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Great post. He was in tears after the game. Don't tell me this won't help make him a better player.

The ball plays as if wet due to the humidity. My Darwin background. Viney said at half time the ball was a cake of soap. Sounds strange but the moisture in the air is incredible. I was worried at half time Oliver would go off the boil in the second half after his heroic efforts in second 1/4 in these conditions.

Great call LG. Garlett's easy miss in the game's first minute was deplorable and a scene setter. Those types of misses should be under the microscope big time. Not Weid's shot with a wet ball and hardly surprising at that time of night. He will learn. And while I'm at it, when I see Petracca with an improved technique , then I'll believe the coaching/development team are doing their job. Until then, Trac gets away with murder for a professional sportsman.

16 possessions in the 2nd quarter might have finished him in the humidity. ???

I loved watching Hogan and wish him well. Back to Perth was the best move for him. BUT.... look at the stats from last weeks Freo win and Jesse is bottom of the list. I just don't see him reaching the potential he clearly had. A Ross Lyon coached team won't get it done for him either Smart move by MFC to do the trade.

This is professional sport. Why on earth is the above a reason to get paid/a game.

Hawthorn retired Michael Tuck as a premiership skipper despite his willingness to play on. Goodwin's approach with Nathan Jones at years end will tell us something . He's paid to make the tough list decisions.

Good call. Darwin at night is similar to wet weather footy.

His mother seemed pleased though an that's what counts.

No rain which i assumed the thinking no preuss due to wet weather. Otherwise wjy name him as emergency

Agreed Layzie. We can all see this from the grandstand but nothing seems to change with Trac. I am a big fan and he's definitely got the footy smarts but delivers only 50% of kicks to position which undoes the good inside work he does and the feeding out of the ball. This will prevent him becoming more than B grader in his career and will be an indictment on the coaching staff if nothing improves. That's their job isn't it???

Good post. We won on that trade. May will be fine and I really feel for Hogan now stuck under Ross Lyon at Freo. OMac will improve if given the chance with Lever alongside as he showed in 2018 early on.

Great post but you forgot to mention that Preuss can also kick straight unlike others in the forward line

Other upsides include long termers Hore Baker and Lockhart who all seem to be able to hit a target. Unlike some senior fill ins

Well said. Eagles pulled a smart move bringing on hickey late. Could be shafes of the prelim they ate trying ?

Petracca. 2 possessions for 2 clangers.

66 to 42 Inside 50's will guarantee that won't happen - I hope. That stat alone is an indictment on someone or something.

The club learnt their lesson with Jack in 2017, start of 2018. The club held jack back to start 2018 because of his approach to rehab in 2017 over the planta fascia issue. This was also depsite pressure from Todd to allow him to play. I trust the club on jack after last year. This is not a comment on jack- he's fantastic, just needs protection against himself sometimes.

Final nail was the Front Bar. That show is perfectly cast and fills the nonsensical void so popular with footy followers, and hell, even my non-football wife loves that show. The FS was mandatory viewing under the Eddie/Trevor Marmalade configuration and drifted after that time of the late 90's/ early 2000's.

Dropping Fritsch from a team with limited skills would be an error at this stage.

Its a shame because he has a serious football brain and doesn't ever lack endeavour. BUT... in the Hawks 1st semi last year his excellent work in short kicking was undone by inability to hit a long target into attack. Trying to kick the cover off as you allude to. This issue has potential to limit his career and/or prevent reaching potential (as is now occurring)

Jeffys last game based on that quarters decision making.

"Butch. I tipped this..." and " This is michael williamson bidding you welcome ...." Great loss.

At the AGM Pert clearly outlined his key objective a growing the club and harnessing the latent support so evident in the finals last year. Current membership seems to be, I think, about 1500 short of 50,000. So far so good despite the club's performance on field in my view. His test comes over next 3 years to lock the increasing membership growth in as a new floor/paradigm.

Tim Smith doesn't appear on the MFC website player listing. Does that mean he doesn't really exist, or maybe in a parallel universe he does exist.?????