Diamond_Jim

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

For a team with a dominant ruckman our mid field clearance rate has been seemingly woeful this season.

Sorry to say it but hit outs is an irrelevant stat these days. It's hit outs to advantage and round the grounds possession

Interesting.. Same number of scoring shots

Win to Casey ( by 16 I think)

37-23 demons way

The challenge this year is to nail our second round pick. Hell... it's almost as high as the first rounder we traded out last year. Last Chance Saloon

wow.... what can one say

Is this the same game to which nobody came

Imagine a game to which no one came

This is almost resignation worthy if you know who has any pride

could this be the usual MFC game in reverse when we start favourites.... Let's bring them down to our level skill wise

think about that......could it be that we are even worse at getting the ball forward

Probably not. Was thinking yesterday that our post bye performance has been more disappointing than our pre bye games. As they say there's always next year but it's starting to wear very thin

Up close the jumpers are readily distinguishable but I agree on the longer shots there is a blending of the various shades of orange. Cannot understand the childish love of AFL clubs for the jumpers. They must be the only sport that has not moved on to having clear clash strips. Hell I saw Liverpool playing recently in a blue strip and no one batted an eyelid.

thought this was the case. Either or both ANB or Stretch should be offered a year. If they walk I'll understand.

Time to go. Such an indictment on our development that in three years we still have a need for him. Has been worth the money. Quite happy to recruit another senior player with a couple of years in them. We just cannot produce our own Boomer Harvey or similar. Mfcss strikes again

Love it... where's Wendy when we need her.

Lot in that Goffy Before there was the Carlton Crew there was the Carlton Presidents club one of the most powerful business networking organizations in Melbourne. Just ask Henry Bosch, former Chairman of the NCSC (the forerunner to ASIC). The China play has little to do with expansion of the game. It is a trade/business play.

Perhaps medical retirement.. done often..simply requires AFL approval and the pay out is mainly outside the cap as I understand it. 7 games in 3 years gets you to first base at the very least.