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What they got right - Quality footy! | The Means Test with Adam Simpson! (20.04.26)
20 Apr 2026
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Chapter 1: What highlights are discussed from Round 6 of footy?
Now, back to Waitley. The kick. It's going to come from 40 metres out. Come on. Barely a 45 to ground. Oh, sorry, it's gone. On the approach, the kick. The 18-year-old. Taylor Burley's back. It's close. He's missed it. He's missed it. He's missed it. There's a minute nine left on the clock. Mitch Georgiades. A set shot to put Port Adelaide in front. He's missed. 45-degree angle.
Skips through the 50. Cam Rader. It's on its way. It's just out to the left-hand side.
The what might have been moments from round six. We resume our means test here with Adam Simpson. And a couple of those games are our focus now is what they got right. Yesterday was so much fun. That Melbourne-Brisbane game was first class.
It was. And it was ā I mean, they were just playing entertaining football. And ā Last week, some of us were thinking, is that a reality check for Melbourne? What's the real Melbourne? They've just been playing on this emotion and the sugar hit that you get with a new coach and freedom and what was fun was the pre-season focus and
And then unlike some other sides that are trying to forge their way through this season, there's an identity there. And you sort of think, oh, well, they've been doing it for long enough. Let's take this away and we can expose the rest of their game. I think the fact they got several senior players there who still know how to play the game.
But yesterday I'm trying to figure out what they did because it wasn't really a gone picket party, was it? No. So MCGs, clearly they're flat track bullies. That's what they are, which is great. You start winning at home and if home happens to be at the G and yeah, they just did so many things right.
And they did it with the collective, which I think is a great positive sign for Melbourne because, you know, winning off your best players is obviously critical, but it can't be everything. I only look at the Bulldogs with English.
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Chapter 2: How did the Melbourne-Brisbane game showcase quality football?
So for them to do it for the, you know, for the whole system, nothing's really jumped off the page in terms of stats. It was just a pretty even game. Other than Brisbane, once again, have had more scoring shots and lose a game. They've had 27 shots to Brisbane's 24. But outside of that, it just, it came down to moments and that's what the best games are.
So the open question is any concerns around the Lions?
Yeah.
It's injuries, really. Dealing with two players coming in and two players going out, it feels like they've been doing that all year. They're 3-3, they're ninth on the ladder. I would have thought... There's a few little question marks, but they just seem to be so resilient. So, and the way that Faggs handled his press conference, he didn't look, like I've seen him down before.
He didn't look down. It was like, okay, we missed a few opportunities. We could have won that. Melbourne played well. We tip our hat and we move on. So yeah, he looked pretty calm in the press conference, but it's such a long year too. It's such a long year. So for Melbourne, they've been a surprise packet for me this year. I didn't have them this high up the ladder.
They're in those wildcard positions and they really should fancy their chances of holding that for the duration. Yeah.
Yeah. Well, they've been a, um, a run and gun switch and spread type of team offense, but defensively they, I mean, both teams kicked over a hundred points, but I think he mentioned his press conference. You can't conserve against Brisbane. You can't try and stop them. You got it. You got to outscore them. So, um, what a great attitude to take into a game. Yeah.
If you're a player and you hear that beautiful, let's go. So, um, Yeah, and nothing really jumped off the page from a stats point of view. They kicked three goals from centre-forward clearances, but outside of that, you know, it wasn't really a stats game. It was more a moments and effort game.
And the moments of the last quarter. So, Cade Chandler, who I've always liked Cade Chandler, and he has those two, gosh, almost within a minute. The Charlie Cameron goal, just go forward at all costs. Oh, man. What a goal that was.
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