NAB Challenge 2 - Melbourne v Geelong

[deeko 952]

Put in that perspective, I'm the lucky one. But consider this. I have tasted chocolate and I know what I'm missing. You can only imagine................it is better than that. Much better.

Beyonce?

[ManDee 7,124]

Beyonce?

I'm so old I thought that was a typo. However the interweb tells me :- Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter, simply known as Beyoncé, is an American recording artist and actress.

Armed with that information, no.

[Satyriconhome 10,675]

Beyonce?

I am at work, I am oldish......... but I know who Beyonce is..............had to sit at my desk till the 'thought' went away.........

[ManDee 7,124]

I am at work, I am oldish......... but I know who Beyonce is..............had to sit at my desk till the 'thought' went away.........

Yes, I see what you mean. Had half a thought myself. Football, meat pies, kangaroos, and imported cars, that works.

[Dees2014 2,377]

My revised team now that I know that we can have six interchange (& 2 subs) and that Pedo was injured at training today and replaced by Max King.

Back: 41. Alexis Georgiou 8. James Frawley 46. Dean Terlich,

Half Back 31. Jack Grimes 25. Tom McDonald, 14. Lynden Dunn,

Centre 4. Jack Watts 2. Nathan Jones 5. Jimmy Toumpas

Half Forward 38. Jeremy Howe 48. Jack Fitzpatrick 9. Jack Trengove

Forward 17. Sam Blease 1. Jesse Hogan 44. Rohan Bail

Followers 42. Jake Spencer 12. Dom Tyson 23. Bernie Vince

Interchange: 22. Viv Michie 18. Daniel Cross 45. Matt Jones 10. Shannon Byrnes 15. Mitch Clisby

13. Jordie McKenzie

Subs: 29. Jayden Hunt 33. Dom Barry,

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Emerg: 26. Daniel Nicholson, 39. Neville Jetta 47. Max King

Interesting, back and centre lines fairly much as you would expect them to be for round one. It is the forwards, interchange and rucks who will change ie Gawn for Spencer. I think it is good we seem very settled on two thirds of the field and this has been so for over a month now.

I suspect for us, Georgiou will be the find of the season. He is not a potential star like Viney, Vince, Salem, Watts, toumpas, Tyson or hogan, but immensely dependable in the mould of a Wheatley, Johnson, Whelan, even a Don Williams. He somehow provides a glue for that backline when at times in the immediate past could be a bit flakey. A great get by our recruiters.

[Ted Lasso 19,189]

Interesting, back and centre lines fairly much as you would expect them to be for round one. It is the forwards, interchange and rucks who will change ie Gawn for Spencer. I think it is good we seem very settled on two thirds of the field and this has been so for over a month now.

I suspect for us, Georgiou will be the find of the season. He is not a potential star like Viney, Vince, Salem, Watts, toumpas, Tyson or hogan, but immensely dependable in the mould of a Wheatley, Johnson, Whelan, even a Don Williams. He somehow provides a glue for that backline when at times in the immediate past could be a bit flakey. A great get by our recruiters.

I reckon Roosy will be really keen to settle as much of the side in as possible, particularly the backline, i can't imagine there will be a whole lot of unforced changes, alot will be about unity and getting to know each others games, Grimes, Terlich, Frawley, Dunn, Mcdonald, Garland to me is our first choice back line but Georgeou is fantastic cover if we get an injury, as are clisby and strauss

[jumbo returns 6,737]

Liam Jurrah an interested observer at training.....

Reported on the news.

[PaulRB 6,326]

AFL article on Liam at Training - http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-02-27/jurrahs-fire-still-burns

[RalphiusMaximus 6,013]

Saw that. You have to wonder if any of the coaches had a quiet chat to him at some point. If Roos & Co. had a word and said "stay off the booze, keep out of trouble and tear it up for your team this season and nominate for the rookie draft and we'll have a pretty good look at you" would you want us to take a punt on him? You'd probably want to put some pretty solid behavioural clauses into a contract, but the talent hasn't gone away. He could still get it right and play 4-5 years.

[dee-luded 2,959]

Saw that. You have to wonder if any of the coaches had a quiet chat to him at some point. If Roos & Co. had a word and said "stay off the booze, keep out of trouble and tear it up for your team this season and nominate for the rookie draft and we'll have a pretty good look at you" would you want us to take a punt on him? You'd probably want to put some pretty solid behavioural clauses into a contract, but the talent hasn't gone away. He could still get it right and play 4-5 years.

nope.

