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^^ picket and poita - agree 100% Especially with the ongoing threat of lockdowns that undoubtedly will go forward into 2022 and beyond, just set up an AFL Reserves competition with all Victorian teams involved. The interstate clubs can set up their own local competition. As it stands it is a total dogs' dinner, benefiting nobody.

I think you may have misunderstood my post - not saying at all that petty > tomlinson. Just saying that Petty has done a sterling job replacing him, but also has a potential good KPP forward rôle up his sleeve.

Surely it is essentially only one generation, the current one, who has had to grow up under the influence of antisocial media. He Jackson, other than looking knackered at the present, has performed admirably as a back up ruckman this year. However he has yet to show much aptitude as a KPP forward - it may be a matter of time, or maybe it will never come. That said he worked well with Weed when they played together (limited time and weird year) in 2020. Yes he has been surprisingly good in the backline this year, but if and when Tomlinson returns and hits form, what would we do with Petty? Play his as a Casey defender, or let him to continue development up forward?

Geelong throw in close clinches as much as do Footscray.

Has Burgess paced the training well? Who knows. I guess only time will tell. Early in the season we appeared to be doing far better in second halves and final quarters in particular. Not so now. And as regards some of our youth who started the season so well appearing well of the boil, I suspect the lack of VFL to asses replacements may have thrown a bit of a spanner in the works re planning of rotations and “resting / managing” these players, though the mid season bye didn’t seem to do much by way of refreshment. Again, time will tell, and we on these fora won’t have any say or influence.

Not quite sure where to post this - Buddy a pretty hard elbow to the (usually) sacrosanct head =1 week. How many would, say, May or McDonald get for that? 2-3 would be my guess. But there is no corruption or even just bias in the MRO rulings, I am sure.

Antioch - can you pinpoint why the change? Cause or effect??

Would love more seeing him in rednblue

They both played, as you will recall, in the 64 GF - Ken I think was 19th or 20th so I don’t remember if he got a run. A very sound pair of rovers.

picket - just asking, have you actually seen Bowey in a match? I haven’t, and wonder how you are so confident about him. Salem is just so important - IMVHO his absence v Adelaide threw the defence totally out of sync and he hasn’t really been the same with any consistency since. If “resting” him this week could help him back to his best then sure maybe blood Bowey. Salem is one of our most important players for his disposal and calmness but also his organisation and leadership of the defence.

I remember the day so we’ll - year 12 at school having seen MFC in finals every year since kindergarten. Just assumed it would always happen. Reading the “pink paper”, The Sporting Globe, which we used to go in to Flinders Street to collect with disbelief it dawned upon me that it was just possible we could miss finals that year, but of course all would be well after that ? Listened to the game from home having felt ill all week since Dr Duffy and his committee’s dreadful act of treachery.

FFS picket - set shot goal kicking doesn’t depend on “finding his feet and place in the team” - it was absolutely inexcusable given that his impeccable kicking was one of his great selling points. Not calling for him to be dropped, but he should have a good hard look at himself. May well have cost us the game and top spot.

Just saw on the news Franklin elbowing an opponent with a wild backward swing - “may get a week if unlucky”. Imagine if one of ours did that - “4-6 weeks”! Corruption reigns??

There seem to be times when the umpires just seem to think “that shouldn’t be a mark” and call “no 15” just on a whim.

Tigers certainly seem Dusted.

It is in our hands - keep winning and we will be top 2. That is all we need to know - PS it will necessitate learning to kick goals.

Debuting two in the same game just will not happen.

Just asking - is Mitch Brown fit? Has always filled in very admirably - could he give Jackson a rest? Jackson, Rivers and JJ all have really great futures, but all are looking rather knackered at present.

Agree - had our chances, can';t kick straight. BBB first two "attempts" were actually pathetic.

In the last month we have scraped over the line v Essendon, had a good win over Port, but otherwise have been particularly ordinary. Who knows how much is in the head, and how much is 'just not good enough'?? Goalkicking, particularly set shot, for a full time professional sport, is absolutely shameful, diabolical, disgraceful and needs to be addressed immediately. Come on guys - lift your game. Cant miss finals but won't win one either unless these gross and clearly obvious problems are addressed, and fixed.

Deck chairs ….. Titanic Our season is sunken. Start planning for 2022 - give Bowey a go for one.

Holding the ball, then elbow into Salem’s head - ball up

I can. Done it before.

If we lose by a point the clearly the goal umpires are also in on the bet

IF we could have kicked straight we would be all over this Disgraceful.