IRW

On 4/24/2023 at 11:22 PM, Bates Mate said:

Seen more in the past 2 weeks than I have in the past 20 years mostly from Lachie Hunter but others getting involved. Is it a new clever tactic or just larising? . Came off a couple of times but soo bad when it dosen't 

When Grundue did it in his game and set up a goal I thought it was genius.

I reckon the AFL players sit around in pubs talking  about  doing it ,then they practise in the car park after training because they don't want the coach to see it on game day until they get it sorted.

37 minutes ago, FlashInThePan said:

This is going to be a hard time for some people. We are in process of evolving, from very good to great. There are going to be really quite good players who get pushed out and this needs to happen if we are to get to that next level.

Spargo is a very good player, no question, he is smart and clean with the ball. Admittedly, with a smaller body of work, Chandler is next level, he is all that and he also has a higher impact on the scoreboard and the game in general. Unfortunately for Spargo, he’s not competing with JJ for a spot. His exposed form as wing rotation rule him out of that. He’s competing with Chandler and Kozzie.

 Like many of you, I love all our players that played a part in getting us that flag but the harsh reality of elite sport is that you are either improving or you are getting overtaken.

Spargs has added " screamers" to his repertoire. Something Kossie hasnt got yet....on game day at least( smile)

24 minutes ago, FritschyBusiness said:

Just a two piece suit, you can leave the 3 piece at home. 

Long Room..??

Tie required 

2 minutes ago, Demon Dynasty said:

Similar here... feels like a great opportunity to manage up to two or three seniors was missed.

History says that the coach doesn't " manage" 

3 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

100% I think this is the issue.

He is so physical but I think he's a bit scared about going too hard and getting suspended again. It's a fine balance and I am sure he will get there. 

 

A fine balance? the report was undisciplined and really bad judgement, that's a long way from fine line. 

It should be pretty easy to adjust to avoid  that and go back to blocking the tackler so Trac can dribble leg breaks through the goal from the boundary

44 minutes ago, layzie said:

Kozzie's agent is Peter Rohde? 

The ex MFC player and Dogs coach?

If he signs again the contract should include mogadon in his orange juice.

Slow down until you actually need to go fast son

Hows Jackson going ?

Are we missing him yet?

Might be an idea to try Schachie when he's ready don't you think?

I guess we will have to wait until he's the sub in about round 20 though

Just now, FritschyBusiness said:

The solution with the forward line would be TMac or Brown but both are either out of form or not healthy/fit enough for the role at the level its required to be. 

They show every sign of being on their last legs and I'm a fan of both of them.

Weid ( of whom I was not a fan)was being used much more suitably to his natural skills by the Bombers on Sunday .

If they can get Brown fit and kick on the lead it's problem solved.

I doubt it will happen though 

Part of TMacs history was that he could run up and down  the ground as well as stand tall in the middle of a pack.

I think the runnings gone. 

7 minutes ago, kev martin said:

Spargo stayed firmly on the ground.

In general that's what I am used to.

The first quarter against the Swans was a show stopper 

3 hours ago, FritschyBusiness said:

Yes, You are correct about round 5, slipped my mind but I am trying to not think about that game ever again.  

I really value him so highly as a defender and don't know why we are robbing Steven to pay Jacob. 
We have seen this regularly in defence but forward in these games he has only taken a handful of marks. 

We are going shorter in defence with the 7 rotation now being - May, Lever, Rivers, Brayshaw, Hibberd, Bowey and McVee which in turn has seen an increase in marks by opposition inside their attacking 50. 
 

Agreed that it ain't broke. 
I'm a big campaigner for the Keep Petty in defence, I haven't seen enough results to change my mind yet. 

There has to be a solution to the forward line that doesn't include exposing May Hibberd and Lever to their injury management issues.

Max behind the ball down back and Petty continues his synergy with usual defenders.

3 hours ago, kev martin said:

Lovely movement and skills, full training.

Any more hangers? 

He could coach Kossi

34 minutes ago, Mel Bourne said:

Finally got a chance to watch the game tonight. After reading a couple of threads here first, I was preparing myself for May’s “atrocious” game. 
 

He wasn’t at his best, but he was nowhere near as bad as I was led to believe. 

He's playing injured

1 hour ago, Lucifers Hero said:

Paraphrasing:  He was really pleased that we came from behind and had to fight our way back to win.  He said it was something we weren't often able to do last year.  He also said they have been working on tactics to counter the fast run and carry of other teams.

Clearly the latter are a work in progress as we weren't able to counter Ess last week.  We will get plenty of practice in the coming weeks with games vs Port, Hawks and Freo who have all used it with varying degrees of success.  Hopefully we have nailed those tactics before we play Collingwood.

