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layzie

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  1. I don't care if it's 100% not possible, the job is to keep this thread ticking over and you're all doing a sterling job. We all know media lurks here so we'll give them something to read.
  2. This. The Sydney QF gets glossed over as an afterthought in the line of 4 MCG finals losses. People talk about Collingwood and that could have been very different but were were generally trailing by 3 goals for most of the game after QT. The Sydney game could have been the statement, back in Melb and mean business. I was behind the goals at the Punt Rd end when Clarry's set shot went through and thought bang, bang, bang mk2 was in the works. Our system would have seen that game out 9 times out of 10. Guess we were just too banged up.
  3. It's a tough one. We've got plenty who are good with butcher's knives but arrows? I'd probably just give the bow to someone like Langford.
  4. Nah its probably about that 🤣
  5. She had to wait 20 years!
  6. I would expect a bold move to be made this year at trade. I don't necessarily want to but as many have said, the list is in danger of ending up in St Kilda no mans land. A tough call needs to be made and I'm not sure exactly who that should be, it all depends on currency but the real talk to fans is whether you're more concerned about success or having one club players. Successful clubs are constantly looking through the windshield and not the rear view mirror.
  7. layzie replied to jnrmac's topic in Melbourne Demons
    Talk about someone who used his natural hook to his advantage.. Left to right and straight through.
  8. I think 'unsure of his body' is probably the best wording he could have used. I did notice it and it's very understandable that he's not going to be crashing into packs 100% of the time. Mind you I have seen the Trac of old many times this year and wondered how he put his body on the line. It's going to take some time to be at full confidence.
  9. And one of the key observations here is that it didn't matter whether the previous coach had been there a short time or a long time, a new coach gave an instant lift. I don't think Bing is necessarily wrong, it's easy to want to change a coach for the sake of it. The results from here on out are going to dictate terms unfortunately. I'm still completely undecided on what should happen. I know the buck stops with the coach but I also can't help but feel that the club has failed to produce a good supporting cast around him these last couple of seasons. Chocco was such an amazing get in 2021 and his new ideas were taken to instantly. Luring someone like a Bartel could have had this exact same effect when the team was craving some change. And it has been obvious that Goodwin needs his right hand strategist like Yze and Jennings. I believe we've found a good fit since then. Whatever decision is made, you don't always have to be happy with it as a fan to accept that it may well be the right one.
  10. Does this mean another feasibility study incoming? More patience required. At this point I don't care as long as the ground we get has goalposts that make us kick goals.
  11. I haven't needed to go to the actual butcher for weeks because of what has been served up every Sunday. Too many cleavers, not enough scalpels.
  12. I mean technically we do lose the bye. I know other teams do too but we are pathetic when we do.
  13. Not the 9 years hell no. Just a duration of time that exceeds any sacking talk. But honestly, as much as I'm not fully in the sack Goodwin camp. A bottom 4 finish will do him absolutely no favours.
  14. The 50 at the end of the 3rd quarter against Jack Viney enraged me. Yes this was likely bad umpiring but so often I find that this team loves to put themselves in precarious positions late in quarters when the game is in the balance. 30 seconds before this we saw Disco Turner take a great mark on 50 and launch it in, at this point I'm thinking that at very least we'll get one more look at goal, yet Clarry scuffs his snap from close range. The next thing you know, Viney with 3 seconds left, not only gives away a free, but a 50 and a goal. The free looked extremely harsh but why are we not just standing the mark and putting the arms in the air instead of arguing or not giving the ball back quick enough? What you do in red time counts and the difference between a 9 and 15 point deficit at 3QT matters.
