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Setting up for " robbed by the umpires" already ?

Dumbest "best mids" in history when you think about it.

It's also how you beat the Dee's...everyone knows it

But apparently he's coaching against the "3rd greatest MFC coach in history" who clearly has a cunning plan like the last one. " Don't try until half time boys and they will relax, then we can run all over them"

Who would have thought ...???

This is the laugh track ,right?

Putting Goodwin there is so delusional that no one should comment. So I wont

Spargo has good disposal and decision making skill but it's nowhere near elite ffs

So it was the rain on Saturday that meant they couldn't be bothered shifting into top gear for a game that would have established 2nd place with a modicum of security? That's weird imo

Of course it's been overstated. Haven't you been watching? Guaranteed to lose the ones they could/ should win to secure their position . Goodwins Dee's

If they had won yesterday they probably would lose to the Hawks next week. Straight sets coming up again It's the AFL ' s fault

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...

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

Yep it's not rocket science reality is it? And " we" like to think we are the intelligent supporters

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

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

Yeah let's go with finished or retirement

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

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?

He had me fooled,though mostly because I figured he was backline glue. Let's see how it plays out over time

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