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The heart beats true

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  1. Power 5.14 since quarter time.
  2. Umpires getting very involved
  3. I wondered all year if Kenny got the Power up early to help his contact status.
  4. Port are lucky to only be 6 goals down.
  5. I was just telling my partner about all he went through with his dad and then his diagnosis. He went through a lot, and I wish him every success.
  6. Giants look good. Iโ€™m now barracking for whatever denies the AFL the most money.
  7. Causation or correlation Jaded? ๐Ÿคฃ
  8. Great point. Not sure Frosty would have given Curnow a bath last night like May did.
  9. The Power went forward to JHF and took a kick that weโ€™ve been programmed not to take. Kicking to 40-50 metres out towards the middle. We go to the pocket every time because itโ€™s easier to defend from that position. Our inaccuracy isnโ€™t an accident.
  10. Classy move for RDB by the AFL and Power fans.
  11. Iโ€™m all in on the Oompa Loompaโ€™s.
  12. I donโ€™t accept that. The stats donโ€™t say that. We lost both those finals, much more than we were beaten. Thatโ€™s what makes it so frustrating.
  13. Disorganised. Joel Smith nominated twice but the umpire said it was too late.
  14. I got home from the ground and saw some of the post match on 7. They were reluctant to say how much he towelled up Curnow. Saying stuff like โ€˜probably got the better of him. May absolutely decimated Curnow. He out marked him one on one so consistently that in the last quarter Curnow was just trying to bring the ball to ground. Steven May was extraordinary in that game. He has every right to be filthy. He couldnโ€™t have done more.
  15. I think you can question the game plan, but you canโ€™t question the effort. The players give everything.
  16. You could put Dunstall and Lockett in our forward line last week and theyโ€™d have struggled. Our method going forward is about defence, and it worked for a season, but since (and before) then it hasnโ€™t worked. I think the personnel issues are undoubtedly a factor, but our forward half connection has been an issue for all but one season. Itโ€™s not hyperbole. Every single stat highlights it.
  17. I think in the cold light of day we arenโ€™t playing the type of football that wins finals, and the numbers back it up. Weโ€™ve been defending our place for the last 2 seasons. We play with such restriction and tension. Everything is done through the lens of defence - because thatโ€™s what wins you finals. Except it hasnโ€™t, for 4 in a row. The game has changed again. Our football department needs fresh faces and new ideas. We went with what we had for 3 years, and we were entitled to do it based on โ€˜21. Now itโ€™s time to reassess and get some fresh thinking in. Last night was the worst loss weโ€™ve had as a club for a long, long time. You canโ€™t consistently get beaten by what you know. Weโ€™ve known weโ€™ve got forward half connection problems for 7 years.
  18. Good analysis of what went wrongโ€ฆ. https://www.theroar.com.au/2023/09/16/finals-fix-how-melbourne-killed-their-season-with-the-butcher-job-to-end-all-butcher-jobs/
  19. I think itโ€™s fair to highlight that our forward line was decimated by injuries. But I also think it highlights our list inadequacies when the 2 most important injuries to our forwards were to a guy who played most of the season in the back pocket, and another bloke whose 32. We simply need to get 2 more forwards in, and one of them needs to be a marking target. Good luck with that task. 10 other clubs need the same thing.
  20. Will he be available at our current (Freo) pick?
  21. You didnโ€™t sit where I sat. I sat with the most passionate, vocal, unrelenting Melbourne supporters Iโ€™ve ever seen. This narrative about our supporters is hot garbage. We were outnumbered, but we gave everything we could for our team. On the siren that was the most gutted Iโ€™ve ever seen our supporter base. You can be disappointed in the loss, but itโ€™s simply untrue to say our supporters are โ€˜shockingโ€™.
  22. I think Goodwin coached quite well tonight. He got the game on our terms for large parts of each quarter. The reality is that we didnโ€™t take our chances as a team with the ball in hand. Thereโ€™s not much a coach can do in that circumstance. Simon can take accountability for the game style, and movement of the ball to an extent, but those final shots at goal arenโ€™t on him. Max just needed to stand up and kick one of his 2 shots. Fritsch the same.
  23. We need to find a way to add more skill in the middle and forward half. We canโ€™t have a centre line and midfielders without one elite kick, and 80% of them with very little penetration in their kicking. Iโ€™m of the opinion that the only upside of this horror show is that itโ€™s unavoidable. All levels of the club will have to stare it down and come up with solutions. I also think we need to tinker with the game plan so that not every game has to be a smash in contest. We have to find more ways to win with skill. I think our players are exhausted by our game style by September.
  24. Expected Scores: MELB 69 from expected 81.3 (+2 rushed) CARL 73 from expected 63.5 (+0 rushed)
  25. Oh, tell Tobes I said hi back! Always liked him.

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