48 Year Now

When on fire arguably best in competition

He is probably around player 30th pick now. Shame

Come on , no Lever May McVee. Turner off at half time.

Very good Thorstrup. Tired second half Langford Next big thing

True with the crowd but what a great opportunity for the AFL to look at curtain raiser again. Even under 18s

I am positive today. Why? I think our mids will take up the challenge matching Freos stars. Fullarton in signals a new approach or emphasis on better approach forward . That’s it, not much but I’m going to enjoy it.

I haven’t seen him play but hope Culley can play a physical role there as well. Windsor is a winger , leave him there, make the MCG wing his.

How is that relevant to what I heard.

Talking to someone close to Weideman who I know didn’t do enough to make it. However he said Goody told him not to lead. Rather, we will kick it to you. Sounds familiar.

Can I call a lifeline to answer?

Agree to the extent one of them has to play each week and develop a role. I think they should be judged together with Gawn as a rucking forward duo rather than as an individual and secondary role. They are there as support to get the best out of Max and keep him from being battered. First sign of a opposing ruck getting rough, bring on the second ruck which needs to be Johnson or Campbell when fit.

Thank you. I was beginning to doubt I knew anything about footy, finding a team mate, kicking to a lead, kicking to space. Is this all ego stuff that the culprits get a disposal count no matter where it goes, and metres gained. Or is it worse they don’t want lesser lights shining? It’s been going on for years now. Fritta the worst culprit for not being a team player

Back in the real world we are staring at 0-6 unless the new game plan and player attitude changes in the space of a few days. We have our backs to the wall

Club stuffed up on the day of injury. Anyone who has watched a lot of footy knew it was a very bad one. Looked like the one Dipper copped which nearly cost him his life in the famous GF.

I observed the same thing for a long time. After each goal especially when it’s getting tough. Max, Viney, Trac and Oliver have a little talk in the middle and you know Max is 99 per cent to win the tap, Viney with head down will charge forward and their defenders are set up for the loose kick. The coaches lack the ability of older heads to see these things that are more phycological in nature than game plan .

A reasonable case can be made for dropping each one. Henderson, go and work on this. Reasonable start to your career. Sparrow, go and accumulate kicks in the same role Petty, just a weeks rest if you fix a few things Melksham, practice a few of your tricks to get back to your best. I don’t see it as punishment or anything other than you are not quite where we want / need you to be. I am sure I’m not alone. In my limited career I was made 19th man in a junior final. One guy didn’t turn up and I got a second chance. I played one of the best games I ever played as I wanted to show my teammates and coach he should t have dropped me. Simple phycology

Get Bate in. To lighten things a bit I remember a Members Supporters meeting at the Bentleigh Club when that President who went overseas for the first round oversaw the meeting. Such as it was a meeting. Anyway after the meeting he said anyone who wants can chat to me in the bar afterwards. That wasn’t possible as he had surrounding himself at the bar with yes men. One determined supporter fought his way through the mob and said, can we get Bate into the team. At that stage he hadn’t played a game.

I think he is a fit for us. Those saying he should have won more flags. Well rule out 2021 so which other years did he have a better list than the premiers. I also like James Hird for the skill factor he would inject into the group.

Generational list. We put a stop to that in 2021 so can’t blame him for that one.

Viney has been a great MFC person. However he has been poorly coached for a greater part of it. Now is the time to be a role player. One thing I’m certain of is ticking to Gawn gives a mid , x amounts of kicks where the mid has time to hit a target.

What would you do all day in that job?

Good stuff. It makes me sick to think I know more than an AFL strategy group. But the day I saw four forwards standing like penguins together in a snow storm was that day. Imagine if we lined up with Kossie out wide on the flank. Fritta one out on the other or in a pocket. May or Oliver on their own in the goalsquare. Someone playing true CHF creating leads. We make defenders look good bc they are never o e out.

At about the standard id expect from Green. Hopelessly unqualified for the job. Looks like it was written to get bums on seats this weekend. Search for CEO is nearing conclusion? Does that mean the position is still open or does it mean you are deciding between candidates? If you are going to mention how our game plan worked in the 3rd quarter I hope you are also looking at how the Bombers we’re easily able to close it down in the 4th quarter.

Fitness. I’m only educated in the subject in respect of watching decades of footy but watched Hawks training closely in the Kennedy days and the Blues in their premiership years. At its most simple you need to be able to run and walk for 2 hours. We hear stats of this one and that going 14-15 kms in a game. The Blues at training did 100x 100 metre sprints with a very short time between each sprint How hard can it be for a handsomely paid fitness person to get handsomely paid professional athletes to run out four quarters. As someone else wrote how did Burgess plan not become part of a Standard Operating Procedure for our club.