Little Goffy

5 hours ago, layzie said:

Go Grundy..

Good opportunity for him to work on his forward craft.

Actually, a solid weekend of proper handball drills so that he can punch them out a bit harder than I can would be good. Got to stop doing them while sitting on a wheeled swivel chair on a lino floor.

Strange, I'd never thought about our premiership as being some kind of rare level of dominance, just as 'our premiership'.

But margins of 33, 83 and 74 are pretty phenomenal when you reflect on it.

Having said that, my search for comparisons was pretty quick, with the Geelong berserker rage event in 2022! They also provided another case way back in 2007 when they obliterated North and Port either side of scraping home over Collingwood. Magpies had a very good run in 2010 except for the draw. Brisbane dominated the qualifying and preliminary finals in 2002, but only got through the grand final by a kick.

So the list of really powerhouse finals campaigns is basically the 2021 Demons, the absurd Bombers of 2000, and Geelong's golden era bookends in 2007 and 2022.

Amazing to think that is the historical company we belong in.

2 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Anyways, that’s what Maccas and KFC and HJs are for. 

Urgh... can't even cook a good takeaway!

6 minutes ago, Apocalypse XXXI said:

It’s been a strange period in terms of coaches being sacked. Last year, the Saints re-appointed Brett Ratten as coach for 2023 but sacked him before he could start the pre-season and now Gold Coast sack their coach when they’re only 1½ games out of the top eight. If King manages to lift them to a few wins in a row this could get interesting.

Maybe the are hoping for a 'Roos after Eade' scenario.

6 hours ago, Lucifers Hero said:

You mean the one that was subbed out this week and is earning squillions!!

Nah mate, the other one. The one that gets a kick without umpire assistance!

17 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

I think that's most unfair. Who knows how he would have gone if he'd come to the MFC? Different players, different recruiting set-up, different board, different supporters. For all we know (and we'll never know, of course), he might have coached us to three Premierships by now.

100%. Dew was in a very tough spot, trying to turn around a catastrophically poor club culture when any player who wanted to be professional had the ready option to move out of there without guilt because everyone knew the 'why' was legit.

I wonder if even a coach the quality of Paul Roos would be able to turn that around without already having the authority of a premiership to contain the gripers.

1 minute ago, DistrACTION Jackson said:

We should definitely see if any of the Suns players want to come home as a result of everything going on up there.

If only they had a young tall forward who could offer connection leads up the ground, is competent delivering inside 50, and a reasonable shot on goal with a bonus ability to roost it from outside 50.

He's an excellent kid with a long and bright future at AFL level, but he doesn't play 'standout' games or a role that draws attention.

The Rising Star award is about hype, and Judd McVee isn't about hype.

It irritates me that Tomlinson is still struggling to get a game despite respectable (even very good) recent performances at AFL level and a massive body of good form at VFL level. as a matter of principle I want to find him a spot in the team, but I can't see him pushing out the May-Lever-Petty structure which works so well.

All I can think of is to tell him to play as a negating forward and put all his defensive skill into nullifying Harris Andrews for a game. Following Andrews around will bring him to the right places to be involved anyway, so the learning curve of switching forward is mitigated.

With our depleted forward line and our poor habits going inside 50, Andrews' effectiveness could easily decide the game. I'd trust Tomlinson to at least stop that from happening.

2 hours ago, ElDiablo14 said:

If they don't keep losing talent perhaps.

A lot of noise about Darcy leaving to go to Jeelong.

They still need a proper fwd line, I don't think Amiss is a differential player, he may be solid but won't be a Cameron or Hawkins level forward.

Amiss is basically Fritsch +8cm. I think it is fair to say that if Fritsch had had those 8cm he would have easily been drafted in his first eligible season and got off to a similar flying start to Amiss. I agree though that even with those extra cms Amiss (or theoretically Fritsch) does not change to become that traditional bully key forward. Both our outstanding players, though and both should be in routine AA third tall discussions for years to come.

Freo games where Luke Jackson has played well;

7 wins. 3 losses.

rnd 3 - win

Rnd 4 - loss

rnd 5 - win

rn 8 - win

rnd 9 - win

rnd 10 - win

rnd 11 - win

rnd 13 - loss

rnd 14 - loss

rnd 15 - win

Freo games where Luke Jackson has played poorly / not impacted;

Zero wins. 6 losses.

Rnd 1 - loss

rnd 2 - loss

rn6 - loss

rnd 7 - loss

rnd 16 - loss

rnd 17 - loss

6 May

5 Petracca

4 Sparrow - I have to give him credit for an outstanding game because I have been a doubter.

3. Brayshaw - Never spectacular but kept working effectively all day.

2. Viney - Weight of effort and strength counted for a lot.

1. Bowey - He just makes me feel safe, and I need that right now, okay?

Grawndy did okay-ish (Grundy alarming ineffective with the ball, though)

...but... when Marshall has them covered in total for marks, tackles, and inside-50s and is barely shaded for clearances in a two rucks vs one game, there's a serious issue.

