Adam The God

I just saw some interesting footage from the MFC coaches box, just after the final siren sounded. Anyone see that? Roos fist pumping and Goodwin fist pumping. Awesome.

I think the problem with Tyson is that he's lazy. So often he'll be under no pressure and completely miss a handball target that a six year old could make. Reckon he needs a bit more confidence himself. He seemed to relish it in his first year with us. Maybe it's a lack of confidence in his body or maybe he keeps trying to do too much with it? He certainly needs to learn to take that first option still.

He's looking like becoming a very good third tall and an important part of our forward line. He's not the full forward beast we'd hoped to draft, but if he can string more consistent footy level, there's a benchmark he's set himself that he knows is now the standard.

Just gets his hands free every time. He has time that others dream of. I think the comparisons to Voss are quite apt, but there's quite a bit of similarity between he and Cripps. Our bloke is just doing it a lot earlier and has that quick burst of speed that Cripps doesn't have.

Despite the misleading DE statistic, we were far too messy with our disposal in the first three quarters and stopped running and moving the ball quickly in the second and third quarters, but when we move it quickly, we look so good. That passage of play in the last where Oliver somehow managed to win the clearance, Jones got it, kicked it down Kennedy's throat, who then kicked it beautifully to Watts' advantage was sublime and is a sign of things to come. Kennedy was arguably the most influential player on the ground in the final quarter. Had 5 scoring involvements in the first 7 minutes. Viney has well and truly arrived. He is a star and kept us in the game through the middle period (and GWS' poor goal kicking). Watts was terrific in the first and last quarters and Oliver's debut (with restricted game time - would he have even played 60% game time?) was one of the most impressive debuts from a midfielder you will see. I remember counting four centre clearances in a row in the last quarter. He became more influential than Viney. Honourable mention to Maxy Gawn. A very good game, despite playing against an underdone opponent.

Sexism right there. Expect better from y Mr C&B.

He was capable and effective at times last year, but would you say he was consistently so? I wouldn't. The only season he's played consistently well every week is 2014. He played a couple of good games in 2013 as well, but you'd be lying if you said he had a consistent 2013. I think being able to call someone 'reliable' is a measure of consistency. I'd say he's only been reliable for one season.

Yep. Have you been watching the last decade? Blokes that wouldn't have got games anywhere else played seasons on our list.

Got woken by the girlfriend after very little sleep. She wants to go and look at houses to buy. Adam's got a short fuse now and he's writing in third person, so we'd better hope the MFC put up a good showing, otherwise it's going to get messy in the MCC.

Absolute load of rubbish. Revisionism at its worst. This is a bloke who couldn't nail down a position for the best part of a decade. He's played one good season. It's a fallacy to say anything else.

I reckon they're comparable list wise, but the mental scars our players had aren't.

They might also see this as a good opportunity to get some more games into him. I know it could potentially be playing with fire, but there's something to be said for the FD making bold moves. The danger man back there for me is Devon Smith. Oscar may just get him too at some stage. Stevie J did very little against us last year and he's pretty much finished, but I expect him to lift for his first game at a new club. They're the guys, along with the midfield, that can kick them a winning score. Oscar needs to play within his limitations (unlike his brother does) and focus on reading the play better, because I think, along with circumstantial decision-making, this is his biggest liability. He was caught out of position a few times in the NAB games and was certainly caught out in his debut season.

Yeah. Their backline looks pretty weak to me too. I actually thought he could be joking for a moment and then realised it was O.

He also doesn't read the ball well. I think one of these GWS forwards is going to kick a few snags on him. I don't quite agree with this. I've been pretty anti-Matt Jones myself, but with increased running support around him and better players, average players willing to run hard will always look a lot better in a good team. I'm not saying he won't still be delisted at year's end, but he certainly offers run and carry. The best game he has played for the club was in that Geelong win last year. That's the standard he has to play to, as a negating, hard-running defensive forward or back flanker. He does that and I'd keep giving him a game at this stage. Geez, I never thought I'd be saying that. Just goes to show you can't write off anyone.

I wonder if it's a message thing? A late change for Oscar?

I gotta say there are quite a few areas that concern me. Oscar would be the major one though. He's not ready IMO. It's a real pity they're giving Gus another week. He only needs to touch it twenty times to have a big influence. I'm a little bit worried about their backs running off Pedersen too. We've been exposed by GWS before when going in too tall.

He's a [censored] head, but he's such an average player that he's become irrelevant. If we'd lost a star, that would have been much harder to watch every week.

I hope Bernie can still be just as damaging on the scoreboard from half back as he was in the midfield. He kicked some real game changers last year. One of my favourites for sure.

I disagree. They're no hope of winning a flag and have a bunch of aging/old players. We have a lot of hope. We won't finish as high as the Roos this year (probably), but we will next year.

Might be a stupid question, but which end of the ground would you play Hurley at? I'm guessing he'd take Dunn's position or Garland's? Or would he swing between CHF (until the Weed is ready) and FB? And I'd take Heppell before Hurley, but that's just me.

I wonder what influence Goodwin will have at the end of this year, given his time spent at the EFC. I'd take Heppell too FWIW. Make it happen, Goodie.

Talking with a bloke I work with who's North. He made a very good point about them. He said he was hoping they finished last, so they could get some decent draft picks and made the point that they have been mid table for so long they haven't managed to really get a decent look in come draft time. Not once, IMO, have they looked like winning a flag either. What a wasted decade...

I didn't think he'd be the gun that he's turned out to be, but Colin Sylvia 2.0? A bloke who never strung two consistent games in a row, let alone a whole season? I reckon that's mighty unfair to Bernie.

My girlfriend and I got a laugh out of that. Thanks. She's convinced they're the same person. Whenever she sees them on the TV she says there's that guy again. And it's usually both of them.

Surely you wouldn't play for Essendon and sue them... The fact he could come out and say anything about the EFC during the season might be enough to get him a spot on the show. I find Robbo pretty intolerable, but I enjoyed Monday nights 360 with Roosy last year. He wasn't the most insightful, but I enjoyed the program. Not real interest in watching it this year. What is it actually saying about drug cheating? That you can cheat, but don't worry, we'll have a job for you at the end of it.