Diamond_Jim

money...going through the list of free agents both restricted and unrestricted there weren't many at all that inspired much of my interest. Not sure where the Pies are at with salary cap so there may be some leverage. Just throwing it out there for discussion given our need for a "smaller" defensive forward

Lose this one and top 4 is gone. With the 80 point loss to Geelong our percentage will be a problem so we will need 14 wins to make the 8. Possible but throw in those two home games we have sold to the NT and the equation becomes unlikely. The upside is that we will have ample opportunity to trial the likes of Petty and Baker, get a decent draft pick and an easier draw next year. Big game to say the least.

Jamie Elliot ?? 26 years old and a restricted (?) free agent From the official Collingwood site... "A small forward with incredible strength and speed, Elliott marks unbelievably well for his size. His style of play has seen comparisons drawn with Paul Medhurst and Stephen Milne, but it is through his tackling and defensive work in attack that he has impressed his coaches "

Miss Haversham says hello......

don't think we've ever had an easy season that I can recall. Even 1988 we won seven of the first 8 ( I was overseas and missed it) and then proceeded to win regularly with a few losses until ... yep we lost five straight and just made the final 5 on 13 wins. And then there was ??? when we topped the ladder with two rounds or so to go and beset with injuries we lost every game

I think that like most MFC supporters I am feeling a little like a punch drunk fighter going into the final round. None of us really saw this coming.Losses perhaps but not the haymakers of blows that we have suffered. Anyway in the spirit of optimisim I have adopted this classic song as my MFC theme song for the season.Let's hope it holds true.

that's very good !

9 goals to 1 final quarter by the Bulldogs to beat the Hawks... we can only dream

that's a gameplan issue. Commentators were quite proudly saying last year that we have increased scoring by taking shots from much closer to goal etc. When you become predicitable one can easily see the result.

Not many games where you get thrashed but win most of the stats. Tells me it is gameplan and not just personnel. If May is injured there is a change but other than Stretch for someone I cannot really see the benefit of a change unless it is Keilty to add support to Gawn. Preuss just does not display the necessary round the ground skills to justify selection at present. Change for the sake of change just leads to instability. There's not much at Casey and to be honest there hasn't been much there for the last few years.

One word..... Gameplan

ten goals to 1 second half Hard to sugarcoat that in anyone's language

naught to worry about.... only some minor inaccuracies on goal and we thrashed them on the inside 50 count A mere flesh wound guys and gals ?

Amazingly we are not out of this. Need to outscore them by 2 goals in the third and see what we can do in Q4. Our lack of scoring power is seriously worrying

nah... worse

Geelong scoring at 70% of entry into forward 50... we are at 33%

Bomberblitz has a thread on sacking their coach John Worsfold.... nowhere near as cerebral as the one on Demonland last year but I cringe at the love for Hird... "I think bringing back Hird signals the club standing up for what it believes is right. Who are we as a club? The efforts of the Board and the club during the saga would give me, if I were a player, zero confidence that they are there for them. Our culture shattered the minute we let a club champion be the scapegoat."

Bomber Blitz Game day thread making interesting reading at present. Loved this comment.... "The only reason I’m not walking out right now, is I’m looking forward to sharing a few thoughts with the players as they come off "

Come on Saints. Seeing the Bombers edge closer is demoralising

Can anyone find a stat on Geelong's record at home over say the last 20 years. I suspect it is around 90%

Tom Boyd didn't even have that and he got a million a year. .....just saying ?

was talking about the last two years when we have traded away our picks. Trade v draft .. both have their costs and risks. My comment was made in reply to a question as to how GWS manage their salary cap... ie trade high value players and draft high draft picks BTW.. I agree on Oliver and Brayshaw... they are the reason we are in the window

actually I found that the most interesting comment of the night... almost cerebral by comparison to the usual Eddddddddieeeeeeee comments,

GWS trade out high and draft in high.. the end of 2018 saw the world catch up but they gave themselves a real go at the flag. You might ask how can a team trade out Sheils, Smith Scully and Lobb and still be a top 8 contender. They are ruthless. We trade in but have not drafted well (best we could get but no superstars). Make no mistake we are going for it which is what made last week so disappointing