Everything posted by Earl Hood
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VOTES: Rd 04 vs Port Adelaide
6 Gawn 5 May 4 Harmes 3 Jordan 2 Brayshaw 1 Langdon
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GAMEDAY: Rd 04 vs Port Adelaide
Yes I was there. I remember commenting to my friend at I think it was the 12 minute mark of the first quarter that â gee have you noticed we havenât had a possession yet?â And I think by then Wines ( who we didnât draft against everybodyâs thinking) had already kicked 2 goals! Have I got the right game?
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VOTES: Rd 03 vs Essendon
6 Oliver 5 Brayshaw 4 Langdon 3 Weideman 2 Bowie 1 Harmes
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CASEY: Rd 01 vs Sandringham
The few times I have seen Brown he has always looked like a natural forward. Tall agile, knows where to run and good hands. He has been inaccurate at times and hasnât been given a second chance unlike others.
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CASEY: Rd 01 vs Sandringham
Get him down back and tell him he is accountable for an opposition forward! Letâs see how he goes. if he refuses to be accountable in the backline then itâs time to end the relationship. At least we might learn something not just repeating the same thing over and over.
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CASEY: Rd 01 vs Sandringham
I am saying to trial him at CHB at Casey, if it works then you have a selection option. At the moment he is not a selection option at all. And I just donât see him making it as a forward but he definitely has size, mobility and clean hands (if there isnât a fist coming through of course). At this stage he wonât be at the club next year.
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CASEY: Rd 01 vs Sandringham
Been saying for 2 years throw him to CHB and letâs see what he has. If it worked Petty could return forward. Weid appears to have the tools to play off half back, and itâs easier to play there and build some confidence than be a key forward with limited opportunities and someone sitting off your left shoulder all day.
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VOTES: Rd 02 vs Gold Coast
6 Tracc 5 Oliver 4 Bowey 3 Jackson 2 May 1 ANB
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Our next defender
Been saying for 2 years Weideman should be trialled as a CHB for periods at Casey to see whether he is a natural defender and build his confidence, he would appear to have the attributes. Petty forward, Weideman back might be a good combo. Now with injuries we need the option of another tall back.
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NON-MFC: Round 1, 2022
Who was the comedian who tossed the coin? Quite funny I thought.
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GAMEDAY: Community Series vs Carlton
Looks like itâs mandatory to smile when you get a decision against you! Ludicrous thatâs about four 50âs for head shaking.
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GAMEDAY: Community Series vs Carlton
Thatâs a big part of the poor play. The midfield dominance that underpinned our big wins last year just isnât there tonight. Viney is MIA, Max, Oliver, Harmes and Tracc getting possessions but not working together and not getting back defensively and an undermanned backline is being exposed. LJ, Kossie, Spargo, Hunt really struggling. Hope this is the shocker we needed.
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GAMEDAY: Community Series vs Carlton
The team must have missed all the AFL memos this week about the focus on time wasting, umpire abuse etc!
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GAMEDAY: Community Series vs Carlton
Except on the score board but that doesnât really count in the wash up.
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GAMEDAY: Community Series vs Carlton
Yes thought it must be my eyes.
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Training Ground?
Doesnât look like they had to remove any mature trees that I can see although I havenât had a look at the Punt Rd side.
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Training Ground?
Goschâs Paddock update. I guess the drainage & irrigation piping has been laid since my last inspection, now they have laid down a heap of sand and the surveyors were out this morning checking the levels. Seems like a heap of sand, so whatâs next, a layer of soil or do we go straight to laying instant turf? Anyway things are certainly moving toward the May completion target date. Hanging out for training to return home. Casey is too far away for me and with the ground gates closed why would you bother to make the pilgrimage?
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Training Ground?
Good point I hadnât taken that issue into account. However I remember they stripped back the other playing surfaces outside AAMI, about 3 years ago, did some levelling and then recovered with new turf. This is the training ground for Melbourne Storm and the Rebels. From vague memory they were back training on it within a month or so?
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Training Ground?
Rode past Goschâs this morning as part of my new yearâs resolution to get back in the saddle and lose some kilos. The good news is the works are due to be completed in May this year. Hopefully training gets relocated there from its current interstate location out at Casey! I rode over to the tennis centre and heard someone hitting balls on the practice courts on Swan Street so stopped to have a peek through the fence. A young Chinese woman was hitting up with a not so young male coach and she had very powerful ground stokes. But my eye was drawn to the male coach and the way he was so effortlessly hitting the ball, just a joy to watch and strong on both sides, hardly mis hitting a ball. The more I looked the more familiar he became, it was Pat Cash. He is 56 but from a distance he looks just as fit as when he was at his peak. His studentâs name escapes me but she is ranked number 34 in the world.
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Gone in 40 seconds.
That effort put an end to Leigh Matthewsâ old maxim about goals behind > minutes remaining equals sure defeat. That is if your 3 goals down with less than 3 min to go you are stuffed. Not anymore it seems.
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POSTGAME: GRAND FINAL vs Western Bulldogs
And 87! And Mathewâs decking Smith behind play and Giles andâŠâŠI am just still bitter!
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Grand Final Celebration at the G
It would be great for the club to issue that photo with everyone named. I canât pick a number of them. No Brian Dixon that I can see. Anyone know how Brian is travelling these days?
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Danners and the Cup
Great picture here but I canât put a name to all of them. The guys to the right of Holland/Leoncelli I canât place.
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MFC GF Celebration Coming in December
We need some confirmation of the date pronto. I will have to decline a Christmas function for a club event this week on the assumption the 5 December Demon Celebration is happening. I will be [censored] if it doesnât happen on that day!
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