[gsmith12 491]

Absolutely loved Liam as a footballer, met him twice and he seemed a really shy fella and a gentleman.

Sadly, he has well and truly put paid to that conception and I don't hold out the remotest hope that he will play again at the top level.

[bing181 9,191]

Sadly, he has well and truly put paid to that conception and I don't hold out the remotest hope that he will play again at the top level.

If he can get himself together enough to play reliable and consistent footy at any level it would already be an achievement.

AFL - very very hard to ever imagine again, unfortunately.

[RalphiusMaximus 6,013]

I find myself thinking of Andrew Krakouer who managed to get himself back onto a list after s stint in prison. It is possible if he gets his head right and the club is willing to offer him the chance. Not a big chance of success given his past failures, but you never know.

[KingDingAling 3,752]

I find myself thinking of Andrew Krakouer who managed to get himself back onto a list after s stint in prison. It is possible if he gets his head right and the club is willing to offer him the chance. Not a big chance of success given his past failures, but you never know.

AK had an exceptional year. That is basically why he got redrafted. If Jurrah done the same, he'd get picked up.

AK actually speaks extremely well, I make the assumption that he isn't coming from as far back as Jurrah.

[Goodvibes 3,596]

186 live on Fox Footy right now. What an awesome way to start gameday Friday!

[Chook 15,012]

186 live on Fox Footy right now. What an awesome way to start gameday Friday!

I think it's a good sign that it took me a second to figure out what you were talking about. In the interests of wiping that horrible event from my memory, I think I'll skip that particular broadcast.

[jumbo returns 6,737]

186 live on Fox Footy right now. What an awesome way to start gameday Friday!

Live? Hope not…...

[jumbo returns 6,737]

I find myself thinking of Andrew Krakouer who managed to get himself back onto a list after s stint in prison. It is possible if he gets his head right and the club is willing to offer him the chance. Not a big chance of success given his past failures, but you never know.

Too far gone.

If, big if, minimum 3-5 years to get on the park.

[Curry & Beer 5,444]

had a dream we got belted

just sayin

[Ted Lasso 19,189]

How big would a win against geelong be for us? Add an extra 2000 members and a genuine growing belief in everyone that the wheel is finally turning

Edited February 27, 2014 by D26

[Fitz Fitzpatrick 886]

Geelong wont let Melbourne mess around with the footy like Richmond did last week. Tiges went very easy on the Dees. Sorry to say but i think itsl going to be ugly

[rpfc 28,220]

Saw that. You have to wonder if any of the coaches had a quiet chat to him at some point. If Roos & Co. had a word and said "stay off the booze, keep out of trouble and tear it up for your team this season and nominate for the rookie draft and we'll have a pretty good look at you" would you want us to take a punt on him? You'd probably want to put some pretty solid behavioural clauses into a contract, but the talent hasn't gone away. He could still get it right and play 4-5 years.

He's done.

He should get his life right and play footy for fun and try to keep his life on track after all these years.

AFL isn't for some people, no-one needs it to get their life back on track.

[DeeSpencer 25,356]

He's done.

He should get his life right and play footy for fun and try to keep his life on track after all these years.

AFL isn't for some people, no-one needs it to get their life back on track.

I reckon the only chance he'd ever have is if he turned his back of Yuendumu, Alice, his community and family and settled in Melbourne and started playing local footy or VFL reserves and worked his way back from there. But I doubt he'd do that (not saying he should or even could).

Is he even over his legal troubles? Last we heard he was in trouble for driving offences wasn't he?

[Jaded No More 68,835]

I'm just looking for a decent showing. It doesn't have to be a win, I don't know that we're quite there yet, and we're still missing our 2 best forwards, which against a quality team with a great defence, will hurt.

But to continue the momentum and see continued improvement in game plan and execution would be wonderful.

Lets not all scream bloody murder if we lose, because reality is, we probably will. No "Sack Roos" threads tonight.

[Oneday 248]

The main thing I will be looking for tonight is that two way running we hear spoken about so often. When we get it into our forward line I am hoping we see some forward press and not allow any turnovers to be easily transitioned and turned into a counter attack as easily as it always seemed to happen last year. I know it is only pre season but at long last I have this feeling that maybe most players understand what their role is, and even if that role only permits them to have a minimal impact overall at least they are willing to put in a 100% effort.