Demon Dynasty

Absolutely no ability to maintain pressure across the field under the Goody game style for more than a few quarters.

Most of them are im afraid MB

Both Key forwards are flawed footballers with no penetration on their kicking. They both sit back on their kicks and shank them more often than not. Trade both along with other NQRs and plenty of delistings for a genuine goal kicking marking key forward and a genuine small forward before the premiership window closes.

Nope, Bailey could win at the G occasionally with a more inferior list (on paper). Goody has taken us from something verging on chocolates to one of the worst teams in the AFL with a better list in the space of 8 months. With a crash bash play on at all costs (numbers at the ball) game style which makes it almost impossible to win against any oppositon on our home turf.

We would have more chance of building our HQ there DP. Very fitting!

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Outside of the Neeld era this is the worst coached MFC team I've ever seen.

head knock?

Lockhardt for Jeffy who's career is done

Thank goodness. Hunt again. & a key forward finally stands up! Pruess for T-Mac who is not even on the park.

Viney's kicking coming inside 50 never gets better. Just woeful skills and we are half way through the season already.

Hunt our only viable forward who can kick a goal.

Varcoe front & square off the pack...when the ruck will we ever learn the basics!!??

Play in front Weids FFS ...been done twice by Moore reading the pressure kick better and played about the same games or less!!

Very good and probably our best so far...Not many are bestering along though!

Both key forwards are completely useless once the ball hits the deck. It's like having two men down in our forward half when it does. And neither of them can take an overhead mark Or kick a goal!! Why are we playing them??? ??

Any chance either of our key forwards could kick a goal between them?? Pruess for T-mac who has not fired a shot all year.

Salem's decision making and disposal so far has been bog ordinary placing team mates under pressure too often. Playing on when he doesn't need to. Must be the head knock? Jeffy is barely a shell of the player he was last season. Sad to watch. Not taking tjat shot from 35 out and instead turning it straight over for a 12 point turnaround said it all. We STILL have no possession game especially kicking out from the Opp's square always looking to play on no matter how bad things are with the receiver we decide to give it to at times. Time to give Gus a spell in the McGoos for C Wags. Disposal is horrid and slow as a wet week. Goody continues to persist with a Fritsch off HB who has failed in this post all year....great coaching! ??????

Can i 3rd that. Looks very promising indeed. Super raw but offers power, a decent turn of speed and side steps nicely also. A few pre-seasons and Bob's your uncle!

JWag taking on the role of Fritschkreig, who goes forward, would be a decent result for mine Trig

Petracca - Composite Weighted Averages, to Rnd 11 2019 vs 2018 While i haven't had the chance to isolate his last 6 weeks, he is way off last year's output this season Chook and is now ranked 5 places lower also. In other words 5 others have gone passed him this season. Pressure is ok inside 50 though as you say. Ranked 4th for tackles inside 50 (averages) out of the regular forwards that play through there, behind Jeffy, ANB and Bull Smith (in that order). The other upside is score involvements where he is ranked equal 4th alongside Clarry at 5 per game. Turnovers are his biggest worry however, ranked 4th highest behind Hibb, Melk & Gus. His kicking efficiency could be slightly better but not horrid...64% to Rnd 11, 66.2% at Rnd 9 (see table below). Has dropped four places in two weeks. Plenty of others behind him though in Clarry, Jones, Gus, Hunt, Harmes, Melk, T-Mac and Jeffy to name a few! My understanding is the AFL average sits at around 68% so not too far away. Out of 35 players this season who have played two or more games he is ranked 17th in DE% sitting on 68.43% to Rnd 11.

You can say that again which is another good reason why Pruess should be getting more game time. At least he might string a series of games together and start gelling with the other forwards.

Dodgy in front of goals. Goody could insert into a semi permanent almost full time role in the mid field but chooses not to. He isn't as bad as that sorry. Not having a great year but has a fair amount of company. See T-mac, Viney and Spargo just to name a few. A little but he has regressed this season WISE. Some scrutiny is bound to follow. That is a very good question Sisso. There are a few options available but goody has chosen to ignore them so far. I agree to a point at least from a Casey perspective. However, if Goody was / is being realistic now that the season is over, it is now time to trial Tracc in a role which leans more towards full time through the mid field IMO. Takes pressure off his kicking inside 50 but allows him to swing away at the big stuff around the arc where he has nothing to lose and just let's it rip without over thinking things. Time for chunk to replace Tracc at HF in an Ablett type role (with some minor time through mid field when Tracc is taking a breather on the bench or when resting forward).

That's the trouble with a constant crash/bash chaos game style Bin. Too much needs to go right for the style to succeed enough of the time to win more often than not and most players can't keep it up at the level needed to succeed for more than about 3 quarters (when fully fit). We lack a possession 'slow play' option that will hold us in good stead when all isn't going to plan (opp is on a roll, we are down a player or two on bench, a few key injuries coming into a match) or when we need to ice a quarter or match which, in the super competitive cauldron that is the AFL, is a fair chunk of the time both within matches and the season itself. The chaos method is impacted even more once you add a few extra injuries above the norm into the mix. Already conducive to high turnover, this aspect (turnovers) is compounded as you bring in less experienced players who aren't very good with disposal to begin with and whose less than ideal tank is spent very quickly under such a grueling / demanding style. Not as much time for a breather either vs teams who are capable of bringing a possession game. It's a disadvantage across so many levels. Goody's current chaos (overwhelm with numbers at the contest) method will only work successfully when most things are working well, a la second half of 2018, with experienced in form players who have a decent tank and can manage to stick it out for about three quarters prior to capitulating through sheer exhaustion. How often do we see our boys give up multiple goals in succession from an opposition without putting up much resistance during large blocks of a match, even when we are doing well (last week another example). Yet we are told we are always working our way back to "the Melbourne brand". Goody's chaos / overwhelm method might hold up tomorrow with a few extra solids coming back and the Pies off their best a little, but I'm not Sold on it being successful most of the time. For as long as Goody continues to ignore that the possession option is a must have if you wish to succeed in today's modern game, i fail to see us pushing to another prelim (let alone a GF), unless we have another goldilocks season or second half like we did in the back half of 2018.

Possibly on Hibbo's shoulders Soi