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Brayshaw and Harmes : did not turn up. Oliver & Viney : too many ineffective stats Trac : trying too hard. OMac: allowed Walters too much latitude. TMac: missed the plane.

GAry Lyon was very constructive tonight (and hurting) . He summed it up that we have a very strong midfield group who try (possibly) too hard and as a result dor not play as a team. Hark back to 2018 when Brayshaw was part of that group and was being used better the team played better because the ball was moving, not going around in circles. The three games that we won and until he did his ankle Gus was getting to his better level and the team was performing a lot more cohesively. Look I think Clarrie & Jack are sensational players, but they must bring players into the game. I also think that Trac has to tighten up his decision making and he will be a super, super star. This year has been his standout. Our forward line has got to be more flexible. Again back to 2018 , Hogan and Mc Donald & then Weideman were felxible and provided targets. At the moment we are looking for Weid to be the main man and when he is covered we are not being as hungray on the ground to get results. Again , play Jack as a small fwd and see what difference the contestability is up there. Disappointed and I will scream if Scotrump comes out tomorrow and blames Melbourne for the mess we are in again !!!

I would seriously question your statement that Brayshaw is a shocking disposal. He, out of all our midfielders is the bloke who creates going fwd . If he gains the ball between HB & HF we score. (BIt rough on last night he only had 68% plus injury) Even last night at one stage GUs was in the middle of the ground by himself and the ball was taken at HB and he was ignored for a big hooray punt !!! Says it all. Our defence look for Salem ,but ignore our midfielders who are moving. Last night we had Max have 37 hitouts, but got beaten in clearances ... WHY !!!! As soon as the pressure goes on our blokes seem to lose confidence in each other and try to do the job themselves. Got to admire their efforts, but not their execution. Libba showed us a couple of weeks ago , how clearing the area is terrific for the team and enables the ball movement to flow. Viney's effort is never in doubt, but is a "ballhog"Oliver and Petracca hade DE over around 50% which means they lose the ball without advantage to the team too often. Look at how Oliver set the game alight last week by RUNNING out of congestion . That is what we need.

After tonight this is a pipedream !!!!

Delicious 89 posted. OMAC - just doesnt have any enthusiasm or drive to be out there always losing his man like with Membrey late in the game So under this analogy we drop someone who had our second highest 1% and a reasonable number of possessions for a defender purely because a fwd got a 2 yard break and the ball delivered to him on a platter. As I have mentioned on another post. OMac could have 20 possessions, 10 marks and 10 spoils and still not meet the criteria of some people purely because he is OMac ,the team player. May & Lever are a lot mor comfortable with him in the side. So on that basis we get rid of May because he got outmarked by Marshall twice late in the game. !!!!

I actually think that Spargo has more substance at the moment than Kozzie (who will be very good) Spargo is only 20 ,in his 3rd season AND HIS TACKLES STICK which creates forward pressure. I also think Wagner was good after a nervous start. Has pace and is a great team person . Presents. We are obsessed with stats and get excited about 25 possessions. However there are people in the team who "run with" and provide "the get out of strife" option. These roles do not have high stats ,but are integral to the team performance. I remember Roos saying one night that Jeremy Howe played the best 1 possession half he had seen . Richmond have it imbued into them .

Obviously unless you are getting 45 possessions and taking 12 uncontested marks, they are no good. Last night showed that a lot of players did not get high possessions, but a hell of a lot did the team thing. We are in the position that if May, Gawn, Petracca, Oliver and Brayshaw /Viney dominate the rest can really play a team game. Their role is to not lose control (which does not show up on the stats sheet.)

After having it done to us so many times in the last couple of years, we finally have an alternative game plan which showed it can take advantage of a situation and play with that bit of class ( Weideman's goal)

Sorry Langdon should have been in there.@ 2 and the Goal Umpire 1

Again I apologise for my reticence in redruiting May 6 May 5 May 4 May 3 Trac 2 Oliver 1 Rivers

Wagner : Did his job Melksham : important link Salem : best game tonight

"Petracca’s midfield numbers were low but jeez his goals were huge, if it were at a ground with the goal line camera would his goal stand? Not sure. The GOal Umpire was less than 2 metres from the ball/player and called it a goal. I do not think the review system does anything for the game !!! Because the media think it is perfect. Goal Umpires are part of the game just like umpires. Do we stop to review every decision the field umpire makes ????

It is not a footrace. If you get the ball and move it properly you can look pretty quick. NO one bar no one gets into AFL without some good leg speed.

And we really performed well against. It was not pace that beat us, it was the fact they got the ball and used it better in the 2nd half.

Once we become negative somehow it runs through the whole system . We will know in 24 hours.

He is still only a kid. Let him find peace in MFC and realise it is only a game !! ( Football, Not the trash idiocy)

NO, NOTNOW, NOT THIS WEEK. NO !!!

Yes, he is an enigma. At timers he is the heart & soul of the side, but other times he restricts out ball movement. Today was not the side to restrict ball movement against, because as soon as they got set (or the opportunity to set up) they just moved the ball and took our midfield out of the game. I still maintain he would be sensational as a small fwd .

Yes, that was in the first half. After half time resorted to playing merry-goround

I am sorry ,he is a delegator. Steven May is the lynchpin of our backline. Lockart is the improver The problem with our defence is the lack of pressure & presence of our smallr fowds , who ällowed"Footdcray to move the ball down the ground at will. Players like Daniel & Liberatore set people like Bont, MCrae & Smith up in moving the ball down the ground with the least resistance BECAUSE they choose the right options (and are given time to do so).

There is probably no one who is trying harder because he is used as backup ruckman, fwd line competitor . I agree he has lost thta athletic durability no doubt due to injury( longer term) . He is a bloke who has used every ounce that he has. In 2018 the ball was coming to him and he had enough pace to catch it.

MAy May May Viney (first half) then started to run in circles. Salem Fritsch (but for kicking) Brahshaw

I think he has tremendous talent, but he is too easily brushed away when tackling. MUst learn that at his size.

I think Tmac is playing a really good team game. He is providing a contest all over the groun d as well as holding his own in the ruck. So be fair. This goig to be a context between how effective Viney is cf Liberatore. Viney is at last breaking out of packs rather than running in circles. AN extremely tight contest.

I went to the footy just to watch Flower. First saw him when he came on the ground as 19th man @ Collingwood in the Reserves > The Athletic Glasses made him look like a little skinny kid. C'wood barrrackers laughed. After he had shown half their side what he could do they were calling out "Kill the kid!!!!" Bast day of football ever except for beating (belting) North in the final in his last year. Unbelivable footballer !! Current : Gus or Jetta plus afew others.