Adam The God

Did you see our first game against GWS?

He lacks class and finishing. That's the problem. I'd hope JVR would have kicked that goal late against GWS to seal it. He doesn't really look like hitting the scoreboard as a forward. For that reason I prefer JVR.

I don't like the three tall forwards, but if we're to ever play three talls, AJ has to be one of them as be brings the heat at ground level and provides a contest in the air.

In: JVR, Turner, Melksham Out: Fullarton (omitted), May (managed), Fritsch (omitted)

Yep, we shouldn't be thinking about Hawthorn at all. West Coast towled us up over there last year and are a different proposition in Perth to playing in Melbourne. Let's. String. Wins. Together. Every win is a building block. I hope that's how they're thinking.

Absolutely true and I'd buy it if he didn't have form prior to having a kid. His defensive game, IMO, has almost always been poor.

He has a physical presence, he just hasn't been taught/learnt to use his body to his advantage. JVR is a good second ruck who gets involved when the ball hits the ground. That's not lacking in physicality.

So let's analyse those games where we lose. As they say in the EPL, just get the win and move on. The most important thing to see us continue to get better at is the game style. The switching, the sharing by hand, the overlap running, the quick playing on, the uncontested control game. The style being played is very Arne Slot, who is about to win the Premier League in his first season. If the opposition defence is set, share the ball uncontested at the back, switch and get the best angles to make incisive passes in the final third. Get the ball into a dangerous spot in the middle third of the ground and flick the switch and go quickly. It's not the same game, but it's a very similar strategy.

11 tackles according to the AFL ap (it was 12 tackles when we left the ground, so they've amended that), and Tom also kicked a goal. So Fritta managed 1 extra goal and 11 less tackles and 25 less pressure acts... And Fritta played from behind most of the night. Sorry, he needs to be dropped.

What? Your relationship with the MFC is like a brilliant pop song with one of the great choruses? How odd. 😆 And only a Melbourne supporters forum would descend into Emily Bronte / Wuthering Heights references haha.

And constantly playing from behind. Thanks for the 6 snags on GF day and winning our leading goalkicking 5,434 seasons in a row, but if we can get a first rounder for him, take it and run.

Plus Turner and Adams, IMO. I reckon May is just about done. It took us a bit of time to get used to moving the ball from the back when May was involved. He often slowed the play down. He was much better after rolling his ankle and coming back on the ground, but in 1v1s Lynch killed him all night. Sparrow's pressure was incredible. He and Viney led the way in that department. And I agree on Clarry, but his 13 touches in the third quarter was like A++ Clarry of old. He needs to do it for longer now...

He was definitely tagging Taranto. Went everywhere with him. Having a tagger in our midfield is a masterstroke as it not only gives us a much better offensive/defensive balance, it usually means Jack and Clayton aren't fighting over the same ball.

Apparently not...

I thought we played okay in the first half. Good pressure, but ordinary ball use, too much long bombing. In the third, we were superb. I was told we registered something like 230 pressure points for the quarter, which I believe would make it our best quarter for the season. We then controlled the first 15 minutes of the last and then rested Max. Anyway, each to their own mate.

Dazzle shoots from the hip and when he does, he unfortunately misses more often than not.

Get on a roll, who knows, but I'm less concerned with percentage than I am with game style.

I'm very surprised an Yze coached team kicked the ball on Max's head all night. TBH, I couldn't make out what Richmond were trying to do at all. They had no real game style other than pressure that I could determine, and then a long down the line game. It was very Melbourne 2022-2023 but without the experience or the stars across the ground. They've lost a lot of experience and are very young, but jeepers, if I was a Richmond fan, I'd be very worried about Yze. As for the rest of the game, we're really starting to get the hang of the switch and uncontested game. In the third, we had 5 or 6 guys setting up for the switch. It was like they were really getting the system, and the keepings off and switching angles was devastating. The pressure in the third was outstanding too and we were a lot cleaner around the footy. No one exemplified this more than Clarry in that quarter. Hugely disappointing ending, but we put the cue in the rack and at this point, I just want us to keep winning. Percentage for the next few weeks is almost irrelevant. We need to start chaining together wins. That's two on the trot and next week it's either JVR or Campbell into the team to take Fullarton's place. Max was BOG, Bowey brilliant, Salem good, Rivers, Sparrow, Trac, Spargo, Chandler and Viney (without the ball) were the standouts.

Ever since Max went off at the 15 minute mark, they've kicked 4 goals to nothing and dominated us.

They're BOG on the scoreboard, the umps.

You'll Never Walk Alone...

Love it mate. Me too.

Sharp might have pace, which is handy, but Spargo has ball use, and with the new method, if you can't chain, you can't score. Haven't seen enough of Culley to comment on him.

There is a family that have sat there in the front row for years, and they never say anything stupid. They were there with us when we were pathetic between 2007-2013, and were there every week like us. So as I prefaced this original little rant, @La Dee-vina Comedia , most MCC supporters are nuffies. Not all.

Haha, I've been a full member since I was 16. So no, incorrect.