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My thoughts after watching the replay.. Outstanding effort by our guys to win. The system and confidence they have in each other is a joy to watch. They never seem to panic. Umpiring was atrocious even though we got the better of the count The 3 marks to May that were not paid were outrageous and cost us goals. They tried to drag May up the ground at all costs and leave Smith one out. JJ was very fumbly Bedford did very well. Our kicking to the fwd line was abysmal. So many times we kicked to a pack or directly to a Hawk player. The defence was uncharacteristically out of sorts. Lever was very fumbly as well. Missed Petty big time. Hunt played well and made some great spoils Langdon being tagged was unusual and was quite a successful tactic by Mitchell Tom Mitchell got some very soft frees. Frost is a liability Hawthorn were very aggressive all day trying to niggle us and their supporters are tireless bores. Hawks played well off a short break and were running hard at the end. I suspect more of our team was not feeling well than reported. Max is a gun. Oliver needs more protection from the umps. You can't have a player at stoppages not facing the stoppage and instead trying to impede Oliver. Pathetic umpiring

They look particularly inexperienced in the mid area. Lynch newcomb worpel Omeara hasn't been playing v well. Mitchell not that damaging and Shiels is back from being dropped Their fwds have been playing quite well and their defence is ok if not a little flaky with frost Dees by 30

But do we have a Plan B? Don't need one...

That's not how I read that line. But the 'best ' news seems to be that nearly everyone has already had it And were on top of the ladder

Saw that today as well Half the ground done. Likely to be ready for action after it beds down in 4 or 5 weeks I would think.

There was a new broadcast deal in the wings, Freo was hovering, Farmer was offered big money and we had recently played off in a granny. Mistakes were made and if anything it shows how good our list management is now compared to then

A lot of truth in here. And a fair bit of revisionism in this thread.

Shows the importance of banking early wins and nailing close games. Given how we handled the last two years in the hub and 2021 I feel we have been very mature about rolling with the punches and just getting the job done

A significant number of our goals come from defence. You need people that can distribute accurately. Salem and Bowey are perfect. They won't be moving.

Fatigue has a huge impact on kicking as well

Very professional from the club. Boy they have changed from 7 years ago. Should be seamless with Richardson, Yze, Choco and the line coaches all doing their thing with Goodwin watching from home

So says the MFC website Well if anyone knows Hawthorn its Yze.....

Would be highly unusual for a back to back Premiership team to win two Rising Stars in a row Just sayin....

Well done, thanks for that

6 Oliver 5 Gawn 4 Petty 3 Langdon 2 Brayshaw 1 May

Thanks for this. Can I ask where you it all from ?

Teams change the way they play to try and beat us If they kick the ball high into their fwd 50 they will lose. So they try to maintain possession switch play, do short kicks and wait until their fwds get back to man up ur defence. Our game has been built around springboarding from defence so when we get even numbers it is harder for us to play our game. Last night we had 1 or two shots on goal from the corridor. Richmond forced us to go wide on most occasions. Our radar was off hence the high number of points

KK was the steak knives in the May deal. Cost us nothing, was a relatively high draft pick originally but alas his concussion issues could not be solved by us.

Goodwin was speaking with Langdon 2 years before he was out of contract. They put a lot of work into him.

If you follow Fox footy on Twitter they will often have clips from their various shows that include the "Lab" segments where they study various plays. Often down the ground footage can be found there..

Showing my age here but the definition of a handball used to be a clenched fist hitting a ball held in a stationary palm Dont know when that definition changed but you never used to see over the head handballs or the crow throw before 1990 or so.

Vladimir Putin famously took one Oligarch (Khodorkovsky from Gazprom) to court for corruption and kept him in a cage in the corner of the court room. It sent a blunt message to all of the other Oligarchs that they needed to co-operate with Putin or else. The AFL aren't that bad (yet) but the point is you only need to do it once for everyone to get the message,

Dale Lewis And you don't need a lot of examples, It is common knowledge that if you speak out against the AFL you lose gigs, endorsements, plum jobs etc. So people don't do it - or at least the vast majority. Its not rocket science that a monopoly code driven by fierce control of its narrative would use coersion and the lure of financial penalties to maintain their narrative.

Happy to disagree. Well not happy but I disagree. And if you compare BBB's marking with Weid then there is no comparison.

The footy media are in on the illusion. Go against City Hall and you are out of the game for life.