Winners at last

He is a sad shadow of his former self. Come to think of it, his former self wasn't even much chop.

Lenny Hayes is clearly a terrific bloke and role model. But that doesn't necessarily mean he would make a good assistant coach. I don't think the Club can afford to employ any more first timers.

I think the tendency of posters to use apostrophes in pronouns is far worse than the situation regarding Jack Watts.

Best player I've seen = Carey. Best Demons player = Flower.

Hey, LW, are you my ex wife? If not, it's the sorta stuff she'd quote!!!

How many times have players stood back rather than move to the ball with hands out? Answer - quite a few.

Nicholson!!! Oh dear.

He is woeful.

skills pitiful. How often are passes too high/excessive hangtime? And person getting the pass not moving towards the ball.

Jetta. Dropped a sitter 10 metres out. Turnover. Richmond goal.

Agree

No hope. However the pathetic efforts this season certainly present the team with plenty of "improvement opportunities" (to use corporate speak).

as if

Dream on.

You've got to be kidding!! Don't you remember who perpetrated that vicious assault on Daniel Bell?

And oversized shoes!

Cant stand how McAvaney kept referring to "LRT". Even after he went off injured. So jerky. He seems to have a man crush.

I'm very confident that MFC will win this one. (Famous last words?) If not, the Club should change its theme song to The End. (For all the youngies, it's a song by The Doors.)

Perhaps signs of lack of awareness/footy smarts/confidence/options upfield to kick to? Garry Lyon had great awareness. So did Hird. Those guys never got caught or had kicks smothered.

Why is Trengove in the photo of the team supposed walking off after the Port Power loss? That aside, can't disagree with him.

I just put $100 on Essendon. Hope i lose my money.

I wonder what he will say/write on his white board session this week?

It was like watching a different sport to Sunday's "effort".

I wish I could disagree with any of that.

I agree with you Colin. As a long time supporter (and member) the opening round last year was one of the biggest disappointments I have had following the Club. Maxwell was right. The season was over at that point. The deficiencies of the team have been mentioned over and over and over again on this site. So, why shouldn't I add to the dronefest? In general terms, the players attack the ball hard enough, well most of them. But they certainly don't block or shepherd enough to help out team mates. No gut running. The spread just isnt there. A player with the ball looks up and has no one making a lead. The good teams (even the average ones) do this so much better. Is it lack of fitness? Laziness? Cluelessness? Lack of confidence? Hello, is anyone still reading this? On a similar theme, the failure of certain players to work both ways. Turnover. Well, get back on your man!!! I suspect that the overall fitness of the team will be better this year. But that will be the case with every other team. Poor skills, which includes poor decision making, are still a problem. I agree with another poster's comments about Frawley and Garland have one brain fade each per game. Regular turnovers are murder/game losers. I think the FD/coaching staff are probably OK. Is the overall standard of the players good enough? I doubt it. There has been discussion about the midfield ad nauseum. Ideally one or 2 goal kicking midfielders are needed. And the side cant carry midfielders who are purely negators and have poor skills. Anyway, nothing really new in the contents of this post. Just assorted ramblings. If the team loses the first match (which is about 50/50), then I think that yet again, the season is over. Am I a pessimist? Well to the extent that a pessimist is a well informed optimist then I suppose i am.