 

Edit:  He also sounded confident the Kozzie contract would be sorted soon.  No weasel words like with Jackson last year.

He was telling us all year they were fixing the forward line and they rarely needed to come from behind because they squandered leads.

Still waiting 

2 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Geez, you start to question your place in this world and the meaning of life in general when Dazzle becomes a peacekeeper.

 

😁

It's Anzac day I believe..we are all for peace, no?

1 hour ago, Garbo said:

Feel like most people said the same thing last year and we went out in straight sets, the early season form tells me we don’t have what it takes vs the best and will just be making up the numbers come finals. This could be partly address if we didn’t muck round trying to play a fwd line primarily lead by a rookie, a backman and a ruck.

The coach is going to address that ..hes told us so a number of times .

Otherwise I agree with you.

Reason says we are currently making up numbers for the finals. 

Sort of like a new Footscray 

3 hours ago, layzie said:

Fair enough, we should all just shut up at the football and not mention anything about it because the two concepts shouldn't cross over and they're exploiting it for private gain. 

Let's strip back on everything. Dreamtime, LGBTQ all of it. Footy is no place for political statements in the game and all we should ever see is tje game. Give me a spell.

Ok I'll bite.

Yes I think that's a good idea and especially that we shouldn't play the national anthem before the corporate Grand Final. 

I don't actually have a problem with acknowledging Anzac Day at the game itself given its importance in our national story.

But I reject the conflation of the game seemingly being promoted as THE recognition of the remembrance. 

Of course most of the Australian population don't even know who is playing so it's either irrelevant or an  extraordinary case of inflated self importance 

Just now, IRW said:

Those are two completely different things. 

I mowed the lawn and watched the Pies play  like MFC fans can only dream of.

I used to go to the Shrine with my father as he got older though.

It was the least I could do

Can they trade Kossi for Nick Daicos please

53 minutes ago, layzie said:

I did. 

I also support the Melbourne Football Club who plays in this game that I go to every year.

Those are two completely different things. 

I mowed the lawn and watched the Pies play like MFC fans can only dream of.

Can they trade Kossi for Nick Daicos please

7 minutes ago, Deemania since 56 said:

We all have our cultural observations - to many, some, a few or individuals, these are important for many reasons and for others, less important, perhaps. However, observations are respected, not banished. It's all part of the diversity of what it is to be an Australian, whichever way it might otherwise be interpreted.

Blah blah blah..perhaps the tragedy of nations at war killing their youth should be just left outside of cultural forms of celebration dressed up as a metaphor for memory of humanities madness habit

35 minutes ago, DutchDemons said:

The ANZAC day stuff is so over the top. There is no such thing as ANZAC eve, it isn’t Christmas or New Year. It shouldn’t be a giant commercial exercise and although it’s good for the club’s bottom line I wish we didn’t play this match.

I lived out at the end of a road on the banks of the Yarra in Kangaroo Ground.

A nature reserve.

The  first settler there was a digger back from WW1 who was a hermit and wanted the peace.

Pre nature reserve he planted daffodils which have spread and carpet the bush in a mist un Aussie way but work as calling the regeneration of life each season.

My bet is you'd never have got him to join  90 000 [censored] pretending to honour the fallen before a football  match,let alone the night before.

The Dawn Sevice is something altogether different 

47 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Carlton? 🤣

2 of those  are likely to get in the Dees way for the 8.

Take your pick

19 minutes ago, Engorged Onion said:

I applaud your your overt cynicism.

Tell us your version of what you would say in the press conference?

The question is whether there is a record of actually responding effectively. 

But if I were the Coach I'd model Ross Lyon and leave everyone confused until we ran out next week with a different line up 

8 minutes ago, Garbo said:

The luck been tigers aren’t a finals level team and are presently in the bottom 4. Tigers of only a few years back would have put us on our backside. We have lost 2 of 3 games against the present top 8

To say nothing of the injury toll on their lift.

Nothing to be  optimistic about from  that win. 

As usual Goodwins presser was a pretence of having  a " plan".

He talked about working on the forward structure for the last half of last season..and did nothing!

This season it looks like " structuring" the big men on game day .

Chaos to come for sure.

Essendon,St.Kilda and Carlton better collapse or the Dee's will miss finals

5 hours ago, fr_ap said:

We didn't run him through the midfield because we didn't have Spargo in the side staying i50.

Certainly wasn't kossie's best night - the free against him for dumping Baker was at a very very crucial time 

They played him up forward, sans Spargo ,because against the Swans Spargs took a screamer and they were daring him to do the same ( I suppose)