  15. Look Deezone it was a dangerous tackle free 7 times out of 10. It's a slightly different slant on it because although you can make a case that this call, a 50 and then a very generous 50 at that were terrible, I find that this team constantly finds ways to shoot ourselves in the foot and put ourselves in that position to begin with. I watched the last 90 seconds of that quarter again just now. It was the most exciting period of the game and it was end to end, you felt like someone was going to come up trumps but I was really hoping we could just get to the end of the quarter. With about 40 seconds left Turner takes a towering mark right on the paint of 50, doubles back and launches us in to the square. At this point I'm honestly thinking that if we don't get a chance on goal that we'll at least get it to ground and lock it down for some seconds. What happens next? Petty contests and does get it to ground, it flicks out to Fritsch who gets into a bit of space and handballs over to a running Oliver who snaps on the left from about 15 to 20 metres out and it lands in the goalsquare where the Port defender marks on the chest. Incredible. Yet at this point with 20 seconds, there is still no thought that Port will even come close to kicking one. What we could have done here alone would have negated any conversation after that. The rest is history, unlucky free but does Viney really have to play tackle driver then and there? I don't know. 50 may have been harsh but why aren't we just giving the ball straight back? It's these little things that I see time and time again at the death of quarters that really costs us.
  16. Look I'll concede that there was some really strange stuff in this game and a few cruel calls, but apart from the other stuff that we should be focussing on, it needs to be said that this team are experts in giving free kicks away, whether legit or not. We put ourselves in bad positions where your heart is in the mouth because the umpire's whistle is in his poised. Whether it's talking back, not giving the ball back, encroaching, sitting into someone's back (Which I reckon I saw May do at least 3 times yesterday in a tackle and NOT get pinged) we love a good free against. 3 quarter time took the biscuit for me, even throughout this game I felt we were in it, Port played a smart game but hardly a world beating performance. We came out in the 3rd and raised the bar, red time in that quarter was so important as the 50-50 moments ebbed and flowed, it was the most crucial part of the game as we were 11 points down, I remember thinking to myself if we just see this quarter out I will take it. The clock wouldn't count down quick enough but come on guys you can do it. With 3 seconds left Jack Viney takes the ball on the wing, the tackle is dicey but he's pinged for holding the ball. One would think not to bother but with 3 seconds left and the ball on the wing, we're sweet! No, no, no, low and behold a 50 is paid and SPP bins it. I can't tell you how much that moment ticked me off. You are never safe with this team, we have stunk in junk time for a very long time now. The flash through the mind in that moment was "How can Melbourne somehow make sure that before the end of this quarter, the ball sails through the opposition sticks?" When you've seen this crud so many times it becomes expected. The key here is that whether this 50 was a good or bad decision, we constantly put ourselves in stupid positions like this where something like that can happen. The difference between 11 and 17 points at 3QT is a big one. People would be well within their right to complain about this 50 being paid and not the one for Max at the end of last week's game but, we're constantly bemoaning these things when it counts but the sample data over time is that this happens often and isn't a coincidence.
  17. First of all great reference, RIP to the great man. It was very common practice for decades to rest ruckmen in the back pocket. The game has evolved so much obviously and there has never been more versatile and athletic rucks but it was a method that worked well.
  18. The news.com article of this was in my feed this morning and I honestly thought it was something from Betoota. It really seems like jumping on a flavour of the month subject, news suggested that they had to be separated, like the fists of fury were seconds away from flying. It was a robust conversation with no team destroying body language, when the team is playing this poorly I'd expect a few more of those conversations to be honest.
  19. Look the goalkicking aspect is another thing and yes that side of his game does hurt. It would be great if he was good for a goal a week, but it annoys me how we're so reliant on Max dobbing chances to keep us in a game as well. He does have to shoulder some responsibility in that regard but he's certainly not alone.
  20. You just wait for someone to bemoan the fact that it's not the quantity of frees, it's where you get them etc.
  21. Gee Neil must have been some brick!
  22. People are angry and I totally get it. However the one thing I really didn't expect to see on here was a callout on Max for being detrimental to the side and being carried rather than the carrier. I don't know if it's just a troll feeding exercise but there is literally nothing about Max's performances (especially those of late) that are holding us back, making him bigger than the club or hurting us in any way.
  23. Well Jeff White's shins were a good excuse back in the day, we just need another scapegoat.