jnrmac

Very happy for the kids first final. Dad happier Good luck to everyone else trying to get in. Ticketek is a shambles...

I got through around 11:50, hung around in the queue and refreshed until 12:00. Pretty quick once in. 8 seats in MCC done. Couldnt pick seats like normally. Automatically allocated.

Why would you be? He had played 28 game with 24 of them being pretty average and he was 25 after being out of the game for almost 2 years. There was nothing to be optimistic about. But he has been a revelation since returning and his hardness is fantastic.

Geelong are 16th in centre clearances. So much for the 'holy trinity'.

He didn't want to.

Still needs to get over some brain fades and tighten up his kicking. Like his kick around the body at goal when he played on from the mark. Clear rush of blood to the head. I actually think he tries to be too team focused sometimes. Has all the attributes and will grab a game by the scruff of the neck at some point...

Particularly when the narrative is that Brayshaw missed out on games (3) earlier in the season. Form has been stellar since then.

Brayshaw played more games than Harris Andrews.....

Every finals team will fear playing Melbourne. We have some weapons, unpredictability, game breakers and match winners, we have hardness, multiple scoring options, momentum and nothing to lose. Go Dees.

Bob was busy mowing the lawn today and couldn't make it down for the game and the other supporter, Mary, had to do some shopping. But rest assured they will be fired up come finals time....

No disrespect to the names below but Jeez we have come a long way since 2013... Best and Fairest The senior coach and three main assistants ranked each player from 1 to 7 for their performance in a match. Player Votes 1 Nathan Jones 365 2 Colin Garland 360 3 Dean Terlich 306 4 Matt Jones 303

“It was pretty much, ‘You don’t get any satisfaction out of making finals, you get it from winning finals’. “Let’s understand what we have got to play for this week (against GWS Giants) and we want to hit the ground running (in finals).”

Gun.

He and Brayshaw are the 2 most improved by a long way....

Reasons to criticise? You are kidding. Getting back from the mark you learn in under 12s. Petracca continually kicks off a step and is 'forced' to kick the ball high. Pretty fundamental issue that is a cinch to fix. He has a very penetrating kick if only he would get back off the mark. His low bullets could be a devastating weapon.

Yes there is but no team in the comp is as better drilled for particular situations like close finishes. They know exactly what they have to do and mostly they do it.

This.

Harmes now has a real weapon - he gets the ball and like the Dangerfield's of the world he runs to get clear, all the while assessing his options. He then delivers exceptionally well. Not so long ago he, like a lot of others, would instantly dish the ball off to a stationary target. That change comes from confidence in yourself and your team mates to make position. Its a terrific development.

Really? Then why not keep him in the bench until the last 15mins and then release him? Petracca's kicking could be amazing but it is actually pretty poor most of the time. He gets too close to the man on the mark so often it makes me want to scream.

It may be well balanced but they do take note of the oppositions strengths and weaknesses as well as the fact there are players with niggles and injuries. They try to pick teams that will beat the opposition so its not just a case of 'no change'.

Just pure garbage sorry.

He's coming 4th in the D'Land player of the Year and people want to trade him??? Pffft Muppets

Context though. Ignore last year. He is playing a different game now and we have TMac up fwd. If you look at Melbourne's contested marks inthe fwd line I would hazard a guess they are miles above the past few years. Variation and unpredictability about our fwd line are possibly more valuable than a stay at home forward.

I think that was the exception rather than the rule. I don't think he has ever been a great contested mark.

"In those final ten minutes, after their game-long lead had evaporated before their eyes and their season was on the line, they defended stoutly and showed they had learned the lesson of their soul-destroying loss on enemy territory a month earlier against Geelong. " Mr D'Land I think they learned more from the lessons against Sydney than they did against Geelong....ball control, composure, tempo. Much better on the weekend.