Everything posted by The heart beats true
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NON-MFC: Finals Week 02
Power 5.14 since quarter time.
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NON-MFC: Finals Week 02
Umpires getting very involved
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NON-MFC: Finals Week 02
I wondered all year if Kenny got the Power up early to help his contact status.
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NON-MFC: Finals Week 02
Port are lucky to only be 6 goals down.
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NON-MFC: Finals Week 02
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.
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NON-MFC: Finals Week 02
Giants look good. Iโm now barracking for whatever denies the AFL the most money.
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Thank you Demonland
Causation or correlation Jaded? ๐คฃ
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NON-MFC: Finals Week 02
Great point. Not sure Frosty would have given Curnow a bath last night like May did.
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NON-MFC: Finals Week 02
The Power went forward to JHF and took a kick that weโve been programmed not to take. Kicking to 40-50 metres out towards the middle. We go to the pocket every time because itโs easier to defend from that position. Our inaccuracy isnโt an accident.
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NON-MFC: Finals Week 02
Classy move for RDB by the AFL and Power fans.
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NON-MFC: Finals Week 02
Iโm all in on the Oompa Loompaโs.
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Thank you Demonland
I donโt accept that. The stats donโt say that. We lost both those finals, much more than we were beaten. Thatโs what makes it so frustrating.
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Cool light of day
Disorganised. Joel Smith nominated twice but the umpire said it was too late.
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POSTGAME: SF vs Carlton
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 โprobably 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 couldnโt have done more.
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Cool light of day
I think you can question the game plan, but you canโt question the effort. The players give everything.
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Cool light of day
You could put Dunstall and Lockett in our forward line last week and theyโd have struggled. Our method going forward is about defence, and it worked for a season, but since (and before) then it hasnโt worked. I think the personnel issues are undoubtedly a factor, but our forward half connection has been an issue for all but one season. Itโs not hyperbole. Every single stat highlights it.
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Cool light of day
I think in the cold light of day we arenโt playing the type of football that wins finals, and the numbers back it up. Weโve 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 thatโs what wins you finals. Except it hasnโt, 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 โ21. Now itโs time to reassess and get some fresh thinking in. Last night was the worst loss weโve had as a club for a long, long time. You canโt consistently get beaten by what you know. Weโve known weโve got forward half connection problems for 7 years.
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POSTGAME: SF vs Carlton
I think itโs 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.
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Elite decision makers
Will he be available at our current (Freo) pick?
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POSTGAME: SF vs Carlton
You didnโt sit where I sat. I sat with the most passionate, vocal, unrelenting Melbourne supporters Iโve 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 Iโve ever seen our supporter base. You can be disappointed in the loss, but itโs simply untrue to say our supporters are โshockingโ.
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Goody - Genius or insane?
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 didnโt take our chances as a team with the ball in hand. Thereโs 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 arenโt on him. Max just needed to stand up and kick one of his 2 shots. Fritsch the same.
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What's needed in 2024
We need to find a way to add more skill in the middle and forward half. We canโt have a centre line and midfielders without one elite kick, and 80% of them with very little penetration in their kicking. Iโm of the opinion that the only upside of this horror show is that itโs 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.
- POSTGAME: SF vs Carlton
- POSTGAME: SF vs Carlton