Diamond_Jim

Good teams kick those

Their goal kicking is enjoyable at present.. we need to take advantage

Saints did it for us = No Riewoldt. Seriously Riewoldt was the master at playing between the zones. Should be a good win today.

The forward press we are adopting may go some way to explaining why Jeff Garlett is not having the impact he had in recent seasons. Many of his goals are the one on one over the back relying on space and speed. Perhaps the game plan is better suited by a player like Hannan. Would hate to see Jeff go the way of Dunn and Garland.

understand but it carries with it the kick to a contest theme and you rely upon the scrum to push it forward and then lock it in. The risk/ reward equation is not there at present. Will be very interested in the success ratio over the next three weeks. Vastly outnumbering the opposition on forward 50 entries is a wonderful stat but it is tiring and mentally sapping if it is not accompanied by some reward on the scoreboard.

Watched North live twice this year against us and Port. Both times they were well beaten and didn't inspire confidence at any level. And then they have beaten Hawks and the Swans. Pre season I did not rate North, Collingwood, Essendon and Freo as any/much chance for the 8. Like the black knight in Monty Python time for North to give up but they always have a twist.

Essendon's handball to kick ratio was incredibly bad yesterday. With the moving press there is not time for the ring a rosy handballs of the past simply because in that time the kick receiver is covered. Hard to fix it if you have a majority of players who have problems with the kick under pressure. Exhibit 1 Salem's kick from full back last week when called to play on.

GWS had a few more of their stars playing against the Saints. GWS were in control all day but couldn't break free of a close tackling St Kilda. Saints had a 3 goal burst at the end of the game and GWS missed a couple of easy ones... Saints should be an easy one if we profess to going anywhere this season... no excuses

Yes.... channel 7... hopefully it's a ratings winner !!

close finish to say the least !!

Bomberblitz just continues to give: "This is worse than THE SAGA" then followed by this post: "Go a fill a script or two in Worsfold nothing but a chemist "

From Bomberblitz.... I get a wonderful warm feeling from this post: Neeld’s strategy. “Of seven defensive 50 chains in the second term, the Bombers have not converted any to an inside 50”. This. Our lack of forward pressure and inability to trap the ball inside our fwd 50 and score from forward stoppages (Caracella blueprint) is a massive concern for mine. At this time they are only down by one goal

I suppose that playing on Mars (Nth Ballarat) is better than Darwin but it's a strange move by Footscray. Anybody have an idea of the financials??

In last night's game... GWS v Geelong holding the ball was paid against I think Whitfield of GWS in the Geelong forward line. His possession came from a ball up. When he took possession he was off balance and had a Geelong player clinging to his shoulder area. He stumbled forward in a press of players one and half paces and was then tackled resulting in a free and the opening goal to Geelong. Perfect example of the ball player being penalised to the advantage of the tackler. The balance is not right.

Watched North against Port last week live.... North no chance unless Swans kick themselves out of it. (6:16 or similar).

pretty well spot on and almost unarguable assuming Weid shows something in the next couple of weeks. Similarly Hunt needs to give some drive off half back. Garlett v Spargo is interesting and like most I would agree with your thoughts. Great however to see that we are having the debate. If Spargo can have say 6 games for the year at the level of last Sunday we will have a valuable player. He has a certain ball sense that few players have. Looking longer term I suspect that Oskar Baker will be the next to debut. Harmes and ANB v Hannan and ??? is perhaps an area worthy of discussion.

A big thank you Saty....will be great to see what is almost the whole best 22 on the park tomorrow

GWS' scoring capability is built around its talls and Greene. Take them out and they struggle to score. Watched the first quarter and while they had numerous entries into their forward line it was obvious which way the game would go. Not sure about the length of the various injuries but no doubt it will shape their season. Richmond are blessed by their continued run of almost no injuries. Essendon v Hawks could be interesting especially the aftermath if Essendon are soundly beaten. The sun is just coming out so I may head in....

GWS have 4-5 of their top 12 players out so it was always going to be tough. Cats lucky to hit them now.

Apparently the last place kick was Tony Ongarello is 1955 .... and no I cannot remember it !! Towards the end of the Round 4 match between Fitzroy and Geelong at the Brunswick Street Oval Fitzroy full-forward Tony Ongarello was so upset with his own inaccurate kicking that, upon taking a mark, he indicated to the field umpire that he was going to kick a place-kick. He scored a goal. He was so impressed that he kicked one more goal in that match with a place kick. He kicked several goals later in the season from place kicks as well, but ultimately had little more success with place kicks than he had with punts.[2] Although it has never been (and is still not) against the rules to do so, he is on record as the last player ever to score a goal with a place kick in a senior VFL match. Ongarello was not the first player to attempt to revive the place kick in 1955: South Melbourne full forward Colin Vance had unsuccessfully attempted a place kick for goal on debut three weeks earlier.[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955_VFL_season

Good point... next week sees our best available team on the park ... injuries permitting.

yep.. one week the dog and then next.. the ladder....not as good as the Geelong star missing the bus all those years ago !!

so let's get this straight... no other club has their moniker suburb as their home ground but for some reason it's sacred to the MFC? Some days I give up pointing out that we are a struggling club that has one last chance to get it right (the next 10 odd years) before we are permanently left behind by the power clubs of the competition.

Another squad night and a bye at Casey so selections will not mean much until tomorrow night. May test the theory of ... named other than on interchange.. definitely play etc. ( cannot recall if we ever decided that this is a rule or a convention).

Don't shoot the messenger. The Docklands is actually in Melbourne whereas the MCG is in East Melbourne/Jolimont Other than MFC I cannot think of one club that hasn't moved its home ground over the years. Change doesn't have to equal death.... at least have a think and a look at the alternatives. Timbo... I think Eddie was proposing a 35k seat stadium which would be too small. BTW on another thread I posted some construction costs on stadiums around the world based upon costs per seat. The new Perth stadium was almost double the cost per seat of the next most expensive stadium. Strangely the new 40k seat German stadium was relatively cheap. I raise this because the new Docklands may end up being more expensive than continuing at the MCG.