Melbourne

B: Brent Moloney, Matthew Warnock, Clint Bartram

HB: James Frawley, Stefan Martin, Aaron Davey

C: Jared Rivers, Ricky Petterd, Brock McLean

HF: Addam Maric, Lynden Dunn, Russell Robertson

F: Brad Miller, Colin Sylvia, Matthew Bate

Foll: John Meesen, Cameron Bruce, James McDonald

I/C: Paul Johnson, Jamie Bennell, Cale Morton, Nathan Jones

good decision imo

Should of been Bate out and Newton stays....oh well

I think the team chosen is pretty good. Happy to see Maric in with Robbo.

Jetta will be good for a run at Casey. Has been good at times but could do with a few touches in the 2's.

As for Newton. May never be seen of again.

Should of been Bate out and Newton stays....oh well

IMO Bate's form has been up and down but he is a better footy player than Newton.

And his form didn't warrant selection ahead of Bate.

Should of been Bate out and Newton stays....oh well

Yes Bate out and Newton in. I we all can see why doesn't it happen ?????

The decision may have been because Bate has more strings to his bow that Newton

No idea why the hell we pick out of form players in the first place

Melbourne

B: Brent Moloney, Matthew Warnock, Clint Bartram

HB: James Frawley, Stefan Martin, Aaron Davey

C: Jared Rivers, Ricky Petterd, Brock McLean

HF: Addam Maric, Lynden Dunn, Russell Robertson

F: Brad Miller, Colin Sylvia, Matthew Bate

Foll: John Meesen, Cameron Bruce, James McDonald

I/C: Paul Johnson, Jamie Bennell, Cale Morton, Nathan Jones

I would like the team to line up like this:

FB: Frawley Warnock Bartram

HB: Petterd Rivers Martin

C: Morton Moloney Davey

HF: Bate Dunn Bruce

FF: Miller Robertson Maric

Foll: Johnson McLean McDonald

Int: Meesen Jones Bennell Sylvia

Oh Great.!!

I can already here it now "Newton is going to get in the way of Jack Watts development at Casey, just like Sauntner was getting in the way of Newton's".

Bate is probably out next if he can't do something this week.

Go Dees - Building for the Future.

And may Newton never play for the Melbourne Football Club ever again.

And may Newton never play for the Melbourne Football Club ever again.

agreed, newtons got the class and courage of steven strech.

agreed, newtons got the class and courage of steven strech.

Stretch had plenty of class , never missed a goal on the run , great skill and could take a hanger if newton had a career as good as Stretch i would be happy

Melbourne

B: Brent Moloney, Matthew Warnock, Clint Bartram

HB: James Frawley, Stefan Martin, Aaron Davey

C: Jared Rivers, Ricky Petterd, Brock McLean

HF: Addam Maric, Lynden Dunn, Russell Robertson

F: Brad Miller, Colin Sylvia, Matthew Bate

Foll: John Meesen, Cameron Bruce, James McDonald

I/C: Paul Johnson, Jamie Bennell, Cale Morton, Nathan Jones

This appears to be the physically strongest team we've picked all season.

Just in time for our testing run ahead of us.

Steven Stretch was an excellent servant of the Melbourne Football Club- A best and fairest and All Australian- at a time when Melbourne finally became a decent team after so many years of [censored]!!i've noticed on here a number of posts about him have questioned his courage- what a crock- he deserves so much better from so called Melbourne supporters who want to trash his reputation because of the 88 grand final disaster- wasn't just his fault there were 19 other players out there that day!! How can we expect ex players to continue to publicly embrace the club when so many of our "supporters" disown them once they're gone and try to minimise their contribution to the club- once a Demon always a Demon- have a bit of respect for anyone who wore our jumper, no matter how good or bad they are/were!!!

the master bate should be in the midfield not the forward line.. he is so much better as a midfielder!!

I loved watching Steven Stretch play.............he used to take some rippng marks, and was a damn good player!

As for Bate / Newton..................the difference is Bate has previously shown something...........Newton has shown nothing at senior level.

Right decision IMO.

the master bate should be in the midfield not the forward line.. he is so much better as a midfielder!!

Exactly

OMG! That forwardline actually looks pretty good on paper. I'm tipping the dees by 5 - and I'm throwing a hundred down the gurgler on it too. Wish me luck!

Bate has glacial speed.

Keeping him in our midfield with McLean, Junior, and Moloney was untenable.

Better as a HFF with someone minding him.

Newton would have a future if someone sat him on their kneee (better use someone tall, maybe Jimmy) and said "Son, don't worry about kicking the goal. We don't care right now. Just drop the ball onto your foot correctly and follow through the kick." At the moment, Newton looks like he is hooking the kids' basketball out of the way with the rake ready to mow the lawn. And you can smell the fear from the stand.

He gets near the ball much more than a couple of years ago. He would only get within 20 metres three times a game in 2006/7.

I can send in a 2001 Auskick CD (onya Woey) if MFC is struggling for kicking skills expertise.

Good changes IMO. That was what most expected. Kyle Cheney is still pretty unlucky to not be playing, given his efforts in the first 2 matches. But he'll get another chance sooner or later.

Good to see Maric finally in the squad.

And may Newton never play for the Melbourne Football Club ever again.

He kicked 5 for Casey today

no jetta for Casey today, obviously the emergency for Melbourne tomorrow... If he doesn't get a game tomorrow, and not recalled next week, he won't play next week either as Casey have a bye next week...

agreed, newtons got the class and courage of steven strech.

Whilist i think Newton has the capacity to play AFL physically i do think most of his problem is above the shoulders

When and IF he overcomes that he could be valuable

Stretch IMO was a good servant of the MFC

You obviously never saw him play by your statement