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Preuss hasn't been on an injury list for months. So why wasn't he in the first group to go into a hub? Poor insurance imv. We are now without Max, Preuss is only just out of quarantine and had no opportunity to train with the team for about a month. Either he doesn't replace Max or he comes in underdone.

Its time we broke the habit of kicking it to the left side straight to Max. Not having him will force different tactics to exit our d50. On the kickouts, I'm surprised our players rarely take a run and but kick from inside/the edge of the square. Not to be used all the time but a good way to change things up, get over the pack, gain territory and open up space for us. Time for exit d50 creativity.

Just a technicality: He is an RFA so no need to trade - a club could have him 'free' and we get a comp draft pick. He could land us a 1st round or at worst an end of 1st round pick. He is probably our best chance of getting back into the top 20 the draft or to use the pick to trade in a top player. He will also free up the cap space required for said top player. It will break his heart tho and that of many fans ? His ole best mate Ollie is in the same boat (but not an FA) so sentimentality is not a reason to improve the team and set it up for the oft talked about 'sustained success'. Edit: just say @Gawndog98post with similar sentiments. Snap!

I hope desperation doesn't kick in and we play him when we shouldn't. A critical game but not worth taking the risk. We can't afford for him to breakdown and be out for many more weeks. It may be a good thing to teach our mids to shark someone else and structure differently. We have Preuss for a reason. This is his time with support from TMac or Tomlinson.

Just pointing out all the reasons why we should win all three and win them convincingly. And folks should not be thinking the Pies game isn't totally winnable. But not confident of winning any of the next three. Time to show our mettle.

Tomlinson isn't fast but he could be an excellent wingman of the Tom Lynch (Crows) link-man type. He would need to start kicking goals and be in a lot of scoring-chains as the link-man. Or be a wingman in the reinvented Mitch Robinson type. Not fast but brutal and makes excellent positions, sets up scoring chains and kicks the odd goal. Not sure what type of wingman Tomlinson was the the giants but right now I don't see he has speed nor the attributes of Lynch or Robinson. He may end up as one of the not-so-successful trade-ins of recent years.

After round 12 we should be/must be 6/5. Our advantage in travel, fitness, injury and rest is huge: We have 2 days extra break than the Crows from round 9. Crows missing 2/3 top 5 players. We fly to Adelaide but rest there for North game. We have 2 days extra break on North from round 9 game who played on Saturday and they have to fly to Adelaide to play us. North missing a 2/3 top 5 players. We have 3 days extra break on Coll from round 9 game who played yesterday. Then they fly from Perth to Qld to play Syd on Thur (3.5 day break), then fly to Adelaide to play Crows on the Tuesday (4.5 day break) then back to Qld to play us on the Saturday (3.5 day break). Pies missing 3 top 5 players And Collingwood are a rabble off the field with transgressions from: Beams, Sidebottom, DeGoey, Sanderson, Buckley and a President who keeps putting his foot in mouth only for it to backfire when one of his own committ similar transgressions or worse to those at other clubs. Short of major injuries to our midfield there is absolutely no excuse to beat them all especially with 3 of their best players, all match winners, out injured. We should win all three convincingly.

Not all of it. Brisbane + other places. nt-declares-brisbane-ipswich-and-logan-coronavirus-hotspots

Clearly we got it wrong. I've said so ad nauseam. Also said numerous times Mahoney should not have reviewed his own department. For him it was about maintaining the status quo. We did more than just shuffle coaches, we let go many quality coaches and kept/got inexperienced/unsuccessful ones. Not a formula for success.

I believe we are keen to play a game in Alice. But yesterday the NT goverment declared Brisbane a hotspot so restrictive quarantine conditions apply. So who knows where what will happen. This thread has more discussion about fixture happenings. Love your moniker name!

Has everyone forgotten we had a major football department review and overhaul a mere 9 months ago? We chose to have the coaches we have. Or we couldn't get who we wanted so had to settle for second, third best. Lots of names being thrown around. Looks like wishful thinking. I mean why would the names being mentioned want to come to the mfc. Re Richardson. I was critical of his appointment and I've had a really good look at his CV. I see nothing that says he is a good coach or has been part of a successful club. He leaves the Saints and they now sit 3rd on the ladder. I have yet to see a positive impact of his recruitment to mfc. I hope someone can shed some light on why we hired him.

Very good question. Hinkley lay a trap and we fell for it! We stopped Dixon but let others off the leash. After the game he said he thought there would be two or three talls up against Dixon so his other talls were free to kick the goals and sure enough: Georgiardis 3 and Westoff 2 . He went on to say that if his talls kick 5-6 goals each week he doesn't care which player kicks them. So Dixon was effectively a decoy - But alas we didn't notice it or didn't adjust for it.

