Adam The God

It depends if Adams is up to the level this year.

Watching Mo last night, I actually thought they'd make a great sprint off.

Oliver is a much better player than Jack. If he plays like he did yesterday for 23 weeks in a season he'll be A+ again. Jack isn't as damaging IMV. But we're lucky to have both of them and will fit them in. Jack in the forward half for mine.

Great post. Sparrow deserves huge kudos for his last 6 or so weeks.

The comments weren't directed at Jeffo, they were directed at Goody. Of course.

He's a beautiful, long kick. He obviously thought it was out of his range, but I'm not so sure. We've seen him flush them from there before.

This is a Chaplin forwardline. This is exactly the sort of spread we regularly had in 2018, and we're now starting to get a really unpredictable spread. This makes us harder to play against, and as Trac hinted, it's all off the back of defence and manic pressure.

I maintain this may not be the case by the end of 2025. May's pace is becoming an issue, as it is for TMac.

Did you read the post you quoted? I most certainly acknowledged the younger brigade, but said we need 1 or 2 more...

https://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/1791042/rd-11-goodwin-post-match-media-conference?videoId=1791042&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1748174040001 He is a bloody impressive coach. Particularly, his response at 8.38. This bit in particular - "...but we're not gonna change our process away from not talking about outcome. It's just not helpful to anyone...". This will hold us in such good stead moving forward. It's basically the new "re-set". Psychology is such a huge part of coaching, player management and the modern game, and Goody is a master of this. @Engorged Onion

@picket fence ,you're a funny fella.

This.

AJ stays another week for mine. JVR needs to earn it with another strong performance IMV. Charlie didn't do enough today and could do with a week off.

What I love about AJ is he is providing the bar that JVR needs to clear to get back in the side. Competition for spots is so important.

2 goal assists and 2 score involvements.

Rarely loses a 1v1 contest does he? And reads the play quickly and has the agility to often get to those intercept plays by peeling off.

Courtesy of AFL.com.au: 7) The Dees of 2025 are tracking like the Lions of 2024 Eleven rounds into the 2024 season, eventual premier Brisbane was just finding its feet, with four wins and some burgeoning momentum. It came home with a wet sail to become simply unstoppable and this year, Narrm is treading that same path. Its emphatic 53-point win over Sydney on Sunday was its fifth of the season - from the past six games - and evidence of its damaging, difficult-to-defend fresh brand. Slick handballs, hardness at the contested ball, and an unwavering ruthlessness in its defensive actions, Narrm is back in a big way. Can they follow Brisbane's path and go deep into September? - Gemma Bastiani Thanks Gemma, couldn't have said it better myself. 👏 Anything can happen this year. The trajectory is upward and the new game style is taking shape. Well done, Goody and co. Blips will come, but we have to stay the course.

Walked in the door with Lord Edward in his Melbourne jumper singing the theme song and Hawthorn-supporting wifey says to me "now, I have something really weird to tell you and I don't want you to feel weird... I think I'm going to start supporting Melbourne". ❤️💙 Music to my ears. BOG, wifey. In other news, our transition is getting better, but still a lot of room for improvement, and the goalkicking 🫣 But we're starting to punish teams on turnover and in the second half went from 2 goals from stoppage to Sydney's 2 goals, to then scoring at least 6 goals from stoppage. I think JVR will straighten us up in AJs spot in time, though AJ did some handy things. Clarry almost back to his best, still a few fumbles. Trac dynamic out of stoppage, not far off his best. Max was Max. And 20 [censored] tackles inside 50. 🤯👏🎉

Roger, thanks.

Us too. Gross. As soon as we stepped off the plane, we had a suspected meth head slurring at us and telling us to "Go back to Melbourne!"

Ah, you mean we're not dead yet? 😉

Indeed. I was trying to be diplomatic. 🤣

I posted this in the Sydney pre game thread, but it's probably better in here. Just saw a clip from Jordan Lewis from On The Couch saying he doesn't believe Clarry and Viney should be in the middle at the same time. Whilst I agree to a large extent, I would add a caveat, unless Viney is playing a defensive role. But it's about allowing Rivers to provide something different to our midfield mix and given his best ever rated game against Brisbane, it's hard to disagree at this stage. I think Rivers is an excellent and dynamic half back, but if we're to continue to evolve our midfield, he probably needs to stay in the middle and then push out to half back when other mid rotations go through the middle. Which means more bench time for Clarry and more forward half time for Viney. You've also got Langford providing something different and hopefully in 2026, you've got Lindsay in there as well. Watching us try to achieve this midfield balance for the remainder of 2025 though is one of the big watches for me.

Just saw a clip from Jordan Lewis from On The Couch saying he doesn't believe Clarry and Viney should be in the middle at the same time. Whilst I agree to a large extent, I would add a caveat, unless Viney is playing a defensive role. But it's about allowing Rivers to provide something different to our midfield mix and given his best ever rated game against Brisbane, it's hard to disagree at this stage. I think Rivers is an excellent and dynamic half back, but if we're to continue to evolve our midfield, he probably needs to stay in the middle and then push out to half back when other mid rotations go through the middle. Which means more bench time for Clarry and more forward half time for Viney. You've also got Langford providing something different and hopefully in 2026, you've got Lindsay in there as well. Watching us try to achieve this midfield balance for the remainder of 2025 though is one of the big watches for me.

I care about the team and the club first and foremost. Would you rather Turner out at the expense of TMac? If so, you're not looking at the bigger picture. Lever straightens up our defence every time. As Jeff White's video showed, most fans don't understand the little things that most of iurplayers do to stay in the team. Spargo being one of them. Lever marshalls our defence and is best 22.