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Agree. Another issue for him is that the high press the dees employ means less opportunity for him to use his key attribute - his pace and run - as there is less space. He needs to adapt and im sure he will. Smart kid and the club is now terrific at player development.

Yeh too right. The last thing our sponsers and club want is exposure to a national audience on the highest rating show on TV. Fools. PJ is really losing his touch.

Fan forum confusinitis. My fault. Apologies. I was referring to Casey in my post. Not the MFC. I was being a bit of a smart arse. But on serious note i 100% agree with you. We are building some good depth and i think it is both very exciting and worth a lot of enthusiasm. Look at the discussion about Tyson possibly going out for Viney. No chance of that being a possibility in previous seasons. I like that we have some good depth in most positions - the one concerning exception being the ruck , though Flip looks a prospect and King can get there i hope. Bets of all we finally have some serious pressure coming from the twos. Smith is pushing hard for selection, Stretch played well, Garlett must be close and players like Bugg, Frost and Wagner are all pushing hard for selection. Very positive signs.

Casey have been beaten by 3 top sides? I don't think so. We have lost 2 games and of those two only the tigers are a top side (and we beat Box Hill who are a top side). Yet to play stand alone powerhouses in Port and Williamstown.

But red they beat no one. Calm down. Put in perspective. Wait till they play a top club

Both get a week. Fo sho

How was the weed's ruck craft (sounds cool and very 2018) at Casey drunkn? Smith might come in for Spargo maybe (with Viney coming in for Tyson_ - would make for a formidable forward line, grunt wise. Do you think Jeffy did enough to come back into the seniors?

And against the Box Hill hawks who have used the Hawthorn way of playing as a template for years. it has been great for Box Hill and hawthorn

No a i think a Reich vein of form is more along the lines of starting strongly and rolling a couple of easy beats, biting off more than you can chew against a side with a huge numerical advantage, making some major Worsfold like strategy errors (really should have played Engalnd at home early in the season) before ultimately bombing out and failing to make the finals

Nailed it. Agree with all of the above. Good point about big bodies playing wing. Tyson really is a roving mid who extracts the ball from congestion and the many stoppages we engineer (an important part of our strategy ie if not option to cross or find a free man, go long down the line and force a throw in or ball up and then let Max loose). Can't drop either Harmes (his best game for the MFC) or ANB after their games and so a like for like means Dom is the obvious choice, particularly because as you say Jeffy is good chance to replace Spargo (and only because Garlett's best is too good to not play seniors - though he is on notice). Tough on Spargo but great experience for Spargo and he will be better for it. And he'll be back. Fritsch actually spent some time in the middle on Saturday, which was surprising. Good move because he is already close to our best kick and has great evasive tricks. And though not big he is no kid.

I assume by gear they are referring to the club's performance enhancing drugs and related paraphernalia (needles, swabs etc etc). I would too. It's clearly not working Or perhaps gear is more old schools and just refers to some of Bombers products. If that is the case i wouldn't be burning it if i was them. They are going to need some mood enhancers this season.

I matched dot points with the number of involvements weed had.. Disposals are so 2017. If only i had stats pro to assist me defend oscar as opposed to just my own observations and football knowledge. I fear though the weed will be too easy to defend. I might have to take a more challenging case. I was thinking Dom.

