Everything posted by mauriesy
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NON MFC: Rd 10 2021
So we've beaten three of these and haven't played the other two. ?
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CHANGES: Rd 10 vs Adelaide
So Jackson back, but a week or two more off for Viney.
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POSTGAME: Rd 09 vs Carlton
You mean "exorcise".
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Current Umpiring
Regardless of individual games or examples, there are three areas that are inconsistently adjudicated: holding the ball, throwing and whether a kick travels 15 metres.
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Goody's five big changes of 2021
Does Goodwin get any credit for bringing in Yze and Williams?
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CHANGES: Rd 09 vs Carlton
Seems to me a disposal efficiency somewhere above 70% and a couple of critical errors per game is league average or better. But some on here think only 100% DE and zero CE is acceptable, even in a game that was very high pressure, with showers and a slippery ball that was not conducive to great skiils or totally avoiding errors. Can we give some leeway from perfection without perjoratives such as "putrid" and "atrocious"?
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Goody's five big changes of 2021
I don't think much increased pressure and a more solid defensive structure is "fluff".
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Welcome to Demonland: James Jordon
Good player that Jawdyn.
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My 3 word player analysis V Sydney
It's not as hard as it looks. Even Oskar Baker had one possession running down the wing on Saturday night, according to Luke Darcy. ?
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TICKETING: Rd 08 vs Sydney
It's a bit confusing describing it as a "barcode" when it's really just a number.
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Our Robbo's Blunt Warning to Current Crop
Clear your cookies and you'll have to reenter all your log-ins. It's an Age article, so just open the link in an incognito or private window.
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CHANGES: Rd 08 vs Sydney
On Sunday, shifting TMac was to shore up the backline when Tomlinson went down. It was Plan B ... the one that people on here say we never have.
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Whats changed?
So we "aren't all that different", except we've changed five backs, three mids, three forwards (i.e. half the team positions) and two assistant coaches?
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What they're saying down at Punt Road
Interesting that Rhyan Mansell had two rough conduct charges in the Tiger's match against Port Adelaide on April 9 and was fined $6000 (2 x $3000), down to $4000 with early pleas on both.
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What they're saying down at Punt Road
Except Collingwood 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930
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Respect - Media
It's all fugazi.
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What they're saying down at Punt Road
If you are calling your opposition "crap", surely you are diminishing your win?
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Noise Pollution at the Footy
I doubt they'll change it. Corporate advertising is a lot more important to them than crowd comfort.
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WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - STEVEN MAY
My view is it was accidental. If you look at the replay in slo-mo, May actually pulled Hawkins towards himself by the jumper at the same moment Hawkins handballed. That exacerbated the close contact and brought his swinging arm from the handball closer to May's face. I don't see how you could possibly charge Hawkins with an offence, let alone think he did it in any way deliberately.
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Casey Demons vs Williamstown
Just a note that the AFL abolished all affiliation fees for country football leagues in 2018. Maybe too late, but at least it was done.
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Forward Line 2021
I think there's a tendency when examining the forward set up to just divide them into "talls and smalls" and go by the old "two and four" maxim, as if talls have the turning circle of the Titanic and the smalls are the only nimble crumbers and pressure players. Rather than just height, mobility is a consideration as well as ability on the ground. TMac (since trimming down and getting fitter), Jackson and Weideman are all very mobile. Jackson is also very athletic, good below his knees and with development has the ability to play like a midfielder. I think the two and four "tradition" could get thrown out the window.
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POSTGAME: Rd 02 vs St. Kilda
Gawn took a number of intercept marks in the backline last night, all of which could have saved a goal to the opposition. Saying that a 208cm ruckman who can reach higher than anyone else on the ground "should stay out of the backline" is silly.
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CHANGES: Rd 02 vs St. Kilda
Yep, Chandler would be good relieving in the ruck. ?
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POSTGAME: Practice Match vs Richmond
Trained today. Maybe he was visiting Aaron Neitschke in hospital?
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POSTGAME: Practice Match vs Richmond
Neville Jetta took a few years to become an overnight success.