John Crow Batty

Errors, errors and more errors. Is Neeld coaching both sides?

Jack Watts looking good. Looks beefed up this season.

Sloppy game full of errors last night. The play was like a pinball bouncing all over the place. Crows certainly missed Lynch and Walker out front and more so Lever out back. Glad he is ours now. Essendon took far too many easy marks in forward 50. I’d rather watch a more strategic and tactical game rather than this chaotic fast food like spectacle. Worst of all was that unmentionable moron commentator who creamed his pants all over Etihad with his fanboy antics and who topped it all by suggesting Essendon might be the next Richmond.

Crows are missing Lever.

Well this season we can’t use some of the tired old excuses for poor performances like in the past. We can’t blame youth or inexperience and at this stage we can’t blame injuries though Viney is still doubtful. We have been knocking on the door of the eight for the past two seasons and would have been there except for those two inexplicable final two rounds in both seasons. Our list looks like it’s full of talent. And of course Jack Watts is gone. That leave issues of poor culture, a consequence of drinking tainted bath water to point the finger at. As for the game against Geelong, it will be a tough one and all permutations are possible. To me what I will be looking for is how the players walk off the field after the game. If we win I would like to see sober moderate celebration, if we lose I expect the players to look genuinely gutted and filthy and ready to punch holes in walls. No pre ejaculated GF celebrations or tired just another long day at the office looking forward to scoring at the nightclub look. As for Carey he was good enough to break all the rules and get away with it. None of our boys are yet. If our boys have got what it takes they will turn the negativity into a huge positive. I don’t see it any other way.

Just do it, start winning.

I was in Bendigo for that game against Essendon and watched it at the Shamrock Hotel. I was in Bendigo last year when we lost to Freo. I watched it at the Shamrock Hotel. I will be in Bendigo during round 2 and will watch the game at the Shamrock Hotel. Two potentially great weekends ruined. Does lightning strike thrice? I am nervous already and will be even more nervous if we beat Geelong in round 1.

170 plus games played. Over 700 games coached. Premiership player. Premiership coach 3 times. All Australian coach. Knows nix compared to Demonland’s finest.

If we lose the type of games when we go in as solid favourites like we have done consistently in the past couple of seasons it will happen and loudly too. Either nothing will change or we will be rid of that soft tag this season.

Is he suggesting we will be the next Adelaide? Perhaps lose the flag to 8th placed Carlton.

Good, I like it. Nothing like an early red hot poker up the khyber to remind the players that a good pre season hit up under no pressure means nothing. Like there’s talk we are a shoe in for the finals....gasp!

Though Hogan tries to play for frees too often he still need to master the art like Joel Selwood if he’s going to play in the midfield.

I don’t think the ball crossed the centreline once that quarter. Free are going to turn this into an ugly game.

I thought “Diamond” Joe Gutnick was the messiah

I d rather see a a hard fought game with fewer goals than a softcoque scoring spree. High scoring games with cheap goals and no pressure is like pre digested junk food. If ones wants plenty of goals better to watch manby pamby basketball. I like the contests the women put up. Skills aren’t fully there yet but the game will keep on developing as will scoring efficiency. Hate to see their game dumbed down.

I agree, it’s a no brainer to shorten the playing field. Its like the men playing on a field over 200 metres long. Ball movement has improved and the contest is feisty from what I have seen but it’s a big ask to consistently expect more goals with mostly 30 metre kicks and short handpasses. Rules and game design needs more tweaking. I guess the AFL find it too much of a chore to shorten grounds just for the odd women’s game. The women may need their own dedicated playing field.

As with many’s things MFC, was too good to be true.

If we follow the template of the past two seasons, it it not illogical to see Essendon, Carlton and perhaps Brisbane high up there.

I wonder what Sylvia’s mother has to say?

I won’t be paying much attention. My interest levels are zero. This is just another attempt to market football as a new global entertainment product. There is far too much saturation these days with so many different sports all competing against each other for attention and $$$. These days there is only limited time for me to watch sport given all my other interests. I now only watch AFL football in season be it live or TV. I’ve switched off everything else. It is a great game and any variation is like serving pink slime when steak is not available. Couch potato sport addicts might love it. This a product made for them. A guy who used to work with me lived off sport. Spent all day and night in front of his big TV watching Fox sports and more. Now in his mid 40’s, never had a meaning relationship and living alone in a flat munching take away food. He will watch it no doubt.

The whiff of stinky cheese here. And rats like cheese.

No doubt Bugg despite his obvious playing deficiencies has some X factor influence on how the team approaches the game. Kind of like the opposite of the “0” factor from some of the leadership group namely the bald co-captain.

I wonder what Geelong got away with?

Reported that the raid was in connection to a recent drug bust in Geelong where three people were arrested.

Bugg being rehabilitated? As anything to do with this club, I”ll believe it when I see it. http://www.theage.com.au/afl/head-down-for-tomas-bugg-as-he-rebuilds-trust-of-melbourne-teammates-and-coaches-20180104-h0ds4c.html