Adam The God

Did he though? And there's a difference between working around it and not being able to exploit the midfield talent we have because we don't have a genuine ruckman...

Haha, I'm sure it is, mate, however, Grundy would be playing first banana and Max playing second banana. That's the pitch to him I reckon, with Max providing relief. If we can win another flag this year and Geelong falter, I think we'll be the far more appealing destination between Geelong and Hawthorn.

If I were Grundy I'd rather come to Melbourne, but maybe I'm biased. 🤣

As someone who grew up in the 90s, I have learnt something here. Given Essendon have won the equal most flags of any side ever, and they were almost always successful when Sheedy was coaching them in my lifetime, I always assumed they were around about the top. Let's hope Goody can deliver us 4 flags like Sheedy and put us level with Essendon and Carlton on 16, and one ahead of Collingwood. Would make us a powerhouse club again if he can achieve that with stability off field as well.

It's Selwyn Griffith btw, not Griffiths.

Rankine seems like a nuffy. Kozzy seems very happy at the MFC. One small forward is not the same as the other.

If LJ ends up leaving this year it's a big missed opportunity to get Cerra, who is a gun. But what's done is done and I'll back our FD to make any LJ trade work, if that is indeed what does eventuate.

Do we get a portion of the gate at finals? Particularly home finals...

And only because our 2021 was marginally better, do we view the 2022 season through a potentially more negative lens.

Would we want anyone from their list? Wright and Merrett the only ones. Maybe Parish. But Merrett's contract would be too big now. Trainwreck indeed.

Thanks for your thoughts mate. Be nice to have an understudy to Lingers when the time comes.

McCluggage is a relatively soft outside winger with beautiful skills. I wouldn't want him as my captain. At least Neale can drive the team forward when he wins clearances and impose himself on the contest.

FFS. Cancel him? Can people not call someone out without the free speech brigade banging on about cancelling? No one's calling for Brown to be cancelled. People are merely pointing out he's a nuffy, who is part of the problem. His comments were either poorly worded (so stand by them) or they were pathetic. He's paid big bucks to analyse football. If he can't string a sentence together properly that's his fault and needs to stand by his words.

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That kick out to Harmes 1v1, the kick down the middle, the kick to Langdon, we mixed it up from the kick outs last night and that'll keep the opposition guessing going into finals. We also looked to go a bit more central inside 50, particularly when we had good run and carry. But going central makes more sense when you've got waves. I'm convinced we're far more unpredictable from stoppage (especially centre stoppage) when LJ is rucking. Max almost always taps to the wrong spots or his taps are sharked by the opposition. It was noticeable, I thought, how well our talls did at bringing the ball to ground at every opportunity. The opposition rarely took an intercept mark. And unlike the second half of the year, we were always the ones first to the ground ball off these contests. We also held our high forwards back in the square and deep pockets and the mids half forwards were really disciplined in ensuring our forward 50 wasn't too clogged. But moving the ball so quickly helped in this regard. I was happy with any win, but to win in that manner, I was just proud of my footy club. Bring on the finals. His work rate last night was again phenomenal. A couple of times taking marks in deep defence. And his kicking was Ben Brown-like.

#veilofnegativitythread

And he hits targets. Love him.

I dunno. Andrews does a bit of that to my eye.

Andrews is not a good leader either. He drops his head at the first sign of defeat. If you look at their list, their only potential tial captain is the guy that tried to leave them for Freo last year. And even he goes missing in the big moments.

Running on top of the ground last night. You ripper.

Brown is the type that tears would signal weakness. That's what he meant and that Petty shouldn't get upset and that if he'd just brushed it off, there wouldn't be an issue. Hence, according to Brown, he played his part in this. Brown has the emotional intelligence of a mosquito and should be called out for it.

What a game. We looked vulnerable from stoppage with Max rucking. With LJ rucking, we looked unstoppable.

Jeepers. Settle down.

I know you know this, but they offer different things. Sparrow is more explosive from stoppage and arguably stronger in the contest, with a more penetrating kick than JJ. Spargo is the deliverer, even if he only gets it 10 times. I like them all, but we need more from our defensive winger now that Langdon is being shut out of games. I reckon that's the call on Gus to the wing. He can still roll through the middle at times, but if he can have an influence down the other wing it might bring Langdon into the game too.

I reckon Clarry is the only one you've got right, picket, and any nuffy could see he was going to be a star.