Everything posted by La Dee-vina Comedia
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Coaches Votes - Max takes the lead
McDonald getting coaches' votes in 4 of the first 6 games is not only possibly the biggest surprise of the year but also very pleasing. His performances have completely changed the way we play. I feel for Ben Brown and Sam Weideman "languishing" in the seconds while they wait for an opportunity.
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Respect - Media
In fact, we have beaten three teams currently in the eight ranked 4th, 6th, and 7th, plus teams sitting 14th, 15th and 16th. The Bulldogs have only beaten one side currently in the eight (Brisbane, in 8th place) plus teams currently ranked 10th, 11th, 14th, 17th and 18th. We'll know more about the Bulldogs next week after they've played Richmond. (We'll also know more about our team after we've played North. It's the sort of game we'd lose barely 6 months ago.)
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My 3 word player analysis V Richmond
I was at the ground and then subsequently watched the replay. What I noticed at the ground but what isn't noticeable on TV was the hard work Brayshaw did running back to help the defenders. Each time the ball was on the other wing, Brayshaw was on his man. The moment it looked like Richmond was going to go forward, Brayshaw had to make a judgement call as to when to leave his man and run hard back into defence. I assume doing so helps free Lever up to play the intercept role. Brayshaw did it excellently all night. It's this sort of team-focused play that makes it really hard when watching a game on TV to know who is playing well and who isn't. It's also a lot of exhausting work, unrewarded by statistics and Supercoach points.
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VOTES: Rd 06 vs Richmond
6. Salem 5. Petracca 4. Oliver 3. Gawn 2. Lever 1. Hibberd
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Christian Salem Re-Signs for 5 Years
I assume a 5 year contract would cost us less per year than would two shorter contracts. And that's without the possibility that his form continues to improve increasing his nominal value.
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Players Winning Percentage in the Red and Blue
I'm genuinely surprised that Jones is as high as 32.78%. Essentially a one in three strike rate. I thought it would be much worse than that.
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Is it JORDAN or JORDON?
Mozart was ahead of his time when he wrote his famous opera "Cosi Fan Tutte", meaning "We're All Kosi Fans". (There's no 'k' in Italian, hence the spelling difference.)
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What they're saying down at Punt Road
Definately.
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Is it JORDAN or JORDON?
Or Kosy
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Training Ground?
I may be wrong, but I think Max Gawn lives on the peninsula.
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Is it JORDAN or JORDON?
Grammatically incorrect. You should be using the present participle, ie, versing.
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Is it JORDAN or JORDON?
Definately.
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Revised 2021 Fixture: Rd 09 & 10
Shouldn't grumble about the Sunday 3.20 pm slot. That's always a free-to-air TV timeslot, so we get plenty of exposure. Not as good as a Friday or Saturday night but is arguably the third best option each weekend (when there's no Thursday night game).
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Training Ground?
Not if Collingwood can be convinced to leave. Others have said in this thread that Collingwood is looking at a new home in Studley Park. I have no idea if this is true, but Collingwood and its supporters have no emotional attachment to Olympic Park (or Yarra Park). If better facilities are made available than what they have now, Collingwood will go. That frees up the site for us. And while that might seem like we would be settling for "second best" (after all, if Collingwood leaves for somegthing better then by definition, they would be "second best"), that's not to say they can't be upgraded to make them equal with the best.
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What they're saying down at Punt Road
Or Whorethorn, Essendrug or Filth. I find all these names disturbingly juvenile and unbecoming a supporter base I like to think of as more sophisticated than the average.
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Training Ground?
Because it's fun?
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Checker Hughes to be Honoured ANZAC Eve
Does anyone know where the nickname "Checker" came from?
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Training Ground?
Glen Iris is the population "centre" of Melbourne or, at least, it was in 2017. In case the article is paywalled, it says, "Melbourne's population centre has moved, too, but it's only shifted 1½ kilometres west within the City of Glen Iris from a block of units in Park Road to a hardware store on Weir Street." (Coincidentally, that hardware store is Tait's which used to advertise regularly on 3AW's football program.) The centre wouldn't have moved much since then. It would be a bit difficult for the players and staff to complain about travel times. However, land would likely be too expensive to allocate for a AFL standard training venue.
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Training Ground?
So, if Collingwood is moving, does that mean the Olympic Park precinct might become available for us to snap up? (It would need some intensive deep cleaning, of course, before we used it.)
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Checker Hughes to be Honoured ANZAC Eve
https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/917015/-checker-to-be-honoured-on-anzac-day-eve This is an excellent development. Better than the Ezra Poyas Medal that I had in mind.
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What they're saying down at Punt Road
Disagree. I believe that Essendon of 2000 would beat any other team I've seen with the only contender being Hawthorn in 1988. It was just our luck that the only two Grand Finals we've been in since 1964 happened to be against those two teams. (And that's not the reason why I think they were the two best teams, by the way.)
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2021 ANZAC Guernsey
I don't generally equate poppies with ANZAC Day. To me, they are better associated with Remembrance Day. That being said, I think the jumper is terrific in that it respects the traditions of both ANZAC Day and the MFC.
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What they're saying down at Punt Road
Best of all time? I'm not convinced they're the best of the 21st century. In fact, I know it's subjective, but I would rank them behind Essendon of 2000, Brisbane 2001-2004, Geelong 2007-2011 and Hawthorn 2013-15. I would, however, rank them ahead of every other team. (St Kilda 2009-10 would be ahead of them, too, if they had managed to win a premiership).
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Coaches Votes - Max takes the lead
We can console ourselves with the thought that the soft cap is the reason why we - the acknowledged experts about everything to do with the MFC - are not working at the club. What other reason could there be?
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If We Beat Richmond, I Will.......
Find the lid and try to put it back on.