IRW

Just now, IRW said:

I don't know what game people were watching last night but I was there and with or without Daicos the bazball game the Pies play is dangerous. Add Sidebottom and its very dangerous...they run ,they spread, they go boundary or not if required ,they HIT  TARGETS and the frequency with which they have one or two loose in the forward line  is extraordinary and no coincidence

Both the Cats and the Pies have marking skill and the Pies have players  at the drop of the ball at all times without the need of miracle goals  that Kossi sometimes provides.

But the Cats played traditional like the Ashes Aussies without Lyon ,while Cameron nearly won it. Add Hawkins and it might have been game over!

The Pies  backline  is vulnerable  to a marking forward and Salem and Rivers are  more important than  May and Lever if the Dee's need time in the forward half to win without Petty.

Better win this arvo...

Oh and Pies supporters are truly feral and the leg up they get from both the MCG and AFL is a disgrace 

 

I don't know what game people were watching last night but I was there and with or without Daicos the bazball game the Pies play is dangerous. Add Sidebottom and its very dangerous...they run ,they spread, they go boundary or not if required ,they HIT  TARGETS and the frequency with which they have one or two loose in the forward line  is extraordinary and no coincidence

Both the Cats and the Pies have marking skill and the Pies have players  at the drop of the ball at all times without the need of miracle goals  that Kossi sometimes provides.

But the Cats played traditional like the Ashes Aussies without Lyon ,while Cameron nearly won it. Add Hawkins and it might have been game over!

The Pies  backline  is vulnerable  to a marking forward and Salem and Rivers are  more important than  May and Lever if the Dee's need time in the forward half to win without Petty.

Better win this arvo...

25 minutes ago, IRW said:

Two things come to mind reading these discussions and watching games.

Why do AFL players( MFC) lack the full  repertoire of kicking skills ..long,short,low or elevated and accurate,deployed  according to need and how difficult is it to mark a ball when in the primarily advantaged ,balanced position?

Getting  fit, knowing the rules and game plans seem to be achievable  but the first two I mentioned are surely the basic selection criteria for the job and " soft" hands vs " hard" hands appear to be a learnable skill for a professional sportsman.

Petty can catch the ball ..big tick .

They might have got used to kicking it to him if they had the variety of disposal skills on tap. 

A big loss for the run to the end of 2023 season

 

43 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

I'm not sure Smith will get the gig over Grundy. Smith has a great leap but we would be lacking in height. Even though Grundy isn't the best mark ( gee Petty was good) , be will get the ball to ground and or smalls who are in good nick will get to work. It's a big blow but as others have astutely mentioned Petty really only played two successful games fwd.  Maybe Bbb will return but he looked injured. Let's just hope Oliver and Fritta get back in asap. Gee 21 was a dream run with limited injuries. 

Two things come to mind reading these discussions and watching games.

Why do AFL players( MFC) lack the full  repertoire of kicking skills ..long,short,low or elevated and accurate,deployed  according to need and how difficult is it to mark a ball when in the primarily advantaged ,balanced position?

Getting  fit, knowing the rules and game plans seem to be achievable  but the first two I mentioned are surely the basic selection criteria for the job and " soft" hands vs " hard" hands appear to be a learnable skill for a professional sportsman.

Petty can catch the ball ..big tick 

39 minutes ago, A F said:

The answer to this is to draw bigger crowds in Melbourne. 

Yep it's not rocket science reality is it?

And " we" like to think we are the intelligent supporters

8 hours ago, bush demon said:

Having said that it would be fair to say that the game has become un-umpireable. Retarding players off the ball, "nudges" in the back when flying for the ball, "ball" decisions ... it is impossible to guess which way the umpires are going to call half the time. 50 metre penalties are an extravagant penalty on many occasions. Insufficient intent... what a laughable rule. Mens rea, indeed.

Yeah the game is pretty well  impossible to "umpire" .

Possibly the most difficult  (demanding) to play as well.

What's clear though  is that umpires are not intentionally biased and (as with  lbw decisions ,post replay technology.) over a match bad or missed decisions usually even themselves out.

Paying more attention to specific players with a yellow card rule would not be unreasonable though

18 hours ago, monoccular said:

If JVR could notget a game a year ago when we were in desperate straits up forward there is zero chance of us debuting Jefferson this year 

I misread this as sprints and thought that there was an excess of pessimism here. 

Dunno - Schache could be an answer up forward if someone can give him some angry pills. 

Tom would certainly attack with all his ability. And he does have firm. 

Tom used to run up and down like Reiwold( almost)

Now he plods and he's just  one awkward landing from the end,no matter that he's a nice guy and gives his all 

32 minutes ago, Redlagged said:

'Cooked' is a tediously overused term. Suggest it be put in the fridge.

Yeah  let's go with finished or retirement

2 minutes ago, Gawndy the Great said:

Just watched the mini replay as I wasn’t able to watch the game live.

