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25 minutes ago, Dees1911 said:

Probably cos 75% of his hit outs and disposals go to opposition !!

I can’t say I disagree, but in many cases it is because our mids are not imposing themselves on the contest.

My issue was that we were slow, disinterested, displayed appalling skills, our mids were practically non existent, our defenders looked discombobulated, our forwards were…um…did we field a forward line?

While Max has had much better games, how is it possible that someone so dominant in the ruck (28 disposals and 34 hit-outs to their total of 22), how is it that he could get so little assistance?

Overall, it was a terrible performance.

And please, please let’s not bring the umpires into this… yes they were bad, but they missed a lot of frees in both directions. They had no impact on the end result.

What a snooze fest!! A draw would be the only fair outcome.

1 hour ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

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But did you try it and did it work? 😊

On 24/03/2026 at 18:16, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

It starts with 'pay' and ends in 'wall', I'm afraid, Greg.

Copy, synopsis or a 'get-around' reminder, someone?

This works for the Sydney Morning Herald, but I don’t know if it is good for all sites… for iPhone, scroll to bottom and choose Apps, select Safari and scroll to the bottom and choose Advanced, then turn off Java Script.

10 minutes ago, Red But Mostly Blue said:

Geez that overall record is not great :-(

It means absolutely nothing. If you’re going to look at any form, why not look at what has happened over the last three years, where we have met 5 times and won 3 times… and even that is not a reliable barometer.

This year we have a new team with a new attitude and a new coach who appears to have them up and about! I doubt very much that the players go back home each night and drag out the stats for the past few decades… just trust the process and stop concerning yourself with immeasurables.

15 minutes ago, alpha33 said:

Baffling about the Trent Rivers situation. Now will have missed three games in a row dealing with his little knee issue. Doesn't sound right to me.

I’m a tad concerned about him…if this really is a knee issue, then why is he not appearing on the injured player list? I suspect that there is more to this, and so I hope the club is doing all in its power to get him back up and playing.

I know it’s pure speculation, but until they make a formal announcement, what else do we have?

8 hours ago, Redleg said:

Too much information Hardtack.

Not the first time I’ve been told that… and probably not the last, either 🤣

10 hours ago, Redleg said:

Do they accept new umpires in their 70's?

From personal experience, I can tell you that that’s a big NO! It was a Zoom call, and I had forgotten to put my clothes on, so I suppose that might not have helped my chances.

On 06/04/2026 at 11:31, Redleg said:

Nathan Williamson Umpire Number 22 clearly doesn't like us.

Funny incidents with him from yesterday.

First, he calls a mark to Lombard and then gets overruled by an umpire further away, who saw it hit the ground, while Lombard is telling his Dees opponent to shoosh and obviously don't tell anyone it wasn't a mark.

Second he refuses to review an "on the full" when Ed is pleading for him to do it and he can be heard saying "NO" on his mike and then the arc overrules him.

I would love to see an analysis of his games with Melbourne.

Yesterday the callers about 10 times said that a Dees free was missed and yet only said it once about the Suns.

Is that just bad luck?

I’d come to the conclusion that he has a dislike of the MFC, years ago at a game in Canberra. However, having said that, despite all of the hue and cry of a number of posters on the game day thread, I do not believe that the umpires had it in for us, and in fact, I saw as many dodgy decisions and missed calls in our favour as I did against us.

If you think you can do better, why not apply to wherever you need to apply to, and, assuming you’re young and fit and not an old aged curmudgeon like myself, get in there and become the first mistake free, non partisan umpire in the history of the game 😉

On 06/04/2026 at 07:49, Nasher said:

Oh God, is that possible? Now that my age begins with a 4 I find I can trigger calf and hammy cramps rolling the wrong way in bed. Never had a groin cramp, or even really imagined it, but if that starts happening, I’m throwing in the towel.

You’ll need to throw in more than a towel, if that happens! I’d keep an ice bucket handy if I were you.

3 hours ago, Lucifers Hero said:

Another comment on crowd noise.

I haven't been a fan of player songs after a goal but love it at the ground especially when the crowd can sing along. Sweet Caroline gets quite a rendition so it is great when Sharp goals.

Adds terrific atmosphere.

