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Next all booing will be banned. What a pathetic mob we have running, or rather ruining, the AFL.

Like the one to Hannah for a goal?

Following the Demon game plan to the letter.

I guess he either will or he will not, that is for certain (unless they play the same number of games).

van ders is sadly missed, more than many may think.

That would be fantastic - hope he doesn't get weighed down by unreasonable expectations!

So should we instead recruit “elite kicks” like Strauss, Maric, Morton who may well be that but can’t show it because they can’t get the ball? Number 1 has to be fearless desire for and commitment to the contest

Is this what financial planners refer to as "transition to retirement"? Hopefully with some returning from injury he will struggle to find a spot on form, and ... thanks Jordan but time is up.

I suspect DSP that some may have hoped he would be able to come from behind for the Downlow this year, and anything less would be a dismal failure by a spud or a dud :-(( Exactly .... get the ball, then use it. I was sick of being told month after month that Strauss was an elite user of the ball (and Adam Maric for that matter) but they hardly ever touched it. I believe Cale Morton was also an elite user of the ball ..... and so on.

Does he know how to take an important packmark when it matters most?

Looks like a goalless (as in aimless) entire season for us. ??

Detail?

Fair dinkum -- if he comes out and says what a great last half / quarter etc we had, showed signs etc then I may well return my membership and not renew it until we get a coach with balls. "our brand" blah blah blah .... unfortunately our brand is weak uncontested footy with not even the flair we occasionally showed last year to make up for abysmal inability to convert I 50s.

Hope you didn’t choose the G ? déjà vu?

I was really disappointed pre season that other commitments would mean I would get to very few games this season but I bought my membership in hope and for support. Sadly the club / team has dishonoured that support and I doubt it will come again soon Absolutely pathetic “effort” on the field and pathetic selections set it all up. Where are the standards set by Roos and Jackson???

Christians stick together ---- low impact (like May's block by the way)

Blatant C throw out of centre ignored.

Maggots having a huge influence on this game. Not one 50/50 that I have seen against Pies. That last deliberate would not have been paid against Pies.

Just watched the first half of $$ v Colonwood. Magpies getting an absolute ride since the start. Deliberate OOB paid to them in at best a 50/50, more like 20/80, yet straight after deep in $$ stack a blatant 90/10 against C nor paid. Holding the ball and incorrect disposals not paid. Horrible to watch. Incompetence would be my charitable spin on it .... other interpretations could be considered libellous.

May has yet to prove anything at Melbourne: hope he does but by all accounts he has shown a lack of commitment. ScoMo says “hi”! Maybe he should come down for a motivational talk and a lesson in self belief?

Has anybody actually set eyes on KK? Is he an illusion??

Double standards would be the kindest way of saying what I think. Two sets of rules for the MRO. Mumford (GW$ key), Ablett, Dunderfield, vs Preuss standing his ground Definitely need Preuss in this week to support Max and to fix up Mummy’s boy.

FC even in the black and white TV era one could tell the difference between North Melbourne and Colonwood on a wet muddy day! This clash jumper stuff is all about AFL marketing (as is just about everything else AFL). Christian: "Mmmmm. Mumford. Looked bad, but who are GW$$$ playing next week?" Marketing team: "Melbourne" Christian: "Mmmm. He does have a record, doesn't he, so we will have to appear to do something. Mmmm. I know, a suspended sentence. Haven't tried that lurk for a while"

9 goals from 62 inside 50s says it all -- a mere 1 in 7 (14%) results in a goal. Raising the efficiency to even 20% would give us 12 goals, 25% would be 15 goals, close to the magic 100 points. 30% goes to a massive 18 goals. Surely the coaching / development / biomechanics / psychologists can see the bleeding obvious, but they need to admit there is a big problem before it can be addressed. What is the point in slaving away with fancy clearance drills when it all goes for tough? How about spending an entire session or two on this aspect of the game (or however many it takes) and as John Kanga Kennedy said - "do something!!"

I thought after last time we played at Optus the powers that be would have realised that Fritsch is not a backman.