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AVB #23 Preuss Lever Weideman

no doubt, it's coming in the next few seasons

based on the presumption that lever will be the only 'definite' out at this stage, it's going to be interesting to see how we structure up - will we go 'tall' against port given their height in the shape of lycett / ryder, dixon, watts / marshall, plus westhoff who floats everywhere? i would suspect that whilst we'd prefer to play two key defenders and rely upon the cluster zone defence, this might be one game where a relatively tall line-up is preferred i also personally think that a taller line-up suits the mcg perfectly - particularly on a beautiful saturday afternoon tall line-up: B: Jetta - May - Frost HB: Salem - O Mac - Hibberd ? Harmes - Brayshaw - KK HF: Petracca - T Mac - AVB F: Preuss - Weideman - ANB Foll: Gawn - Oliver - Viney I/c: Jones - Spargo - Melksham - Fritsch Emerg: Lewis - Hunt - Garlett - J Smith small ball: B: Jetta - May - Hibberd HB: Salem - Frost - Fritsch ? Harmes - Brayshaw - KK HF: Petracca - Plugger - AVB F: Melksham - Weideman - ANB Foll: Gawn - Oliver - Viney I/c: Jones - Spargo - Hunt - J Smith Emerg: Lewis - Preuss - O Mac - Garlett like others, i can't see how jones and lewis can play in the same side, really, going forward, unless they have ripping preseasons and excellent jlt form i'm also one of those who favours fritsch behind the ball, but really he can play pretty much any role there also seems to be lotsa speculation that bedford and sparrow are looking particularly 'ready' on the track of the newbie kids, but i just can't see either forcing themselves into the starting 22 given our depth yes, our depth! ye gods it's a nice thing to finally talk about key match-ups: jetta vs gray (when forward) harmes vs wines / gray / rockliff (when in the midfield) may vs dixon gawn (+ preuss, possibly) vs lycett / ryder (when rucking) frost / o mac vs ryder / lycett (when forward) melksham vs hartlett / broadbent / dbj / houston / burton (whoever plays their rebound sweeper role) there's a lot more queries and variables around port's line-up in 2019 than there is ours: will they go with watts or marshall or both? does wetshoff play on the wing as a permanent role going forward? can the combo or ryder and lycett work well together; both are much better as the starting / primary ruckman as opposed to a switching role? will rockliff recapture some semblance of form? can boak play the half-forward pressure role?

87ish to now, but excluding robbie: b: jetta - wight - ingerson hb: s febey - neitz - b lovett ? tingay - g lovett - davey hf: lyon - schwarz - jurrah f: stynes - jakovich - farmer foll: gawn - oliver - t viney i/c: jones - j viney - yze - green emerg: prymke - woewodin - vince - whelan but that's just a random run thru without 'thinking' about it...

i looked at the infiniti, primarily cos of their involvement with the club too expensive and too ugly for what it is very happy with the nissan pathfinder i ended up getting

When in doubt, 426

reminds me of a right-footed matthew lloyd, only less of a toerag

they way my bombers mate put it is 'you pay overs for melksham so you get hibberd for unders' i can't believe the turnaround in milkshake since he became a forward; has been sensational

rumours abound that the afl made all clubs include their psychological support services in the footy dept 'soft cap' this year; north were one of several clubs forced to cut it to meet the criteria of not being financially over the threshold

awful news

Could easily by SMJFC associated memberships, my kids got offered memberships with their junior club participation Interestingly, we’ve done the same thing this year - kids playing in the south-eastern junior div can choose to align their membership with either saints or dees

quite honestly, everything he sais has been said before, by many - the proof will be in the pudding unfortunately where he wants us to get to as set out in the article is still behind where the likes of half of all vic clubs - exceptions are footscray, st. kilda, north melbourne, and perhaps carlton - are now getting half of the 23k mcc members who are 'aligned' to mfc to 'tick that box' would barely move the needle on our membership rating, putting us around equal with carlton: the key, as always, is win games the more successful we are, the more popular we will be, and the quicker we'll be able to reduce that debt

joel smith 2019 to be james harmes 2018?

five more to consider: hannan's run down the wing and goal weideman's first quarter in finals football nev's one-hander against clangerfilled in the final jones' sealer goal melksham's rove, left foot from 50

awful news for carlton; docherty did his knee again

Interesting to see that Joel Smith played ostensible defender on Weed - he was training with forwards earlier this preseason, yeah? Was this due to unavailable players, just to give Weed a ‘big’ to be matched up on him?

Yeah, happy to be shown I was wrong - I want all players on our list to be successful but Brayshaw’s form over 2017 and 2016 was awful and had me seriously worried for his future

Yes, massively so

But I have - I’ve said multiple times his improvement once he went inside was enormous I always said if he continued on as he was he was going nowhere, slowly; thank goodness he hasn’t, as I was really worried about him and his development With an inside mid role he was terrific, but I think with improved disposal he’ll get even better

God I’d much rather be Rupert than Lachlan - he seems to burn everything he touches

Sure, if you say so

No, I said if he kept going the way he was going early in the year and last year and the year before he was going nowhere, slowly - you know, when he was playing outside mid and getting it 10-15 times a game if he was lucky Since going inside mid permanently he was a revelation, even if his disposal if still sloppy imo

The player comparison with De Goey is a strange one for me Statistically, they’re very similar in 2018: https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_player_compare?playerStatus1=A&tid1=12&pid1=4041&fid1=S&playerStatus2=A&tid2=5&pid2=4043&fid2=S&type=A By the end of the season, De Goey was basically playing full forward for the Pies, which is the main difference btw the players Im quite happy with the way Trac is developing, which is consistently He’s always going to be that fwd-mid combo player who gets between 20-27 possessions, 4-8 marks, 1-3 goals, and 3-5 tackles a game I’d much rather that if that’s the base from which he can build that the inconsistency of a Sylvia for instance, who could get anywhere from 10-40 possessions, 1-10 marks, 1-6 goals, and 0-8 tackles a game Consistency in performance at this stage of his career is key in terms of him becoming the player we want him to be

Crows wasted their $$ cos the afl, the two clubs, and saca were working on the Adelaide Oval plans by then Freo facilities are a mile from anywhere Plenty to play out for MFC yet

His leading, marking, and kicking has always reminded me of a (right legged) Matthew Lloyd Flops less than the velvet sledgehammer tho