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Boggles the mind much

I dunno... Success makes many a bedfellow .. If we end up bottom 4 ( again ).. If Goody is "backed" by the club... then many more will back away in 26. ( many!! ) We'll struggle.

Probably the only game Voss is looking forward to. We ought to be, but we know better 😉

So being blunt what is the point of Sharp? There is much to be mystified by O.D. at Melbourne. We are that team that dares where others don't, tread where others won't. We're Demons unafraid of going to Hell in a handbasket as we already reside there. Ego is not a dirty word at Melbourne but the Logical song never gets an airing. Watching the Dees we're just a horror movie right there on the TV

Oh it is ... I can only work with what's there 😉 I'm not intrinsically negative as a person. I'm a realistic. You know... see spade call spade. I see no purpose or gain doing otherwise. Strangely despite following Melbourne for over 60 years I do barrack for them even when I know at the time futility is more likely the result than success. With careers including Engineering I am very used to quickly arriving at observations acknowledging what is...is.. and from that what needs to be done. Unfortunately for me that kind of ability only sets me up for a lot of frustrating disappointment. So Ghosty, it is 😉 But I appreciate football is far from perfect and in that manner we at Melbourne excel. As football following suggests one game at a time ( invented by a shoddy dodgy salesman no doubt ) we will see what Sat brings. Go us. Maybe I get an unexpected present. Enjoy the game. Thankyou for your contribs :)

Good to see some change. Lever hasn't been right all along, much the pity. I'd have liked to see Tommy back. Not sure how this setup.will go but let's see. Kudos for trying. Proof of pudding in the eating. Hope we aren't the entre mains and dessert.

Might well there be some ( late arrivals for finals ) the damage to the membership total is not from them. It is literally by those disenfranchised by the club or where they ( lost members ) see it. I.e... they were never renewing this season. As with much at Melbourne, the trend is down. A reality is money is money. People can get tired of throwing their hard earned away.

Mimosa's are quite acceptable

The Gov .. all of them, love gambling, love tobacco, love alcohol. Only have to judge by actions ( inaction ) and all that taxation revenue. Very naughty of the fun police going around pointing guns at heads making people do these incorrigible things. Bastards !!

My exact concern regarding the conundrum. If we're not seriously considering paying him out ... then 26 is a waste of time, effort, money and the limited life of players. There's more at play and stake than Goodwin. Need to step back and view the club holistically imho. I feel many aren't.

In a bizarre alignment of astronomical boulders I do tend to agree with Mr Bin. Our problem is more craft than personnel. Throwing a more than decent import into the fire but continuing our current game... wellllll... just find a brick wall. Better solutions...

Not entirely clear ... you're for or agin Chin ??

Something sad ? More ppl follow H & A than..... us

Tbh.. Elsternwick, Lord and The Race Course all have something to offer. Past caring ... get on with it

Fixed

He won't play forward.. Apparently it's a thing . Otherwise yeah..... but ...nahhh

I've suggested bringing Tmac back to the backline and Lever to half forward... I'd try it.

Surely it's relative. Our membership is plummeting.. Look at 21,22,23,24 and now.. There's a trend.

Well definitely the 4th of 3 as it were. They're not travelling quite as good as a month ago .Like us showing a fondness for backward scorelines of late. I don't think we will beat them.but we might. As I explained elsewhere, only have to do a couple of things better and our game changes. Reverse our scoring and Tighten up defence by 2 to 3 goals.. Will we 🙄🤔🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ Unlikely but possible Probable ?...probably not... but we could if minds and bodies aligned. Selection and Structure are key. Be happy to re-comment upon team announcements. Your query is definitely valid 👍😆

The probable reality is that in any given game there are maybe half a dozen kicks that currently miss ( for us ) which ought to be gettable. Why ? Just my observations.. sometimes as simple as choice of kick. Now I'm not having a go at him as he's not alone, but there's been times recently where in the past Kozzi has elected for a drop punt with a straight run up. He's enjoyed good success with that. Why he chooses "around the corner " 45deg out around 30/40 m ?? FIIK !! 🤷‍♂️ But he has mates now selecting a low % shot where they ought to be kicking straight. Fad, fashion ,lairising.. who knows. Then there's poor technical kicking. Both things can be changed/corrected. One by direction, the other by coaching. As to the yips.. well that's between the ears stuff but can also be bettered with practice. Kicking needs to be automatic and not thought through. Do, not think.

14.8 would be a start ...

Apparently

If we were a basketball team we'd spend 1/4 of the game at the free throw line ( doing so half as much again as many opponents ) only to miss 9 out of 10 throws. In other words we're the horse that will not drink. Quantity over quality just isn't winning us games. As to accuracy... the converse to your thinking. I fervently hope we're currently the worst we can be and there's a lot of improvement to come. I hope.... but I know it's not happening.

Tanking or anti-tanking is in reality irrelevant. There can be only one thing that has any real value and that's to learn something about our list without fear of outcomes. We're not playing finals. It doesn't matter to US where we finish in a fashion but it does to others. We can't afford to wait to discover what we do or don't have, just in case it helps, not hinder , another. We need to just focus on us. To borrow from Simon...the rest is fugazi

At the risk of sounding glib. If they were ( practicing enough ) our scores would be better, surely ? So here we possibly have differing ideas and considerations about time/effort/availability. Whoever is in charge of skills... i might suggest has failed. There is in the end but one true litmus. A big thing with numbers