Winter Dan

The venue is a huge influence in this game. I wonder if they get a home game there come finals, as they have been lobbying for some time, anyone know?

The role Goodie has for BBB is to compete for the the long ball, usually against an outnumber, with the purpose being to bring it to ground. The fact he is 200 cm helps him do this along with the method of flying up with only one arm extended. Its a bit of a waste of talent, but so wld a plan to use our average kicking skills to hit him up on a lead exposing us on the rebound. Having our best contested mark in Gawn play in the 50 is pretty appealing.

Having not watched any crows games, does anyone have an informed take on their 3 outs? Outside running players? Will they lose a bit of run?

I would think the long contract gives us a bit of flexibility with our cap. Run his contract out to his 33rd year allowing us to pay him a bit less in our premiership window years and comparatively more in the back end rebuild years.

YES !!!!!! On ya Clarry !

This idea that 'once he nominates Freo there is nothing we can do and we HAVE to trade with them as if they have us over a barrel is BS. Hard'n up people. If Jacko doesn't get exactly what he wants in a trade, so be it. He obviously still loves the dees, so im sure he'll cope just fine if theres no trade. Plenty of players have experienced that. Im super confident he doesnt want to play at Nth and super confident Nth would 't let him slide by - being a hugely tradeable asset the following year. Its up to Freo to convince us to let him go. So what are they going to do about it? When it was Lever, we had to give up up 2 x firsts. May was pick 5 or so. We have to agree to the deal.

If there is no suitable trade Jackson walks to the pre-season draft and spends a year at Nth before asking for another trade or he signs on for another year with the dees, hanging out in a great culture with mates looking for a third premiership and asks for a trade the following year? Am i wrong? And whats bad about that scenario for MFC ?

Makes sense that Brayshaw's contract offer is dependant on LJ. I could somewhat see LJ being genuinely undecided, but its got to be looking unlikely he stays having taken this long. Surely, MFC can wedge both WA clubs, and essentially tell LJ, 'we can trade you to WC for pick 2 and second rounder, if you want to go home, thats fair a reasonable, but unless Freo match it we won't be trading you to them'. Freo would have to find quality player or two that wants to return to Melb. They have a few. Lobb was on the trading doco last year wanting to go to Vic, but you'd think he is only worth an early 2 rounder.

Wonder if the cats will fade, given their declared loading.

Early call, but could see us drafting the ruckman - Bell.

Watching at the ground, thought be was a beast around the stoppage. 9 tackles, hard tackles too, plus the unquantifiable pressuring, scrapping, hunting. He's immense in the little things and serviceable in the key areas. Has great link up hands. I now think we play him 70% ruck and Gawn out of the goal square, Fritch around the 40.

Fantastic game tonight! Just super.

Unforgiveable.

This.

Bowey to the half fwd line for some connection. Langdon and Jordan on the wings. Salo and Brayshaw play hbf.

Dee supporters need to lift our game. Far too quite, far too 'polite'. Not cheering our club and players is unacceptable.

Yep, once he has the fitness i think Laurie might be edging Spargo out of the side.

Thanks for the pod guys! Relishing an hour or two in pure Melb footy indulgence is like footy porn to me on a Monday night. 😂😋

Brisbane are our challengers. Their main chink is they are very heavy set physique wise, much in the mold of Lions 2001 and i reckon they can be outrun with handball overlap.

I wish the whole team would adopt BBB's set shot routine. Ive tried it down the park and it works a treat. Besides it'd be hilarious.

If a player has to be subbed off due to a strike from an opp player, surely that's a week. Do precedents matter in the AFL ?😉

Suprised how jacked Taj Woewodin looks.

Blues looked formidable. I just hope for a laugh they have set themselves up for a Collingwood like Salary Cap debacle on the back of their big player offers. Would love to know how how all that sits.

I was miffed at all the tackles we layed without stopping them from disposing effectively. Whats with that? Many many games last year we got done in the middle/clearances but our defence saved us - not tonight. Our defence against opp small fwds continues to be troubling, but doesn't help with such muggy slippery conditions. That's how you beat Melb but at same time it's equally not a reliable strategy. I wish Hunt showed better form. Think Tommo gets the nod over Smith. Smith is a bit of a Frosty type. Will be interesting to see if our finals was us having a form spike or if the finals form is the new Melb. Last reg. season we just found ways to win without dominating.

Cutting off the Metallica music too early was a little anticlimactic - I was getting so bumped ! Could have started with some Bells Bells too. That intro was when the emotion of the day geared up - our team, our club ! New Spotify game day playlist has been created.