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  • jeemak
    Bulldog Legend
    • Oct 2010
    • 21577
    #76
    Re: Melbourne will be invincible in 2023, or maybe not

    Originally posted by Grantysghost
    Competition for spots is a way to achieve this.

    Problem is we were so borderline all year we couldn't or wouldn't take a risk with dropping bigger names.

    Macrae for Khamis for eg.

    It's one thing Rafa Benetiz believes in and it always stuck with me.

    You have to create a culture where that's OK though, where success is evident through this method otherwise players will sad up and leave.
    Not sure I drop a guy who's sacrificed his A-game for the benefit of the team (more so to meet the wants of a midfield coach to practice a lack of diversity), but I take the point and it's a good one.

    Solid depth was a major boon for us in 2016 and in some respects 2021. Talk about Bevo being a great motovator all you like, the players knew that someone was in the wings waiting to take their spots if they didn't perform.
    TF is this?.........Obviously you're not a golfer.

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      • Grantysghost
        Bouncing Strong
        • Apr 2010
        • 18882
        #77
        Re: Melbourne will be invincible in 2023, or maybe not

        Originally posted by jeemak
        Not sure I drop a guy who's sacrificed his A-game for the benefit of the team (more so to meet the wants of a midfield coach to practice a lack of diversity), but I take the point and it's a good one.

        Solid depth was a major boon for us in 2016 and in some respects 2021. Talk about Bevo being a great motovator all you like, the players knew that someone was in the wings waiting to take their spots if they didn't perform.
        It wasn't a great example by me.

        I guess we did drop Lobb, and it worked.
        BT COME BACK!​

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          • Grantysghost
            Bouncing Strong
            • Apr 2010
            • 18882
            #78
            Re: Melbourne will be invincible in 2023, or maybe not

            Talk about rubbing it in MCG

            BT COME BACK!​

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              • Testekill
                WOOF Member
                • Jan 2015
                • 2327
                #79
                Re: Melbourne will be invincible in 2023, or maybe not

                The Melbourne defence is going to collapse the instant May starts to fall off. Lever is very protected by May being elite and Salem has been exposed since 2021 much like JJ was.

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                  • EasternWest
                    Bulldog Team of the Century
                    • Aug 2009
                    • 9993
                    #80
                    Re: Melbourne will be invincible in 2023, or maybe not

                    Originally posted by bornadog
                    Their issue is a tall marking forward. McDonald was useless again tonight.
                    Not enough red meat and misogyny.
                    "It's over. It's all over."

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                      • Testekill
                        WOOF Member
                        • Jan 2015
                        • 2327
                        #81
                        Re: Melbourne will be invincible in 2023, or maybe not

                        Originally posted by bornadog
                        Their issue is a tall marking forward. McDonald was useless again tonight.
                        Baffles the mind that they didn't chase Lobb.

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                          • Bornadog
                            WOOF Clubhouse Leader
                            • Jan 2007
                            • 66096
                            #82
                            Re: Melbourne will be invincible in 2023, or maybe not

                            Originally posted by Testekill
                            Baffles the mind that they didn't chase Lobb.
                            Not sure why McDonald was picked over Grundy. Grundy in ruck for stints and Gawn up forward. Even Griundy up there would have kept Weitering busy. bad coaching.
                            FFC: Established 1883

                            Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.

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                              • Grantysghost
                                Bouncing Strong
                                • Apr 2010
                                • 18882
                                #83
                                Re: Melbourne will be invincible in 2023, or maybe not

                                Ron Barrassi has died.

                                Sad news.
                                BT COME BACK!​

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                                  • Happy Days
                                    Hall of Fame
                                    • May 2008
                                    • 10086
                                    #84
                                    Re: Melbourne will be invincible in 2023, or maybe not

                                    Originally posted by EasternWest
                                    Not enough red meat and misogyny.
                                    He needs to move on to prescription pain killers like his mate Jordan.
                                    - I'm a visionary - Only here to confirm my biases -

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                                      • Twodogs
                                        Moderator
                                        • Nov 2006
                                        • 27654
                                        #85
                                        Re: Melbourne will be invincible in 2023, or maybe not

                                        Originally posted by bulldogtragic
                                        They need to make a stupid offer to a Naughton type tall forward. Offer up 5, 13-14, 24 & F1. They need a genuine target and should go all in before their window shuts.
                                        I think that while Goodwin is coach their window is well and truly shut. In 2021 they ran over the top of an exhasted team that had played all over the country in the previous month. Instead of thinking "we were bloody fortunate to get them when we did" they carried on like they just had to remember what ground they had to be at to chalk up a threepeat.
                                        They say Burt Lancaster has one, but I don't believe them.

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                                          • Sedat
                                            Hall of Fame
                                            • Sep 2007
                                            • 11129
                                            #86
                                            Re: Melbourne will be invincible in 2023, or maybe not

                                            It wasn't all bad news for Melbourne this weekend. One of their young key forward draft picks from a few years ago had 8 scoring shots en route to a match winning finals performance.
                                            "Look at me mate. Look at me. I'm flyin'"

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                                              • Grantysghost
                                                Bouncing Strong
                                                • Apr 2010
                                                • 18882
                                                #87
                                                Re: Melbourne will be invincible in 2023, or maybe not

                                                Originally posted by Sedat
                                                It wasn't all bad news for Melbourne this weekend. One of their young key forward draft picks from a few years ago had 8 scoring shots en route to a match winning finals performance.
                                                Oh what they'd give for Hogan now.

                                                Btw Sedat, you still in Port
                                                BT COME BACK!​

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                                                  • Sedat
                                                    Hall of Fame
                                                    • Sep 2007
                                                    • 11129
                                                    #88
                                                    Re: Melbourne will be invincible in 2023, or maybe not

                                                    Originally posted by Grantysghost
                                                    Oh what they'd give for Hogan now.

                                                    Btw Sedat, you still in Port
                                                    That bandwagon has gone the same way as the Ed Barlow one
                                                    "Look at me mate. Look at me. I'm flyin'"

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                                                      • Grantysghost
                                                        Bouncing Strong
                                                        • Apr 2010
                                                        • 18882
                                                        #89
                                                        Re: Melbourne will be invincible in 2023, or maybe not

                                                        Originally posted by Sedat
                                                        That bandwagon has gone the same way as the Ed Barlow one
                                                        Thought butters was good last night, however Rozee couldn't get rolling.

                                                        As for Wines, can you believe that guy beat the Bont for a Brownlow!
                                                        BT COME BACK!​

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                                                          • macca
                                                            Coaching Staff
                                                            • Sep 2007
                                                            • 2352
                                                            #90
                                                            Re: Melbourne will be invincible in 2023, or maybe not

                                                            Originally posted by Grantysghost
                                                            Thought butters was good last night, however Rozee couldn't get rolling.

                                                            As for Wines, can you believe that guy beat the Bont for a Brownlow!
                                                            Yes I can as the A#&@!FFL hate us
                                                            Bonts robbed of rising star gave to lewis Taylor (???? Where is he now ??? )

                                                            What did Wines do that year he won the brownlow ???
                                                            Last edited by macca; 17-09-2023, 11:20 PM.

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