whatwhat say what

montagna - "clever handball"

as clear a throw as if it was a footscray player

Just now, In Harmes Way said:

Is he our backup ruck option?

would do no worse that premiership ruckman shaun grigg...

obvious gus replacement 

salem straight into the guts

16 minutes ago, binman said:

At the swans, Luke Parker has broken his arm and their captain, Callum Mills has a wrecked shoulder he did wrestling on mad Monday (where's the media beat up on that? - i mean getting [censored] and wrecking your shoulder is just boys being boys is it? And hes tbeir captain! Cultural issue i reckon). Both players are huge for them.

he was made skipper AFTER this happened

1 minute ago, Left Foot Snap said:

Didn't Brad Miller (or was it Brent Moloney?) get done for almost bumping someone. Something about he just missed but the action was suspended. That one has always been high on my ridiculous meter.

moloney

he missed, and still got suspended

Just now, chookrat said:

4 weeks is a pretty hefty outcome for SPP and Port and he is such an important player for them. I thought he might end up with 3 weeks given the player was slung into his path and the time he had to bump, brace or tackle.  Overall btw 3 - 4 weeks seems reasonable and if he was a Melbourne player most if us would think 4 is a bit harsh. 

recidivist and did it in a bad week in which to elect to bump not tackle

the worst one I've ever seen is neal-bullen's suspension for a sling tackle - where he let go of the crom dude and his head clunked the ground due to the whipping motion; there was no sling

from memory, anb got three in a 17 game season; we appealed and it got EXTENDED to 4

disgraceful

almost as bad as when trengove copped 3 for dangerfield being a wuss, going down like he'd been broken in half, and being perfectly fine the next week when he dominated and booted 6

4 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Jon Ralph. Such a drama queen 

that tone of writing is for a player who has just buckled a knee 

tigers supporter, isn't he?

2 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Or 8 Presidents

11 CEOS

8 Coaches

8 Captains

1 aflx premiership

1 vfl premiership

1 afl premiership

1 aflw premiership

someone should write pert and roffey a stern letter  📝 about how bad our marcomms are

5 minutes ago, Damo said:

Its not coming up as being televised on Kayo.

the vfl game is not being telecast

40 minutes ago, bluey said:

Marketing is vital if the club is going to pull it off.

marcomms are not, it is safe to say, one of mfc's strengths

25 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Harry Petty toe surgery?

 

had a rotten run

1 hour ago, adonski said:

Jefferson kicking 7!

from a graphic design friend...

1. It's hard to read, even on a large screen. Both the size and the compact font are a bad rookie choice.
2. There's WAY too much empty space
3. Where are the positions?
4. What time is the match? 
5. They put Carlton's logo on the graphic but not Melbourne's
6. The emergency list is TINY
7. Don't use that serial killer font, no one can read it on a small screen and we're not in high school
8. It's BAAAAAAAAAAAAAD

1 minute ago, Dee Zephyr said:

Their ball movement is very slick early.

1.7 "forward connection"

yze's brought mfc goalkicking accuracy to rfc

filth side looks very strong, although i'd say murphy is a big missing player for them

fascinating that after his series of head knocks he's not been medically retired

3 hours ago, Demonland said:

I would be very surprised if Verrall is named in Opening Round over Schache. Your team is lacking another tall forward. Whatever one's thoughts are on Schache I doubt we will go into OR with an untried ruck as a backup ruck/forward.

on the scg you really don't need that many talls tho

as i said, i expect schache will get the gig

but based on 7 praccy terms of footy, verrall showed more both in the ruck and up forward for mine

based on 7 terms of practice...

2024 opening round 23:
B: McVee - May - Tomlinson
HB: Rivers - Lever - Bowey
C: Langdon - Petracca - Windsor
HF: ANB - JVR - Billings
F: Pup Brown - Fritsch - Chandler
Foll: Gawn - Salem - Viney
I/c: Howes - Verrall - Sparrow - Woewodin
Sub: Laurie

unavailable: spargo - brayshaw (sob) - hunter - oliver - melksham - mcadam - plugger mac - petty - pickett - sideshow bob

i personally would prefer it if we went smaller and had no tomlinson in the backline, but i suspect the intention is to run with that structure

i also somehow doubt this line-up will happen as it'd mean four debutants to start the season which would be pretty unusual for us; for instance based on @Demonland's latest training report schache is still favoured over verrall

if we ever debut a player as a sub i for one will be really disappointed; hate it when clubs do that

Sam Edmund on SEN says Clayton will feature in the VFL scratch match prior to the AFL scratch match.

6 hours ago, Demonland said:

 

he seems a total space cadet but boy oh boy can he play footy

14 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

Players are always ahead of schedule until they’re not. It’s a 10-12 month injury

10 months would have him returning to playing by july

that's achievable and anything earlier would be a bonus

6 hours ago, TeamPlayedFine39 said:

That’s very quick for an ACL!
Is LARS still a thing?  Was all the rage a few years ago, but never really hear about it now…

 

no, but from all reports he is significantly ahead of schedule

5 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Updated: February 22

 

Melbourne injury list

Name	Injury	Estimated Return
Ben Brown	Knee	TBC
Clayton Oliver	Personal	TBC
Tom Fullarton	Hamstring	Early season
Lachie Hunter	Calf	Test for Round 1
Jake Melksham	Knee	2025
Joel Smith	Misconduct	TBC
Kysaiah Pickett	Suspension	Round 2

• Oliver is back training but faces a race against time to be fit for the season
• A calf injury sees Hunter be in doubt for Round 1

 

milkshake will be back mid-year, not 2025

gotta use the pic of him with the cigar holding the premiership medal aloft

"always an mfc champion"

jon ralph, who tends to just re-write media releases, says that the afl - unsurprisingly - doesn't have a protocol to deal with a player medically retired with a significant amount of time left upon their deal

BRAYSHAW UNCERTAINTY

The AFL is expected to have discussions with Melbourne about the salary cap implications of Angus Brayshaw’s retirement given he has five more seasons left on his contract.

The league medically retired Brayshaw and while the Demons spent Thursday farewelling their premiership star, his position will clearly set a precedent for all clubs.

Brayshaw could agree to accept a smaller figure on a contract of between $700,000-$800,000 as part of an agreement with the club or the AFL could grant the Demons some cap relief.

Rival list bosses agreed there was no set protocol for medical retirements given most players to retire recently including Marcus Adams, Paul Seedsman and Paddy McCartin did not have long-term deals.

The AFL’s intervention into Brayshaw’s career will give the Demons the best chance of reducing the cap implications of his deal until 2028.

reads to me like we're going to be carrying the hefty salary in our cap for the extent of the remainder of the deal - that would be very, very annoying indeed