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Three wins in 12 days is a great effort. Hadn't realised the tight schedule. The club would have been delighted if at the start of the season you said they would win all three.

Having just watched the replay I was shocked there were at least 4 holding the ball decisions that should have gone the way of Kozzie. He really gets the raw end of the deal with the umps. Disgraceful. Umpiring looked OK live but on review was terrible. Even if we were the beneficiary of some dubious ones late.

Salem needs a good block of work before he comes back in. 1. He seems to take a while to get back up to speed after injury and 2. His injuries and Thyroid are not issues where you can easily maintain fitness.

Our accuracy would be much higher if Max could kick....

He was throwing up on the boundary line. A very accomplished actor by the sound of it

he was in my eyes

Cunnington punched Bernie Vince in the guts an got away with it Sniper

Shots at goal Set position 15.1.91 - 6.3.39 Our shots in goal this year have been outstanding. Such a change from a few years back. Take a bow Choco.

Coaches votes are a lot more accurate about a players game than the Brownlow.

Dangerfield? Yeah, OK Kane.

Its only been a week, He gets out of the Concussion protocols on the day of our next game

He's extraordinarily difficult to deal with and always keeps other clubs waiting till the last minute. He is the road block on trade week mostly. And Ess have nothing to show for it in over 20 years.

Really? Thanks Karl Marx

Agreed The CEO of the AFL is probably in the top 3 of all sports positions in the country. Its such a part of the fabric of our culture that you can't expect an outsider to waltz in and be across the huge number of issues that must be dealt with on a daily basis. Imagine a candidate from the US that had little idea about the sport or the country or the networks that make up the code. Its a home grown code that punches above its weight. An 'insider' was always going to be the favoured candidate but they would be remiss if they didn't take a temperature check of other candidates.

Remember that the football world thought Pickett was a 3rd rounder at best and that it was a stretch for Melbourne to take him with pick 12..Here's a clip from a phantom draft at the time... Without a doubt the big bolter of the draft, Pickett is now expected to go early in the piece to Melbourne after having been seen as a likely third-round pick just a month ago. Kudos to the recruitment staff for taking a bold step both with Jackson and Pickett here's another The Pickett selection was somewhat curious, too. Melbourne needs extra speed and class through the forward line, which Pickett can provide. But many rival clubs suggested a mid-first round pick was a reach for the small forward, despite his outstanding agility and speed. Could the Demons have gone for a player like Cody Weightman, who was the national carnival’s leading goalkicker, or Miles Bergman, who was one of the biggest risers in the second half of the year? Both showed more consistency in 2019 than Pickett.

Our building blocks are all in place. Well done Kozzie Go Dees And thanks Luke Jackson for taking so much heat when you took the cash-ola. Who would want that

Are these taken from CData stats or do the AFL have a different rating system? If so anyone know how they work?

Garry Lyon's book says 1990 is the one they rue and that got away.

Teams try to attack Melbourne by using handballs, short kicks and overlap running. Thats the Collingwood blueprint. North tried this after the 1st qtr and attempted to hold onto the ball, switch play and keep possession. They ultimately didn't have the skill to do that for long enough. Collingwood does. But we have to recognise when teams do this and counter it. Thats why the Sydney game was important. they play this way as well and we beat them convincingly - albeit they were down on personnel.

Don't out yourself as a non-dinky di D'Lander

I think you may be ignoring the fact that North chose to hold onto the ball for longer and chip it around. ie keepings off. They weren't able to maintain possession for long periods though but it did slow us down.

Sad for you

a few years ago i remember Clarkson when the Hawks were 100 pts up sending a spare man behind the ball and I thought bad thoughts about him that he wanted to keep that 100 point margin. But I met a Hawks Board member who explained that Clarkson takes those opportunities to practice a 2 minute drill as if the game was within 1 kick In other words supporters care about the 100 pint margin or similar but clubs use these opportunities to experiment with set plays etc. Now I don't know if we did that - and if we did it was poor because NM kicked 3 goals - but maybe we found out what didnt work, or what we need to do to fix our set plays

We are the home team against Richmond, Collingwood, Carlton this year. We will do OK at the gate.