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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.

We are 7 and 0 for last quarters this year. Burgess meh.... :)

Was great to see the team not take their foot off the pedal - bar the last 3 goals :( As good as the final margin was they worked hard defensively all night and even when Kozzie was streaming towards goal he checked himself and delivered a pin point perfect pass to a team mate in a better position. Could so easily have blazed away. For me that was particularly pleasing. I think the team were really focused tonight on team play and structure. Our defence has been patchy most of the season but this was a complete performance that cemented the game plan and was thoroughly disciplined by all. Now to Gold Coast and Hawthorn....

Tracc Oliver Chandler ANB Lingers Viney Grundy

What a complete bunfight this will be when 25000 turn up to park without pre-booked tickets. PLus the fact that Ticketek will completely stuff up every aspect of this.

Yep, they pantsed us for a decade. Happy if we [censored] them

Well, it's true that we have been searching for forward connection for a long time. We managed it in the finals of 21 but outside of that it is still a work in progress. And I am sure that Goody bangs on about it week in week out. So there that...

AFL is the only sport in the word that I can think of where officials require a skill and have to run so far. They prep a lot Having said that I was shocked the AFL chose the worst possible umpires for a marquee game in prime time. Disgrace

Ground ball is where teams like Coll, Syd, Ess try to beat us. If you kick high to our defence you will lose so the simple plan is to do what Rich did last night for 2 qtrs. Overlap h/ball, running and short kicks or dirty kicks to the Fwds. We need to get better at recognising when teams are trying that. And then combatting that tactic. North did it last year against us but most teams cant keep up the pressure for 4 qtrs.

Highest rated quarter? JVR at 11.0. Next highest Dustin Martin 8.9 Well done JVR

I feel certain that the rule on handpassing used to be a fist hitting the ball from a stationary hand. None of this hand and palm both moving in the same direction or over the head two-handed 'throws' or worse, the Adelaide/Western Bulldogs 'flick' pass. Does anyone remember seeing that written in the rules ? And if so when was it changed?

Probably works just as well as the other one.