Diamond_Jim

Game slipping away

Horror movie time

9 minutes ago, Maldonboy38 said:

But I reckon he is Tassie bound.

With Tassie election fall out we're the only game in town at present

And we thought we had training ground problems

In the NRL the Roosters and Rabbitohs are having an all out war it seems....

South Sydney have now asked the NSWRL to reconsider its position and believes the Roosters junior representative program is an extension of the junior league.

The Rabbitohs are arguing that their juniors are being enticed to join the Roosters because of the convenience of having the training facility in their area.

The Roosters have provided $200,000 of funding to provide lighting and improve the school’s sporting facilities.

The Rabbitohs have submitted a formal application to have the Roosters banned from training in their backyard and are awaiting a response from the NSWRL.

The references are to the junior teams

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/nrl/turf-war-rabbitohs-want-roosters-thrown-off-training-ground-20250809-p5mlnk.html

Not excited by a retread coach most of whom will be happy to collect $1.2M a year for 3-4 years and leave us mid table.

On the other hand it will calm the membership exodus and give us a short term media bump.

As Dickens wrote in David Copperfield .... Tell MFC that Bucks is willing....

Hopefully I'm surprised but MFCSS runs deep in most of us

Could and probably should have been a lot worse for Essendon.

Geelong are still a chip chip team in a corridor world

2 hours ago, Macca said:

Storm up 12-2 and they rarely lose from that sort of position

Need to keep winning to gain a home QF

22-2 final score and for the moment top of the ladder (table)

Storm are a consistently great team

Storm (2) play Broncos(6) at the Rectangular Stadium. (tonight 7:50pm)

A big game in the context of the upcoming finals

Panthers to continue their winning run after a bad start to the season

Pick 20 is effectively first round. Even 40 is bottom second

I'd be amazed if a "project player" goes higher than third round unless some club wants to push us away from our second round choice so that they can get that player in the third round.

My worry is that we dilute our second round choice with swaps to lesser picks in fear that someone will take him second round.

We always seem to overpay one way or the other

6 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

MacWho ?

Aka Schache, Billings etc

You'd think we might strike it lucky once

JC... if he makes it we can nickname him "Super Star"

51 minutes ago, Turner said:

people are pencilling him in for 200 games and the 2030 brownlow, we beat up on a west coast side that is the worst ever. he could easily avg 9 touches and no goals over the next 3 weeks.

he has played 12 casey games for 17.7 touches, 3.8 tackles and a total of 4.10 on the scoreboard, no one was asking for his selection for the first 10 weeks he played and with reason, he wasnt impacting, lets just slow down shall we, he deserves to hold his spot this week of course and maybe a 12 month extension is fair if theres enough moving parts elsewhere but lets see what he does next before we get any more carried away

Fair enough post. His last three or so games at Casey showed a strong uptrend though admittedly against middling opposition.

Next season he and MacAdam will probably be vying for the same spot. Hopefully one of the two grabs it and makes it their own.

1 hour ago, The heart beats true said:

I just said the same thing in the Goodwin thread

Casey is an Albatross 👍

It has been said. We have all heard the platitudes but it was never going to work.

I didn't mind driving there as the traffic got progressively lighter as you got nearer.

The other way was hell and I imagine it would be even worse after a hard session on the track

1 minute ago, Abyssal said:

Personally I would like to see the role split :-

1. Strategy, tactics, game plan etc, List Management

2. Player relationships, Motivation, Media

Both on equal footing.

Interesting and radical. I suspect it would require an exceptional two people without supreme ego.

Another left field is Daisy Pearce

2 hours ago, ElDiablo14 said:

I would prefer a young upcoming assistant, who can prepare the next iteration of the Dees. We cant just copy other teams strategy, need to be inventive.

Agree

Not interested in a recycled coach.

A new "cheap" coach on a short contract (longer with strong KPI's) surrounded by very good (well paid) assistants.

It won't be an easy job.

PS: I'd like to see a little more attention paid to the VFL coach

48 minutes ago, Kent said:

what can we get for him now from Hawks ?

To trade Petracca or Oliver we would probably need to pay 20% of their salary simply to offload them.

35% gets a second rounder and 50% a first

They and we are stuck with each other unless they agree to reduce their contracted salaries.

Of course if they have a stellar year for MFC in 2026 the equation could change at the end of that year as it would with increases in the TPP cap and the length left on their contracts

4 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

It's not bad, easy to get to and seats are pretty good no matter where you are. I hate being indoors on a sunny day and nothing will beat the G but it's not bad as an alternative venue. I presume a large part of the hate from Melbourne supporters comes from the MCC members who don't have the same access or facilities at Docklands.

Agree

My problem is that too much of the stadium is reserved with no clear indication as to where GA seats are available. A simple app these days or a digital board would fix that.

When I enter the AFL members there's a board which tells me the unreserved areas that always includes half the reserve unless it's a very big game

Will be interesting to see how we approach a multi week finals series (if we get that far).

The issue is the end date and the compulsory break to the start of pre season training. Then there's the added factor of the younger players starting earlier

26 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

gc17 do you mean?

they will give it a shake this season

the mcg suits them

GCS are an enigma

They could do an MFC

Win the lot or out in straight sets

3 minutes ago, Maldonboy38 said:

Re Cully, he really had to earn his first game. While developing at Casey, at times he would lumber around and be a bit slow to react. A period of steady progression, followed by some strong performances in big wins made his selection today based on form. Looks strong.

True

He started showing something in the last three or four matches. He has a strong body and is very solid in the marking department.

Not sure he has the speed to make it longer term but worth a look

It's at this stage you'd be saying.. take off X Y and Z and rest them for next week.

Nah... play em all to the end is my new mantra (Perhaps rest Max)

Just now, Previously known as LITD. said:

Should be ok from here given we had the last quarter off in last week's game

You do understand that we were loading in preparation for our GF against Collingwood in Round 23

Ohhhhhh

bang bang bang

We may well have needed that goal.

Good to see the goals being shared around

On a more serious note 7 goals 1 behind this quarter

Just now, chook fowler said:

Set up nicely for a record comeback by West Coast in the last quarter

MFC the new pace maker in AFL comebacks