TGR

Agree Kingy, but sometimes it's good to win ugly. But to know we have another gear or 2 is great internally. My fear is that the players have had 2 amazing crowd-backed adrenaline-filling games. The next one will be flipped on its head in that respect. Also Coast have Kennedy & Darling, unlike a few weeks ago. Before Demonlander's vilify him and throw metaphoric eggs at his windows, Kingy has been our greatest supporter in 2018, even when the simpletons (Lyon - 8 by default; Demonology slitting its wrists after Geelong and Sydney) were wallowing in the veil of negativity.

Tyson has to 'know his limitations', and sometimes doesn't. Unlike Vanders, he is so easy to tackle. Hence, Tyson shouldn't take the tackler on. Tyson is also treacle. Lewis might actually have him for pace. Hence (II) Tyson's radar/antennae for footy awareness must be on-song. TGR (channeling Joe-Boy)

Mate, I gave Spargo the glass-half-full treatment. If I was brutally honest, the 3 words he would have got from me was "Lucky to Play" For a glass-jaw like you, just accept the '2 important contributions'.

Then you and I are in a minority. You can add Mitch Duncan and Josh Caddy while you are at it. Breust is only ever icing on the cake. In a dominant team, he will kick 4. MFC supporters and many others have been sucked into his actual individual brilliance. This guy would have done zilch if he was at Melbourne for most of this decade. Go to any hot hard final that Hawthorn has played in, and he has done nothing other than the odd 'joe the goose' over the top.

I doubt you see a realist.

Matthew Lloyd recounted on 3aw, that Viney was amongst a youth touring team (I think). Players were soft and coaches (Kirk, Lloyd, O'Loughlin) gave the group a spray and got out the bump bags. Kirk held the bump bag and Viney apparently just hit it with all of his might. Kirk had his head split open, but didn't cry.

Viney - BETTER ON TV Jones - BUTCHERED THE BALL T.McDonald - AFL PREMIER FORWARD Melksham - NOT CONTRIBUTING ENOUGH Brayshaw - HELD OUR BREATH Spargo - TWO IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS Weideman - COOL HAND LUKE Petracca - BLOODY GREAT GAME Neal-Bullen - UNDER MY RADAR Gawn - WILLED THE TEAM Hannan - PROVIDED IMPORTANT CONNECTION vandenBerg - IMPOSSIBLE TO TACKLE Harmes - AVERAGE WAS DUE Salem - THE NEW 'SILK' Fritsch - BAD 5 MINUTES Frost - AMAZING OUTWEIGHS BLIPS Hibberd - LOVE THE BLITZKRIEG Jetta - PLAYS TALLER (AND) FASTER Lewis - GUTSY AND INVESTED O.McDonald - PROVING DOUBTERS WRONG Oliver - METRES-GAINED KING Tyson - TOO KIND JOEBOY

A majority here owe OMac an apology. The Hawkins game was only a month ago, where he was on song and delivery was almost unstoppable. OMac's best game for the club last night. A sense of calm now when he gets it. Will progress and mature ala his brother and D.Grimes.

A month is a long time. Most sheep around here were calling for his head. Not many of the nervous nellies were sticking fat with OMac.

I think Geelong were in the 8 by default. We should have beaten them 3 times this year. They should have finished 10th. Garry was nearly right. Just picked the wrong team.

Have a look at his first marking effort on the southern stand wing. Not setting physical examples despite the 'leadership' mantra. His kickout in the 3rd should have cost us a goal too. Even when Geelong were coming in parts of the last, he gave Kelly a bit too much room. We were a 13 goal better side tonight. Their entries were small, slow and indirect. You can applaud him on tonight. A good footy mind wouldn't.

Selwood - Great for us

Melbourne - Don't understand tempo Geelong - Handbags are back Melbourne - Rag-dolled them Spargo - Lucky to play Tyson - Could do more Oscar Mc - Where are doubters (now)? Frosty - Proving them wrong Lewis - Not physically invested Harmes - Meteoric rise occurring Jetta - Unbelievable one-on-one contests Kelly - Their only player Melksham - had shocker today

Incorrect. His milestone game against the crows was relatively brilliant. On land and ology, we have tended to laud players who play well when it doesn't count or when the victory is relatively easy. He hasn't played well at all in most of our losses for mine. Lets see what happens on the wide expanses of the G, against the best teams, when the stakes are highest. Surely, they will play through his opponent and/or drag him up and beat him home. If he is an on-field liability in the next stanza, his experience counts for nothing. If he plays well in the next 1 (or more) finals, I will be happy to admit I was wrong. If he doesn't, then the simpletons will quickly forget the email and other feel-good rhetoric. There is a fine-line between the importance of Jordan Lewis, and the impotence of Jordan Lewis.

Many football experts have him on the pine with 'more deserving' mids starting. Fair enough. But if you were picking a side to play for your life, you would have him starting on the wing instead of Gaff/McCrae, because he matches them outside, AND trumps them inside AND going forward too. These footy experts can't think beyond their nose.

No. Patrick Swayze 2.0

Frost will not start on Hawkins, despite doing well after the horse bolted at KP. We need him rebounding shallow entries, as he has done.

On the flip side, Scott will instruct his big forward(s) to knee Gawn in the back whenever they get the chance.

Whether Lewis is considered valuable or not will be determined in the next 2-3 weeks, where he will play against the best players/coaches where the speed is on and stakes are highest. If he loses his feet, and gets caught lagging, allowing Duncan 3 easy goals in the last half of an elimination final; thereby throwing us out, the glowing tributes will about-face here quickly...again. Then all we will hear is the intangibles of emails and leadership.

Then I'm a genius and a fool. As for Jordie. I am crossing my fingers and toes in every minute in finals, on the big expanses of the MCG, against the best teams/coaches in the AFL.

Harmes - Best ever game Harmes - Name for September Melksham - me or we? Spargo - a year away Midfield - Lowering their eyes

For the majority here who could not see Frost’s value to the team, it is a cop-out now to suggest he is a different footballer now. He is still prone to the odd poor kick, and god forbid, holding the pill. While many supporters focus on these, his closing speed and rebound-inducing-overlap is pivotal to a slowish team. Roos couldn’t believe that he was playing for Casey, as did a few backers here. Lever’s injury forced our hand; and Frost is sticking it up a majority of supporters and a doubting coaching group.

I bagged the club for letting him go for pick 28. Club looks like they knew what they were doing with Fridge. I am rapt Port missed, but wanted Jack to play finals footy. No sentiment in professional footy; which was why Goodwin made this ruthless call.

Don't blame MFC at all. They were carrying the weight of history; the weight of the veil of negativity; the weight of getting another interstate scalp; the weight of the 24-hour media cycle suggesting that they are 'a default 8 team' who are front-running bullies who play well only against weak opposition. The lid was off for a minute. Get over it. The bulldogs celebrated the prelim final win against the GWS very very very hard. Seriously.

Geelong has recruited better than any other team IMO in the past 12 months. Their mature aged recruits (Rata..., Kelly), really surprised us round 1. Jack Henry is a multi-dimensional tall that should go close to rising star. I know Scott doesn't necessarily 'recruit' and that is Wells' job, but Scott has done really well to keep Geelong from bottoming out. Don't forget he was there at Freo during their resurgence for memory. Opposition coaches rate Scott. Whether they won or lost the close games this year, it is immaterial. Only nervous MFC supporters and Lyon get dictated by results, rather than fundamentals. Look at Roos on OTC last week. He wasn't panicking like the rest of the pack. Having said that, we will pump them in round 1 of the finals IMO. See how Ablett and co. don't run defensively from congestion on the OTC footage tonight?