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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.

Snap. One assumes he is meeting his kpis and meeting the expectations of the coach. But he is getting very few possesions and made some critical errors against the saints which in a close game might be the difference between winning and losing. In a positive sign i think goodwin has recognised he was making too many changes and needed to get some contnuity. ANB might be a beneficiary of that decision. Salem was a must in and he can take hunts role at hb. Im guessing he didn't want to make another change.

And still criticise him for trying to help....

Nothing is more predictable. Sadly.

Thirded. The reality is he has exactly what we lack. Speed, Watching him on Sunday i suspect he was given three messages. Keep taking the game on, don't be afraid to take some risks and lower the eyes and take some 20-30m meter options. A really important element of our optimal 22.

This year is the first time in years i have heard people talk about wing men. I thought that position went the way of the utility and ruck rover (always loved the name of that position - though was never sure what it actually was).

From that article Salem is a lock to be selected. ANB seem the obvious out i would have thought. But you never no. For the umpteenth time goody is quoted as saying they have preapared Viney for AFL footy. Which im really pleased to hear. I was worried they were preparing him for curling.

No it is glitchy. Need a computer with a bit of grunt. Works fine on my home computer, though def still has some glitches. Thus far i have looked at Tyson, OMac, Hogan (wow) and Oliver. I might give quick summary tonite of some key observations Oliver's clip goes for ages. Its great to see all of his handballs in one go. Some are just incredible. I can't recall another player with hands as quick.

Yes. As it was an involvement - not sure if it was a free or mark. I assume a mark as he clearly stops the ball - and if so beggars belief it wasn't 50. In any case it will be listed as mark or free.

Agree with all of the above. The other thing about Oscar's development is that it is only this year, with Lever coming in and him putting on 5kg + of muscle that that week in, week out he solely plays the lock down one, one key position defender against the oppositions best forward. Before TMac went forward 2/3 through the season Oscar predominately played the intercept role, and even after TMac went forward (a move only made possible by the way because of the confidence in Oscar to do the job down back) he still played that role a fair bit. He copped a fair bit of stick but I was at pains to say how hard the intercept role can be, particularly if the mid field pressure drops off as it so badly did from after the doggies game. If proof of that is needed look at the struggles Lever has had this year. Oscar's acceleration is not great which makes the intercept role even harder but I think Oscar did a great job in that role last year. My point is that that experience will be terrific for him and makes him an even better defender going forward. Oscar won't hit his peak for another 2-3 years and as you say CBF probably still will put on a bit more size. Lever will also develop in that period and hopefully get bit stronger and improve his one on one skills. Jake and Oscar will no doubt improve their synergy and will be a formidable defensive partnership for the dees for another 8-10 years all things being equal.

Easy tiger. Lets wait for a season or two before assessing his worthiness to wear the jumper of the great ronald dale.

i couldnt help yell out that this must be another example of carlisle being 'really mature', which is how he described himself in an article i read during the week in which he espousing his leadership skills.

Greatest Of All Time?

Goody's comments in the post match presser about weed were instructive. He refrenced omac and emphasised that tall key poistion players always take time as they need to get bigger and stronger. Agree with the comments about his importance structurally and the idea of giving him a good block of games to develop. He looks as if he has got taller and will be a beast in 3 years time. I think the reaction from team mates to his great mark and goal suggest what his role is/will be.

Jon Pierik's (age writer) votes for the game: VOTES Jesse Hogan (Melbourne) 8 Max Gawn (Melbourne) 8 Clayton Oliver (Melbourne) 8 Angus Brayshaw (Melbourne) 8 Dom Tyson (Melbourne) 7

On it. Actually checked afl pro already but vision not up yet. I assume it take the same 12 hours post game as the replay.