I rekon Jurrah is just about ready.

Give it to him

I'm going early on this one....

Jack Viney.

When will Viney be up for draft? If it is this year, that's bad for us as our high draft picks may have to be used if we wanted to pick him up as a father-son selection. But if it were next year, considering the GC draft concessions, we won't have such high selections anyhow and are likely to get a better 'bargain'.

I'm amazed Newton hasn't been thrown up.....

PS. Sorry...I was in the mood.

Oh God, Please bring on Friday's game. I think we are all getting a bit silly. I can't resist, What about one of the Lyon boys for Skip !!!!

PS. Sorry...I was in the mood.

/motions to the mob

'Lets get 'im, boys!'

Jack Grimes to me is looking like Melbourne's next future captain. Thats my prediction.

With the 2nd half of the season to go I think we might hear some rumblings soon!

Watch this space!

JACK 16 for CAPTAIN!

Bugger that, lets make him captain this week against the Bummers.

My view on the captaincy is give it to Green for say 2 years, then look to one of our younger players. If we're looking to bring a lot of young players through at the same time to create a sustained period of success, then it makes sense to give one of them the top job. In two years we'll know a lot more about them as well.

Bailey should be captain coach!

Wait and see you tossers! You will eat your words and [censored] your pants when you say I am right. Ha Ha!

Did I stir the pot! Ha Ha!

You will all see....

Wait and see you tossers! You will eat your words and [censored] your pants when you say I am right. Ha Ha!

Did I stir the pot! Ha Ha!

You will all see....

Oh, ok then Dylan.

Jack Grimes to me is looking like Melbourne's next future captain. Thats my prediction.

With the 2nd half of the season to go I think we might hear some rumblings soon!

Watch this space!

JACK 16 for CAPTAIN!

let's see him play 50 games at least before anything else. Give the kid a break you clown.

Wait and see you tossers! You will eat your words and [censored] your pants when you say I am right. Ha Ha!

No. Jack won't be captain next year.

Did I stir the pot! Ha Ha!

Um. No. You gave comic relief. Well done though, if that was your intention.

You will all see....

See what? That you're deluded?

If Sylvia keeps his outstanding form up for the rest of the year, I think he'd be a great captain in 2010. Bit of an idiot at times, thats a given, but maybe what Melbourne needs is a little agression in the leadership.

But Grimes is far too young. Captain...maybe someday, but not for now.

How did Grimes play last night guys?

Saw him kick a lovely goal in the first qtr but also saw him fumble in defence a couple of times in the highlights package.

Great to read in the HUN that he's recognised in their mid-season report as a top 10 'under the rader' player.

How did Grimes play last night guys?

He made a few bad errors that surprised me.

I was stuck in a pocket so I didn't get a great feel for how he went overall.

When the pressure was massively on he made quite a few mistakes I thought, which I agree Rogue were quite surprising I thought.

Was flat footed at one stage when a Bombers player ran straight passed him for a mark, a few skill errors, one shocking grubber kick. But then also did quite a few nice things.

When the pressure was massively on he made quite a few mistakes I thought, which I agree Rogue were quite surprising I thought.

Was flat footed at one stage when a Bombers player ran straight passed him for a mark, a few skill errors, one shocking grubber kick. But then also did quite a few nice things.

Yeah it certainly wasn't his best game. The flat footnedness was something I noticed too. And his kicking wasn't as good as it has been.

But he did kick a goal, which was nice.

Does anyone know how many of our team were playing on that wretched ground for the first/second time out of interest?

Does anyone know how many of our team were playing on that wretched ground for the first/second time out of interest?

First timers:

Jurrah

Watts

Grimes

Cheney

Jetta

Bennell

That's 6.

Essendon had 0.

His first game in the middle and I thought he did ok.

Lost his man a few times when his opponent pushed forward, which was disappointing. Loved the goal though. He has really good speed about him, and is so good at positioning himself.

Ah who am I kidding, he is no good, take him and the other Jack and [censored] them both off

All this talk about the really young guns like grimey and morts, and we keep overlooking a man everyone at the club values: Brent Moloney. He has the heart that the club needs to build its culture around and with a warrior like Jonesy by his side in the centre they can power our engine room for many years to come. When these two have the fire in their eyes it has opportunity to spread. With a little bit of silk on their wings and a contested marker or three (a quality crumber would be nice also) up forward we would be well on the way to rebuilt.

Moloney is a leader for the club looking forward, and im beyond sick of seeing bruce as a replacement captain. not a positive for the future.