1. Petty is a sharp shooter and bloody good judge of ball flight. He doesn’t need to be the brute KPF, that is JVR. They’ll be the next forward duo for many many years. I have no doubt. His injury looks significant. Hopefully it is just a really bad sprain and it’s one of those that are back next week. 

2. Kozzy has to have kicked the most first-goal-game-GOTY-contenders. I reckon that is his 3rd for this year alone.

3. The umpiring from what I saw was atrocious. 2 of Norths first 3 goals were absolutely jokes, marks not paid, HTB, throws you name it , it was horrendous. If that is what was on show for the 10 minute highlight package then I’m guessing the rest of the game was equally worse. 

4. Trac probably only gets the 2 votes as I’m sure so rather innocuous player will get the 3 and you know Bont just has to step foot on the ground to get noticed. 

5. We will beat the Blues. 

There should be a moratorium on umpire comments aroind here or a group action taking the AFL to court .

We know( every clubs supporters know)that umpiring is difficult and sometimes they are "shockers" but... fmd they don't pick on the MFC.

Grow up..it will be more fun watching the games .

Pathetic  much 

15 minutes ago, forever demons said:

Great weekend collingwood cop a belting and we belt north.Ah bliss

I hope the actual Club players and staff are smarter than this post

I don't care..I just want to play the Dogs in the Grand Final

A reset if you will

If Collingwood are the bazball of AFL and the Dogs are the Ivan Lendl at Wimbledon of the finals then Buddy is the Viv Richards of footy.

You always  thought there must be a weakness  but unless you were Dennis Lillee you could never find it and off he would go...with a swagger 

Maysie stitched him up though, maybe related to Dennis's menace?

1 hour ago, Roost it far said:

Petty not a forward hey???? 

He had me fooled,though mostly because I figured he was backline glue. 

Let's see how it plays out over time

Just now, Red But Mostly Blue said:

Oooof what a mess.

61pts against us, so far, in a half. Our backline is a mess and has been for a while. What happened to our fortress?

Typical for us to serve this [censored] after port and the lions open up an avenue to second place. 

And what the hell was that from Gus??

Kozzie back in the middle, just get Harmes to tag somebody, best use we can get from him, and EVERYBODY PULL THEIR FINGERS OUT and stop giving them cheap goals.

The fortress is exhausted from saving their ars#s time after time week after week.

It is inevitable

27 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

Honestly our kicking has been woeful at times 

Surely not?

On 7/24/2023 at 11:56 AM, Demons11 said:

We have had great list over different periods and never won a flag.  Goody has won us a flag and kept us in the top 4 for 3 years now which is a fantastic effort.  Premierships are extremely difficult to win and just because we think our list is better than everyone else’s this is not the reality in an extremely even competition. 

So the players will be happy with the Dynasty  eh?

If TMac plays twice more this season the odds are he will sustain an injury to his legs or foot.

It won't be wear and tear .. it will be a career ending injury.

He will be clear to come to an agreement with the Club. 

Probably not so BBB

Max is suited to play behind the ball rather than forward.

That's why Grundy needs some forward craft to team with Max.

He's not going to be the full forward ffs

21 minutes ago, FritschyBusiness said:

Both BBB and Tmac have contracts for next year and I don't see anyone taking them. 

Yeah I know , but both must know physically that their time is up and can retire if they wish to protect their bodies long term with memories of a Premiership in their kit bags, not playing out the season in the two's

1 hour ago, drysdale demon said:

He can't leave without MFC letting him go, Dunkley wanted to leave the Bulldogs a couple of years ago, Papley wanted to leave the Swans a few years ago, neither would agree to let these players go.

Better to get rid of BBB and TMac really.

Grundy will likely play 1st ruck for MFC in good time and can be a "ruck rover" in the interim if Goodwin can fix the line up forward.

Fortunately he's the coach, not I

4 hours ago, Radar Detector said:

Rugby audiences are actually way up vs 5 years ago… but the current Wallabies performance isn’t helping this year.

Its an unfortunately secret blessing given the bogan rubbish that is League overwhelms it

If only they got more air time...at least so I could work out why it's the game played in heaven

Apparently Grundy is so good that  he learnt forward craft in one week at Casey and a practise match.

Put that in ya hat Bucks

On 7/26/2023 at 8:40 AM, Roost it far said:

I’ve got Viney ripping it out of the hands of Howe to put us 37 points up after we were 36 points down in the second quarter. 

Possibly more likely

1 hour ago, jnrmac said:

When he was used as a defensive fwd  on Tom McCartin and we beat Sydney.

Ok good call

3 hours ago, DubDee said:

very happy to take the bet

40pt+ win coming up

I was referring to Tigers fans re crowd numbers...

I hope for a win  ,we should win.

I doubt 40+ big time

Tempted to take your bet and have  a win win Saturday

21 minutes ago, DubDee said:

the Tigers fans turn up for a likely win against the Hawks.  Won't be as many of them there to see us smash them

Want to bet?

Dee's three in a row makes a loss more likely would be their thinking