Frenzy Mckenzie

Don't you think that's a bit of an excuse? I do agree with you to a certain extent but once you engage your opponent in a tackle it happens so quickly that its more about technique and strength making that tackle stick.

Apologies if this has been posted elsewhere but I thought it made for an interesting read: http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-05-24/who-are-the-leagues-best-tacklers All preseason we were hyping up a new tackling technique and how this was going to be a potential area of strength - this year as we all know we have not been laying enough tackles nor have we been overly effective in the ones we have laid. What I didn't appreciate is just how bad we really are in this area, and now the stats are there to show it. My question is this, did the avid training watchers get it so wrong over the preseason or is it simply we are not employing on the field what we have practiced in training? I'm sure most of you agree that there is nothing more frustrating than watching a tackler being effortlessly brushed away by opposition players time and time again!

3/4. Had to work during the WC game although was planning on going after half time. I turned around and went back to work when I saw the score in the third! Yesterday's win, albeit against GWS, was one to savour!

This just about sums it up. One of the worst articles I've read in a long time. For people in the know is there a case for defamation against the age if we are found to be innocent of tanking?

In on this. Thanks 45HG16

If there's any room to join one of these let me know - finished 5,000-10,000 mark last season

To everyone who gets down to training and writes these reports, keep up the great work. I honestly don't know what I'd do without the updates - they make the footy off season in Perth bareable! Can't wait for season proper!

A big thankyou to all who get to training and write these reports. I've said this before, but being a Melbourne lad currently exiled to Perth, surrounded by WC and Freo supporters, these updates are an absolute godsend. Will be back early February just in time for season proper - definitely looking forward to having a few jars in the franky grey smith with any of you MCC/MFC members come game day!

This post sums it up perfectly. In a club that has been rocked by scandals and false inuendo over the past 24 months, do you really think we would take a punt on a kid who is immature enough to post photos of himself in compromising situations clearly without thought of the consequences. Says alot about his character at this point in time. That's not to say he won't grow up and actually start getting his priorities straight - then he'd be worth a punt!

This bloke was a top 3 for most of the year and at one stage some sources thought he was whitfields equal, surely we had a gentlemens with GWS for him to slip. I suppose we will never know! Anyway, regardless of how it happened I'm stoked!

Seconded. Cheers for the photos SD. Also great write up BH - anyone else with some notes?

I agree with you here BH, a well thought out post. I too haven't seen enough of either to justify saying which one is better at this stage, and although I'm always going to be a fan of an accumulator with a manic attack on the footy (Wines), I think it's important to note that a minute of highlights for each hardly makes me an expert. Although its a pretty open ended statement, I'll happily put my faith in the FD to make the right decision simply because they have scouts that have been following these guys for a long time - another topic entirely, but it does make you wonder though how we've got so many high draft picks wrong over the years! For mine the debate shouldn't be 'which one will address our lack of outside pace therefore o'rourke over wines', the debate should be 'which one do we think most likely to turn into a genuine star'- whether that's in the same mould of Pendles or Watson I really don't care!

The old man used to brief him and also opposed him in court a few times, when I told him he was repping the dees he was stoked, says he is a very very clever guy - at least the club is leaving no stone unturned in mounting a defence.

If she really wanted melbourne to be penalized running a vitriolic smear campaign against us isnt the right way to go about it. It will only further crystalise support for us in the main stream. She must really hate the mfc to put her journalistic integrity on the line the way she is at the moment. What have we done to you caro? Was CC or CS mean to you as kids?

http://www.bigpondsport.com/tanking-probes-innocent-victims/tabid/91/newsid/97657/default.aspx Probably been posted but a good article none the less.