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I'd put Hunt in the leadership group. He always seems to go to another level when the game is in the balance. Watch the last two minutes On the MFC website he is in the backline, on the wing and in the forward line.

Hunt - leadership - stands up

Do you think we we should stand still? After the loss to West Coast it was clear we needed to improve to be the best.

A couple of posters have asked when it will be Goodwin's fault. We have had a mini rebuild and not been able to train together due to Covid19. Goodwin needs another year to be judged farely.

He did struggle first half of the year but he grew wings in the second half. Fingers crossed for him.

I'm glad your not list manager. Jordon will be in the starting midfield before the finals.

His kicking at Casey has been spot on. He's also not slower than Gus.

Jordan will be better. Both get the footy as inside mids and needd to play in the centre but Jordan has a laser like kick Brayshaw just blazes away..

In clutch moments Jayden Hunt always seems to step up. Yesterday he was playing forward all day but runs past Brayshaw on the back flank when the game was in the balance received it and distributes it well. Then seconds later the ball is in our forward line and he is the one battling the contest. He's previously kicked a winning goal from a set shot. He's also created a contest, won the ball and kicked it to the player (I can't remember) who kicked the winning goal in another game. Plus the torp after 3/4 time siren. If anyone can remind me which games they all were I'll start a new thread

All the great teams play together for years before coming great. Covid19 meant we couldn't train together. We have Langdon and Tomlinson on the wings who were astute selections but haven't played with the group. Harley Bennell, Jackson, Trent Rivers all playing debut games. Kossie will come back next week Lots of talent but until they get games together we will lose more often than we should. This is not Goodwin's fault.

Is ANB in or is that what everyone is guessing

I think Lockhart had a slight injury scare.i'm guessing Precautionary. It makes sense to bring in Hunt. We have a few bulls who just win the footy. We now have serious pace around the ground to exploit that. In my 30+ years watching the dees I've never seen so much pace in a side.

The speed in our forward line is greater than Richmond's. Hunt, Bennell and Kozzi are all lightning. We also now have run and speed on the wings. It might not click this week but we have the right team now for our chaos footy.

Yeah I think they were / are too

I'm all all about HB but I got a greater appreciation of Ross Lyon after that interview.

Funny Gary Lyon mentioned it in the interview on SEN this morning. Said 17 is a legendary number at Melbourne but wasn't sure if Brett Lovett could get there for a jumper presentation.

Having gone through Burgess trading program I have a feeling he might come back with a bang. The talent is there

We had the flu go through the team before round 1. Shouldn't have played in hindsight. We'll probably be awful in the next few rounds with so many players not used to playing with each other. Cohesion is important and Covid19 meant we couldn't even train together.

The only way this could get any more exciting is if Brett Lovett did the jumper presentation.

And toss the coin.

He started on the bench for most of the first and ran out of puff in the last but in 2nd and 3rd he almost won us the final off his own boot. I wish we had burgess back then.

Corona comeback king - Harley Bennell

Don't want to derail a thread on the best news story of year. But TJ never played a bad final. I think he put his lifestyle choices on hold for the big games. He was a pleasure to watch when on song.

No Bennell can actually kick.

Here comes Harley.