binman

Good points Dee. And there are any number of players who have taken time to fulfil their potential. Weed has time. And the potential

Good article in terms of the discussion about our clearnce set up at stoppages and how it relates to our intercept game. It is after the blues game, but poses an interesting question about how we will fare against the dogs. A question we answered pretty emphatically https://www.zerohanger.com/footy-talking-points-melbournes-defensive-structure-and-the-plus-one-2021-84050/

At the risk of turing into the resident weed basher, Kennedy was way ahead at the same age. This is weed's 2019 season and Kennedy 2010 seaon, when he was the same age as weed in 2019 (Comparing them at the same age as weed is now throws up the 2020 season, which is unfair on weed because of reduced game time) https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/pp-melbourne-demons--sam-weideman

Right you are. All the same to me! On it.

On it! Just got too excited!

binman with the solutions: We hub in Sydney (bondi is nice) Fly in out out for the gabba on Friday night (nice short flight) Remain in Sydney for a week chilling in Bondi Fly into Qld and then set up our mini hub in Maroochydore Play pies at the gabba on Monday night of Queens' birthday, making it a big national TV event game Pump it up big time, with a big focus on the Big freeze and raising money for the MND cause Get some bands in and pre match entertainment - make it a big event, kicking off from 5pm Big freeze in the sun! We rest a couple of the younger players who could do with a spell, and give one or two players close to selection a run We thrash the pies We then spend week more in Qld doing our mid season mini camp/retreat/reset/vibing in the warm Gold Coast sun Hunty gets his golf handicap to scratch, Gus gets his downs to 8 Positivelingers gets even more positive with some chill beats and surfing with Jonesy We plan our secret moves in secret and train and vibe without masks and other vic restrictions Come home, rested, full of positive vibes, sitting pretty on top of the ladder at 12-1 We rest any key players who need more time to chill and give some of the players on the fringes of selection (eg bedford, Bowey, brown, Daw etc etc) We hammer the bombers at the G on sat night in front of a 50% capacity crowd But dees members get first crack and complete fill that allocation, leaving bombers fans to cry into their UDLs After the bombers game we are 13-1 Get it done dees!

Bring on the GABBA!

Why?

Because the comment that it was dumb business and dumb football was predicated on: hearsay that the club regretted they didn’t push harder against having to play the two games in Cairns, the fact we were forced to fly in same day as well the fact we played the most grounds of any team in 2020. going with the ' stupid he stupid “any team, anywhere” line, and losing both None of that is an example of dumb business or dumb football. We had no choice in that decision, just as we have little choice this week. Push back harder. Please. And the any team, any where line is basic footy speak, no different to soldier out, soldier in malarkey. And to be honest i can't recall anyone from the club actually saying that. Someone might have had some stage, such is the ubiquity of such a comment, but i certainly can't recall the coach or club making a big deal about it. Perhaps they should have. Because i reckon a problem was the players came into those games not in that mindset. The club and players were jacked off about the whole thing, and it showed. The post accuses the club of dumb business and dumb football, and provides specious evidence to back up that criticism. Which is funny, becuase on the latter point there was plenty of other evidence of dumb football.

So a whole show about James Harmes?

Lockdown Special. Love it.

Frankly, this is just dumb posting

The other thing about the venue is that in reality we are not much more likely to win at say the scg than the gabba. Its not like the option is the gabba v the mcg

And two weeks in qld now would be a good break from cold weather and covid

Play it at the gabba. Dees members, of which there are many up there get first crack. Then just general admission. So neutrals will come- and there will be heaps of ex vic footy fans who will up for seeing one of tbe best games of the season. So it might only be 50% lions fans. Full house. Friday night. The big light show and big game buzz. Channel 7 love it. Our sponsors love it. The team love it. All coin goes to us. Maybe 700k. The ground suits us perfectly. It is short and their forwards will have zero space. And we can trap it in our forward half. Our clean centre clearances will go 20 metres from goal. Their scrappy centre clearances will go 40 metres from goal into tbe lever zone. We will win. And make one hell of a statement. And a heap of moolah. Stay at our tweed heads qld base and play pies at the gabba too. Maybe Monday night football on the queen's birthday. Big TV ratings. Better than a Monday arvo. Plenty of pies fans up there so we will get an ok crowd again A bye the following week Can plan the mini hub perfectly. Do a mid season reset and mini camp. Bring all the players up at some point if possible. Move our gws home game to the Alice later in the year so we get that 700k. Do it dees

Coaches the blues doesn't he? I know he had the blues.

I reckon this is a really good point. Which is one reason why I thought the no crowd might help us. People will underestimate the value of the win because there wasn't the big crowd buzz The dees have long been the but of jokes. And our game plan and model means of our games are often arm wrestles and ate not flashy. And it is harder to appreciate good defensive systems than strong offensive ones - particularly on tv We get a buffer and squeeze teams., unlike the dogs who look so exciting when they get on top. Happy to fly under the radar. Whichbis no mean feat at 10-1 and 4 points clear on top of the ladder.

Agree.

For anyone who has kayo and wants a little more dees fix i highly recommend the kayo mini for the game. Not sure why, but the volyme of the commentary is way down compared to the full replay and the on ground sounds way up. Its really interesting to hear the players and boy the hits sound big.

Sure nev, if you want to just read stats and not trust what your eyes tell you. And in my opinion brown's swans game was far superior to anything weed has dished up this season. But it us ok if we disagree about that. I can't speak for others but I'm not judgint him against unrealistic expectations. He is top 10 draft pick who should be delivering by this stage in his career. And he isn't. Should he be dominating? Not every match, sure. But the occasional one yes. That's why we gave up a top 10 pick. His peers are Naughton, Oscar Allen, Marshall. I want to se tbat level of output. And I want to see it now. He's had enough time. Time to deliver.

Sure. But 3 games ago is ok isn't it? Brown well against the swans and was an important factor in our win with key goals, strong marks and big aerial contests. He imposed himself on the game Facts are that nothing weed has done since coming in had been at that level. He hadn't imposed himself at all. And of his 40 odd games I reckon I could count on one hand games has. So his 'merit', such as it is all on potential. But let's leave it nev Weed is in. And will likely stay in this week The coaches agree with you. So your case is strong I sincerely hope he imposes himself against the lions and really puts it all together.

Sure. But there is a lot more to forward half pressure than tackles

Fair comments. And to be honest much of my frustration with weed is how talented he is. Which why I think a comparison to naughton is fair. He has the tools. And I really hope he fulfills his talent. A good start would be upping his intensity. Jogging after opponents is a bad look.