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add to that the lack of competition for most spots in the side and you have a recipe for mediocrity

All a ruckman has to do is halve the contest and prevent a perfectly accurate hit out to advantage. Then it comes down to round the ground play. Some would say round the ground play comes first. The tall who is good below his knees is probably the hardest player to find. Most are like giraffes. From the little I have seen of Bradtke he is of the giraffe family for example but hopefully he develops. Max plays well but the fact that we cannot seem to leverage his dominance is one of the most frustrating aspects of our gameplan (mind you there are a lot of frustrations these days.)

No one killed bambi. It was Bambi's mother who was killed Have been saying the bolded bit for months

The first two finals in 87 were incredible and then of course the third at Waverley is probably the most memorable for the vast majority of MFC fans.

but I thought we were on the Buckley/Hardwick train and ?this is just a learning year

It is being reported that the Freo CEO has also been sacked https://au.yahoo.com/sports/ross-lyon-sacked-fremantle-dockers-steve-rosich-021220243.html According to reports, Fremantle chief executive Steve Rosich has also been terminated with the team missing the finals for the fourth consecutive season. The club will hold a press conference at 3pm AEST.

Has been an excellent deal for the club.Many have criticised him at times but the real criticism rests in the fact that in years 2 and 3 no player pushed him out of the side. Thanks Jordan

add in Georgia but I agree good choices you suggest. Pakistan and Turkey are my new frontiers for the coming year. And my two top destinations for travellers.... Moscow and Lake Toba (world's largest volcanic lake on the island of Sumatra...think Bali without the masses of tourists.)

Another solid year by Casey. It's an entertaining competition. On Preuss,he needs some heavy analysis by experts to determine what changes are needed. For total dominance at this level to turn into irrelevance at AFL level there has to be something more. Sure he may not be a star but he should be capable of being a reasonable cog. Thanks KC and to all the caterers at the various VFL grounds for their diverse offerings from Burra Burgers to Egg and Bacon rolls and not forgetting the Frankston sausage sizzle. Footy at it's simplest

Drunkn your support for your brother and your contribution to this board have been second to none. You should be proud of Dec as I am sure you and your family are. Best of luck to Dec and yourself in the future and I am sure you will always be welcome on the board at anytime.

I am an AFL member (Melbourne support) for 30 odd years. Now days I travel a lot and get to maybe 8 Melbourne games and then supplement it with good neutral games usually against interstate teams where is it easy to rock up at the MCG or Docklands without reserving a seat. Arranged my travel schedule this year to spend May onwards in Melbourne expecting a great season. Took off for Asia yesterday. I'll renew next year but unless MFC gives me reason to renew further that could be the end for me. There's just other things to do and if they cannot be competitive I'm just not interested. Like many have said this miserable season has even sucked the joy for me of watching other teams which was my saviour for so many years when we were hopeless. I have gone on record as saying Goodwin should go and my reasoning is simply that the club is becoming irrelevant and the coach has not delivered.If we go to the bye next year and then sack him we will inevitably face another rebuild and from an MFC viewpoint we know what that means. Finally the inability to influence a game with Gawn, Oliver, Petracca, Brayshaw (names that excited so many only 12 months ago) is just so depressing to the supporter group.

and of course the pessimist in me recalls all those times we have been bowled out for low scores in previous Ashes tours of England. Smith's dominance is marvellous but it does underscore the fragility of the remaining batsmen. Get ready for a green top wicket next test... could be bumpy.. strangely we seem to have been winning the toss lately after such a long run of outs. The India series in India was lost in the main because we repeatedly lost the toss.

Another wicket UK out 3 for 60

Bancroft out. 2 for 60

Ruck dominance worth very little. Coaches should do better

Goodwin channeling Beveridge with Caleb Daniel ?

maybe hard to get tickets. Just searched ticketing at Lords and the site suggested that there were tickets available for day 3 but days 4 and 5 were sold out. Very strange Warner's indifferent recent form continues. Big night tonight.

Imagine how irrelevant next week's game will be. Like many I was looking forward to stress free games post bye as we built towards 2020. Soul destroying. Let's hope the cricket is good tonight

Certainly not looking like a green top wicket. Overcast conditions but not much movement. 3 wickets next session would be nice. On another note it's somewhat amusing how cocky the Australian media have become and how despondent their counterparts are. In that first test we were one batsman away from defeat. He's good but he's not invincible. Damnit ....it seems that MFCSS has crept into my cricket following !!

could it be as simple as over structured game plans and/or playing to your strengths. whatever it is we will need a lot of luck next year to trun this train wreck of a season around (love mixing my metaphors as it reflects the life of a mixed up MFC supporter.) The form of Brayshaw , Petracca and Oliver are essential to our success. Get them all near A grade/elite and we are in clover as all the rest of the support players come on strong and injury free. Nice to dream.

Agree and add to that the reality that we haven't exactly smashed it in our lower order drafting we are facing a task similar to that imposed upon Hercules by King Augeus.

Have watched Lefua on and off for the last few years since he joined Casey as the 23rd man. There has certainly been improvement but I have never seen him take a game apart. He does have an ability to find the goals. My feeling is that he would have been a very useful player in the days when the game was played with a little more space. These days not quite sure

So this is number 3 of the all time biggest games of our amazing 2019 season. Could I possibly miss it.... I ask you With a prediction of showers and about 12 degrees it sounds like a perfect night out and of course there is our exciting brand of football. I think I'll be washing my hair and/or watching the young Smith boy pummel the Poms.

Hopefully not the dreaded pre contract renewal form burst We all know he's not that good... but by comparison to the rest this season

Would love to see some more definition on that stat along the lines of clean clearances. For example Oliver getting the ball on the ground and then handpassing out to a player who is immediately tackled. Is that a clearance. Similarly viney taking the ball and then giving off a fumbled handball which leads to an opposition player tapping the ball to an outside runner. Is that a clearance. Just seems to me that we get very little clean ball