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Disregard if you will that this is just one game in. Actually, disregard the result. I'll be brazen enough to suggest we are at the start of a new era. I'm not disrespecting Goodie. He came , had a vision, had some very interesting ideas ( so much they changed the rules ...thats amazing really ) He guided his troops as we were under the realities that were and got us the best box of Choccies !! Thankyou. But we're here now and the club is different. Hence new era. Will we dance the dance again ?? 🤔🤔 I think we might. Not this year, nor likely next... but look out after that. I see something in this bloke.... I reckon all his charges see something, even seasoned gladiators feel reinvigorated. Viney's champing at the bit. All many of us felt for a long time is we have ability, some very decent talent on our list. Now, instead of 18 blokes defending, we've 18 blokes attacking !! We often comment about players buying in. King definitely has.. He's now a committed Demon. As ol Big Kev (rip) would say... I'm excited !!

He will be very much the 'quieter' achiever ... but am sure he gets that. A very astute acquisition

There is much to say about this. There are those who's only joy is to NAG ! Tbh a lot of the horsey set are right up themselves and can go [censored] themselves sideways Some in that 'field' are totally of themselves... To build MFC at Caulfield is not hard...truly There is a lot of rubbish debated here The problem is political... not about the build.

Leave it.. We're good

The AwFuL are a corruption of administrative delegation. They weren't always but have been for a long time. When old Ralphy Lane ceased influence it all went pear shaped. It's a club....just not one we're in 😞

Excellent analysis. Thanks Jeff

My thoughts are similar. In reality ( well imho ) the imagery only really defined he had the ball behind the post line. But the actual deliberation is about where control is initiated... and that was before tge ball crosses the imaginary line of the back of the posts. This is a logical reasoning. That ought to have been a mark

I think he has... but two things come to mind... nit always a clear path.... and he would be very aware that he's the new kid. He seems very keen on "team " things. He's not selfish. Possibly as he matures and grows into his part, he'll understand better when there ARE times to be that player,kick that goal. He's even now imho quite adept at not overreaching the moment. Hell, for a first game he's exceptional

Love Titus... 'Owen Two' 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Bless their little hearts ....

He has what many dont... speed, agility and TEMPO. These are the magic ingredients of magically creating space where one seems. Flash could , Robbie ( the Master ) ..Pendles.. Trav J too.. These aren't alone but come to mind What i like,really really like is the syncronicity between Trelly and Koz takes it exponentially. Going to be an absolute hoot and a holler watching them together. They feed off each other 😉

Handy if such.. Aged well.... and probably went straight into one 😉

Yes commented upon that somewhere.. The one on the Saint's two ?? Was very well done. Ould easily have been a goal and dramatically changed momentum. I just feel we're just a little lacking in defence atm. Could be opened up by better teams 🤔

Putting all the personnel aside and looking at the game it was a pure joy to see the use of 'clever' football. After years of dour negative style playing here we saw the consummate opposite. Talking with mate (and Saint supporter ) I suggested the biggest change is almost along the lines of glass half full/ half empty style of argument. With Goodwin the focus was on stoppages, on defence. Even the forwards were bogged down with defending inside the fwd arc. Something that always befuddled me ( as a forward,long long long time ago ) Goody played a team of 18 defenders. FFwd We now setup up attacks as far back as deep in our defended arc. KING thinks of the game as having 18 attacking players. Instead of getting mired in ballups and stoppages we now try to get the ball moving and intelligently. The next kick isn't necessarily to a player...it's to advantage... We are no longer dropping bombs on heads we're kicking and creating opportunities for leads. Anyone who's played this game knows none of this is new but it's been quite a while since most of us have seen blokes in a Red & Blue jumper playing this way, and playing well. To think it took just ONE preseason .. just one 🤔🙄 Our game is still a tad rough and raw but the signs are there. We're not finishing 14th..... just saying

So good... SO GOOD !!!

I do wonder how long before opponents catch on that he does this thing.... runs straight.. then zags to the right ( his ) to skirt round a defender. ( bouncing when required ) Hopefully a lot lot more in bag of tricks 👍

Well... they weren't brilliant but fortunately they didn't adversely impact the game... it actually seemed able to flow on a lot. A few off decisions both ways. The biggest howler was when ball clearly left the field before the arc yet it was thrown in. Lever was rightly miffed imo.

A keen observer may have noticed at the start of the lead up to Trelly's goal .... Max had ball ...looking to offload... he picked CJ... who broke clear ( again ) and had the wherewithal/foresight to Roost it out into clean air in vicinity of 2 Dees.. the ability to allow the Kolt to run on to that and deliver it down the wing to Trelly should not be undervalued.

Best comment I've heard about yesterday... " Saint's credit card just got Maxxed out !! "

This ^^^^ ... a better account of the day me thinks. That was our first dance of the year...and yes it looked like it at times... but at other times it gave a glimpse of things to come. We've had all summer to learn new patterns but reality is ever so often more demanding than practice. Not all the gears meshed at times... but when they did !! 👍 Strangely I dont expect CJ to be perfect but he does have a specific quality that showed yesterday... he has bravado, speed and can break lines... On several occasions he changed the ebb by simply having half of Stkildas forward attack suddenly all in wrong positions. That's GOLD. I saw some quite decent k I king at times...and some nonsense special. I thought he did OK.. He'll do better. There's a lot a players that will similarly get better I think our defence needs more work. It will be sorely tested against the Fockers. Imho we did miss what May brings to defence yesterday and we need to find someone..or tactics to better do that. Im sure King and Co have been working on that ... keep.working ;) Id like to see Tommy back... but not thinking thats Kings preference.. It occurs to me when both May and Tmac were in defence...it clicked well....left Ricky to do Ricky stuff. With neither on the park 🤷🤷 Disco and Petty need to step up again. I didn't think Petty was too bad actually... latter in game beating two opponents when it mattered was excellent.... but dropping a chest mark... not so much. Again I think we'll play better v freo for the hit out yesterday. We'll need to. Freo ought to go well this year. Tis very early in season, and I notice the bookies are giving us NO respect.. Am thinking another close game coming up. I'd be happy taking the choccies by any margin. Be interesting if any changes. Im not expecting any.

Watched the game with a StKilda mate. We both thoroughly enjoyed it ( me probably a little more lol ) We both commented on how different the Dees play now. Aints played much better than v Pies. God only knows why Ryan returned 🤔🤷 Well done King... We ought to get better with practice ( imho )

Comedy Gold 👏

Just for the moment well set aside the LIE that a tunnel disrupts for a year. I truly fail to see how any development would actually impact let alone stop any racing. Whoever is pushing this 🐂💩 needs to be called out, named and shamed.

Hate to tell you PF but you've been sucked in mate. You're just believing the 'invented' hurdle. Do you know anything about Civil (Engineering) ... do you really think they'd have to stop racing for a year ? Do you know what's involved with a fn pedestrian tunnel ...even if it requires emergency vehicle access ?? Do you ? I DO . This is nothing but smoke and mirrors. Will Caulfield go ahead 🤔🤷 Tbh i dont have a clue. We aren't actually being told sfa. But is it about a tunnel ? Nfw!! Is all this about some fw at the MRC ? For sure Just a silly question for anyone to ponder. Ive no idea what Guera and Smith really get up to... but I'm sure neither are going to want to wantingly pin themselves to an.idea that wont float. They'd both be piped out quicker than you might imagine. So imho ..this is still a goer but there are massive shenanigans at play. You really have to wonder why. But that might be THE clue as to what all.of this is really about. It ain't over til Helga starts warbling...

Shame 🤔🙄😉