monoccular

How about playing four quarters Dees? Novel idea I realize, but could be useful

Clearly maggots under Gil instructions

Martin free??

How can that not be 50? Maggots don’t have a clue.

Absolutely need to stop any easy delivery to Brown - he would one on one beat most defenders if he gets it put in front of him. We can only hold him down with a team effort.

Only saw snippets Q2 and 4. Both were just awful, but Saints far far awfuller ? That said, Brown is always a danger and delivery to him must be limited.

The youngsters I give more latitude, but Jeffy really needs to deliver regularly or he will be bypassed by these two, and Bugg and maybe Balic or Baker (haven't seen either). Has anyone seen or heard of Dion Johnstone this year? And don't forget Dean Kent. Jeffy - lift you game.

Yet we still could easily have snatched the win, probably should have. Even though far from perfect there has been considerable progress.

Much as I hate losing again, there are many positives about the game. Coming back from 29down at half rime (yes, we let them get too many easy goals late in Q2) the fight back was good ....... in years past it would have been the harbinger of a shellacking. Max played a great game and of course it was gutting that he missed that shot. I was skeptical about playing both Vince and Lewis - bitterly disappointed at Lewis’ shocking display of non leadership that gifted them a vital goal - he has been around long enough to know that the maggot won’t change his decision? But I thought that Vince’s courageous attack early in Q4 could have been a game changer. Pity the team couldn’t finish off the good work.

I hope Lewis feels really bad, and ashamed, for talking back and allowing a gimmie goal from that 50. Totally undisciplined (yes it was a soft free to say the least) from a senior club leader. I said half jokingly at the time “I hope for his sake we don’t lose a close one”??

Brayshaw and Tyson must come ito consideration. I don't know enough to say what rôles Wagner and Maynard played - did they do what was asked of them? Garlett was hardly seen.

And Worsfold would be just the person to work the chemistry to perfection. STOP PRESS - could the cricket saga have come t a better time for the EFC drug cheats? They have handed on the mantle of "the darkest moment in Australian sport" to Cricket Oz.

Strange timing for what is (at least usually) a totally elective procedure

MEMO to MFC players Prove Malthouse is wrong by consistent on field performances over the next decade.

Nice sentiment, but far too long ago to reminisce about the team playing fine. Best of seven finals? Blaring "music" after every goal? Switch offence and defence line ups (or rosters) after each 10 second play time, for a 2 minute ad break? No thanks

As a 65+ year MFC supporter (yes I did enjoy the glory years, which I actually took for granted) my fingers have been burned enough to wait and see just how much it did hurt the playing group. But I did enjoy the article. Max is a very genuine type of guy.

Wrong. It is his over inflated ego he trusts Exactly Every recent AFL chief has felt he needs to make changes

Sure, not a major change, but WTF does Gil have to change it at all. He is a bloody control freak who just makes changes to boost his own ego. Get stuffed Gil and leave us alone. Probably thinks he can ‘take credit’ for improving ‘the brand’, and cover his own failings I will be interested to hear Titus O’Reilly’s take.

Oxymoron.

✔️ Didn’t listen to the commentary but were he in rednblue the cheap free he got would have gone the other way. He was out marked in the contest too. otherwise, some nice kicks, but no hard stuff needed The grey was however a nice change from teal. How pathetic is the auto censor. Can’t call a ? a 9u55y FCS.

What pain? Lack of intensity was (presumably) the principal reason for him being moved on.

I guess one big question is consequent, or just subsequent.

But I am sure that the AFL integrity commission ??? had a good thorough look at it ???? Jimmy could put in a bit of “the good stuff”

What a fantastic passage of play bringing that up from deep defence. The much maligned Jodie McKenzie was a key link man and looked almost Oliver like (in appearance, and vision) with that chain of hand passes. And listening to that moron Derrwaynn only emphasizes what a <person who tosses something > he is “...and he’s only got Dawes, he’s only got Dawes ....” and Cross passed to Salem .

You believe it was a closed fist....on what basis .... on that clip??? Who was the scumbag who did Bernie Vince last year and wasn’t penalized a penny? I wait, with no real anticipation, Michael Christian applying his high moral standards with consistency and without bias during the remainder of his reign.