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It's just a bit of a suspicion but I think Grundy's been a tad 'Melburnised' He doesn't seem to play with the same dash and dare he did at the Filth. Its as though he's trying to do too much that's not quite him. E.g. coming through the guts he hand passes ( hospital varietal) when he should have eyed up an entry kick into the fifty..noy necessarily at someone but where they could run onto. Just one instance...but there were others. Always doing the seeming 'team' thing.. I want players to do the "best" thing...according to the moment. Am not slighting him as i feel he's constrained... jmo.

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Dees to step up a gear Melbourne by 30/40 Grundy kicks 3 Clarry ....."I'm Back !!!! " The muffled cry around town after the siren... from other coaches.. "[censored]" !! Blues have had a good run.....until now. They'll come at us... let them. They aren't us.

Hooe they both run each other into the ground ;) Go...... U S !!

Suggest the other game starts earlier..

Sorry...[censored] this showing Soccer [censored]. You're adult....if you want to watch the soccer...go watch it somewhere (else) There's a real footy game going on at tge G and people pay money etc to watch THAT . Good luck to the girls... but lets keep footy...footy.. Go Dees

I have no interest in fairness to the Scum. None. Their inference was "panic" We've actually been SUPER cautious.

Interesting observations ( thanks re info...t.i.r. etc ) Yeah i think ...and it may well just be me.... this year was never going to be, nor intended, as the slam dunk of affairs re Grundy. I suspect next year.....another preseason.. more coaching... might be very illuminating. Meanwhile...back to this game. A lot of Carltons momentum...over season ( of late ) and in-game , has come from them getting some rhythm into their game. That also worked in their earlier outting against us....'til we changed the music. Took us a little while ( often does and that irks me ) but once their dance was upended they "worry" the ball.. They aren't overly superb at second effort rebound entries... they tend to cough it up. Once this starts happening a few times their patterns fall apart. Our game is built upin fwd 50 contesting. Theirs is about "process" to goal. Interupt that.. Carlton is on toast.

The No Clues Blues Bless their little hearts eh.....

I would have thought this was the idea all along... obviously not...as here we are. Quite possibly the idea of Grundy doing a mini apprenticeship was to become a bit more savvy with "positioning".. now for mine Brodie is quite a good reader if the ball...that tends to be a strength of many rucks. This is his "force". He ought use it to either offer an alternative option.. so not crowd the pack and break from his direct opponent...or use that tie to draw that defender out. Clever ball play doesn't actually mean YOU have the ball... it's about space ( suddenly mind flashed back over 50 years lol ...some might get it) ... Clever ball play doesn't mean you're going for the ball ( directly ) Id like to see Brodie linger around the square. You'd like to think Milky.. Roo and Grundy could provide quite interesting options. Divide and conquer....keep out of each others way... and with Kozzie Chandler.. Nibbler and the like waiting to pounce we ought to have the better of them (Carlton ) Our defence just needs to spin repeat the last meeting with them. I dont underestimate Carlton.. mor do i over rate them. They go better against teams that are well... simply not us. Dees by 5 goals

If i remember the prior Blues game ..imho.. where they came unstuck was they were hampered once the got past the centre. Their 'next' kick invariably 'dried up' as all targets were covered.. this caused hesitation...and as we all know ....he who hesitates is lost... 😀

Sounds ok to me

I reckon Caulfield is a far more accessible location than Port. Poll players... think theyd prefer a geo central type locale

Wouldn't be the first time.....nor the last 😉

Which conversely suugests...Blues are more sky than Navy ;)

Big picture people Deep breaths Big picture

Ease up ...ease up.. Take a Bex

Go you Fockers !!!

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Knees are absolute buggers... broken bones....just time...come good.. Knees... buggers

Personally couldn't give a flying f about Collingwood or any of its glamma ;) May they all rot.

The wheels on the bus fall on the ground, on the ground, on the ground....the wheels on the bus fall on the ground... if its a Black and White one !!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

If we finish 4th... and Filth 1st.. We have a HOME final ( effectively ). I reckon we would get them....again. Personally...i want THAT game... straight into prelim... another Home game.( with a week to recharge Id like to see us hone our fwd game....then hit the gas a tad... against sqawkers... notch up against Bloods... Full throttle against Pies Who knows....

Do we NEED to finish 2nd ?? There's no accolade. You DO get a home final..... but at the cost of going hell for leather to get there.. Whilst not often exhibiting tempo during a game perhaps we are with the season itself. Its a marathon... you have to pick when.to GO.. Its interesting.. id be saving a little in the tank for week 1 Sept. We were gassed by then last year....msybe another thing we've learnt.... we do seem very keen about "learnings" ..

This town ;) but there ARE two others 😉