frankie_d

11 minutes ago, Red But Mostly Blue said:

Can someone please tell me if Goody’s presser is worth watching with some tangible ‘learnings’ (like what we’re going to do about our slow starts, taking teams for granted, where our midfield has gone in 2024 etc), or if it’s just going to bum me out even more than I am now.

WC very good
MFC not very good
Work to do by everyone coaches and players
Nothing of value - but there never is in Goodwin's press conferences, and I can understand why. Incredibly frustrating, but why would he give anything to a pack of hyenas?
 

28 minutes ago, loges said:

Don't commit too many to the contest? We were outnumbered at nearly every contest for the first 3 quarters 

that’s how teams beat us pre Yze. now we beat ourselves

everyone knew how to beat the old melbourne- outside run and don’t  commit too many to the contest. 

the new melbourne is harder to beat, so we helpfully do that ourselves with lousy score return on forward entries. 

When do we think about a change of forward coaching personnel.  Everyone knows it’s a pattern. everyone knows  that’ if it’s fixed, we win big. 

it’s been happening for years. 

23 minutes ago, Ouch! said:

I was wrong about TMac,... thought he was slow, just think it's slow to turn, so having him down back isn't too bad, and was good by foot.

 

me too. humble pie for dinner

4 minutes ago, MoeSyzlak said:

Who is supposed to be picking up Weightman?

was tmac now judd mcv

1 minute ago, frankie_d said:

tmac in defence.  not sure that’s a long term good idea. 

i’m not sure it’s even a good short term idea. he’s getting killed

tmac in defence.  not sure that’s a long term good idea. 

probably the best backline in the league is getting chopped up by superb delivery and leasing patterns

salem on bont. really?  

we’re a mess at the moment. 

19 minutes ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

Can someone please tell the MCG staff to TURN THE PA SYSTEM DOWN.

CAN'T HERE MYSELF THINK.

I know it's been this way for several seasons, but seriously it's ridiculous.  Doesn't improve the experience, it makes it worse.

and not a moment of quiet from the PA do we talk to our mates about the footy. Someone from the AFL has been on an all expenses paid tour of US basketball to study “activation”.

Hate it

Roos harder at it too. with a loud supporter base here

4 minutes ago, ElDiablo14 said:

Exactly!

Humans are not boulders or projectiles, we can use momentum to spin or bodies (e.g. figure skaters).

That f-ing biomechanics expert was full of BS, and btw I hear the rumour he was brought from the 34th ranked university in the country... No wonder he/she had no clue!! 

He just wasn't asked the right questions. That's how adversarial hearings work. If your counsel doesn't know (or get) good advice, then the 'tribunal/court' only hears one side's expert 

All too late, but I was surprised that the biomechanical evidence wasn't challenged. 

Sure, once he had left the ground, his trajectory was ballistic, and he couldn't alter it. But actually, the trajectory of his centre of mass was ballistic. He was perfectly able to reconfigure his body around that centre of mass - he chose to go into a bump configuration. He could have done otherwise. 

NRL has eliminated the kicker being flattened like Gus was. 

Max post game “Some intersting free kicks”….

burn the place down. 

sitting through that AGAIN

 9.17

I reckon the crowd is 70/30 Carlton’s way. It’s so noticeable. What do other D landers here think?

What’s up with May? Looks very disgruntled on the Teev… Injured?

We just don’t have the players in the forward line. Put Petty and Melksham into the team, and it all looks very different. Laurie is not in the same ballpark as Brayshaw. 

And bring back Burgess - we’re being outrun on transition. 

Rivers having not such a good game…

Just now, Rod Grinter Riot Squad said:

We got this, relax

RGRS, your namesake would be very handy now…  perhaps he could go to Maynard. 

Backline in disarray

 midfield being crushed

 forwards getting in each others way  TMac leading into the same space as Fritter (as usual)

3 minutes ago, Demon17 said:

This is Maynard's last game for the season 

he won’t even be reported or reviewed

 that’s the narrative being run already. just a smother 

My recollection is that when we don't have a third tall, Lever is not as free to play off his man. The oppo play through Lever's man - and this severely affects our intercept game. There were cries for Tomlinson/Disco to come in to fix this problem. 

I love Hibbo - tough as nails. We now have 3 excellent ball users off half back (Bowey, Salem, McVey), but one less tall compared to 2021. 

Makes me nervous.

54 minutes ago, binman said:

This is first class analysis of the four finals games.

Some of the best analysis I've heard - clear, makes sense and well articulated.

Davis is very impressive. 

He does the dees game first.

 

Great interview... the importance of Max, eh. 

I wonder if they will get stuck into him, as teams have done for a couple of years now. He gets little protection from the umpires - gets niggles and blocks off the ball all time, slightly late hits etc etc. I hope we have a plan to make it clear that we won't stand for that short of [censored].

Make lever accountable

play fast 

I wonder why no one’s done that against us before …

Oh. Wait. 

JJ not having the best day...