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I think he's a gun ...or would be in a different team. And...this is what everyone said about all of our players for so long. If he's leaving we should def be enquiring. 

17 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

Love to know if injured or rested. Hoping its the latter. 

3 hours ago, Farmer said:

Didn’t we win the night Grand Final in April 87? Brett Bailey kicked the winning goal

yep… and again in 89. 

7 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

In 1988 we got knocked out by Fitzroy in our first pre season night fixture.

I think that was in 1989 when we beat Geelong in the pre season Panasonic Cup.  Hughes and Wight missed the first 2 and 6 games respectively that year. We ran out of steam in 1989 losing 5 of our last 6 home and away games, had a nice win over the Pies in the elimination final at Waverley but were badly beaten by Geelong in the semi when we had 10.10 put on us in the last quarter.

Conversely in 1990 we ended the season in a blaze of glory, winning 8 games in a row heading into the semi final Vs West Coast. Not sure what happened that day but as you said we were right in the mix in 1990.

yes  quite right re 89 not 88! We came back from our GF thrashing in 88 to win the pre season night series. Regardless of weeks missed though , I don’t think either player, Wight or Hughes was quite the same post those injuries.

I think back on that era and teh cost of winning the 88 night grand final against the cats. Both Wight and Hughes did major hamstrings. They both returned after lengthy rehabs but were never the same after. I reckon it cost us a flag. Not in 88 as the hawks were on another level but in 89 , 90 when we were right in the mix.

6 minutes ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

Considering Richmond’s injuries we need to put them away early. Our real test comes the following weeks against the Cats and Blues. Looking at this weeks results 4 & 2 on face value is good but we effectively haven’t beaten a serious contender yet.

Port are a serious contender imo. They got poleaxed yesterday but by the end of the year I think they will be right in the mix. But overall point taken. Blues off 5 days makes the Cats game even bigger...and yes putting the tigers away early would definitely be helpful! 

well as much as I hate to say it… pies on the G are going to be very very hard to beat from here on. 

1 hour ago, Redleg said:

Well he has a great record with his info, so I will prepare myself for a Petty departure at seasons’ end.

Given BBB will probably retire, Smith is probably gone too and Jeffo isn’t up to it atm, we will have a desperate need for a couple of experienced key forwards.

A player like Lukosius who is rumoured to be available and a bigger bodied experienced key forward, would have to be targets for us.

I wanted Treacy included in the LJ deal, but it didn’t happen.

I think Turner could be a chance to play forward in the future, if we are desperate.

Verall is another who could play forward, as he has good hands.

I wonder if Fullarton could also be trained up to play a more permanent forward role. A bit more muscle could help him.

I am sure if we know Petty is leaving, we will be preparing for it. It will be an interesting watch.

Could be why Turner now playing forward? 

8 minutes ago, Deemania since 56 said:

Sensible decision - he can be relied upon to get himself 'match fit', working through injuries and related negativities to his form. On several occasions, I have seen him training (and he has done so at far greater effort, concentration and work rate than any other team member), so we should have confidence in his training philosophy and method(s). It is also time for Trac to slow down his external commitments and appearances; from his recent Adelaide adventures, he must have been 'almost' exhausted, as suspected during the Brizzy game, giving public addresses and forums, cooking demonstrations, travel to and from locations, preparations for the public domain whilst still meeting Club/Team commitments and preparations. 

Players have got to have their lives too. I doubt a cooking demo does anything but make him happy. 

19 hours ago, Robbie87 said:

Yes. Apart from being a great and revealing read on the 57 years, the running repairs to the forward line at the end of 2023 and the ultimate attrition of key forwards were highly significant. While the media (cue Damian Barrett) largely went for the 'straight sets' pile-on, I thought that our coaching and selection through that period, plus performances of some individuals, to not only win late season games, but ALMOST win two finals, was stellar. The Club and in particular Goody, received almost zero media credit for that. What might have been if Petts, Fritta and Melky have had stayed on the park....

Or if Kozzie, Fritter, Langdon and Tmac had kicked the goals they would kick 95% of the time versus the pies in that final! Cue similar question v blues the next week. So close...but so far. 

31 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

 

 

 

 

 

Great interview. “ in 2023.. we had to rebuild the fwd line 3 times” Hadn't thought of it quite like that. 