I’d love a player to use ‘The Harder They Come’… such a good song to sing along with.

4 hours ago, binman said:

Yep super evident at the ground.

We pulled apart their defensive structure and made jt really hard for them to transtuon the ball and enter 50 cleanly. And they were gettimg very frustrated

I think that’s because King was able to almost instantaneously react to whatever changes Hardwick made to his game-plan…something that it seemed Goodwin had a little trouble doing (I might be wrong, but to me he tended to wait until the break when all the players were together, to implement his changes). King is going to make life tough for more than a few coaches this year, particularly as the playing group get better at implementing his requirements.

6 minutes ago, bing181 said:

Just enough with the "Bailey Laurie hasn't been given a chance".

He's had countless chances, and always ends up back in the VFL - for good reason.

Sick of hearing that all of our fringe players are gems if only they hadn't been held back by Goodwin.

Yep, as useful as a chocolate teapot, as the old saying goes.

4 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

But he’s a hard taskmaster is ol’ Rooster.

When Rooster posts, you can almost smell the old cog burn.

21 hours ago, Sydee said:

I had the distinct displeasure of watching Essendon this week vs Norf

My goodness what a rabble of a club they are - if we lose to them in gather round like we have done before my head may explode

Well, we managed to reverse our fortunes against Carlton this week (in spades), so I’m hoping we will continue that trend come gather round.

22 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

I mean, there’s easily a couple of grand worth of shoes here and no one around.

Off having an@l probes? Quick, get Scully and Mulder on the job (so to speak)!

23 hours ago, old dee said:

Thanks for the info GW. I have to say at half time on Sunday I had tossed in the towel.

It’s funny, our apartment block’s general handyguy is a Carlton supporter and when I spoke to him on Monday, he told me that at half time he told his friends who were all happy for him, that they were going to lose… it’s all a matter of perspective OD 🤣

On 31/03/2026 at 13:02, FTB said:

Did AMW say anything about his prospects of playing senior footy in the short-term?

Would love to see him back but understand he may need some minutes in the VFL first.

Considering he had a 32 possie (I think it was) first up game at Casey, I wouldn’t be in the least bit surprised if he came in for Jiath if he’s unavailable this week.

On 31/03/2026 at 12:51, Ghostwriter said:

The most important news of the day:

Jai ain’t getting a haircut anytime soon.

Tell him I’ve lost enough hair for the both of us… that is, I have absolutely none left at all 🤣

14 hours ago, Anti-Saint said:

DOF -

my Top 5 wins prior to today and not necessarily there and not in order:

1987 triple-treat: Rd 22 v Dogs, EF v North, SF v AFLney

1994 QF v Tankers

2021 triple treat: Rd 23 v PBP, PF v PBP, GF v Dogs

1990: B2B Rd 22 v The Family Thuggers, EF v same

1988: PF v Tankers

today v Tankers

No win against Freo where we came back from over 50 points down? Can’t recall the year, but early 2000’s I think it was.

A few images from my birthday gig on Friday…

PS. I’m still open to taking donations for the Cancer Council of NSW & Buy Tim Books and Blu Rays fund at the following link:

https://www.paypal.me/LosTromeosJug

Fantastic feeling to win like that, but now I have the quandary of not knowing how to feel about our next game against the Suns… they are possibly the most in form team in the comp, and not just a little better, but way ahead of every team!

Did we show form that can see us matching them, or are we, like in the Fremantle game, going to capitulate without so much as a whimper?

I’d love to think that we will be able to match it with the Suns, but unfortunately my MFCSS is making a resurgence.

In the meantime I’ll just bask in the afterglow of this victory!

3 hours ago, Pennant St Dee said:

I wonder every week do people ever look back with embarrassment on their posts

PFffffft!!

That’s one hell of a list! Is that in order of favourites from 1 to 500? I don’t think I could manage that (in fact, I know I couldn’t), so well done you!

I haven’t read it closely, but my main disagreement would be your rating of Fleetwood Mac who to my mind ceased to exist after Peter Green left… while the two songs you cited were big money spinners (chart toppers), I’d rank Albatross, Oh Well Parts 1&2, The Green Manalishi and Black Magic Woman from Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac, well ahead of them as songs.