Hardley Benial

Very sad to see Trenners go. He should be remembered as a terrific and loyal melbourne person. Accepted the big job with Grimsie when the the footie club was struggling. Poor form Neeld. But he has been a great support in the background building the stronger team culture. The others fffhew.

I can't even recall one mistake

All he needs is one good preseason.....Oh wait I've used that one

Soon we'll need to rename Carlscum to Greater Western Blues. They do love the GWS boys.

No, I heard it was Mr Sheen (I think he's Polish)

Absolutely spot on. We have lots of vanilla types & we are short of game changers. I know it's a risk but if Macca & Goody can get him fired then no-one will stop these three. Would be exciting times!

I don't ski, but there's lots of good snow atm, so to get away from my ferral mates I might take the Rangie (note Ford Ranger, not the cheap r/rover version!) up to high country with a single malt for company. Looks the same as last year..get close and then capitulate

We need Tom Bugg's toughness at the player with the ball (or near the ball). But no punching! His next punch will be his last as an AFL player. I'm sick of the physically week team we produced prior to the Roos tenure ie/ the bruise free stuff. We need a couple of great taggers that do a job but also can play with skill when it's their turn. Buggie should spend the time practicing his deficient skills (like set shots at goal). Plus he's a great Gembrook lad.

I agree & reckon we'll see improvement in the second half. I'm expecting a few poor weeks (Essendrug is a win) but late season development a strong possibility.

I think a lot of us will be watching the double jacks. As well as hoping Dom gets through unscathed. Even more important that winning a pracy game

Avoid nothing. We now play fearless footy! What will be will be.

Trac reminds me of Diamond Jim (John Tilbrook for the youngies), because of similar body size and both strong half forwards. DJ had a powerful long torp. Unfortunately a little cooliwobble legend turned commentator renamed him Topaz Tilly are a few poor seasons. Looking forward to Diamond Trac kicking 10 in a GF.like DJ did for Sturt.

Just got home...and wrapt we dominated the 4 quarters. P5 has just stamped his arrival. This is an indication to the footy public that he's up & about. Which is no surprise To Chris nor his family/supporters. Can't wait to show the s-ants.

...and comparing midgets with bigger guys. Both with great h/ball skills and not overly quick.

Love your work R&B forever. Such great info for us footy/dee nuts. Now i'm trying to work out how to print it & hang it on the wall. I'll send a request to my son. Thanks, MFC

Which one T or J ?...or both ?

And the bottle won

Agree higher than Sisykilder, but expecting even higher up the ladder.

Michael Hibberd is missing off the club's list. Is he to wear #14?

Very well stated. I hope that CS recovers well but he had his chance. However the club wasn't run as it is now and Col is part of the unfortunate past. I've been a part of this since '64. About every 20 years or so we rise... but this is different. Everything from the board, admin, player welfare, coaches & assistants, support staff (oh abtw the current talented playing group) is on the same page. And yes the smokie will appear

Did the poor lady go over the balcony as well?

This makes sense to me. It's now or never for spencil. It seems as though he's fit and up for the contest. If he can take some ruck duty load & this frees up big Max who can drop back deep forward and clunk some. Max is now our super weapon and therefore a target so he needs some protection from the snipers. I hope these two can work in tandem, without spensil being a liability.

18 would be nice next year except it may drift if Essendrug gets a priority pk for finishing last. Just joking... but the whole favouritism to our four northern neighbours is disgraceful and I hope it will be ultimately be seen as a bludy joke manufactured by the AFL.

I knew Craig J when he was at Essendon (now known as Essendrug). Not sure about time at the Hawks.

Now that we've got such a good developing group of young & skillful midfielders we can now afford to address needs. Agree with W/jack that while the majority of 1st round picks will target the best young mids we are in a position to identify (if poss) a potentially great tall ruck/forward. I trust in our current recruiting team to do their due diligence.