Demon Dynasty
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I only just tuned in to SEN for the first time yesterday and was wondering why KB was on in the usual Ox / Marko slot. I found the afternoon session just turned in to a constant "in house" plug for the greyhound industry after the live rabbit debacle, seemingly being pushed by Marko on behalf of his Dad's interests in the sport. There were constant advertorials being run every 20 minutes or so. I switched off after i heard about a weeks worth of that rubbish. Having said that i can't agree more Mr Leg. But unfortunately this tends to be the way of the corporate world and has been since the 80s really. It takes no prisoners once it decides you are no longer worthy of investing in and more often than not will speak with a forked tongue. I still recall to this day, siting in the boardroom of the CEO of a very well known English insurance Company (Australian HQ) a few decades ago having lunch. The topic of conversation, raised by the hosting CEO himself (an ex ANZ CEO also), was that if he could have his way he would list human workers on a version of the stock exchange for buying / selling / trading. Just like a commodity. When he was quizzed about this he didn't flinch or indicate he was joking in any manner whatsoever. He was quite serious about the concept! -
Lol my bad. It's been a big day ? ? ?
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He was on the bench from at least 15 min mark in the last (approx) for at least 7/8 minutes before they could get him back on I believe. Not sure about the zero stat situation in last. Someone else might enlighten. Maybe off for most of the last with a niggle or just told to hard tag Dusty when on etc
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I agree with that sentiment WA but who is in better form that can play a mid field role inside/outside and take Dom's place at the moment who is also not under an injury cloud? I'm 'Buggered' if I know.... OH...wait!
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Our 4 core mids are all inside biased and IMO lack the agility or burst speed to escape congestion often enough when the ball is won from the inside. Clarry somewhat of an exception here. Results in just another stoppage and not enough yardage gained quickly enough or directly out of the middle to allow our forwards to compete one on one very often. Many of our extractions also end up going backwards or lateral looking for a free player rather than giving to a quick burst outside or inside/outside mid who can go directly forward. A Danger, a Dusty, Sloane, or a Brad Hill type badly needed I reckon. Yes I know they don't grow on trees! We also over do the hand ball which hasn't helped with getting enough quick and direct entries IMO. Clarry the biggest offender and the other 3 core mids not far behind. Kick to handball was ugly on weekend especially given the wet weather. Saty mentioned a few weeks back that they had Viney training to try and improve his burst speed so this might be a sign that the FD is concerned here also and trying to correct the deficiency. I tend to think it's more a personnel problem though rather than working to try and improve what we have. Need to get ourselves an outside or outside/inside beast for next season. Time to trade.
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Thought u might be chuffing on a big fat Cuban
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Mick ain't silly. He knows how to honour an exclusivity contract for XX $$. Mick and Shane may well be sunning themselves on the Maldives this weekend on the proceeds. Sam might even make that his next destination on street talk (the bag man??!!) ...hopefully on a one way ticket!
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Nice work there Daisy
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A must get IMO for all the above reasons. You left out one aspect Dazzle..... He's a dead eye dick in front of goal! Something you can't buy in today's game where most players are about 50/50 and many others extremely unreliable (i wont point any fingers!). If you want some reward on the end of all our hard work....plus all of the above, Tim Smith is a must. However, no point if his heart isn't in it. Has to obviously want the challenge and be willing to work his ass off pre season. The step up is pretty harsh. In addition he would be a nice fit in the salary cap. How he is not on a list yet but many others (who shall remain nameless) are, is astounding.
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Yeh i was in the forward pocket that day and watched Gazza kick a torp goal from just outside 50 on a mud patch. One of the best goals i've ever seen live and a memorable win
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Yep been calling a long time. Passionate but it's always a coin flip as to whether his questions are accurate/relevant. I cringe a little whenever i hear him come on but he's also reasonable entertainment value and pretty much the only reg MFC supporter. Although i seem to recall a Dean from Burwood also on occasions.
We are not that far off Rogue. You're saying he is about 15th I'm saying roughly top 10 already. Emphasis on rough as he is so young in his career/development there are going to be a few off matches. Although that's no diff to others on similar game experience I realise.
He is already in our top 10 IMO ... has occasional brain/skill fade but who doesn't. Especially so new to the game. Great spread/ link player and quick thinker/mover of the air conveyance. A very solid outside pick up who occasionaly goes in when needed as well.
I know. Just a light hearted (but unfortunately poor) attempt to apply a very loose double entendre on your description being capable of applying to either of Mr Dunn, Frost and Oscar Moon. A failed attempt to add a little humor. No offence intended sir
May have paid a severe price for that Biff. The capacity for long memories when it comes to non-compliance knows no bounds!
Omac might be picking up part of what the FD are wanting the defence to do better than say Dunn or Frost eg, zoning a little better with a forward press on and looking to hit short targets inside 50 if the ball gets turned over coming out of our forward 50, making the transistion a little quicker from defending deeper in our back half to run and carry/spread off half back. Oscar might also be trying harder to hit up short targets when running from HB. Not sure Dunn is capable of doing the same and seems to kick down the line a la old Melb style more often. The problem here though is that I doubt Omac is hitting many of those attempted short passes. Which may well leave us in a more precarious position on the turnover than if it were kicked longer down the line (Dunn/Garland style?). In other words the idea would be great if we had players who can finish off this transitional run by finding short targets more regularly or kicking to favoured sides to a one on one. Wags & Hunt seem to more adept at this finish or becoming so at a faster rate at this point. Haven't seen significant progress yet in Frost or Omac. Also not sure Omac is any better and may well be worse , at the one on one or chop out stuff when ball's coming in long from mid field. Could be a season or two behind being capable Here (physically) vs Dunn for an entire match. Might look good over a quarter or two (roughly) here, before falling away and getting opened up later in a game. I would still rather see Omac and Frost develop their size, tank and one on one experience, and importantly short passing skills/mistakes/turnovers at Casey before asking too much of them for four quarters at AFL level whilst demanding more from the likes of Dunn on the zone/Transistion/short passing stuff also. White is probably a reasonable example of someone who has done a bit more of an apprenticeship here and come in a little more prepared for the rigours of AFL, although one decent recent game isn't much to go on. Will be interesting to see how he copes over the next few weeks.
Moon this topic is about Dunn, not Frost or Omac
