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Excellent starting 18 Werridee Not so sure about the interchange spots. Would prefer Harmes and Petty in for someone.

Thanks for the report. So a song about a Los Angeles real estate saleswoman. Very inspriring for the boys I guess.

Daniher - 4 games for 9.5 disposals a game and 3/4 of a goal per game. Robinson is a disgrace to journalism and football in general. I'm embarrassed just commenting on his work. And if there's 44 players better than Steven May , well.......... words fail me.

I disagree. Now I found Kayo and the fox team, esp. Huddo, I didn't realise how verbose McAvaney was. He would just never shut up. Over on Fox they actually discuss the game mid play. You don't need someone telling us that so and so kicked the ball, and then XX XX handballed. We have eyes. 7 commentary style treats the audience like children. I might be on to something.

18 of the last 20 Brownlow medallists came from finals sides. Some have Petracca as the winner , yet Dees miss the 8. If he wins, we make finals.

This well thought out post by Redleg summarises what happens when the club (and sadly Nathan) squib the professional decision in 2020 and say "..lets go around 1 more time..." What is so magical about 300 games? This is now an ongoing topic for debate, and will impact younger players who will doubt they are in first 22 because 1 spot is allocated to Jones. I don't trust Goody to be smart about this, and I am hoping like hell Yze further expands his influence in selection. Soemone has to take credit for Oliver' s changes in style shown against the Tiges and it may as well be Adem. IMO. It can't have been Simon.

I assume by 'media' you mean the Herald Sun and Newscorp outlets flogging papers. MCC won't stand for it, and nor should they and/or the club.

Great piece of history B McK. Norm Smith knew Barassi could play but just not where and tried a few spots as you say. Smith 'invented' the ruck rover role specifically for RDB. And later on this position suited him enabling him to expand his leadership across the field. Coaching greatness is about those that change the game intuitively - Norm Smith (and a nod to Len Smith at Richmond) , Clarkson (cluster), Kennedy (fitness and discipline, leaving Hudson alone in half a ground - resulting in the 50m square)), RDB (handball at all costs), Matthews (brutality), Hafey(long kicking). Northey ( no flags but excelled at belief and emotion)

Good call and last comment. With the coaching panel improvements (Yze), Burgess, Richardson we are(should be) streets ahead of the Kangas in player development and nuturing given their post season upheavals I have faith the Daw thing could work for the team as well as anywhere. Up to him also largely. But worth the shot.

Fair comment 58. But gee if Nathan Jones, great warrior though he has been, in terms of 'Best' midfielder the the group of 2000'ish era has him well covered. If he gets the nod , what an indictment of the first 20 years. I often wonder whether its just an understandable sympathy vote. Maybe Iv'e just watched him try the long kick across ground and miss too many times.

I didn't say that, even virtually. My comment re: todays team was that I would pick him 2nd down for midfield after Trac if he was on the list today (obviously hypothetical). No reference at all to century standing. That's another question. A mature age recruit that grabbed his opportunity with both hands, lost to injury. Certainly a more even and effective finals player head to head with Woey from 98 onwards until injury. But I'd have Woey any day as well in the current team playing with Trac ahead of others as I'm sure you would. At least we have an outright A grader from that era now on the coaching panel, which is something I guess. Yze.

I think this post sums up well DrD. Looking at the stats for this group, and their big game performances players like Guy Rigoni should be in this discussion. Good user of the ball, tough and a goal kicker. he led from the front in all of the 2000 finals. I'd have him ahead of all our midfielders today (bar Trac that is)

Thank you for the highly informative report Pickett. Can you expand on the narrowing of superstars and next tier? Do you see the up and comers getting better or fewer players of high talent? Its a negative so i am assuming the latter? Thanks again.

Please structure your replies correctly. You note I'm one of them?. A First Lord of the Admiralty?. Don't be ridiculous. I've never been associated with the Royal Navy. Looks like you'd be good at instructing us on typo identification though. Better I guess than half arsed history rubbish.

Correct terminology is First Sea Lord. Your correct . I don't have a point. Simply correcting a wannabe expert. They're everywhere and I'm over them.

Classy. I am just correcting you "history buff". He was never a Rear Admiral, nor indeed a RN officer of any rank.' You still haven't addressed my point. Difficult to adjust is it? I have no comment on your other insights. Just don't set yourself up us some pseudo-historical fount of knowledge to other posters. I'm very healthy too and thanks for your concern.

Talk about drawing a long bow P2J(Predictive name tag I hope too - well done on it) Titus is my favourite MFC supporter. Highly intelligent writer, witty etc, and his comment was beneath him. Doesn't make him bad. Just a smarty-pants with no radar turned on. Dan - ??? I hate to see bomber tragics whov'e lived through the Danks/Hird debacle then get misquoted or verballed. That's for the police or filth supporters to do. Good or bad - ? - depends on the issue.

Titus should know better. By putting the quotation marks in he is suggesting this is what Dan said. He didn't and Titus should hang his head in shame. Lockdown is no laughing matter.

Are your ears painted on? First Sea Lord is NOT the same as a Rear Admiral Officer posting. One is a political appointment, the other is a professional officer appointment. He would have had trouble leading his battalion on the western front when he left the Admiralty from the deck of a warship presumably anchored in the Channel. (Being an army officer at the time also) Maybe you read that somewhere in your research and thought it sounded OK? He was instrumental though in having the R N fully prepared for war - which was admirable!

Wrong. For a history buff your'e a bit loose with your facts. He was never a member of the navy. He was First Sea Lord which is entirely a different thing. Sort of being Miister for the Navy in our lingo.

Correct on both counts. He should know better , but very well connected so gets away with it.

Fair comment, but I was dissappointed in Jason Mifsuds comments this morning. He is/was part of the AFL machine and noted Buddy and Cyril weren't booed, even though Goodes was, and this somehow demonstrates that Goodes was personally the problem, not his colour. This is a disgrace from Mifsud given his own heritage and the widely-accepted veiws that Goodes' probelm was that he spoke out on indigenoius matters, and if there's anything racists hate its an indigenous person having an opinion and god forbid expressing it - as Goodes did courageously on many occasions, and rightly so. Buddy and Cyril were quiet on this issue thus not attracting the vitroil. Mifsud owes Goods and apology. The headline notes he is an indigenous "leader" . - really?

Good post and I fear you may be on to something that Goody plays the likely AA Full Back down forward. The defence is rock solid now and ripe for Goody to stuff up.

Well said OD. Weed played a couple of great quarters in 2018 finals. Nothing much before or since. If this was a big loss then heaven help us. Ben Brown is the key for this season. Tmac played correctly by Goodwin and others can carry the load. Jackson will be miles ahead of Weed by years end.

Your'e probably right and issues at other grounds. But Vic. Park was seen as a special case by the umpiring fraternity. The thing my friend says is the VicPark was hostile to a high degree, even if the Pies won. The members in that stand still had the focus to abuse the umpires even as their triumphant team walked off victorius. Strange mindsets IMO. What he hated more though was when he was stuck at the cheer squad end goals.