Brayshaws' Helmet

I watched FC last night, and was surprised by the opinion in the dot points in the opening, considering i don't think we actually over celebrated... maybe we did cause channel 7 cut about 30 seconds after the game for me.

But... Judd clarified on the show, saying, we should save the celebration for when we actually win in September, which he was quite bullish about us doing. Giving us a clip in a sense, but he thinks we go deep. So maybe save the outrage. Big picture call Caro

we're calling him "the Frittata" right?

I work in a kitchen and just finished up to check how much we lost by... guess I'll have to watch the replay. It's wins like this that make tipping them every week really satisfying when it pays off. GET AROUND THEM!

1 minute ago, Bobby McKenzie said:

What injury has Gawn sustained? Can someone enlighten me.

Standard hammy it seems

3 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Why did you bring it up then?

Cause they've played poorly this year and they're still 3-0. They're making finals for sure

Just now, Clint Bizkit said:

North were 9-0 last year.

I'm not going to get into a historical stats discussion here cause we could probably go all the way back to 1850 given the time.

Its the same thing we say about beating Carlton last week, better teams just know how to win.

Thought we were hard at it today though

29 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

I hope Hogan and Lewis feel like rubbish.

Huge effort without Gawn, can't be too upset.

Geelong are going nowhere fast.

They're 3 - 0

10 minutes ago, Rusty Nails said:

Very consistent and one of the best at working his opponent away from or under the ball. Would just like to see him gradually add another string to his bow from here and start showing a little more run off his opponent/s occasionaly and taking the opponent game on a little more. Easy to say of course.

I know what you mean, but at the moment I think he's playing the undersized lock down defender pretty well and has been doing it for a while, with some pundits on tv putting him in the small defender AA team conversation (couple years ago?). I guess it's all about what you value, he does rebound when he can but he's also an in and under tough man on man defender. Even beating Levi in the air today a couple times.

IMO just let him keep doing what he's doing

9 minutes ago, A F said:

How was that spoil from Jetta on Casboult? Ridiculously good. Shows he'll stand up just fine in a zone when playing on a much larger opponent. Love that he's taking the game on more now too. 

What about hip and shouldering kruz to the ground in the last. Nev has been one of our most underrated for a while now, he just keeps going on and going on

11 minutes ago, demon9 said:

Don't waste your time typing Demon Jack. Some of the posters on here have got no idea.

People saying Jack Watts had a poor game are delusional. Had 19 disposals, kicked 2 goals, 8 marks, 7 scoring involvements and got one massive punch in the head by Rowe. I can't recall many games pre-2016 that JW had that much of an impact on a win. 

Tyson was also a bit rusty but still racked up possessions and started to use the ball better in the last qtr.

Both teams played really well defensively which is why it was so low scoring. Carlton actually held us up a lot better than the Saints did. The Saints were basically witches hats after qtr time last week.

Anyone listening to MMM today with Paul Roos doing special comments will have a much better appreciation of today's win.

Still unsure on Melksham though. Really doesn't use the ball well. Brayshaw just had a bad game - not much went his way. Nothing to worry about though. 

I completely agree. It's amazing on here the amount of negativity that can spur from a medium played game. There's certainly an over analysis of players on demonland were some posters want every player to play like pd35 every week. Nobody has moved on to melbournes direction of everybody playing a role to get the win.

Weather some players made mistakes in the heat of the moment they're still learning week to week being one of the youngest teams in the comp.

Finding that the general consensus on here is a good portion of posters only looking at 1 Team playing the game, and not working out that every single player will not beat their opponent every week. Surely a good way to get ulcers

Winning, it's good for the soul guys, get around it

Milkshake out Bernie in

48 minutes ago, hemingway said:

I really dont care about the semantics. We won the bloody game. If we win ugly most of the time that's just fine with me.  We have had years of losing ugly every bloody week. So let's be happy with the win. 

Surely there has to be a happy median between "dees are back and ready to play finals" last week, and "this is the worst game I've seen in a long time" can't please many on here, even when you start 2 - 0 

2 minutes ago, Akum said:

Not at all. I didn't think we ever looked lazy, we looked more panicked & frenetic & pressured.

And we couldn't figure out or anticipate what they were trying to do, which was an extra defender or two and then use width to attack as we drop off them.

Confused, yes, but never lazy, I thought we gave it everything the whole game. We needed that bit of class in that last quarter.

Agreed, never thought they looked lazy, definitely tried all day, you could see some players running with nothing left in the tank in the last. It wasn't a great win by any means, but it's the emergence of a more competitive team.

i think the panic is because they expected to win, and lost control. At least they came over the top outplayed them in 3 quarters. More polish in some areas, but just played better overall. Deserved the win, has everyone forgot the first half?

2 minutes ago, Sylvia Saint said:

Oliver has 6 Brownlow votes and will win one as early as 2018.

Calm down

I think a game like today shows that we miss Bernie vince when he gets reported. Don't get me wrong, I like that he snipes, I just wish he got away with it.

Good or bad, it's nice to be unbeaten albeit after 2 rounds

Saints were stiff but that's footy, happens to the best.

bombers look dangerous but I don't know if it's their skill or the emotions they're playing on. I had most of my essendon mates banging on about they they're going to make the eight and such pre-season. I really don't want them to be right.... like... really

i never understood some media people's hype about the suns this year. Losing solid players and with an ageing star who's having a mare of a season so far, I didn't know why some predictors had them in their top 8. Seemed pretty cut and dry to me, but maybe by the end of the year I may be singing a different tune. Time will tell

27 minutes ago, A F said:

What the hell are they doing up in Sydney? What's with the rock garden behind the goals to the left of screen? They've just conceded that they'll never fill the house at that end of the ground.

They were saying before on the broadcast it's for the Sydney show or something. Then dermott said he wouldn't be surprised if apaches came out like the Wild West. Pretty cringeworthy all round

In our situation, i think the only targets we realistically have are older experienced players. Most of the players people are mentioning are all but fantasy, mostly because the clubs they currently play at would not only lose out, but be crazy to make the deal. If you take off your melbourne hat, there are going to be very few options. We won't need youngsters, after this draft we'll have them in spades.

Not opposed to paying overs in a trade, but it's risky business.

Parker, Fyfe, the latter being a pipe dream

I gotta say think the former is as well. But one can hope

Thanks redleg, if you ever meet Jon Ralph could you punch him in the back of the head for us? Cheers mate

So everything is ok is it?

I am suprised i have to say it at all. But some people still believe the club is just fine.

The ABC interview was even more expansive than the one on MMM.

No, but you are just one of many on here who think they're on some crusade to point out flaws that only they can see. And one of many who just reiterate their point over... and over... and over... and over... I get bored reading it, i don't know how you don't get bored writing it

i don't need to discuss it with you.

It was you who had no understanding of the Broadcast deal.

We have become a blight on the comp.

and please. The club is broke, without AFL serious assistance the club was done.

Drama Queen no. Reality sunshine.

I know it's your opinion, but don't you get tired of saying the same thing over and over? any regular on this sight knows exactly how you feel about things, more noise is just more noise

Fantastic for Hassa, his family and the club to join the AFL hall of fame. Congratulations.

They already have good news they kept neeld ffs

How's Scully going now?

Watching it delayed... But from what I've seen he's nearly best on at the moment, maybe Moore? That hipster defender