Alot of people here seem to rate Lawrence, yet i am to hear of him ever having a good game with more then 2 goals at either the AFL level or in the VFL. He is a small forward so the classic Demonland excuse of 'he needs to develop' isn't sufficient for him either. Did he even get any NAB game time? Is there something I am not seeing with Lawrence that everyone else is?

At the moment i think only blease or davey could fill the gap though there isnt much depth there.

He just shows some nice tricks.

And last year shows some good signs of being prepared to chase & do the defensive things. He has VG athletic skills.

Edited March 16, 201214 yr by dee-luded

Jetta would be my choice if he wasn't injured all the time.

Jetta has never been a small forward, he is an inside midfielder, and if he makes it that’s where it will be. He is not fast and not a goal kicker.

Maric had his chance and showed nothing. Good luck to him at Richmond, but he deserved to be delisted from Melbourne.

Jetta has never been a small forward, he is an inside midfielder, and if he makes it that’s where it will be. He is not fast and not a goal kicker.

Maric had his chance and showed nothing. Good luck to him at Richmond, but he deserved to be delisted from Melbourne.

Nev Jetta has had a bit of bad run with injury, it happens Jack Grimes is the same, Jamar used to find strange and unusual ways to injure himself early on, so did Sylvia....I think you will find that if Jetta stays it will be as a defender/midfielder

As for Maric I spoke to one of the coaches last year and congratulated him on getting Maric's light switched on....his reply was..."the problem is keeping the f****n thing lit"....hence the delisting. Good luck to him at Richmond

As for Maric I spoke to one of the coaches last year and congratulated him on getting Maric's light switched on....his reply was..."the problem is keeping the f****n thing lit"....hence the delisting. Good luck to him at Richmond

wow. That is damming if right. Will watch his progress closely this year.

Couldn't believe we got rid of him

Maric had another 18 possessions on the weekend but even still he hasn't changed one bit.

His stat sheet read 18 kicks 0 handballs.

At Melbourne he was a selfish footballer and at Richmond he still is. I watched he wasn't terrible but he was still selfish. They can keep him and I'll be happy to watch him do u-turn after u-turn in Round 3 while we [censored] them.

Needs to cheer up.

Can't think of too many of the top mf my head. Especially not recently.

Trav J - No

Maclean - No

Bruce - No

Cheeney - No

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Edit: Parhaps I missed the sarcasm.

Yes you did - hence my bottom sentence saying "on a serious note"

While I only saw about half the Richmond v Carlton game last night, I thought Maric was just OK. Did a few nice things and then a couple of poor decisions. More relevantly, though, if Richmond is going to better than Melbourne this year...we'll be having a shocker. Richmond has a few terrific players (Cotchin, Martin, Deledio) but still a lot of gaps currently being filled by battlers (Miller, A. Maric, Edwards, Nahas, and most of the backline).

While I only saw about half the Richmond v Carlton game last night, I thought Maric was just OK. Did a few nice things and then a couple of poor decisions. More relevantly, though, if Richmond is going to better than Melbourne this year...we'll be having a shocker. Richmond has a few terrific players (Cotchin, Martin, Deledio) but still a lot of gaps currently being filled by battlers (Miller, A. Maric, Edwards, Nahas, and most of the backline).

I rate Nahas, apart from that they are rubbish though.

To quote a Pies supporter off BigFooty, the barometer is Miller. If he's getting a game, they're still pants (as we were).

Maric looked to me last night the same as he did for MFC - almost good enough.

Richmond have a lot of garbage players playing senior footy. There seems to be a huge gulf between their best and worst players - they remind me a lot of Carlton circa 2008.

Jetta has never been a small forward, he is an inside midfielder, and if he makes it that’s where it will be. He is not fast and not a goal kicker.

I must say I disagree on this point .I think he is pretty quick /elusive and he "hates" a goal which makes him a forward .

Did he kick 3 once for us or was I dreaming?

While I only saw about half the Richmond v Carlton game last night, I thought Maric was just OK. Did a few nice things and then a couple of poor decisions. More relevantly, though, if Richmond is going to better than Melbourne this year...we'll be having a shocker. Richmond has a few terrific players (Cotchin, Martin, Deledio) but still a lot of gaps currently being filled by battlers (Miller, A. Maric, Edwards, Nahas, and most of the backline).

He seemed to be rushed in his decision making, often taking wrong options etc, thought he played very similarly to what he produced here at Melbourne. If that continues I'm sure he will frustrate Tiges supporters like he frustrated us last year, looks like he should be better than he is.

As for Richmond I couldn't agree more, their top end young talent is very good in Martin, Cotchin, Deledio and Riewoldt, but far too many of their 22 are not up to it, such as Edwards, Post, Miller etc.

Edited March 30, 201213 yr by Forest Demon

Agree with most posters about Maric. If he is given time and space he has good decision making and good skills. But in the normal cut and thrust of a game of AFL standard footy that space is taken away from him and he looks less than ordinary. Is he the classic "wrong option" player who is defined by bad choices?

Looked genuinely scared to kick for goal last night. Had a few chances which were shirked. Right decision was made and frankly seeing Miller and Maric running around for the Tiggers has me believing we are a step ahead. Their list is the most uneven in the competition. Backline is horrendous.

Terrible waste of a good draft pick.

Looked genuinely scared to kick for goal last night. Had a few chances which were shirked. Right decision was made and frankly seeing Miller and Maric running around for the Tiggers has me believing we are a step ahead. Their list is the most uneven in the competition. Backline is horrendous.

Correct analysis there P man. To think some on here thought they were doing better than us .Without a massive leap of faith I still put us at close 14/22 wins .Hard teams being Collingwood ,Cats ,WCE ,Hawks and Carlscum .Sydney ,Freo and even the Crows are tough away but we have to start retrieving the smoked ham from interstate this year .

If a player wants out. They want out.

Lets just make sure he is quiet against the MFC.

Tell that to Bate.

Hard to tell from TV coverage but it looked as though Maric was playing on Yarran who kicked a couple of goals from half back. It was the defensive part of his game and lack of second effort that really lacks in his game and why he is a good VFL player but doesn't step up. One glaring effort was when he lost his feet in a contest and sat on the ground exhausted whilst Yarran took off down the ground with ball in hand.

I thought Yarran was on Nahas, but with rotation he may of stood next to double d

I thought Yarran was on Nahas, but with rotation he may of stood next to double d

As I say, hard to tell on the TV coverage and I would have thought they might have focussed on it given the drive Yarran was giving. He was with him at times but either way the Tiges defensive forward work was very average and didn't help their undermanned defense.

Mark Maclure was scathing about his lack of second efforts and poor defensive workrate on the post-game coverage on ABC radio.

Garry Lyon said on MMM "there is always a good reason why you let a player go"

Followed by spud "Yeah him ducking his head and shirking the contest like that must be one"

Richmond have a lot of garbage players playing senior footy. There seems to be a huge gulf between their best and worst players - they remind me a lot of Carlton circa 2008.

True, but their midfield sh*ts all over ours.

I'd give my left knee to have Martin, Cotchin and Delidio running around in our midfield. Sure beats having to resort to the likes of Bate. No offence to Bate.

Tell that to Bate.

If Bate really wanted out he would have gone. The Fact he trained so hard in the pre season is a credit to him & the fact the coach has backed him to do a job. If Neeld had not had a place for Matty, he would have gone to Footscray by now.