum (Demonland) who would have to agree , because you have expressed it. Paul Roos also highlighted that a small difference e.g. 5% can be the difference between success and failure. ONe thing i9s that at no stage this year have our players not shown a high level of effort, skill execution down maybe !! The Set shots for goal have been like an albatross around our necks and have expoede us many many times this season. We can talk about the coaches, but it is ultimaterly up to the players. However things have not been right since they got rid ofJack and dropped Oscar. HONESTLY HOPE THAT WE USE OUR DRAFT PICK RATHER THAN TRADE !!! Because I am positive about the future .

My thoughts exactly. I even thought he was going to mention Jurrah in his posting.

Obviousl;y Dermie is empowered by Trumpism in that when you feel not enough notice is taken of you AND you are frightened about not being the centre of the universe, then you come out with some b@#$%% t idea. Well .....it keeps Mathew Lloyd, Chis Judd, Newman, Tom Morris , RObbo,And Stevo in Jobs !!!

Actually last week I was driving past a game in the Maryborough CAstlemaine League and a young bloke No 16 shoed a lot of dash and actually hit a couple of leads ont he chest. Di nit know his name, but I am suure we could trade our first round pick and pay him yop dollar once we find out who he is !!!!