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Probably but they need a farm with a runway to land them on as well

Does anyone know why we aren't playing him as a forward? When we drafted him all the reports were of him kicking 20 goals in a game. 60 goals in 12 games. Melbourne know more than most that good goal kickers are hard to find

I'm reading alot of posts wondering if we can sneak into the 8? On the back of the last 6 weeks I'm wondering who can beat us when we storm in there. Our game plan was ridiculed by me last year and almost everybody thought it was outdated when we were losing so badly at the start of the year. Now we move the ball faster than any other side, we've got our contested possesion game back and are so much more unpredictable with the angles we are taking. We're not sitting top of the ladder, like we have done previously where everyone analyses you not stop and tries to find a way to break your system... If injuries and suspension (Kozzie) are friendly to us in the finals. I wouldn't want to be the team coming up against us

6 Messiah Pickett 5 Clarry 4 Petracca 3 Bowey 2 Langdon 1 Gawn

"Oliver needed closing down- no action." Just when I thought today couldn't get any better.

AJ is a watch for me. He keeps throwing his arms around and giving us scoring opportunities and kicked that soccer goal last week. I don't know if that's what to expect from him or a fluke.

JVR only took 13 marks against a second rate Preston

Up yours Essendon thought you were death riding us after round 5

If the umpires didn't somehow miss that trip on Kozzie in the goal square against the Hawks we would be 6 straight. That sucked the momentum out of us

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Maybe Ange postecoglou

Hopefully we have a good soccer training session this week to improve our goal kicking

Really pleasing JVR took 13 marks. Not concerned about a week opposition. I was seriously wondering if he needed latzer surgery on his eyes (I think Neitz did late in his career) because he was missing marks that he was getting perfectly positioned for. Now it seems it's just a confidence thing.

Melksham is the key to that. He leads wide and never misses from either pocket. We have f50 options when he is playing I saw Buckley and Jonathon Brown analyse the Brisbane game and they highlighted how Melksham was hiding behind Harris Andrews back so he couldn't watch player and ball at the same time and now that's the blue print for every other side. There are a few things we are starting to do that make me think we are not followers in game style but leaders

It says alot for a man who played for sides other than Melbourne, to get pages on Demonland full of love. I heard a whisper Percy Beams went to the Barwon Heads pub after the funeral and had the whole venue singing we are the navy blues in honour. Respect is universal for Wallsy.

Absolute best i have seen at keeping his feet when getting tackled and feeding off by hands, it doesn't matter how many tackle him. He is an ordinary kick though when he has time to think unless he is surging forward and kicking to someone running out the back. He always nails that with a thumping kick over the top of everybody

Every one of these opposition threads worries about Gawn. He goes into "beast mode" when we, as a team, get our structures right and force them to kick it down the line. Everone is making a deal of Clarry tagging now, nobody mentions he tagged Bont in the 3rd quater in our only premiership in 50 years and turned the momentum

Melbourne Get's Collingwood?

I'd argue Petracca is a better kick when he has less time to think about it. Look at his set shots, orr his famous goal from the the boundary line in the grand final. He is the last player I want to have time to find an option or kick a goal. The quicker and more on instinct for him the better.

Great to see the wiz goal of the year again. Kozzie was a bit shy but I didn't like it when he was asked about his old man designing the jumper this week and he responded by saying it was great honour / gesture from "the team I play for". Would have loved him to say the Dees or Melbourne football club. Kudos for putting himself out their completely outside his comfort zone but it would have been nice if he mentioned his love for Melbourne when given the opportunity like Petracca did today. Hopefully I am overacting to it. Their media skills are about as far as apart as their kicking efficiency.

It's funny all those stats we have come roaring back into elie in are the ones we dominated in 2021 our premiership year. As @binman (and i) have said repeatedly you need to play to your strengths and the new game plan is just another string to the bow not our solution. We can't compete at elite and precision kicking there is no point taking on teams with that when we are not elite at it. We can compete with our old strengths back, a little less predictability and a few kids like Langdon, X and Windsor who can kick.

IF we make the finals anything can happen when Gawn is playing. Every other club wonders why they always kick it to Max. Part of the reason is because players like Sharp , Sparrow and Spargo that are much meligned cover ground to block a switch and force the opposition to kick down the line. It might not be our year but when you have Essendon death riding you, every win is important

He was keeping them in the game is was hoping he would stop getting possesions

Every week no matter who we play the opposition supporters say why do we always kick it to Max Gawn? They don't he's just everywhere

Yeah i was in the shower