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The smothers came about from some of our players inability to kick both sides of the body which gives them 2 goes at us ! e.g.AND moved onto Left foot ....clear, but then swung back to attampt Right Foot .......and caught !!! Otherwise I felt he played pretty well tonight.

Jeffrey (Woofer) Guild (RIP): North Melbourne

Viney : Equal Accumulate more DIstribute Clarrie : Lower your eyes Kozzie : 300 Set shot practice Gus: 500 set shot practice Brown : Stay away from TMac Tmac: Stay away from Brown Petty: Keep improving

6 Salem 5 Petty 4 Petracca 3 Gawn 2 Hunt 1 Fitsch Lever cannot hold a direct opponent, Viney cannot distribute, Clarrie bombs-> Fwds suffering, Jackson, Brown & Mc Donald running in different directions

Get Jordan Spieth.

Shift Viney to small fwd (provide tackling pressure ) ala Cyril (but not as quick !!) and use Kozzie as an On Baller (outside Mid)

I am writing this from Koowingebora, looking for players to fill all the changes you want to make. In the paper this morning "The Koowingebora Chronicle"ther is this side called Melbourne on top of the ladder. Some people must have done something right over a period of time to get there. Like Jordan (Spieth) we can all miss 2 footers.

Too much inaccurate kicking from set shots . Not enough kicking to people. DIfference between Spargo & Salems disposal ánd the "bombers". When we play badly we "BOMB"the ball forward. When we play well we move the ball fwd. It does not matter who the foorwards are if the ball comes in like it did tonight then even Lockett, Dunstall & Coleman would be struggling...........and we do not have any L D & C.. Plus the sides that have worked us out : Adelaide, Collingwood & HAwthorn have played keepings off and taken our tall defenders out of the game !!!!

Yeh, Bring back Doug Heywood & Percy Beames with Alan McIlvray for special effects. Eddis McEverywhere thinks he is broadcasting on radio whereas TV allows people to see the actual contest. WHere commentators (the good ones) are handy when they present the wider picture that is not shown on our screens at the time i.e. when a side gets a really good ball movement down the ground. TV does not show that very often.

Have been arguing for some time that JV clogs our midfield up. He would be brilliant as a small fwd. He would have a more restricted role and be more explosive, whereas in the Midfield he does not "clear the area" and it (the midfield ) becomes clogged up

And the reason we play 1 loose in defence is that Lever cannot lock an opponent down . He is an excellent intercept mark, but does get lost a little when dealing with a direct opponent

Salem TMac May Gawny Petracca (apart from turnovers) Oliver (especially after 1/2 time)

I know this is the greatest catastrophe in the history of Mankind but : Too much see ball get ball in the middle. Lever is one of our strengths, but his decision making is sometimes perplexing. A few times today (and many times previously) he continually ignores a shorter free option( in the corridor) preferring to "bomb"it to a contest (or anybody) . He can dispose of the ball well but seems reluctant to use some finesse. Jayden Hunt , I am sure, in the benefit of hindsight he may have not tried to do too much (and paid the penalty each time) Kicking for goal. We work hard to get the ball there and then ....... This what nearly killed us last week too. We have the best CHF in the league, but he is playing as the sole fwd. Give TMac (at CHF)some space because he uses the ball well and is very very mobile & big. He always provides a contest . See above re the inability of the smaller Fwds to match their earlier season work. With only one big bloke providing a contest there is limited supply to them. GWS are not a bottom side.

Obviously we lost by 50 points !!! Probably from trying to do the right thing, but I agree

It is an old cricket saying, that sometime our biggest strength is our greatest weakness. It is well worth noting that Lever is a terrific intercept player. The problem thewre is that he is not a good 1 on 1 palyer and yesterday exemplified that. Collingwood used short low disposals to move into the fwd line and our defence were waiting for the ball to be in the air. Secondly Clarrie and Trac are sensational; footballers, but they were up against Pendlebury , Sidebottonm & De Goey on a day out. However they did not lose the number count, but the quality . As a result our forward line were chasing "bombs" and did not have a real chance. Plus Maynard was briliant yesterday. We need to learn from that.

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That is so true. Some posters get a ""whipping boy"so that no matter what the player does for a team they get criticised. Some posters, I feel ,look at the stats first and the team efforts second. If anything this year has shown a lot of players doing their team role. The great chinese philosopher Hu Flung Dung once stated : " To be successful ,the sum of the whole has to be greater than the sum of the individual parts"

"Let's not get carried away" but enjoy the ride. I have followed Melbourne since late 40's (years ,not age) and the reason I have done so is because my Uncle (like a father to me) who followed Melbourne since he was at Primary School (a small district PS in the Wimmera) in the 20's and his teacher left the school during the year to go down to Melbourne and played about 20 games. Had a good run in the 60's but have become very patient, but Robbie Flower and Melbourne's rune in the finals in the 80's was an absolute highlight. The pleasing thing about this side is that they back themselves and do not fold. Friday night was the prime example . So I am still hoping

His oppponent was AA Full Back last year. He competed which provides the fodder for our smaller forwards.

I think his impact on the team has been enormous. Firstly he is an endurance athlete (evidence ,that he is often competing for the back at Half Back & deeper , but somehow is then competing in the front half.), secondly he is an excellent mark and a very accurate kick for goal. Thirdly he is a terrific team player. I suppose his only problem with some people on this site is that his surname is McDonald

One of the best team efforts I have seen for 30 years. We had stars, but there were a lot of blokes who played for the jumper not the stats.

Somehow, based on this I do not know how we only went down by 1 point !!!

Now that Oscar is gone, and TMac is approaching Sainthood, ANB is already beatified and St Charlie has grown wings people need to find another "dog"to kick so enter Melksham & Gus with Petty & Chandler as emergencies because they have to complain about something.

What do we do with Weidermann/Jackson/McDonald ? MaAybe we could swap Melksahm with Jeremy Cameron and pay Geelong out ??? TBH . let the draftees work their way into the system. So far this year we have seen : The benefit of Spargo playing when he was 18 and a longer term policy pay off., holding Jordan, Maturing Sparrow, letting Petty mature into his body and get over injuries.. Then we get to the 2019 Draft in Jackson ,Kozzie and Rivers . All look to be B+ to A Graders So, really we continue drafting/trading and developing. CHeaper and better in the long term. Pus I do not think there is much wriggle room in the Cap.

Actually he gives me the irits, but Good Luck with that and please be back so I can get the irits !!