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On 4/5/2021 at 10:28 AM, Mel Bourne said:

Unpopular suggestion perhaps, but I don’t think NJ’s looming 300th game should be a factor at all in team selection. Form, and form only. 

Ok  on form in a team that's winning and with  no one kicking the door down to get in  he stays in indefinitel

its amazing its even being spoken about.

Last season and the one before he looked vulnerable because he needed to do more for a crepe team.

He fits in just fine at present

12 hours ago, Hardley Benial said:

BTW you should be in the media. Slobbo, Gazza, Piggy don't have your articulation.

I'm staying tuned for more.

Thanks

I suspect you mean " are far less articulate "

8 hours ago, Pates said:

If anyone is talking us up then they aren’t true rusted on Melbourne fans. I’ve been happy with our wins, but they’ve been far from polished wins and they’ve been against average to decent opposition. Sydney beating the tigers at the G was a much bigger win to put a team in the frame than us beating an ego-bruised but wounded Giants in Canberra. 

I wouldn’t say we’ve beaten nobody, if our three wins were Kangaroos, Essendon, and Hawthorn then I’d be saying we haven’t beaten anyone of note. But Freo gave us trouble last year, Saints have always had something over us and played finals last year, while GWS have some absolutely guns and were copping a belting from the media. All three were both winnable and losable, but guess what, we won! 

A little kind but fair enough. 

I would say we look very vulnerable to good sides and still lack speed and basic ball skills. 

The " new " AFL  game style doesn't suit us

20 hours ago, pinkshark said:

Call me a bit old fashioned  but Nathan Jones quite frankly should be given respect by us all on here.  We all on here have suffered miserably over the years supporting our not so mighty dees, and so too have many of the players.  None more so than him. Same as TMac and Jetta.  Warriors, for us, all of them . Jones deserves his 300th and I'm sure he'll earn it.  

I suspect plenty of the school boys on here didn't see Jones when he couldn't kick straight but still managed to carry the team  essentially on his own, for what seemed like decades. Best 23 should earn that fella a game every week for a while longer and give the spuds around  here some time to do some historical  MFC research after they've done their homework and  chores for mum.

At least he can slot a goal now  and get in a chain instead of trying to do too much, even if its in the twilight  ( smile )

3 hours ago, Rednblueriseing said:

I agree here and im a big fan, but he has to clean up some off his kicking 

" some of" ." Most of" more likely

If if wasn't for Hunt stinking up his run with his kicking we'd setting loose the hounds onto Brayshaw. 

Only Cam Bruce could  kick more up and unders   but he' d perfected the helicopter 

Oliver " Falls over " much

Spargo  can he smile?

TMac  1 1/2 good seasons

10 hours ago, Graeme Yeats' Mullet said:

Ridiculous 

Jones hit up Jackson for a textbook I50 and goal at the start of the 2nd

Also had 7 score involvements and played well as an inside competitor in fwd half

Its remarkable given the commitment and  service  Jones has given,  carrying a crap team on his shoulders for about 15 years that he gets so little respect from the cheap seats on here.

Obviously they want to get him to 300 games ( well duh) and he's only just best 22 but he's still going better relative to his best form than Neitz was when MFC gifted him his 300.

Get rid of Spargo. Hes played his 2 good games for the year 

3 hours ago, Sydee said:

Most of these guys would have no trouble getting a kick under no pressure to within a couple of metres of a team mate standing 40 metres away 

The problem is in my opinion is not so much about technique but what is going on in their heads

Think golfer on tee who rarely hits a ball off line until he gets to his bogey hole - there he regularly hooks the ball into a hazard - not because of technique so much but because he is focused on missing the fairway 

Fritsch always looks to me that he is over thinking every kick - if he ignored the goal posts and just imagined he was kicking to a team mate behind the goals he might just find things turned around quickly   

Frisco just needs a normal hair cut so he won't be embarrassed that everyone is looking at him

2 hours ago, Rocknroll said:

Max must be licking his lips again.  (mods - I dont think this deserves it own topic, please put this topic somewhere else if it fits) 

 

Three weeks in a row he has opponents who are very junior in skill and experience. 

• Lloyd Meek for Freo
• Paul Hunter for saints
• and possible Matt Flynn this week v GWS. 

 

Might get some more experience against the Cats but I don't rate Rhys Stanley. 

