Adam The God

Anyone know if there's anything of substance in this article? (I can't view it...) https://thewest.com.au/sport/afl-trades/afl-trades-2021-melbourne-demons-emerge-as-surprise-adam-cerra-suitor-c-3855377

God bless? What is "woke" about Kate Roffey?

They have for most of the year. If they get their midfield going, they waltz past Brisbane IMV. Unless Cameron, Daniher, Bailey and Zorko go mad, I can't see how Brisbane kick a winning score.

But is the big fish coming, GNF? Danger's over the line, right?

I disagree, I think it's a mixture of recruitment, development and culture. If you don't recruit those with the biggest drive and best habits (ie not Watts), you could have the best development and culture in the game, but it wouldn't necessarily lift an individual like that. I also think it's system too. Our coaching staff, in particularly Goodwin, has built such a solid system that the young guys merely need to play a role. They don't need to star. So when they're drafted, they benefit from the development coaches and pathways, and the culture that they're embedded within, but when they're finally ready, unlike previous years, they're not asked to star. They're asked to play a simple, clearly defined role.

Haha, yeah, I still remember that Port game in Round 1 of 2013 with Neeld. It was Jack's first game, we were pummelled of course and Jack allegedly went a few so called senior players at the time after the game. A very deflating day that.

You a CBRE man, DC?

Viney.

Yeah, the Wiz, Wizel, close enough.

He's working for CBRE, so he needs quick cash. None of this waiting around for 30 days to see if he got the job.

Great article mate. Thanks for sharing.

Having a look at him as head of footy or as CEO? And I presume it's Carlton.

Sad, but I'll take any MFC flag I can get.

Go on...

To me it feels like the GWS coaching staff and hierarchy let the players run the show. And it's clear they don't call Toby out for his repeated wrongs. If they did he wouldn't keep doing it, nor would he be pleading not guilty. This feeds his arrogance and narcissism.

I agree with what you're saying, but it's not being 'woke' or 'soft' to treat people with respect.

When did I ever say that? Go and find it for me. I've said since about Round 12 or 13 that we're the best team in the competition. What a ridiculous post.

Cameron regularly gets sucked out of position. As I think @Dannyz mentioned before the game, the match up was Smith v Cameron. Never listen to Channel 7 boundary riders unless they're Daisy Pearce. Abby Homles wouldn't know how to tie her own shoelace. Regularly gets injuries wrong and has no feel for the game at all.

I also think our ground level vulnerabilities are overstated. We were excellent against Richmond and Sydney in greasy conditions when the ball hit the ground in defensive 50.

8th time that Oliver has had more kicks than handballs for the season. That would have been unheard of in previous years. He's still played some A++ games this season with significantly slanted handball to kick ratios, but it's this balance he's got in his game now that has made him IMO and in the opinion of AFL.com, the best midfielder in the competition. For him, he played relatively low TOG of 84% too. On TOG, we had all our young guys (except Bowey) register sub 70% TOG. Incredible management in a final. Rivers, Pickett, Spargo, Sparrow and Jackson carefully managed. Also, interesting to note McDonald only played 74% TOG, quite a bit lower than Brown or Fritsch.

His mobility at ground level appears to have returned to 2019 standards, but as a few posters have rightly pointed out, he still requires a good defender and did take Harris Andrews a number of times last night. He stays in for the rest of the year, but who knows what our forward set up looks like next year. This may well be Weideman's position to lose next year. And yes, Daz, Gunston would be nice additional insurance.

Given GWS' big injury list (Tom Green and Cummimg are massive outs, Green was involved in most of their clutch goals) and Greene's likely suspension, I think we'll certainly be playing Geelong. I'd much rather play GWS now, but I can't see it.

He's done it all year and they bought it today, so I reckon they'll be done by it again. The Bulldogs are downright terrible to watch.

Interestingly, just watched the last quarter again and Petty actually grabs at his hamstring late in the game too. Will be fascinating to see what thw club reports...

I'd love to know how our most important player pulls up in Oliver. He definitely copped a whack in that game and didn't look the same after it.