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What a load of sheet.
This is forken BS

Righto.
Don't let them reply.

I don't get it.
He was moving away from the mark

Just now, jaydenh10 said:

kosi is magic idk how he does it

If he was clean he'd be far more magic.

"And he wastes it."

That'll be the difference.
We fumble round and collingwood make you pay.

Just now, BDA said:

terrible i50 kick from kossie

our delivery has been pretty poor so far

Standard operating procedure.
Also fumbly at crucial times.

Gotta clean right up if we gonna do this.

Little wonder JVR struggles.
At least put it to his advantage FFS.

I don't usually whine about the umps.
But the *&^%$# umps.

Yeah Strop.

Great pressure.
Hunt those %$^#@

Thats the way Sparrow.

Let's do this sheet Demons.


Hopeful we bring it but got the fishin' rods rigged up for some serenity if it gets ugly.

Good onya Danners.
What a legend.

9 minutes ago, Previously known as LITD. said:

The open mike with Mark Jackson was the most interesting one.

Yep .... Classic Jacko.

1 hour ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Watched a bit and Long on Simmonds came up with Schwarz the only one flying the flag. Such a meek response 😞

Yeah, that game drove me crazy.
It wasn't just Long.
We allowed the resident Essendon thug Wallace run around belting our youngest players in the 1st qtr and did nothing.
We all knew what they'd do as they'd been doing it for 15yrs and our players seemed surprised.
Insipid response.

2 minutes ago, DiscoStu17 said:

Pretty sure Danny might’ve been a choir boy🤔

Or maybe not?

Hughes wasn't dirty but here he is letting BT know what's up.
Quickly followed by some of Grinters choir boy antics.

https://youtu.be/OWhy2-aZCkU?t=262

41 minutes ago, Previously known as LITD. said:

I really believe the team will rally on Monday and win this.

Its obviously a last ditch chance for finals.

Goodys back is against the w

All we need do is just bring our best , it will do.

I'd like to some decent physicality against this mob that bullies us and gets away with it all top often.

Both Jake and Kozzie to have a big day out.

I watched the Pies dismantle the Dawks last week.
They were impressive.
Real impressive.

Yeah we can win it no doubt.
But everything has to go right.
Need to play 4qtrs, our guns need to fire and take our opportunities.
Choke in front of goal like usual and we're doomed ..... DOOMED I tell ya.

13 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Grinter was a massive thug but universally loved by Melbourne fans.

As you say, every club had at least one in their team back then.

Back then you'd have to fight fire with fire and Grinter was our fire during that era and we loved him for it.
I remember one day out at Waverly and Brereton cleaned up Dean Chiron at the opening bounce.
It was Grinter who had him looking over his shoulder as he was the only player we had that Brereton was intimidated by.

But here's a few biffs and bumps from our choir boys back in the day.
https://youtu.be/OWhy2-aZCkU?t=1

I'll always remember what my sister declared after we went out in straight sets in '23.
"We just didn't kick enough points."
This has been an ongoing issue of ours for years and another saying comes to mind.
"You can't make strawberry jam from pig poo no matter how much sugar you use."
It's not only getting the ball through the big sticks that's a concern it's also the field kicking.
We've obviously got plenty of players who can get the ball.
Just not near enough who can kick the ball.

I'm certain Goodwin knows this which is why the game plan he uses is to just get it inside 50 as often as we can, lock it in for as long as we can and hope we can scramble enough through the big posts from there.

Never seen that Boo Koo before but that was a great kick.

23 hours ago, poita said:

Anyone who doesn't think that goal kicking is a skill that can be improved over time needs to look at Russell Robertson's progression across his career.

His career goal kicking accuracy was 50% early on, lifting slightly to 55% by 2004, although his kicking was pretty poor that last year.

He worked his backside off in the 2005 pre season to improve his technique, and kicked 73.30 that year (71%). He went at above 60% for the remainder of his career as well.

There is really no excuse for current players to not be able identify and fix their issues (technical, mental or otherwise) with all the resources at their disposal.

100% I remember Robbo improving dramatically as a set shot goal kicker during his career.
Early on he was sketchy, later on he was dead eye.

Love to hear what he has to say on the matter.

7 hours ago, beelzebub said:

System ?? We don't need no stiiiiinkinggggg SYSTEM !!

Correct.
Just gotta get it inside 50 and the rest magically takes care of itself.

1 minute ago, Dee Viney Intervention said:

We should be kicking ourselves for that performance…………but we’d probably miss.

Pretty good at kicking me in the guts.

16 minutes ago, Swooper1987 said:

A major worry was the influence of Wanganeen- Milera in the second half. He had 15 touches in the last quarter alone and looked like he hadn't showered in a year given the space he had to do as he pleased.

Was listening on the radio before the game today and the "Experts" declared if the aints were to win W-M would have to get 30 cause he's their best ball user.
Goodwin let him get 29.