Either vs Hawks or vs Port, after the 3/4 time huddle Goodwin turned to walk away. Harmes called him back for a few seconds. Very worried look on his face. He listens but is he doubting what is being said?

I wonder how much development has happened to train either in other positions. I don't mean experiments of playing them here, there and everywhere like we have over the last 1.5 years. I mean genuine re-training to maximise their talents to own other positions. Without setting off the conspiracy theorists around here, we have a recent history of when a player falls out of favour for whatever reason, one way or another they are maneuvered out. It is something that happens regularly in non-sporting organisations so no reason to think it doesn't happen at football clubs. It will be our loss if that happens with either.

Talk about players milking contact for a free. Clarry barely touched him and was clearly running past him. An idiotic report.

Can't imagine life in the hub is much fun right now... ...no way to get away from the horror show.

That is what is so frustrating. Other teams have been openly saying it for the whole of Goodwin's 4 year tenure. The teams that consistently have beaten us that way: Sydney, Hawks, Tigers, the recent Lions, Port, Pies, GWS, Ess. Other well known techniques are denying us the ball: Geelong, Eagles, Hawks. Or put an extra tall in defence: Pies, Richmond, Geelong. We may pinch a game here and there against those teams but in the main they are tried and true formulas on how to beat us. Yet after 4 years of rinse and repeat we still have no idea on how to counter them. Frustrating as hell.

essendon-richmond-to-play-dreamtime-in-darwin-in-round-13 "The remainder of round 13 is likely to be announced next week with the chance more games could be played in the Northern Territory on that weekend". Our season is done so travel/short breaks etc don't matter anymore so it would be good for the club's financials if we play in Alice.

We also gave 4 or 5 year contracts to May, Lever, Langdon and Tomlinson. For them and the players you mention I can see the logic was to keep or get a wanted player. Tomlinson can't get a game. TMc is rapidly not best 22. We have too many inside mids and some fans want to trade TMc, Brayshaw and possibly Harmes. Lever has yet to deliver on his promise. The bad news is they are all in contract until 2022, 2023 or 2024. 4/5 year contracts should be for bona fide stars otherwise it is too easy for the lesser lights to rest on their laurels and go along for the ride. Terrible contract term management by Mahoney and co.

Thank you. WOW. That really shows how predictable we were going into our f50 and out of the d50. They knew the kick-ins would go long, to the left, to Max so they made damn sure the ball would stay on the boundary line. There was no room. It was comical at times watching us hot-potato the ball on the boundary line. There was little long range camera work so not sure if I interpreted the play correctly. But it seemed that Port guarded the corridor and formed a wall parallel to the boundary corralling 8-10 players right up to it and let us fiddle with the ball until we turned it over and they were off. A simple tactic and credit to them as it is another way to neutralise Max's field work and stop our flow on game before it could get started. The mass corralling was a method I hadn't seen before. They did their homework. We didn't or else the dog ate it before the game and no-one thought to take a copy!

With you all the way on all those points, binman. Like you I don't care if there are issues at the club. I expect it to be grown up, sort it out, shake hands, have a beer then move on. It is the dismissiveness and belittling of posters who dare to speak of behind the scenes stuff, that annoys me.

You trot that out whenever someone posts on internal issues at the club. It may be news to you but all organisations and families have internal issues form time to time. It is how and how quickly they are resolved that is important. So, why is it so inconceivable that mfc might have issues among players or staff? Or that mfc staff, their families or player families might be demon fans or talk to demon fans. And that they read or, heaven forbid actually post on DL. I could probably list 5-6 DL monikers that do. But I certainly will not. Posts like the above are belittling and uninformed. Sometimes I wonder if you are an mfc 'plant' trying to dilute negative posts. It is tiresome so unless you know for a fact that comments are conjecture then please refrain from discouraging posters. I can add that the DL posters that have links to internal people, some quite senior, don't comment when internal issues are raised on here. They just let it roll. Take a leaf out of their book!

Oliver undoes his good work by his poor disposal. These two stats for 2020 are telling: Ranked 4th in Total Turnovers Ranked 2nd in Total Clangers He is great to watch, a ball magnet, clearance machine and as brave as they come. But if his i5o's bounce out again, his disposals don't reach team mates and he doesn't kick goals then I'm still of the view that his impact is limited. And, I'm beginning to think he is a poor decision maker. I think he is a victim of the 'see ball, get ball' indroctrination he has had for 5 years. He is still a kid and his flaws can be ironed out. But he needs someone to teach him to open his eyes and stay calm when he gets the ball.

Quaffers! Hardly befitting refreshments at The Manor, being as it is near the heartland of some fabulous Shiraz country?.

Absolutely they should name and shame them all! Very sorry to hear about your friend hope he recovers soon.