Adam The God

I don't think the club rates them, otherwise I reckon they might have changed things up earlier in the year. But perhaps the FD made the decision to try one more year of what worked so well last year and then re set in 2023?

I think we're kind of saying the same thing here. We're allowing more room for our slingshot. We haven't been effective because we've been heavily loading, which affects transition. But you could well be right with it not being second nature as loading should not have been impacting us in the last few games. Are you saying we've only just started sitting the zone deeper?

I think 2023 provides us with the opportunity to chase some pressure smalls. That's what Richmond built their side around until they landed Lynch to compliment Riewoldt. They need to be clean and hard at the ground ball. It seems a ready made KPF won't be on the market, so I'd prefer we go small. It may mean changing our ball movement or it may not. Having quick and dangerous ground level players everywhere will frighten defenders and make it easier for any talls we try to anchor around forward of centre.

Also, the idea that we can't get it done in front of big hostile crowds, yet we travel brilliantly, is real big brain stuff.

If it's in aid of trying to score more (by sitting our zone deeper, allowing more room for our own slingshot), then I don't see it as arrogant. But our game style revolves around post clearance pressure, which brings our interceptors into the game. Whilst we haven't seemed to be as good at that in the second half of the year, we were definitely solid enough in the first half of the year. This is why Goodwin rates the post clearance pressure stats and they are not readily available to the public, so we've no idea where we sit in those numbers. Match that with our ability to win CP being -1 or even -2 at contest, IMV, there's little arrogance about it. It's trying to maximise our strengths (our intercept game and just about the best midfield in the game). I do think there are times where we let -2 happen at contest when we shouldn't, but that's a philosophical position and I get that's a hard thing to implement - knowing when to send an extra up to the contest. It basically has to be player driven.

You've been pretty much absent except for coming onto the boards last year and this year to pot our current president.

The idea that we need elite users is a complete furphy. If we bring the pressure around contest (in particular post clearance) and win ground balls, finesse is irrelevant.

I think the big problem is the gun KPF we need isn't available or willing to come to Melbourne. Therefore, we're looking at trying to maximise our strength in the ruck. IMV, we need to look at a different forward make up entirely next year anyway.

I just love him. He is one of a small few who can hold their heads high tonight.

I gotta say, I don't think there is a smarmier supporter base in the league. Both games this year against them at the G has seen their supporters getting right up in our faces and just being generally ungracious wankers. Is it because their Melbourne based fans lost their club to NSW?

Mitchell clearly doesn't rate him. Interesting nevertheless.

We showed interest in Ham before his move to Essendon didn't we? And he chose them and now can't get a game. See ya later.

Hang on. You want Oliver Henry because the Kings and McKay aren't available? Nevermimd the fact he's not a KPF. What a bizarre post.

The majority of the their midfield is from Victoria, including their emerging star ruckman. I agree with you, but Peter Bell seems not to be a reasonable.

We've come a long way, haven't we?

I'm not so sure...

I think we'd be professional enough to say, Brody, if LJ leaves, we'd love to have you on board, otherwise we won't have the cap space. And he goes, I'm happy to stay at the Pies, but if a deal eventuates for LJ, I'm happy to nominate Melbourne too. This is a perfectly reasonable position. Clubs have to be able to plan contingencies and with players nominating at season's end, clubs have to do some alternative groundwork before this time so they're not left hopping.

But is Dangerfield coming?

Acres IMV is a Harmes type, but not as hard or as good.

Yep, completely agree @rpfc.

That is definitely on the lower side though. Even $350k to shift clubs isn't particularly enticing for established best 22 players, which Acres has become at Freo this year. Really poor list management IMO, but I fully appreciate I don't have all the details. And that wage is unlikely to take into account match payments and any additional payment triggers.

I reckon the lack of respect here for Goody is pretty poor. Why do we ever need Yze to take over? Why couldn't Goody leave when he's grey and old, ala Ferguson at Man United? I'd love Yze to stay at the MFC, but if he wants to become a senior coach, he needs to go elsewhere.

I'd rather the best person for the job and the current bloke is the premiership coach.

What? Replace our premiership coach in two years time? FMD.

For comparison, here is a really interesting video on Charlie Curnow from his draft year. He talks about not really knowing where his best position was, but he says forward, mid or back. At that stage, he was 191cm (I think he's 192cm now), but it's his explosiveness that makes him such a threat and provides him with that x factor. Interestingly, he compares himself at that stage to Jake Stringer. Cadman does seem more like the smooth moving half forward type, but perhaps JVR can be that more explosive competitor at 192cm. Be interesting to see who gets Cadman and I'd love to be a fly on the wall amongst Melbourne recruiters this year.