Melbourne has not played against this week's opponent St. Kilda since the opening round of 2007. The selected teams for that game were -

MELBOURNE:

Backs: Nathan Carroll Ben Holland Matthew Whelan

Half backs: Daniel Ward Brad Miller Daniel Bell

Centreline: Travis Johnstone James McDonald Matthew Bate

Half forwards: Cameron Bruce Russell Robertson Adem Yze

Forwards: Chris Johnson David Neitz Aaron Davey

Followers: Jeff White Brad Green Brock McLean

Interchange Clint Bartram Mark Jamar Nathan Jones Brent Moloney

Emergencies: Clint Bizzell Nathan Brown Paul Johnson

ST KILDA:

Backs: Steven Baker Sam Fisher Brendan Goodard

Halfbacks: Jason Gram Matt Maguire Leigh Fisher

Centreline: Andrew Thompson Luke Ball Leigh Montagna

Half forwards: Robert Harvey Justin Koschitzke Jason Blake

Forwards: Xavier Clarke Fraser Gehrig Stephen Milne

Followers: Matthew Clarke Lenny Hayes Nick Dal Santo

Interchange: Jayden Attard Aaron Fiora Andrew McQualter Michael Rix

Emergencies: Shane Birss Barry Brooks Brett Voss

Wow! That's pretty cool... what's that - 31 rounds? ... not including finals either... I was at that game too, I reckon it could have been a much different '07 if we had just won that first game...

Outs:

Neitz

Holland

Ward

T. Johnstone

Clint Bizzell

Nathan Brown

Possibly Out:

Chris Johnson

Adem Yze

Jamar

Whelan

Nathan Carroll

In:

Morton

Warnock

Garland

Frawley

Wonaemirri

Rivers

Valenti

Buckley

Feel free to add to the list if i missed someone. But that's an amazing change, and for those who think DB ISN'T going for a youth feel they should look at the ins.

A good comparison

Wow. That puts things into perspective. Talk about a youth policy.

Bloody interesting post - much to ponder,

Will be a mighty interesting game, especially with Ross Lyon slagging his own players.

Moose

the best part is that we have Sylvia, Pettard and Dunn to come into the starting 22 (I have faith in Dunn).

And Grimes and Maric are 2 top draft picks who are yet to debut.

we have some youngsters coming in.

At the end of the year we'll add 3 more high draft picks and we won't be in as bad a position as most ppl would like to think

Melbourne has not played against this week's opponent St. Kilda since the opening round of 2007. The selected teams for that game were -

MELBOURNE:

Backs: Nathan Carroll Ben Holland Matthew Whelan

Half backs: Daniel Ward Brad Miller Daniel Bell

Centreline: Travis Johnstone James McDonald Matthew Bate

Half forwards: Cameron Bruce Russell Robertson Adem Yze

Forwards: Chris Johnson David Neitz Aaron Davey

Followers: Jeff White Brad Green Brock McLean

Interchange Clint Bartram Mark Jamar Nathan Jones Brent Moloney

Emergencies: Clint Bizzell Nathan Brown Paul Johnson

That's actually a pretty decent team. Any wonder we were tipped to do well. You look at it, and really the only weak positions on the ground are the half back line, and the back up ruckman.

That's actually a pretty decent team. Any wonder we were tipped to do well. You look at it, and really the only weak positions on the ground are the half back line, and the back up ruckman.

Yeah, what the hell happened to that team's potency? Obviously injuries screwed a lot of things up last year, but a lot has happened in the last 12 months to trun that team in to putty.