So i watched the weeds involvements in AFl pro. Some observations: it didn't take as long as watching Oliver's involvements he has got pretty blody big and once he fill out will be a seriously big unit - long arms for a big fella he is really good beneath his knees by no means did he dominate when he rucked but he he actually looks a pretty natural ruck man, won a couple of tap outs that resulted in clearances and halved a handful, with one resulting in Jessie's banana goal his handball to Spargo was really smart, assessed his options and made the right call he competes hard in the air and on the ground and laid a couple of solid tackles looks very focused on 'playing his role' and following team first rules - but i would love him to be a bit more aggressive and go for a shot on goals occasionally instead of always looking for the pass as has been noted covers a lot of ground, which isn't really picked up in the video of his involvements other than where on the ground those involvements occur (he must have really worked hard on his fitness over summer as he was never a stand out athlete in the way Hogan always was) on our first or second entry he was close to clunking a huge pack mark - didn't but smashed the pack and the ball hit the ground. Attacking the ball in the air was his strength coming into AFL and that seemed to drop off a bit last year. Looks to be back again and he will soon be regularly clunking big marks i reckon did a fair bit of ruck work n the last quarter, giving Maxy a big chop out I get 6 possessions is not huge (though he had many more involvements) but i agree with the view that he is playing an important role from a structural perspective. Goodwin has copped a bit of heat on Dl but playing four super mobile talls rotating though the forward line, wind up the ground and on ball is unique and represents a real strategic point of difference to other clubs. I have no doubt Goody has penciled Weed in for this role for some time hence him rucking at Casy from the get go this year. Can't see him being dropped now. And not because he wants to get game time into Weed (although this is obviously a bonus). But because Weed is important to this strategy and his selection will help us win more games. Like with Omac last year it is ridiculous to think Goody would pick players he didn't think could help us win just to get games into them when we are a team pushing for finals.

That is completely untrue. Beating sides we should beat is huge and far from indicating 'we've done nothing yet' shows a team progressing. We have now won 3 on the trot (and i have no doubt will make that four next weekend). One of those win was the highest score of the season so far. And i for one rate the Roos pretty highly and we gave them a touch up. Yes we should have won those game but as all on Demonland know these are exactly the sort of the games that in the last decade we have been notorious for losing. Which is why footy commemorators make comments like they can't 'trust us' because we yo yo. It is why we missed the finals last year. The best teams win the games they should. Thus far this season we are winning the games we should. So we are getting better and that is keeping those wins in perspective. So it is plain silly to say 'we have done nothing yet' Are we a top 4 chance? i actually think we are. But we are a ways off the the tigers. But so is every other team. And the hawks? I really believe we are better than them, despite the loss. Our issue against the very best teams (and i rate the tigers, Crows and Swans as the best - in that order) is that they will match us for contested ball and are way more skilled across the board.

Consider it done.

His head was centimeters from hitting the ground. IIts different to bumping off the ball. You are allowed to do that but if you hit the player in the head you take responsibility. You are not allowed to sling tackle. That was 100% a sling tackle. He won't get reported but it was not a tackle he or others would want to repeat

Yep, spot on. Yes some of our nom scoring i50s were down to poor kicks (as unfortunately is standard for us) but often they were beccause we were winning contested ball just outside 50 (as a result of our high press) and banging it forward (as per team instruction) chaos style to a very crowded forward line. Id love to see how many of those i50s were repeat entries

Harmes is super lucky his head didn't hit the ground. He def would have been reported. Its a bit funny really. Sling tackles are illegal. That was a sling tackle. Yet no report or even free.

Agree. I don't think enough has been made of this. We are too good for many teams and have won accordingly in games we should win. Like a good side.

Where is they are post?

I have read a number of variations on this theme. But i'm calling #omac myths. Maybe in his first season Omac got games to get time into him but last year all the games he got were because he earned them. Lets not fall into the trap of allowing the Omac haters to rewrite history.

Agree. He is already close to the best MFC player i have seen. in addition to his hands i love how he can suddenly stop and then get going again. Like a bespoke side step that gives him time and space.

Nup, home game for pies at the g

Redzel is a fantastic horse and will be mighty hard to toss. Not bad odds actually. But seeing its taken ill pick Le Romain. A quality horse third up after a 4th first up agianst trapeze aritist, then a brave second to that horse (still annoyed i missed that quin). Thats a very good form line.

Both. Saty is on point with his club speak and 'narrative'. ANB is, in the oft used words of mfc's man in the streets spokesperson, is apparently 'playing his role'. On ANB, Stretch must feel a little miffed. One game in, some fumbles, and lack of attack and he is out of the side.