 

Max did well on the weekend, but hoping he starts really hurting teams soon. 

Tell me how you reckon Max can really hurt these teams. 

He could start by tapping to a mfc player  more often rather the technically " to advantage "

On 3/27/2021 at 11:18 PM, Redleg said:

Not me. Gus is a shadow of the player he was. Slow, poor disposal, hardly gets the ball.

When he does get the ball he still mostly kicks it up in the air in the general direction that we are headed.

That much hasn't changed  and if he comes good then there will just be a lot more if that.

Surely Jones is an automatic  " in " (given theyre 2 zip ) for the next four or so games ; as he should be .

He's still best 22 while Vanders, the only one who can miss a pass more often than Chunk, is best 30

5 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Jesus thats quite impressive from Bedford.

Good see Vandenberg running along side the boys in the photo there.

Can't get injured if you Don't go for a run

4 hours ago, Demonland said:

What's going on here? 

This bloke is built like a footballer

He'll never fit in

When Trac can do in 30 touches what Dusty does in 25 then his name can go on the same page.

Same with Oliver...if he can "win " a game with his 35 then he's a genuine A grader matching Dusty's 25 possessions and timely goals.

Reality checks all round please

1 hour ago, daisycutter said:

you been to waverly lately?

Nah the myki I use to get to Hoddle St doesnt go out that far

Look at their "ins" for next season.Even if May comes over he will still wishing he was training down the road 

They go to the Hawks because they are a succesful club with facilities rather than a public park for a training oval

Frid'y night on the balcony last  quarter

Young blokes in suits,bit tense

Moi,fairly confident actually

And.. in the second row,aisle seat a MFC supporter who looked like a homeless dude on ice,wearing MFC Guernsey  (over shirt with collar).....

every Hawk goal he wailed,jumped into the aisle and swayed holding his head then thrashing with his arms.

every Hawk free kick the same

Several of us were concerned he would fall over the balcony rail(seriously).

Then the rally came...

Every Dee goal or mark he was  in the aisle fist pumping sreaming

If it was a goal he  threw himself across the aisle and hugged  his brother ,two seats in.

Brother  clearly knew him enough not to actually sit next to him

The sealer is kicked.......blokes in suits on their feet in group hugs 3 or 4 deep.( really)

Guy goes seriously Ian Drury,,brother tries to calm him down for his own safety

and next to me the lone Hawk supporter points and says" behold, the new Demon suporter prototype".........gets up and leaves.

Well played number 9

 

 

its reassuring to confirm that hes human

34 minutes ago, loges said:

Tend to agree, always seems to play better when up the ground

yes but he cant kick goals from more than 35 metres out...look at his numbers... and he's honest not breathtaking around the ground.

Anyway he and Wattsy will be at Freo so it doesnt really matter

 

On 07/03/2016 at 1:56 PM, daisycutter said:

don't think they have been de-balkanised yet earl. takes quite a few generations

I looked that up on my high speed turnball inspired broadband cable internet DC...took me quite a while but I think you may be correct...about that at least

thanks for the PM, AF

Pretty incredible that Jesse has decided to quit footy and move to Tibet to live in a monastery but good luck to him for the future

They signed him up for 8 lifetimes apparently ,after which he becomes a free agent Bodhisattva and can take rebirth wherever he likes

If a GC rider falls off the back tonight he could lose 15 minutes.

Equally Cadel or Andy Schleck could ride themselves back into the race.

But Froome,Contador or Quintana are the obvious ones to watch out for assuming a breakaway doesnt get to the foot of the climb with minutes in hand

If a GC rider falls off the back on this climb he could lose 15 minutes.

Equally someone like Cadel or Andy Schleck could ride themselves back into the race tonight.

But Quintana,Froome and Contador will be the obvious one to watch out for

If you got a job at my local fish and chip shop you could do it while you work.

There's a guy works down at my chip shop swears he's Elvis.

He's a liar though, I reckon its TJ

So many rumours and so many players we are allegedly after, my head is spinning.

Melbourne today announced the targetting of the Hawthorn list and, in an apparantly associated development, the creation of a steering committee to evaluate designs for a new guernsey

However sources at the club said that Mark Robinsons article, referred to by himself

in tonights 360 tv show,that Don Scott and Gary Ayres had been approached with a view to a joint coaching appointment at the club,were probably not accurate