If there's one thing that has been lacking at Melbourne it's real hunger. The kind of hunger that makes guys run the extra steps, lay the extra tackle, put in the sheperd when your knackered. If we are to ever have sucess again this needs to be instilled in each and every player. They need to start bleeding red and blue. They need to understand how importanr sucess is. Take a look at Geelong, I mean those guys would eat you for breakfast the're so hungry. It's starting to creep in at Melbourne. Miller shows it, Brock's hungry, Jones, Moloney, Garland, they're all looking hungry. This is good but we need more of them getting hungry. I want to see Melbourne teams run out on the park with that fierce look in their eyes. One that says to the opposition we're not part of that mediocre club anymore. It's dead and buried, we're the Demons and if you want to beat us your going to have to crawl over our dead bodies. I would love to watch us play like that. That would make me happy and it would silence the critics who for so long have sniggered at our mediocrity. It's time to become Demons in actions not just name. We can talk all we like about trades and drafts and players but it's the intangible qualities that make champions not how well they kick it.(although that helps) Watts or Rich - Who is the hungrier? That is the question we need to ask

If there's one thing that has been lacking at Melbourne it's real hunger. The kind of hunger that makes guys run the extra steps, lay the extra tackle, put in the sheperd when your knackered. If we are to ever have sucess again this needs to be instilled in each and every player. They need to start bleeding red and blue. They need to understand how importanr sucess is. Take a look at Geelong, I mean those guys would eat you for breakfast the're so hungry. It's starting to creep in at Melbourne. Miller shows it, Brock's hungry, Jones, Moloney, Garland, they're all looking hungry. This is good but we need more of them getting hungry. I want to see Melbourne teams run out on the park with that fierce look in their eyes. One that says to the opposition we're not part of that mediocre club anymore. It's dead and buried, we're the Demons and if you want to beat us your going to have to crawl over our dead bodies. I would love to watch us play like that. That would make me happy and it would silence the critics who for so long have sniggered at our mediocrity. It's time to become Demons in actions not just name. We can talk all we like about trades and drafts and players but it's the intangible qualities that make champions not how well they kick it.(although that helps) Watts or Rich - Who is the hungrier? That is the question we need to ask

Well said. Attitude is part of it. I think Bails has what it takes to instill this hunger within the playing group. Miller shows it in bucket loads of late. Confidence is another important ingredient.

I have three rules of thumb called CAD's, maybe some of you have come across it: -

C = Concentration

A = Application

D = Dedication

You can't have one without having the other two.

Thats' what the players have been lacking.

From footage I've seen NikNat certainly shows that as you said the: "the intangible qualities that make champions not how well they kick it..."

He chases and tackles as well as any big man you'll see. Adam Goodes like....

Have not seen anything of the other two besides highliths of the u18's Champs to make a judgement on.