Dee Zephyr

I'm a fan of Stretch but he seems to be lacking confidence at the moment. This was evident in the 3rd quarter in our back half in which prior to receiving a handball he took his eyes of the ball for a split second and resulted in a Carlton goal. I'm not suggesting Stretch shirked the issue, seemed more confused as what to do with the ball next.

Out - Stretch.

In - Maynard.

This is based on our players in doubt not being available.

There's a constant ringing in my ears since the Watts goal on QB, my heart rate is slightly above average, my toes are still frozen from the Sydney game and for the first time ever in my life, I got off my seat against Carlton with 4 minutes to go and wandered underneath the Ponsford to hyperventilate and believe me, I wasn't the only one.

We are MELBOURNE!!!!

Just now, Stinga2 said:

No way he would ever Lever

Damn, beat me to it!

He now has his own highlight package from the Blues game on the MFC site. 

http://bpmultihlsvod5257.ngcdn.telstra.com/vod/ingest_afl_melbourne_vod/2017/07/924522/VOD_Source/2017-07-11_06-11-22-3921/output_1100kbps_406p.mp4

30 minutes ago, DemonLad5 said:

Jack Viney injury update.

Says he is trying to get up for the Port game 

 

Just watched it, wow, that would be handy indeed, if he did come back against Port. Misson says Watts unlikely this week though.

7 minutes ago, DemonAndrew said:

Idiot Richmond supporter just tried to tell me he should've been pinged for holding the man on Simpson

Idiot Richmond supporters are idiots

Bahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!

2008 national draft.

Watts - Pick 1.

Jetta- Pick 51

The three picks we had in between these two were, 17(priority), 19 and 35.

Blease, Strauss and Bennell respectively.

Pity those 3 couldn't turn out half the players Watts and Jetta have become.

Players like Jetta deserve a grand final medallion around their neck and a very big thank you to the person responsible for keeping this GEM on the list!

Whilst we are on presenters and commentators, how about Leigh Matthews cutting of Jason Bennetts praise of ANB passing to Lewis by saying " He doesn't know how long there is to go of course, we know there is 19 seconds to go, the same as the shot clock, Jordan Lewis would only know the time clock."

How naive to think players don't know the time left when the ball is actually dead nearing the end of a game.

12 minutes ago, Deemented Are Go! said:

Mind boggling stuff. Which presenter was it?

Sarah Jones

Coming up on 9 now, the Oliver story.

Oliver says sorry but denies making threats.

Do we have any idea what was actually said?

2 hours ago, daisycutter said:

and the 50 to us was waaaay short of 50m

35m max!

58 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

When he went to ground I felt sick. He popped back up like a cork in water and did the job.

That's the amazing thing about this play. He could have stayed down and played the I am sore card from doing a cart wheel in mid air but the recovery was simply mindblowing!!!

9 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

Just watched the replay again.

Jetta had 4-5 incredible efforts in the last quarter. Frosty was almost as good.

Umpire 22 gave 2 of the softest frees of I've ever seen to keep Carlton in the game.

ANB was very strong in the last quarter.

But the absolute highlight was BT waffling on as ANB lined up saying 'don't work about the clock, just kicked the goal'. ANB passes the ball off BECAUSE of the clock and seals the win. Classic example of out of touch channel 7 rubbish. 

BT, pffft!!!!

Every time he has commentated one of our games he's always had a something to say about one of ours having a shot at goal whilst looking at the clock.

Not only was the pass by ANB a highlight,  Jason Bennett quickly cutting off BT by praising the smarts of that play was brilliant!!

Like it when commentators call it as they see it.

1 hour ago, Demon17 said:

Just watched Goodwin's press conference where he was asked about the culture issue.

The next 2 1/2 minutes are worth bottling and a must view. It was as if he just wanted the question and his opportunity to then theorise about what makes a good cultutre and what he and the club are doing about it.

Coach of the year material and we're lucky to have him.

Its as if he was sending the players the message, but just via the presser. And how in tune the leadership group is with him.

Well done Simon.

Spot on! 

I was about to hit the sack but i reminded myself to watch the presser.