Pickett was invisible like the hole left by a cartoon character running through a wall - yeah, you can't actually 'see' it, but you notice it very clearly.

Absolutely stunk it up. Was checked closely and didn't handle it at all.

Genuine risk of being given a spell to find some form.

Maybe he's solar powered?

5 hours ago, Whispering_Jack said:

Slightly off topic perhaps but there are a couple of VFL games in progress at the moment, both involving the Queensland teams.

These are the scores as of a couple of minutes ago -

Both Brisbane and Gold Coast are supported by the Academy system and the clubs have virtually unfettered access to players who qualify for their respective academies. GCS have three members who are potential top 10 draft picks this year. It shouldn’t be too long before people are calling for an end to this advantage.

Three points;

Sydney currently and Gold Coast for the foreseeable future are only kept relevant by the massive draft concessions they've received for exactly that purpose. I'm stating the obvious but just putting it out there so none of us are left thinking we're alone in our anger.

Don't worry there will be a total overhaul of all this stuff just as soon as the Demons have a prospective top-10 father-son pick.

Genis Steel Oval must be the most vandalised playing field in the country.

1 minute ago, Jibroni said:

If we cant kick straight under a closed roof then were doomed.

I dunno, my mum always made us go outside. 

20 minutes ago, BDA said:

Kick straight, we win.

If we're inaccurate again we lose

it's as simple as that.

I'm just eyeballing it but if you look at our win-loss ratio for the two phases of our accuracy this season it is almost the same as the goals-behinds ratio. 

I was going to say something about it not being quote as 'simple as that' but it doesn't get much simpler than;

More goals = more wins

More behinds = more losses 

He definitely had a form slump but it was far from catastrophic in scale and a very normal experience for a small forward. It has also been over for a couple of weeks and people need to also get over it.

Having said that, I really want to him to lift to his best again because he still needs 18 goals int he remaining 8 H&A games to keep up his '40-goals-a-season' amazing track record... and... he is one of the handful of players who could actually turn the season back our way if he hits top form.

After being pretty bitterly disappointed by almost everything football related last week...

Starting with the death ride games; not much to gain. Obvious Carlton v Freo is a big deal as it is both a game Freo would be expecting to win and it would directly lift Carlton over them thanks to the Blue's bizarre percentage.

Freo lose that, then one of Richmond or Sydney will step ahead of them. I'd prefer Richmond to get the win just because I think the Swans will keep clawing up the ladder enough to pass Freo later, while Richmond need every win they can get.

bunch of other games just keep teams ahead of Freo, rather than pulling in front of them.

And for our security in the top 4.

Collingwood over Dogs, and Demons over Saints, would put us a game and a big chunk of percentage ahead of our two main pursuers.

One of Essendon or the Crows will go to 9 wins, Essendon is probably better for us because the Crows have much higher percentage and Essendon will presumably choke late in the season.

Also, if West Coast decide to go the biff and get a bunch of players from both sides suspended that would be the only unpredictable or useful outcome of the Brisbane - West Coast game. I mean, legend has it that back before the Eagles unilaterally relegated themselves, there was a bit of a Eagles-Lions rivalry.

7 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Would be great to have JVR back in the team. 

Means the 3 WA draftees from the 2021 draftees would be all playing at the same time.

Jason Taylor just keeps ticking them over 👏

Send the video to Daniel Curtin with a 'see you soon' note.

2 hours ago, DemonWorshipper said:

Yes they did. In fact this happened Woey Snr's first game: 

https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/1997/111219970327.html. 

Wow, everyone was in that game. Stynes, Neitz, Lyon, Smith, both Lovetts, both Febeys, Farmer, and even Alistair Clarkson.

Hmm, funny that Yze missed, given is couple of hundred in a row started that season, but he is there in round 2.

What a time at the club - later that season instead of having two Lovetts we had two McDonalds.

By the end of this week, and discounting the Grimes/Trengove 'moment', Nathan Jones is the only MFC Captain not to play alongside a Woewodin since Greg Healy in 1990!

Just now, KingDingAling said:

I know we’re a limited side at present, but I’ve seen nothing in this kid to warrant a call up. I see glimpses of what he could be. But he isn’t an AFL level player at present, IMO. 

What is wrong with you, man?

6 minutes ago, Nascent said:

Wonder where he will play, wing? Or half forward/mid rotation maybe?

He'll start in defensive 50, then run through the center, before moving across half forward and kicking a goal.

1 hour ago, DubDee said:

 

Blues will make a big push for finals and end up missing out on %.  Should be fun to watch (again)

This. Every Carlton supporter already knows this. The team and the several stars in it will find form, remind everyone of how great they ought to be, and it will all come to nothing because they faffed about early in the season. It is destiny.

The only counter argument is that Fremantle are doomed to a near-identical fate!

We need to do something different up forward. X and Y are going to have a field day if we go out with the same set up we've been sticking too that we know doesn't work and only leads to opposition defenders dominating.

Remarkable for an echo to carry all the way from the MCG to Docklands and back again without losing any volume or clarity!

You should see him close the freezer door.