Demon Dynasty

Why does Max walk backwards without looking to give off to somebody or HB to a player coming from behind. YOU JUST HAVE TO [censored] SET PLAY THAT EVERY TIME BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW....MAX CAN'T BLOODY KICK A GOAL! Wake up Melbourne FFS

Finally some man on man happening

Track, McVee and Windsor ✅️

Great chase down but shocking decision to kick so deep from Petty. Not smart. Especially from someone so experienced.

We still have no ability to shut teams down who get a run on. There's no change up and/or ability to go man on man in key areas of the ground pressure / worry the opponent off their game. We continue to just zone as normal and hope they'll make mistakes with their footwork and disposal in general play bringing pretty sub-standard pressure

He has no body strength in the contest most of the time unless he's on a favourable match up. Not enough to hold down any key forward role at AFL level anyway. There's no burst speed off the mark either. That lack of strengh / power off the mark means he is most often unble to get separation to hold / create space or lead up. Generally he just isn't mobile enough or powerful enough in any form to hold down a KF role and be effective at it. Not sure what the FD are seeing in him as a KF. He's also well covered as a Tall Defender by the likes of T-Mac at the moment. I just wouldn't play him at all and instead look to the likes of Jeffo, JVR (if he hits AFL worthy form at some point) as forwards and if we need another tall defender, start blooding Adams instead.

Shocking and it all started with the Kozzy nonsense

Why is AJ spoiling from behind in a forward marking contest with Petty going up in front?

Ghostwriter can you get to Choco pls and ask him to get Kozzy to fix his goal kicking method pls. Clearly no one in the FD is doing much about it. His desire to rush that shot effectively cost us 12 points there and now we've lost the momentum and gotten their tails up. That aspect of his game is just too amateur for this level and is costing his team badly

Sam Ting Bin

Ghostwriter will be pleased

I'm enjoying the Camera work which at least is authentic 'Shaky Cam' vs the fake post production shaky cam (cinema verite) we often see.

Razor has clearly explained this on numerous occasions. Basically if you kick it up the line (regardless of the type of kick and where it's being kicked from / to) and it bounces roughly parallel with the line (doesn't have to be perfectly straight ie; it can move around left right or whatever...it's a general rule not judged on a ruler's edge as such) then it's not deliberate. So if you kick it from near the line and it runs / bounces a few times and happens to roll over the line, it's not deliberate. You have to be kicking it in board (starting well away from the line eg; 20 - 30 meters or more inside) and angling it towards the boundary line for it to be any chance of deliberate. It's the angle you kick it on that matters. However, there's also the situation where players may intend to kick up the line or even in board but are swung around or impacted in the tackle off balance and it just happens to to go out. The umps need to use their common sense and understanding of the nuances of the game in these situations. Trouble is their understanding is often hit and miss or poor here as well! Unfortunately umps adjudicate it very diff between themselves and depending on which team's doing the kicking. There's also the situation that the ball can start off bounces parallel to the line but then the line curves inwards because it's an oval and the ball can't help but go out. That shouldn't be deliberate either. me posting to the wrong thread mono

Ty to all who are giving up time to report

Why are we seemingly pushing Kozzy through into this week if he's in pain? Surely it would be best to manage him this week and get him cherry ripe for KB? Not only that, it usually doesn't pay off playing injured players assuming he IS carrying something this week.

Is Membry just about cooked or my imagination?

Shultz & Lipinski done?

That's the first 'not standing' penalty against the filth tonight on about their third or fourth breach. I have to laugh cause when Scott complained about how often they were doing it many weeks ago, the team they played the week after (was it Norf?), copped about six 50 meter penalties. Meanwhile the team that caused the origin of the complaint to the AFL (ie the Filth) are, for the most part, allowed to continue on their merry way.

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Yet again the filth's play being governed completely diff to the opponent. The Filth- Kick off the ground on right angles to the boundary, no one near it. Throw in. The Hawks - kick of the ground in congested loose ball contest goes forward 25 meters perpendicular to the boundary line, bounces about 4 or 5 times before finally rolling over the line .... deliberate.

Gunstan still has all the tricks and cunning ways that see him often make something out of nothing. Still a very handy forward. The Hawks lack a genuine tall lead up key forward though.

You have to hard tag Sidey & Nick to have any chance of winning surely!?? I know Nick is a difficult option to do that but at least cover off old man Sidey

Ditto but i couldn't give a FF what type they are (life threatening excluded) or which team. I will cheers any with a nice raised tumbler o' JD Single barrel 100 Proof on the rocks

Yeh you can hear the sound dropping in and out every time as well. They're struggling to get the balance right between the volume of the studio commentary & the live sound from the ground. I assume the latter being supplied to them via Channel 7 feed? Amateurish stuff 👎🏻

If you have an arm free you have to try and dispose of the pill.... or at least make an attempt (i think!)