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  1. Nowhere near it so far. Our smalls just don't get to the right places at the drop often enough. I reckon Melk would do a better job playing deep and snagging the odd goal at this point than all three smalls (Sparg, Koz & Chander) Will be a struggle against the Blues and def get smacked around by the Pies if we continue in a similar vein in the 2nd half. A big lift needed by many, especially Kozzy & Chandler up forward with the pressure. Rivers, ANB and Grundy need to reduce their number of turnovers, many of those by hand. There is also a hole that remains unprotected straight in front of the goal square top often. So when the ball gets out there either by handball, off hands or just bounces that way the only ones near it are Freo in numbers who clear with ease out of our 50. Hope the FD highlights this aspect at the break. Our pressure at CBs on the ball carrier if we don't get it was an improvement on the last two weeks. Also good to see a few slaps forward where we run onto it vs trying to tap down player's throats which usually doesn't work. More of this pls. Other than Hibb, very little play making and run off HB & through the middle i support. The lack of run from and through there is a huge worry.
  2. I see it the other way.... they'll want at least one W.A. team there at the pointy end
  3. I ask that you consider the nature of your future aspersions about Uncle's modis de transport, without further unnecessary ornamentation, whether simple or unrestrained. In your case i will assume simple. It be Scuttlebut.....pure scuttlebutt sir! A Rolls Silver Shadow or a Hum V stretch limo ty. Most likely the latter in order to ensure the safe carriage of the best of Le Romsey Chateau de Cardboard and Uncle's entourage of 'Manor help' who usually tuck in to his best carte de vins & poissons et crustaces without his knowledge once he's endulged somewhat. Only the best for our Uncle!
  4. Be careful what you wish for...
  5. Blues supporters having serious mental break downs on SEN 😄
  6. From SEN just now... "I would [censored] him off to the nearest club i could sell him to"
  7. And if you miss that there's always Whately on Monday morning
  8. None of them can match our boy Ando's 0-6 record 💪🏼
  9. I wish ppl would ease up on the Blues. They aren't the only ones tanking for Harley!
  10. Given what was on the line and where the Blues are supposedly at on paper....that has to go down as the softest loss of the season so far surely
  11. They usually get kid glove treatment though
  12. As a movie star i thought you'd be focusing more on your 'lines' Steve
  13. Is it just me or is Hodgy a bit OTT with almost always expecting 'Perfect' accountability from defenders & such?
  14. Friends in high places always helps DC We need to remember that the likes of the Cats, Pies, Hawks and Bombers have had a couple of successful eras over the decades. Success breeds more followers. Some of those in high / influential positions and the networks around them & down the line as many jump on the band wagon. Even into and around those who are influential at AFL level & back the other way into the political sphere. We had 5 decades in the wilderness. I'll let you join the dots as to who is likely to benefit the most under both scenarios. We are coming from a long way behind in this regard.
  15. We have a chance to get back to our 2021 best imv and potentially make a PF but Goody has to make a few hard calls in the next few weeks and come out of the buy with a relatively settled line up. There's been a few nice additions to the team since that season. Namely McVee, Chandler and Hunter. Personally i don't think we can run with all three. With the return of Salem i can't see how we can keep all three of Gus, Hunter and him in the side. One of them has to make way imv. 2021 saw Gus on the non-Langdon wing. Would like to see Gus trialled here this week with Hunter out. I love what McVee has brought so far, but compared to our best 2021 flag team, his inclusion means that Petty is pushed out to make way. This means Petty plays as a forward but also results in Lever taking the 2nd oppo TF which takes away our best intercept defender. Places additional pressure on May as he's getting less chop out spoils from Lever and Lever grabbing less marks. The ball's hitting the deck more often or getting pinned inside 50 at ground level more often. Regardless it has to be one of McVee or Bowey if Petty/Disco are played in defence in order to free Lever. You can't have both. If Goody insists on playing Petty forward then IMV Disco is a must addition to free up Lever. If the FD doesn't believe Disco is ready, then they need to send Petty back again. The other two missing cogs.... Petty back = BBB in Macca & JVR to fight it out for the 2nd KF role. We also only ran with one crumbing small forward in Kozzy meaning we had an extra rolling through the middle and pushing forward....Harmes. Chandler out for Harmes. I'm not saying any of the above is the panacea but if the bulk of the above are as good or better (in terms of form) as they were in 2021.... why wouldn't you go back to the very best combo we've had in the last 3 seasons? At least trial it for 4 to 5 matches anyway. See if the team improves/ settles. Then some minor fine tuning from there.
  16. I would like to wager Dan (or whoever's in power at the time) will miraculously still manage to find a bit of spare change for their favourite big Vic clubs at some point from here when asked though Mr Leg.
  17. Probably a fair % is this. Lack of pressure from forwards inside our 50, especially Kozzy & Chandler. Clarry's contribution at pressuring inside 50 is usually pretty significant from memory. Harmes in might offset this loss somewhat. Fairly ordinary at defending the CBs till now. Some players giving their best here like Viney but one is not enough and he doesn't have the foot speed to pressure the speedsters on exit. Others will really need to step up at CB with Clarry out. Although his defending at CBs (of late) has been ordinary as well, so any step up should see a fair improvement. Clarry's defending / pressure around the ground has been up there though for mine. So at CBs and around ground stoppages, we'll need to see better defensive work from the likes of Sparrow & Harmes this week if we're to come away with the chocolates. Add to this the fact that we still haven't freed Lever up into playing his usual role as our best intercept defender. See how this week goes but if that back line doesn't click so well i reckon we seriously need to consider getting Disco in, at least until Petty returns, so we can get Lever back to his best role.
  18. This ^ Chandler & Kozzy need to do what they do best, mostly inside 50. In particular, significant Kozzy minutes in the middle has had very little impact the last two weeks. Eg; He had 7 CB attendances for one tap 'receive and and give' for one clearance against the Hawks. That was it! Zero impact at 6 other artendances. No tackles, virtually no pressure on opponents. Nada! If i see him there beyond a couple this week i'll spew up! Get to dangerous places, crumb or find targets. Pressure the hec outta Freo's defenders and none of this loose fold back zone nonsense that we've been seeing the last few weeks. Makes it far too easy for the oppo to transition deep into our 50 when these two go missing here and play to the flimsy loose FB zone. The Pies will murder us if we bring this method on KB.
  19. Can we put a poll on this one if poss
  20. MFC needs to keep pushing back and challenging the bulk of these. There is an obvious agenda by the AFL to target certain players & clubs vs going easy on their favourites. We also need to look for alternatives outside of Anderson. His track record, admittedly most likely by AFL design, isn't great. It's time to step up provided there's a gettable alternative heavy hitter.
  21. Seem to recall Rivers may have been given some brief minutes at center bounces (CBs) at times earlier in the season. Don't hold me to this though.
  22. https://www.sen.com.au/news/2023/05/18/breretons-top-10-ruckmen-in-the-game-so-far-in-2023/
  23. Ok thanks Kev
  24. ☝🏼 I hope the club as a collective understands this and appeals regardless. Need to stand up again as we did with JVR and show them we know it's a 'selective' rigged manufactured outcome depending on player/club in question.