14 minutes ago, Deelectable said:

No worries mate. None of us can be 100% on these things. Even better than Moore early on was Kelvin Templeton.  They came together in an unprecedented coup. Pretty sure I was at a game at Kardinia Park when Templeton booted 8 goals in his second game for our club. Simply sensational! I was extremely buoyed with confidence with the brilliant Moore and others. Alas, Templeton's 3 seasons at Melbourne were riddled with injury and the rest is history. He did kick 51 goals in an interrupted second season and averaged a creditable 3 goals per game in a poor team hampered by achilles and other issues.  What might have been....

Yeah I remember the excitement of that summer with both of them coming. Another false dawn. I’m  so glad we won a flag to put memories like this to bed! 

4 hours ago, Deelectable said:

I respectfully beg to differ. He left Collingwood in somewhat acrimonious circumstances.  Loved his time at the Dee's. 

Happy to be wrong Deelectable.

4 hours ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

What might have been...

I remember that day. Another part in one of the darkest eras in the clubs history.

2 hours ago, Deelectable said:

Peter Moore won a Brownlow with us. If a debilitating back/ hamstring issue didn't cut his career short by at least a season Darcy Moore could well have been in Demon colours. Moore openly stated he loved the MFC.

I’ve only ever heard Moore regret his decision to leave the Pies and have never heard him say anything positive about the dees. 

1 minute ago, Roost it far said:

Oh my, what an afternoon's work from the big fella. I'll also be shocked if Fullarton gets a gig in the seniors. 

verral looks closer for mine. 

i looked around at the team last night , in what was a horrible loss for us, and  understood a little why.

A. We had 4 New players. Howes, Windsor, Kolt, Woey … all still finding their way against a hardened,  focused top 4 team ( Even though Windsor gave us speed and looks great he’s still finding his feet). You could say we’re strong enough to cover for that and we normally might be. But…

B. We also have 3 important  players playing off very limited pre seasons in a very condensed series of games Oliver,  Petty, Brown and  three looked spent. 

Then add in that a two went in carrying some big injuries in May and Oliver and possibly Trac? and we lost Salem early and kozzie before the game. 

In short we looked like half of ourselves and just  didn’t have much to give . Im still not sure how we didn’t get utterly buried. 

Lots of excuses I know ….but they just didnt  look like themselves at all so I’m wondering why.

The hope I’m holding is that we really need the break and in the back end of the year ( with more fitness into oliver and Petty and more game time into the young ones) we’re going to be looking a lot stronger than we do now. 

18 minutes ago, wizardinoz said:

That peanut Jon Anderson starting a rumour on 3AW this morning that Clarrie won't play🤬

usually rumours like this  don’t come from nowhere. The benefit might be that it’s really then a 3 week break for him to the tigers game. 

2 minutes ago, monoccular said:

I have heard that there are already multi multi million class actions in progress that could break the AFL, and even affect the bonuses of the directors 😮 . . . and that the “events of last September” may have even pushed these harder. 

We should all expect super fast action now then....things have gotten serious! 

We've been so ultimately spoiled in very recent times haven't we? Bowey debuts and stars from the get go in 21. McVee, Windsor, Roo, Howes,  Woey hasn't starred yet but looks pretty good. In the dark past, when hope was largely absent  I must admit had little excitement about a new comer. Very different these days. Cant wait to see how he looks on the big stage! 

4 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

swans' supporter mate reckons heyward is fritsch-like

i told him he's about as 1/4 as good as fritta

which still makes him a very very good player ;-) 

6 minutes ago, Bigfoot said:

Just can't see how we're going to pull this one off. I guess you don't know unless you try. Will be a miracle if he runs out on the G on Thursday night.

LOW IMPACT …. especially as it couid so easily have been high impact. 

10 minutes ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

Would love nothing more than a fit Jake Melksham for the run into finals. He’s a class player, great defensively and has a bit of X factor about him.

Interesting to think we may have both Mc Adam and Melksham at the back end of the year. Looking forward to seeing both of them and how we use them.

Just now, Binmans PA said:

I think the poster is referring to the contract being up, not that JT is necessarily moving on.

Although I could be wrong...

 hope so! 

35 minutes ago, 12345_54321 said:

I believe it’s either out at the end of this season or next. 

Ugh...if true thats just terrible news. Must be his choice but for what reason? He's been immense