Was flicking through it this afternoon and thought I'd post something about the Dees. My question and his response is below:

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Did the game against the Kangaroos do anything to change your opinion of Melbourne's 2009 fortunes? I'm certainly not hoping for any miracles but I thought you might have been a bit harsh in the Footy magazine a week or so back. We're not great but I don't think we'll be the worst side this year. - Rob

Fair enough Rob, I might have been a bit tough. Thought there were some really good signs on Sunday. Kids like Cheney and Jetta looked good, and I'd forgotten what a prospect Petterd is. No doubt the Dees will cause more than a couple of upsets. - Rohan

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I don't really think we're going to be that great, and if I'm being honest I probably don't care (would prefer to see us bottom out for one more year then mount a serious challenge in the years ahead) but wanted to give him a bit of a dig about his predictions in the Age Footy magazine.

Was flicking through it this afternoon and thought I'd post something about the Dees. My question and his response is below:

I don't really think we're going to be that great, and if I'm being honest I probably don't care (would prefer to see us bottom out for one more year then mount a serious challenge in the years ahead) but wanted to give him a bit of a dig about his predictions in the Age Footy magazine.

I don't expect us to be great this year either. Or next year. Or the year after. When he says "upsets", I suspect he means against teams like Essendon/North/Sydney/WC/other bottom-8 sides that we will no doubt go in as underdogs.