Everything posted by Nasher
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CHANGES: Rd 07 vs North Melbourne
Comes back to the point made by Jayden Hunt as relayed by jnrmac - high half forward is a feast-or-famine role by nature. Spargoās value to the side is defensive effort. Itās a strength and he helps is trap the ball in. I still think there is a bar for minimum number of times for being involved in a possession chain though and 6 is below it for mine.
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CHANGES: Rd 07 vs North Melbourne
Goodwin said in the post match presser that theyāre continually looking to improve, be it personnel or method. Itās a pretty obvious point, but it does defeat my previous instinct of ādonāt change anything while itās workingā when something else may work better. Breaking our forward structure totally seems an unlikely outcome to have to worry about. The outs would have to come from Melksham, Spargo and Jones. I donāt think it will be Jones yet. Looking at the heat map, both Melksham and Spargo got the majority of their touches on the wings and flanks - they are playing low possession roles at high half forward. Melksham is a class user of the ball but with some questionable defensive efforts while Spargo is a terror defensively, but doesnāt get the ball enough, with 6 disposals this week. I donāt think the choice is obvious. But if one of them goes, weāre replacing an i50 deliverer with an i50 receiver - no doubt it changes the mix. One of TMac or Fritsch have to get out of the forward 50 and move high in order to maintain the balance if that were to happen. I thought Weid would come in after last week, but now I think it has to be Brown. At the end of the day heās a 60 goal a year forward at his best, and heās playing well. Weidās form warrants selection too, but thereās no room, TMac is holding him out of the side at present. Tough for him, but thatās how it goes when the seniors are flying. Glad Iām not on the selection team this week.
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WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - LUKE JACKSON
When Gawn was really starting to cement his place in the side, the one knock on his game was that he didnāt hold his marks enough. Max was about 23 at the time. Thatās where Jackson is at now, at 19. He does all the hard work - just needs to hang on to them. In the long run I reckon heāll be a better player than Max and thatās a very high bar. Heās more athletically gifted than Max for starters. Hard to think of a more salivating talent on our list other than maybe Kozzy.
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POSTGAME: Rd 06 vs Richmond
In the interests of moderator transparency - Iāve deleted a couple of my own posts and those that quoted me. I was legitimately intending to diffuse what I thought was unwarranted negativity but instead inflamed it. I never thought Iād see the day where I was accused of being the negative one? This was a fantastic moment tonight. I was genuinely buzzing after the game. I reckon we can all take extra confidence out of this. Richmond are quality and didnāt let us grind them in to the dirt like Hawthorn did, but make no mistake, from 10 minutes on we were in complete control. I think we can all agree that it really feels like thereās something special amongst this group. I canāt remember the last time I started looking forward to the next game as soon as the game finished. Iād forgotten what it felt like to love footy but Iām there again.
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CHANGES: Rd 07 vs North Melbourne
Jones, Melksham and Spargo are our clear bottom 3 at present. I think a case can be made for any of those three to go - but only one of them. Iād pick Brown ahead of Weid. Iād be really tempted to go no change though. The present mix is working. The risk of breaking it has to be a consideration.
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POSTGAME: Rd 06 vs Richmond
Ed Langdon to return to the long sleeves next week please. Just wasnāt the same.
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POSTGAME: Rd 06 vs Richmond
Anyone foresee TMac legitimately holding BBrown and Weideman out of the side before the season started? I wouldnāt change anything next week. This formula is winning. Leave it alone.
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GAMEDAY: Rd 06 vs Richmond
Love that despite arguably our best quarter of the year, against easily the best opponent weāve played, weāve still got room for bagging Melksham needlessly. Never change, Demonland.
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GAMEDAY: Rd 06 vs Richmond
I think Iām more nervous now than I was at the start. Is there anything worse than the half-time break? Hurry up already.
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GAMEDAY: Rd 06 vs Richmond
This is not doing my nerves any good. Fix it FFS. Who cares about these plonkers.
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GAMEDAY: Rd 06 vs Richmond
Yep. On ya Rupert. FFS.
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CASEY: Rd 02 vs Richmond
I think thereās always something to be gained from letting players continue to run their form in.
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CASEY: Rd 02 vs Richmond
Be nice if whoever is running the broadcast would keep the scores up-to-date. Been a few times where itās taken ages for them to update after a score. Oh well, shouldnāt complain, probably someone whoās given up their Saturday for free to stand in the pouring rain.
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Relocation of North Melbourne Game?
Heās got a 14-4 record at Blundstone for 35 goals - he plays well there.
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GAMEDAY: Rd 06 vs Richmond
I did go to add that, then decided against it. Iām not sure a match committee would make these decisions based on strength of their opponent - feels a little bit like not respecting the opposition, but then again, you do see strong teams ārestā players against weaker teams, so maybe that would happen. All things weāll never know without sitting in on a match committee meeting. I find it fun to try to reverse engineer the thought process though.
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GAMEDAY: Rd 06 vs Richmond
Backing the existing forward structure in. Bringing either of them in means a different small/tall mix - with the quality of those two players, that may well be an improvement, but weāre going well so it also may not. This isnāt the week to take that gamble. Let them keep ticking away on the VFL until someone in the AFL drops off, or they force their way in on sustained form. (Speculation only)
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Angus Brayshaw 100 Games
Funny watching so many pre-helmet moments there, feels to me like heās always worn it. It serves as a reminder to the concussion issues that looked at one point like they might derail his career completely. Great to see those issues behind him and that heās been able to get some continuity in his game. Great stuff Gus!
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Relocation of North Melbourne Game?
I seriously hope not. Was really looking forward to this.
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Demons Defence Best Since 1965
I pressed the react button but then found myself torn between the laughing and crying emojis. Youāre so right.
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What they're saying down at Punt Road
Wet Toast is silly but harmless. Calling us Shemons has clear misogynistic undertones. Whoever started that is clearly a boorish oaf.
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Nathan Jones 300 Games
Other players will no doubt get to 300 but I doubt one will be as meaningful to the supporters as this one. He was the one shining light and face of the club for so many years. It feels like heās been on the journey with us. It feels like āweā are playing game 300. Iām so glad heās made it to 300 and Iām glad it will be played in front of a huge crowd, when weāre going well. He deserves it. Go Chunk.
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Is it JORDAN or JORDON?
And Cam Pederson.
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Days Since Last Loss
20,667 days. Our mission is to avoid the dreaded 21,000.
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POSTGAME: Rd 05 v Hawthorn
Just watch that again. Absolutely great effort by Rivers too to interfere with Wingardās run without giving away a free. Hibberdās heroics wouldnāt have happened without that.
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Robbo
I just donāt understand Robbo. Surely heās not half-sloshed when heās on air - how can that be allowed? But if not, then how can an incoherent oaf manage to develop such a high profile? Iām not fussed about him one way or the other, I just canāt make any sense of what I see when heās on my TV.