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Anyone who thinks Maynards HIT on Gus was nothing but a Footy accident knows nothing about football. Maynards JOB is to do things just such as this. Someone needed to put him on his derrier and whisper sweet nothings in his ear. Finals arent a social gathering. We have no mongrel

Have been curious to his omission. He's got a bit of dare and urgency... we could use that. He was getting better the more he played....i thought. Time to roll the dice a bit..

No it doesn't Not last night or most others.

Pop quiz...how many times... a spot up kick to Milky...or anyone 30/40 directly in front. That btw is what you're taught from kinder... Take all the time you like

The real question is why didn't the ump call it back ??

Sorry...thats rubbish.. Bombing and Pockets are the order of the day.. Believe what you like.. My two eyes tell me differently from yours.

Here's food for thought. How long as a collective here have we bemoaned our forward structure ? Weeks ? Months ?? SEASONS ??? Have we EVER seen a properly functioning fwd line week after week ?? What we see is a direct result of instruction....it can be nothing else. Two things arise from this ... the Forward structure setup is cactus.... not by accident...but by selection and coaching. It can be nothing else otherwise it would be different. If the intent is actually different...then the coaches are useless ?? Any which way... its only about 10-20% players.....rest is by design. Its that bleeding obvious

Chook... the problem is they ARE listening to the forward coach !!!

Bluebaggers taking cheating to next level

They should appeal

So is Mckay ...likely

Not if we cant kick a winning score.. Current fwd line aint winning squat !!

When kicking around the corner... dont you leave your line ???

I dont really like pinging players... i dont... but should you play a professional sport, and geven more if you don the Red and Blue then you will come under scrutiny. I saw something last night i really didn't like. The teansgressor is young, raw and obviously not accustomed to the fury and gusto that is finals footy. But it occurred in the last quarter... there was very much to play for.. He was one of several Melbourne players either encircling a particular contest or part thereof. In footy when its either your turn go.or you're johnny on the spot... you MUST go...you must contest. In this instance...he simply stopped. I was aghast. Hopefully he never does it again.

There is pretty much one single common denominator among all the discussions, all the ideas of fixes, all the ..well..alls.... lol We only had to do ONE thing a bit different and we'd be holding up the cup. It doesn't need clever strategies...it doesnt need this bloke or that added to the list. It's so remarkably simple It's almost laughable. You just need to kick straight.. We kicked ourseves out of the game, out of contention. Whether we think one style of play is better than another or not... had we in many a game and ESPECIALLY last night kcked straighter. We win. Let that sink in. Only one thing and one thing only affects the scoreboard.... accuracy when opportunity given. Im not going to say we choked ( but by god the resemblance is uncanny )... but we only needed two wayward kicks to be on target...and we win. All that hard work and we can't hit the side of a barn... ... and not the first time. Why this happens must have the highest priority for fixing. Everything else can stand in line behind. Kick straight..... who'd da thought.....

My only post for the day Quietly confident. We have them covered in all depts. We'll run out game better. They're WOBBLY.. we aren't. Pies out in straight sets. Dees Flag Go Dees

I think as his fitness ( and body ) got better ...so did his game. A purely natural and expected correlation. I reckon (quietly..lol ) he might have set himself up well for these 3 games. Whatever happens next year is way out of focus and irrelevant right atm. He'll be busting to get out and play good footy. He's very driven. One to watch.

I also very much doubt he'll play....I'm half convinced he WILL be named on an extended bench though. An interesting aside of sorts...Goody re Tommy, noted his leadership. This is actually CRUCIAL in a finals campaign....people who can lead. There will be any number of these "moments' where individual efforts above the norm are required to not only accomplish the task , but to direct your team -mates. Tommy's clarity about a game should not be undervalued ( imo )

ahhhhhh....but for how long ??

Sorry.. more precisely in the forward arc..

If Tmac is on the Ground I would expect him to take any ruck contests releasing Roo as a receiver.. imho...a better use of abilities

That might just be Mr Squiggles inherent Collingwood bias ;) The guy is a filth supporter i understand 😉 lol

Id love us to come out in the old hawks/geelong style of finals attitude.. Those that know....understand. HURT them..... much. Welcome to Finals ...Filth !!.. you don't belong. p.s. that also means "testing" every known injury and niggle we know they're carrying. This is not a time for nice footy 😉

Im with you.. Am strangely quite confident. The gane we need to win these finals, against these opponents, has been on display all year. The caveat is...... not necessarily all together in one game. Now this may seem a bit left field( how odd for me ..lol ) but im thinking along the lines that Goody and Co have been foxing and hedging a little. Like horse training you practice elements when doing track work...you trial particular ploys during trials and undee races...then you bring the "package" to the big race. There have been times in games thar frustrated me... why weren't we doing X.. why.....why..why.. and then we did. Almost like the classic...hold your fire until you see the whites of their eyes. In other words...a bit like a space shuttle or the like doing correctional "blasts" .. you only have an ability to do some things for so long....use and time well. This might be what some describe as "flicking the switch ". Invariably it's done as quarters change. Id imagine at that point all line coaches will go over exactly who does what, who goes to who... goes over the game plans.. i.e.. big Reset. Without doubt ( to this observer ) some games were live trials. To see how long, how well, how effective the team could implement particular parts of the strategy. Yes..the strategy as 'Bull' would suggest, is to win. But ultimately it's to win one particular game on one particular day. In the end all other games become merely a means to an end. I expect a tussle. I see the game against Sydney as perhaps the most poignant testimony to us winning. I'm not expecting a high scoring game....unless we get a hold of them early and they are worthy and capable opponents similarly primed for battle. But we're better. . We will need to bring the total game tomorrow, and we need to be ON from the get go but I'm suspecting there will be enough in the Red and Blue that will smell the air and remember 21.. this is Finals...and these are ours. Collingwood are susceptible. They get wobbly. .....and we'll nail them. Go Dees 20/30 points.

I expect we might put someone on Moore to drag him around. Not sure if Tmac still has that tank.. Fritta likes covering territory.