Sorry to diverge but at first glance I misread your question. I nearly fell off my chair.

That made me give out an involuntary chuckle like Dick Dastardly's dog Muttley.

Its a PRACTICE match!

And true to form we certainly like to PRACTICE getting smashed

Our third quarter fade out is even better than our second.

@melbournefc: Nice pack mark from Jamar on the wing.

Its a PRACTICE match!

For BOTH teams.

And we've sent pretty close to our best available. Should be practising winning by now really...

Our third quarter fade out is even better than our second.

Reckon if we keep practicing like this, we might have the fadeout down pat by the time round 1 rolls around, and be able to maintain it for 4 quarters.

Melbourne just need to win games, practice match or not.... Is the side at full strength? Minus injuries of course.

@melbournefc: Three quarter time: Suns 9.6.60 v Dees 5.5.35.

That is what we call a BAD quarter.

Its a PRACTICE match!

And people wonder why we haven't a round 1 game since 2005.

We always go into the season with atrocious form.

Our third quarter fade out is even better than our second.

Well there's a postive!

For BOTH teams.

And we've sent pretty close to our best available. Should be practising winning by now really...

No we dont have most of our backline or our forward line - that is not our best available. However given that from the limited information coming through it does not sound good.

What a joke really, practice or not. Better hope Dawes, Clark and Blease make us a 10 goal better team. No pressure or anything.

No we dont have most of our backline or our forward line - that is not our best available. However given that from the limited information coming through it does not sound good.

Or our midfield (Trengove, Blease, Viney?), but we need to win, this is not good.

Its a PRACTICE match!

Doesnt matter anymore, thats why they have a paltry 26,000 members a week before the real stuff starts, there a bunch of losers.

picked up intensity in 3rd although scoreboard not showing, seemed to have more inside 50s but failed to convert, GC got lucky everytime...

wouldn't read into it too much..

highlight - JW carrying the ball from HB taking three bounces along the wing and bombing it long to Hogan at FF.. who just dropped the mark..

Obviously relying on a 17yr KPF aint gonna win us the game..

I am excited about the Dees, if can keep up the intensity should go close for the W

eg "Magner almost lays a tackle but doesn't, goal Suns"

Exactly like that. I'm not interested in "good tries" anymore.

No we dont have most of our backline or our forward line - that is not our best available. However given that from the limited information coming through it does not sound good.

Hence why I said "best available". No doubt Clark, Trengove, Dawes, Viney, Blease, Frawley would all be VERY handy, but they're not available.

@melbournefc: Final quarter is underway.

highlight - JW carrying the ball from HB taking three bounces along the wing and bombing it long to Hogan at FF.. who just dropped the mark..

Are you saying it was a mark he should have taken but he dropped it, or that he just barely dropped it? Just wondering.

not to mention that Frawley and McDonald are out....

basically our best spine aren't playing

Frawley

McDonald

Clark

Dawes

For BOTH teams.

And we've sent pretty close to our best available. Should be practising winning by now really...

Except for our two best backs, two best forwards and then add Blease, Viney and Trengove for good measure.

Except for our two best backs, two best forwards and then add Blease, Viney and Trengove for good measure.

Seems some of you are struggling to understand the term "best available"....

Pre season favouritism for the wooden spoon does not seem unrealistic. Good news is that we hot for the No 1 draft pick again.

Can someone post a link I can follow live updates on iPhone? Guessing no radio coverage?