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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.

Weid can't mark. He is a two grabber. Its his fatal flaw. maybe its confidence, maybe he just can't do it. It is what it is. And BB comes back in. His marks and gut running are gold. Oh and he kicks straight too..

North Melbourne in 2016 was 9-0 (and 10 from 11) They finished 8th and were beaten by 10 goals in their only final. Just sayin'...

Except this seems exactly how we are playing. We are losing clearances regularly and creating our scoring opportunities from defence. We are often 1 down at stoppages as if we are happy to concede them. Oppo clearances are rarely out the front though and are almost always sideways or 'dirty' - meaning f50 entries are shallow and easier to defend... At least that is my observation....