Red and Bluebeard
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Sorry. In a bad mood since Thursday night for some reason ... I guess May kicking it out means he gets a great view of it if it comes back over his head ... 😄
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True. But we should be thinking about how to make sure it doesn't come back quickly!
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A further issue is that if May is kicking out, it robs us of one of our best marks, especially as our 'strategy' seems to be to kick it to a pack. I don't understand why he is the preferred kicker compared to Salem or Hibberd. May kicking out means that he is back in his 'goalkeeper' spot if there is a turnover, but that is the wrong way to think about moving the ball out of our D50.
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All the best to Majak and his family for what comes next. If nothing else, having more exciting players of his heritage in our game is only a good thing.
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The premiership is a great vaccination against MFCSS, but I would like a booster in late September ...
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All too true just now, it seems ... https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/1130811/viney-to-miss-roos-clash
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He also had his right boot off after the siren.
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My take on it was that he was expecting a Hawthorn defender to come at him while he was watching the ball. Not part of his highlight reel, but something for which he would rightly be expected to shepherd for, even though in this case the best thing to do would have been get out of its way and watch it go through.
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Great place in Scotland!
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Yes, that one!
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I remember hearing somewhere that the 7.50 Friday start is due to the popularity of a program that finishes at 7.30. We hardly need any more proof that TV runs the game ... So I suspect the real reason is "TV schedules" more than anything else.
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On a marginally related topic, every Dees fan should, when in New York, make a pilgrimage to the George Cohan statue in Times Square. You may not have heard of him; he is an American composer (albeit perhaps not all that famous). But you have definitely sung a song of his, called "You're a Grand Old Flag" with some slightly different words ...
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Thanks Ash. I grew up watching the Dees, and Robbie was often the only reason to remember anything from the games. I had forgotten that he had played briefly in the same team as Lyon, Stynes and Viney. I am also still staggered how he went to centre half-forward in a state game as captain of Victoria and thrashed Ross Glendinning, who was no mug at all, and about twice Robbie's size. The marks, the long runs, and those left-handed bounces ... perhaps the only player from that era who could walk into the 2021 team and pick just about any spot. Wouldn't be a sight to see Robbie, Trac and Clarry all in the same team?
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