jnrmac

Hardly incorrect, controversial or disputable. I said: I thnk every side thinks they can beat Melbourne. Particularly the bottom sides. Pressure them hard early and they will fold. Its been a recipe for success over the years. The Crows tried it. Our wins that you refer to prove my point really. We had a 1pt win against Carlton after leading by 42opints. Really solid victory Gold Coast were within 3 pts at 3/4 time. Another stirring win Adelaide were 12pts down at 3/4 time after pushing hard against the Dees all night. Last year our record against the bottom 9 sides from 2018? 7 losses. 3 wins - Carlton by 5 pts, Gold Coast 1pt and Freo who led for the 1st 3 quarters We have made a habit of being pushed and/or beaten by bottom sides for over a decade. Its pretty common amongst AFL players that Melbourne are flaky and beatable when pressure is applied. Particularly for interstate sides that play at the MCG that might be their only appearance for the season. The get themselves up and usually push us and often prevail. If you're hanging your hat on this year's performance good luck. I can see why you use the name Pollyanna

I thnk every side thinks they can beat Melbourne. Particularly the bottom sides. Pressure them hard early and they will fold. Its been a recipe for success over the years. The Crows tried it.

I thought Salem's role would be a line breaker with his kicking off half back. To that end he is disappointing. He uses the ball well but we don't get enough bang for our buck. 15m chip passes are not what we generally need. We need scything 50m passes to open up the ground and launch attacks. I think he could work as a mid as he is clean and thinks well under pressure generally.

Watching the replay the ump called high tackle when it was nowhere near high. He then changed the call to dangerous tackle after the crow was on the ground. The same [censored] that was calling most of the high frees against melb

OD for a start he only kicked just under 9 times a game. Yes he could kick but that was never the issue as you well know. 9 seasons 1 top 5 finish in the B&F. 1st year at Port a chastened Jack finished 21st in the B&F Jack was a coaster and you know it. The Motorboating I totally understand.

Ok He would admit fault however, Thats what happened in East Berlin and Russia .........if you ever want to work in this business again. Just ask Dale Lewis....

Good call Players are now so adept at lifting their arms and disposing of the ball, the tacklers moved on to pinning the arms and then slinging them to the ground.

Not saying its a good rule but Max had 4 frees paid against him one game for exactly that.

Interesting take from down at West Lakes: Getting a good run from the umps We're being gifted the free kicks this game. They really must want us to win. We are getting the biggest umpiring ride Lucky to get away with that one. Umps are getting involved Melbourne relentlessly going for the head Tex has been horrendous . And the umpiring has been diabolical, not protecting the player and their interpretation of the holding the ball/improper disposal rule is at an all time low. So many head-highs going our way because of the hatchet jobs by Dees players. Definitely getting a ride Melbourne have tried their hardest to get us back in this game Stats all even except frees 16 - 8 going our way. Brace yourselves for some shockers in the even up this half. We are being absolutely reamed by the maggots Is Neal-Bullen a slack-jawed yokel? Always has his mouth wide open (well he is from South Australia!) **** off Riccioto. You played a huge part in the mess we currently find ourselves in The day Roo is seen as persona non grata at the AFC will be a good day Could we trade Jones for Sparrow? And this: amazing what happens when the umpires aren't so one-sided. sorry but that's the only reason the 2nd half turned out the way it did

I'm not sure that is correct. Gus was in the 1st bounce from memory... The game turned at the start of the second half when our pressure increased and Oliver started to break out (and get a couple of holding frees which stopped Crouch from hanging on to him).. Gus was definitely better in the 2nd half but its a stretch to say our resurgence was from Gus being a genuine mid IMO.

Didnt Mrs Cotchin hrself post infomration on social media? So it was clearly public?

You can't fend off with a stiff arm at a ruck contest. We learned the hard way with Max. Staggering the 'experts' don't know what the rule is

I'm still dirty on Brent Moloney getting suspended for attempting to strike (but missing!) The Dees are the MRPs whipping boys.

What about the 'learnings'?

Been waiting a while to see Clarry burst 5 or 6 steps before offloading. Hopefully the start of things to come. he was much better in the 2nd half when the Umps paid him a couple of frees for being held. Crouch didn't hold him after that funnily enough and he ran rampant

Notice we kicked in to him on the fat side a couple of times where he was mismatched on a smaller opponent....

Preuss v his old club

Brayshaw on the ball is a different player

I feel like I've just eaten McDonalds.. My stomach is full but I feel like carp

Liked sparrow as well. Did some nice things

Frees 23 to 11 Appalling bias

Every time there is a contested ball 2 or 3 crows players wait out the back and we knock it to them

Stoppage clearance 13 to 8 And people still rate our mids?

Is it still a thing where the captain can approach the umpires and stay what TF?

This is the classic lose lose game