Demon Dynasty

Finally a set shot goal from 40+!!

Petty is struggling down back tonight IMO

Our set shot goal kicking would surely have be close to the worst in the League. We aren't making a the top two or a PF on this rubbish.

It's very clear to me that this forward set up is not playing / performing to the level of most of the rest of the lines and needs a tweak. Starting with BB to FF. And FCS can someone pls learn to kick 40 meters or more and when they do learn, could they then learn how to kick accurately.

Hollywood again from Clarry....just dumb tonight

Why kick to Fritsch who three players on him in the pocket? That means at least one of our forwards didn't have a player on him and was free in a much better position. Who is teaching this BS!????

4 of the top 5 disposal getters are Bongers

Do we put him into the middle to shadow Merret? Leave Harnes in there also. Tracc to HF. Viney relieves Tracc at HF and plays a bit of time in the middle on occasions ...Kozzie goes forward again when he does

TOTALLY PF. Why you would not want to offer a genuine tall forward target who can kick more goals than he misses from set shots and stretch the opposition down back? As well as provide some chaff for the smalls to crumb off. Silly stuff and may cost us the match tonight along with a shot at the top two.

Does anyone still think we shouldn't be playing BB in / around and out of the goal square? Kozzie at the drop front and square.

If Goody is serious about teaching he needs to be dragged and told. That's NOT THE MELBIURNE WAY!

Drag Clarry and tell him not to play like a DH pls. 2 piecez of Dumbass play in a row has probably cost us a goal

Keep Harmes in the middle FCS!

Putrid stuff. What a mess this team is in forward of center. Need to sort it both today and going forward. Possibly the line coach?

Our forwards continue to fail with set shot kicking. Continues to haunt and harm. Need to get it to Harmes, Tmac and Fritsch to be any chance.

Too much room in the zone down back. When the game's on early we should be placing max pressure on them in our 50. Instead we're allowing them to pick their way out from the goals at will with ease. It rarely works against teams who base their game around skills/run off HB and i don't expect it will work tonight either. Another loss looming if Goody & Co stick with that strat in this 2nd quarter. They'll be up by 5 or 6 goals at half time if we do.

Viney looks off the pace tonight. Would have Harmes in the middle (running pretty hot of late) and Viney up forward when not benched. Only minor time in the middle pls in his first game or two back.

Also why does Spargo take a shot at goal from 40 plus out knowing he can barely kick 35 most of the time? Sit it up just outside the square if you can't xfind a target. Players need to accept their limits and play to them.

Who did Spargo kick to there? Always to the forward pocket. Useless strategy. Put it to the spots where you place your opponents under the most pressure if you can't find a free target

Goody luck on Simon's 100th! Not sure how Jones isn't in ahead of Sparrow for this one.

W if BB is in need of more fitness after supposedly putting in a pre-season type block of late then i doubt he will ever be ready from a fitness perspective. Form for someone of his experience can be found at VFL for sure but you never find genuine AFL form until you've played a few or more games at AFL level and hit some form. The Weid is a great example of someone looking cherry ripe and hitting form, at VFL level, then failing to find it after pushing up to the big league. If his fitness is up to par (as judged by Burgess/FD KPIs etc) then surely the only genuine trial / test of form is the form BB might find at senior level.

He will need to be super fit to get in. Has the extra pre-season acheived the desired objective i wonder? The MFC hasn't had a big tall (genuine quality super tall) leading forward in a fair while from what i can recall? Would take weeks of training at full tilt with BB at top fitness. Including specific drills in those training sessions with those doing the regular delivery inside to hit him up / leading patterns / timing / soft stab kicks out in front or to his favoured side (fat side also where possible) before everything starts to click / work and the effort (on the track) starts to pay off on game day IMV. I'm not sure anything other than a pre-season period allows for this luxury and with BB injured in the 2021 pre season well... I also doubt there's enough quality at VFL level (in terms of delivery) to see him busting the door down to the point he can't be ignored any longer. 3 to 5 goals max might be about as good as he (and his team mates at VFL level) might be capable of at that level. Hoping otherwise and could be way off the mark but it may not happen this season. 2022 seems more likely. Personally I'd love to see him get a run at it for a block of three to four matches before the season is out if the opp arises. I still think the chicken (top fitness/full on training drills + success on the track between BB & the rest of team mates in those drills) would need to lay the egg first before we see a chic hatch on game day (FD sees chicken lay egg and puts BB in for a block of three to four games).

Jones ahead of Sparrow & Chandler at this point. Sparrow was out of his depth last week against a bottom 4 team. Both he and Chandler need more time to develop their game downstairs. Jones is the real deal and comes with years of experience that can't be produced in a few rookie matches in the big games. While he is nowhere near his form of two to three seasons ago and borderline 22, he is still a few notches ahead of these two in his last season.

This is a good point. Need to exploit their weaknesses. Might place pressure on them to swing Hooker back if BB got off the leash a little?

If they get enough supply inside 50 Tippa could tear us another new one. They won't need many to win as we generally aren't a big scoring side. Would rather win the clearances and the outside stoppage clearances this week vs the usual reliance on defence winning the day. Their extra (forward) pushing up at stoppages needs to be covered off most if the time IMHO.