Sir Why You Little

3 hours ago, ElDiablo14 said:

I am not knowledgeable about the history of the club but, what happened between the MFC and the VFL/AFL? How did it fall from grace in two decades?

Very hard to imagine such an historic club and winning club could be left to wander in the wilderness for so long.

We got shafted with Recruitment Zones. 
we as a Club were also too slow to react when the game started to become Professional in the mid 60’s. Our slide began when TV Replays began (1965)

We just didn’t get major exposure. Richmond became the MCG drawcard

4 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

I watched the Adelaide game last weekend 

They were rubbish. Tried hard, but they had no system. It was all kick and hope. 
We will win 

The only thing that will beat us is Fatigue 

i am banking on early goals

Incredible that May is ready to go

The Man is seriously tough

I watched the Adelaide game last weekend 

They were rubbish. Tried hard, but they had no system. It was all kick and hope. 
We will win 

1 minute ago, Satan said:

He is but having a phone on during a game is illegal for players and coaches.

 

Looking at a weather report 

I think the AFL has much bigger issues to deal with 

10 minutes ago, Satan said:

nothing to see here

And this is a news drama. FFS 

Tom Morris is such a boat anchor 

23 minutes ago, Grr-owl said:

Though I know not your name, lone Demon, nor from whence you come, I salute thee....

 

 

That poor young child 

5 minutes ago, Demon_spurs said:

Am I the only one on here, that is quite enjoying Hawthorn's fall from grace

It’s poetry in motion 

Interesting that nobody has mentioned Tom Sparrow’s Goal in the last quarter. It’s an absolute cracker, the ball is red hot and he slots it with brute strength and accuracy 

Well played young man…

1 minute ago, loges said:

Joey Montagna : Melbourne best leaders and culture in the game !

Winning cures everything in the Media 

4 minutes ago, binman said:

Nah, that's not how I saw it.

Or what the numbers say, the most significant of which being points from defensive half:

Points from defensive half

For		Against
Match	Season	Match	Season *
32	26.8	19	22.8

We played our new back half game and beat port at their own game, who ironically tried to beat us with our 2021-23 straight line, forward half, territory game.

We won the game because we kicked accurately 

3 hours ago, jnrmac said:

Watching the replay there was one point where Port has 21 out of the last 25 i50s.

For our May-less defence to hold up was incredible

Incredible that we were able to resist such pressure without The General. 
Port were not mucking around, they tried everything 

One of the Clubs best ever wins. Hopefully we can back up after 5 days 

2 minutes ago, TheWiz said:

Spot on WYL.

A lot of clubs don’t know how painful it is like we do. We had to endure two expansion clubs and free agency in our rebuild.

If you’re rebuilding in 2027-29, it’s going to be very challenging.

It’s tough to rebuild a list, it’s even tougher when all the available talent - young and old (like Scully and Frawley) - gets sucked out.

Absolutely Wiz. We know what will happen. We went through it. You can only do so much each year, particularly if you bottom out hard. And Tasmania will be given the Cream for at least 2 years 

Well done Adem. The Tigers have had a serious crack in all 3 games

They will be a man down next week though, 

52 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

getting the Eagles back into contention is way more important to the AFL than supporting Tasmania

Not sure that will be the case. The AFL won’t want a weak Tassie Side in the Comp if they have just had a new Stadium built. 
I think West Coast are in a tail spin that will take years to recover from. 
Hawthorn and North are close behind 

7 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

when you really don't want to be poor in 2027-2031

they - and the eventual 20th team - will pick the eyes out of the draft

Yes i am a little concerned for us, but if we can nail top talent in the next 2 years we may be able to get through the 2 new teams 

1 hour ago, gs77 said:

According to the Fox commentators just now, it is Priority Picks. Despite WCE netting a flag merely 6 years ago and digging themselves into their current hole skewing their list profile to try to add to their 2018 success.

It’s too late for Meth Coke and North now. Probably Hawthorn as well, the Map of Tassie will be cleaning up on young talent. 
there will be a few Clubs very concerned about the future 

I think that’s our best win since The GF

We are right in the mix now 

number 14…..?

2 minutes ago, Dee Viney Intervention said:

Heads Like robbers dogs

That’s just one Family 

1 hour ago, Clintosaurus said:

How about all the smashed crabs wearing Port gear in the crowd? Couldn't leave quick enough after Fritta's goal 

Accuracy

ANB. one of the best players on our list

Super fit

We are in this because of accurate kicking 

FINISH THE JOB 

Port have all the play and we are still in this. 
 

grind the Bastards down 

We have a lot of quiet players who can still lift 

We are in this