Cranky Franky

Rushing "name" players back & not rewarding form was part of the reason we failed in 2022. Goody has a history of doing this.

Great report Kev but what's with "McAdams" ?? Are there 2 of them ? Think Binman did the same thing.

They expected that a train connection to VFL Park would be built but it never happened. The Dandenong line (& Gippsland connections) were all operating many years before the footy ground was built.

Used to hitch-hike there from Dandenong. A beautiful large surface made to play fast open footy. Wish they'd kept it. Could have redeveloped the stands. Just needed to run a train line to it

The BT seems to have variable standards. They love JMcV Tommo not so much. I thought he was ok. Last year he had a poor patch & should have gone back to Casey but they stuck fat. Not sure that is a good strategy in the long run.

The problem with OM is that he was gifted lots of games before he was ready & was never developed properly. Our brains trust was annoyed with Lynden Dunn & dropped him for OM. If Oscar had spent 2 or more years at Casey learning his trade he would have been handy for us. In his early days he badly lacked the confidence that comes with experience.

Definitely a talent but reminds me of Col Sylvia - not team oriented & inconsistent.

Clearly a complicated man - did some good things and ........

Correct. Reminds me of Lucas Cook who was All Australian CHF at U18 level. If you trawl through Demonland posts you will find plenty of Lucas Cook fans insisting we play him.

Point taken I was wrong about the humidity but posters hiding behind the weather as an excuse are deluding themselves.

Dunno where you got that. The BOM site said humidity was 56% at 4.30 pm. And I am astounded at the excuses being made here. Melbourne has been just as hot as Sydney in the last month. It's not like we played in Darwin or Cairns. We were rubbish & supporters should stop looking for weasel excuses. It was dry & perfect for football.

Posters have been whining about wet slippery conditions making all sorts of excuses for a pathetic effort. It was a warm night typical (24 or 25 deg) of Melbourne or Sydney in March with a 15-20k breeze blowing across the ground & bone dry. Not wet or slippery but great football conditions. We fumbled & slipped from the get go mainly due to our ineptness & Swans pressure not the conditions.

IT WAS BONE DRY, PERFECT FOOTBALL CONDITIONS, WITH A NICE BREEZE BLOWING ACROSS THE GROUND & MUCH COOLER THAN MELBOURNE'S LAST MONTH. I WAS IN THE BRADMAN STAND & PUT ON A JUMPER AT HALF TIME

I was at the ground. It was bone dry & little humidity.

Lacks any desperation. His ruck work at boundaries is non competitive & cost 2 goals.

The great irony in all this is that Maynard's father & brother played for Melbourne & Brayden grew up as a Melbourne supporter. And lots of Demonlanders were keen on us recruiting him when it was time for contract renewal.

Some comments about the incident are getting very silly. Maynards actions were reckless & similar to Cripps & Rioli in recent times who both managed to get off due to "technicalities". It was nothing remotely like the Wright/ Somerville incident. The fault rests totally with the AFL & the way the rules were written and interpreted.

Well put. Good article 👍.

Not looking good. Every year he has some injury issues. Maybe the body is not up to it.

Fully agree. Stan Alves was Captain, Rep player, B&F. Absolute champion & I never saw him take a backward step. Why would someone denigrate one of our champions ?

Salem in the Casey 23 - I don't think so.

Demonland posts are getting dumb & dumber. First a Tim English wild goose chase then this rubbish. Some posters should get a life.

The BBB posts feels like an endless repeat of Groundhog Day. Every few weeks someone moans about why he didn't retire then someone responds about you have to honour contracts & finally it concludes with the merits of his time at the Dees & value for money.

He was a solid rather than spectacular & has lost yard of pace. Sometimes fails to take the first(and obvious) option & tries to be too cute. His underground handballs are a case in point.

In other words you haven't the faintest idea so why suggest a mismanagement of running loads ?