monoccular

Typical Petracca goal. Strength and awareness.

I guess we had better get used to these crap decisions. Now somewhat predictably 3 behinds to a goal.

BB just cannot afford to miss those. Now Dogs grab one from nothing.

OMG it is bucketing down. Goals an absolute premium

Yes but beating top sides is even more impressive and important. Don’t meet bottom 4 in the finals. Visa, Hird, Buckley … ?Goodwin?

I wonder what the Japanese theme for the torch lighting will be? Kamikaze pilot??

Correction - 4 meters, it seems.

Just watched a few minutes only as I really DGAF re the result. (We need to only think of winning our games and ignore the rest, given that we are still currently on top. Any other mindset will lead to another season of MFCSS disappointment). Has the distance required for a mark been reduced to 8 meters, without the public being informed? And holding on after a mark is apparently now ok. 7 commentary again awful. “Was that deliberate? Oh, didn’t go out??”

Mmmm. So just a few games short for a father and son pick for us then - no doubt Scott would have a public gripe though had dad play for the Cats.

That describes the fans’ general feeling after the Hawks Gane

One wonders whether, had VFL been up and running, would JV have had a week or two there? But given that it is not then he needs match conditioning and AFL is the only place offering that right now.

Beautiful summation

Well, in fairness, most people would try to be incredibly slow if that was their allowed task. ?

And has happened (at least) 3 times this year. Are these highly paid professionals not bright enough (or unfocused, or arrogant) to realize this? Maybe it should be one of coach Godwin’s “learnings”?

….. and I suppose GW$ will get “special consideration” both financially and in list numbers so that they can all play for them ??

Inaccurate, and hypocritical, but just a little entertaining in typical Dermie style.

Keeping us all guessing -

Sounds like a reasonable move, but will not happen, unless JV “has a niggle” and is being rested. Ezra Poyas was the last one I remember. What a sensible idea - are you on the short list for replacement forward coach? If not, you should be.

Lucky to see any more live games in Melbourne this year I reckon. Going by VicGov’s track record it would be a fair bet that a lockdown could be announced on GF Eve. Well give me a reason to doubt this thesis.

Lack of defensive pressure pure and simple. We recruited Maric and Strauss as “elite kicks” but they rarely found the ball. Need footy ability first which should include ability to kick straight. Salem T McD’s round the body kick (and miss) v GW$ from maybe 40 nearly straight in front was symptomatic of our collective woes. Cannot understand it. PS. It is a bizarre and seriously sad state of affairs when a team sitting top of the ladder* plays with zero confidence going forward, and with set shots inside 50 *all kudos for the defensive unit for getting / keeping us there.

Yes, we will play finals which will be a surprise to many but FFS if anyone at the club is in any way satisfied with that then we will never ever achieve the ultimate. Sad fact - nobody can find form at VFL at the moment or IMVHO in the foreseeable future.

I am thoroughly sick and tired of hearing that results elsewhere are not favorable to MFC when we have the world at our feet and our destiny entirely 100% in our own hands, yet blow games like Hawthorn, Colonwood, Adelaide. GW$ was, if in isolation, almost excusable and certainly explainable. To me our guys still lack any killer instinct or responsibility for their actions, and fall back into thinking that low teams are easy beats - I guess a reasonable thought process given our recent history, but still totally inexcusable.

Why isn’t Cameron under intense pressure? Gifted list, enormous financial subsidies yet struggling to consistently appear in GFs.

You forgot about dwarf burning.

Fence - are you volunteering, as a highly qualified “passionate supporter”? We need to get it right in July - can’t wait until September.