Adam The God

Just a few other posts in this thread. Sorry mate. Should have made that clearer. Little bit of Friday morning ranting from AF.

And we pass them on 14 flags this year. 😉

McVee has struggled the last two weeks. Had three kicked on him in 5 minutes against Richmond. As soon as Salem is fit, he comes straight in for McVee IMV. As for moving to QLD, are we serious here? There's about 39 things on every weekend in Melbourne. In QLD you sit on a beach and then get cycloned. I've got a mate that moved up there too. An absolute nuffy, love him, but he likes the very slow life. It'll get warmer in Melbourne (climate) and extreme coldness as well (climate). Whereas, QLD'll just burn. We're in a very privileged position those of us living in Melbourne.

Hawthorn are one of the most arrogant clubs around. They think they can tank and make it work (exhibit A, the start of Clarkson's journey). They probably think Melbourne and Carlton are just inept clubs that couldn't tank as well as them for the end result of 4 flags in 8 years.

I just saw this on Zerohanger. An utter disgrace.

Trac as well. Seems to have let go of his yips (touch wood).

Obviously, he's brilliant, but quicker ball movement and targeting the central channels/lanes rather than the pockets increases the likelihood of positive conversion. So as usual, it's never just one factor.

Sign up Choco. What a legend.

WA is the natural place for a third team. Population and wealth over there. SA too small a market, ditto NT.

I loved this. Great idea for a series. Look forward to the next eps.

I wonder when McVee gets a rest? I reckon he's struggled the last two weeks.

I really liked GNFs riddle. He got this one right too, didn't he?

What a bloody star. 👏 ❤️

I think that's why we tried adjusting our zone against Richmond, who were doing the same thing. So we play 1v1 20-30m ahead of the ball, and a zone behind it. That's definitely the way to stop it.

Their first pick is tied to GWS is it not? So I hope they tank. 😄

I would not be at all surprised if JVR has a rest next week. Petty for JVR and Spargo for JJ.

Underground handballs are fine. It's the handballs over the back of the head from anyone but Oliver who are too flashy IMO.

I'm glad we're playing the Suns next week, because you wouldn't want to be playing a top 4 opponent after playing last night. IMV we never really got out of first gear (good for us, telling for North). We were allowed to waltz off half back and move it through the corridor at will, all night. Playing a genuinely competitive team off the back of that would be tough mentally I reckon. We then have the Hawks, just before Port, so I'm hoping Hawthorn put up a better effort than North. Alternatively, it's a good percentage builder. Another way of looking at this is, Geelong had that very soft run at the back end of last year, which enabled them to manage players. These games do allow us to throw the magnets around in the middle and reward guys like Schache and JJ who are banging the door down at VFL level. The second half of our year is definitely softer too, so getting most of our interstate travel out of the way early is actually preferable I think.

And his disposal by foot has significantly improved.

It was more how we lost those games that worries me. But everyone has had an off week or two. I felt he provided really good defensive transition, he would get back hard and fill holes and leading lanes to clog up North space, and then provided an option on the outside going the other way.

I reckon they'll rest JVR and get him ready for the Hawthorn or Port game.

I'd take the Souva off their hands, but as he says he wants to repay North for selecting him when everyone else passed multiple times, I'll just settle for nicking the KPF from next week's opposition in Ben King. King, JVR and Gawn in 2024 with cameos from Jefferson would be very spicey. And the Suns don't seem to be getting any better, so I wonder what Mr King is thinking...?

That's the difference between Melbourne and Carlton. Our system creates big scores. Carlton rely on individual brilliance to create scores. I'd much rather be in our position. It must be scary for the comp looking at who was playing KPF for us (JVR, Schache and Max) and who kicked goals, and the fact that there wasn't a dominant KPF on the ground. Nevermind that it was against North, this makes us very difficult to plan against. You're not stopping one player, you're trying to stop a system.

I remember Schache being outmarked once by Ziebell, which I absolutely agree was too soft, but from my eye, Schache wasn't outmarked again for the rest of the night and brought the ball to ground every time. I reckon our FD would be relatively happy with his game, but it sounds like he still makes way for Petty, unless they give JVR a break. Which probably wouldn't be the worst idea...

I'm sorry (I'm not), but you don't understand modern footy.