Result- Can't sleep now after watching that. You could see the flames in his eyes.

Brilliant work Simon!!!!

The imbeciles are there to ask questions about the match that just concluded.

I remember a funny story my uncle told me about the late Bill Barrot back in the 60s. 

Heading up the race at halftime a Bombers fan flicked a cigarette at Barrot and hit his face whilst abusing him.

Barrot responded by punching him in the nose and spreading it all over his face.

This is a worst incident than Oliver but I don't see anything wrong with what Barrot did. 

1 hour ago, faultydet said:

Very serious.

He was Johnny on the spot for 1 of the goals, the other was not bad granted.

But, he turns the ball over FAR too often, and is below par when defending an opponent side by side. he has played much better games than today.

Salem cant come back quick enough for me.

Agree on Salem and let's also agree that we both watched a different game.

These are the players that had less turnovers than Wagner today.

Pedersen- 10 disposals, 0 turnovers.

Harmes - 19 disposals, 1 turnover .

Hogan- 10 disposals, 1 turnover.

Garlett - 7 disposals, 1 turnover.

Gawn- 8 disposals, 1 turnover.

Wagner- 18 disposals at 78% efficiency.

 Turnovers - 2. That's hardly FAR too often.

54 minutes ago, faultydet said:

Not sure why people are saying it was a krap game. I thought it was bloody fantastic considering the outs we have.

Lucky Carlscum lost their rotations early

Max - Where did the AA ruckman go? Invisible around the ground.

Smith and Jesse. Great to see you both back, but those performances were an advertisement for a ressies game prior to return.

Jetta. Goodness me. What a frigging star of a defender. No plaudits from outsiders, but geez he can play. Saved the game for us late.

Melksham - yuck. What a shocker, save the late goal.

Wagner - How long is Salem out for again? Turnover king.

Oliver - Brownlow hands. Faster than I have ever seen.

T-Mac - Just wondering if he might be playing himself out of a backline spot for good.

 

Gutsy, hard fought win.

Exciting, and not the "winning ugly" that I was hoping for. I honestly thought it was a great game of footy.

 

Wagner???? You can't be serious? Two massive goals, and possibly his best game!!!

It's official! 

That horrible feeling in the pit of my stomach has set in.

Even though all of us would take a close win, I'm not sure we could all handle another nail biter. 

Praying for a first half like the Doggies game.

21 minutes ago, brendan said:

Was reading Carlton bigfooty page not only are they extremely confident they will win easy, they think the AFL Is corrupt for us having 8 day break to there 6 days, fail to mention our 3 six day breaks in a row 

By the sound of it not just confident but quite dumb also!

How does it equate to a 6 day break for them when they played last Saturday?

2 hours ago, Cards13 said:

What a season! GWS 2 draws in a row with the worst injury list in the comp. 

Sainters smashing the tiggers to keep the pressure on us. Is Cotchin the worst captain in the comp? 

Dees on the up this year but are being tested each week, massive game today. 

According to Rance,  Cotchin is the best captain in the competition. Can someone inform me as to how many captains has he played under?

Silly season indeed!

We have been urinating in the wind since Max went down in the second quarter against Geelong, even as further back as the Jesse and Lewis suspensions in round 2, yet we are well and truly alive in the hunt.

This is definitely a different team from years ago and we all should be proud of how the MFC have taken on these endless challenges.

Anyone else nervous right now?

1 minute ago, PaulRB said:

Gold Coast - big deal

Melbourne - wounded and weary

Dons - by a point after siren

Tigers - by 9

Doggies - by 44 (Dogs a shadow of 2016)

That's their glorious run... good draw and some luck.

Also true...

1 minute ago, Diamond_Jim said:

ok 8 out of 9 point still holds true

It does indeed mate, looking ominous the Swans.

Just now, Diamond_Jim said:

Swans have now won eight straight ... no other team is anywhere near that at present

Not sure about that, they lost to Hawthorn about a month ago or so.

Lol, Saints have picked up 14% and are currently on top of Richmond.

Such a crazy season!

Time to troll....