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I'm not talking blind faith - look at his Finals games against Hawthorn and Geelong when he was playing in a confident and efficient side. Also, he looks pretty committed to the Melbourne Football Club by my reckoning. Who you gonna swap him for? Cam Macarthy????

You hit the nail on the head: he started to come good in his fourth season. 43 goals in a side which was always there or nearabouts is hardly great numbers. Darcy Moore's athleticism saw him run around mostly of the early days in the VFL... As you say, it's a forum. I just like to keep things in perspective...

I don't understand the negative focus on Weidemann. If I were a forward playing for Melbourne the way it's currently playing I'd spend most of my time cursing the way the ball has come in. You don't reap silk from cows' ears... The other thing I find interesting is why 'supporters' need to spend so much time denigrating a young player who is obviously dedicated to becoming a good player for the Melbourne Footy club. I still recall how long it took Tom Hawkins to come good. Ditto Darcy Moore, ditto the latest Daniher at Essendon. Some of you may have read or heard he gets pretty low after becoming acquainted with the negativity displayed by some 'fans'. Fer crissake, get a grip and stop being so pessimistic and negative.

Did Jetta play today?

People with short memories want to forget Melbourne was literally the spent and walking wounded when they played the Prelim last year.

You haven't mentioned Hannan and Vandenberg either. Good post.

God, just read the Doomsday prophets from Hell pontificating from the depths of their armchairs... Sometimes this site makes me laugh out loud. It's full of wise after the event holier than thou know-alls who just dwell on a the half empty site.

Give me a Barolo any day...

Yes there a lot of dud and spud sayers on this topic. Love to see any of them get a kick against Oscar.

O'Dwyer, Benell, Walsh, Watts, Armstrong, Bamblett, Charles, Kent, Newport, Dyson, Tingay, Jolly, Trengove, Pike, Byrne, Brewer, Parke, Wilson,

I recall that towards the end of 2018 Oscar played a prominent role in Melbourne's charge towards a Prelim. He - like a thousand others - has struggled this year and I really dislike the animosity and antipathy shown towards him. If you were a newcomer to this site you'd assume he was a junkie recidivist or a Muslim Terrorist or a totally uncoordinated twit. Get a grip, you armchair heroes, throw away your blinkers and take what it is for what it is. Just for the record, I'm all for Harry Petty. However, all I saw from watching the replay of yesterday's game is a very talented young man who turned over just about every possession he fought so valiantly to get. That's okay, he's playing his fourth AFL game. In the meantime, I read repeated ejaculations of displeasure about Wagner who time and time again simply puts in and pours his guts out for the Melbourne Footy Club. Be kind, be gentle you armchair morons, playing AFL is harder than any of you might imagine. In the meantime, I have total faith that Oscar will prove all of you wrong. I remind you James Sicily had a similar status at Hawthorn. I don't like that boy very much, but given time, he's prospered.

Well said!

6: gawn 5: Viney 4: Oliver 3: Frost 2: Petracca 1: Lockhart

Yawohl. A double hat trick...

The week before I' made 39, had to hole out at 4 o'clock to get to my cousin's wedding... The captain never liked me. This was the late mid 60's, Germans weren't supposed to play cricket and I'm sure that had something to do with it.

Missed you,D'N.

I hope he gets sprung in a gay bar.

I tried to make the same point in an earlier post. Demonland posters can be a cruel and beastly lot.

I lack a daisy or two myself...But don't hold that against me. I cook a good spaghetti bolog.

So why no mention from MFC about his absence? He's certainly not on an injury list.

Precisely. Absolute silence from the MFC about his disappearance. I suspect the worst, namely he's not doing too well. If that's the case I wish him all the best and I have no doubt the armchair experts on this site, the same manic naysayers who comment on and foretell the worst case scenario on gameday posts would have contributed to any lack of confidence he might be experiencing.

Part of its appeal was the prospect of a weekly blood bath. Yes, they watched it for the Eddie Melais, the Harpers etc .Haymakers incorporated.

I played cricket there for Sunshine against Coburg round the time they hanged Ryan. The umpire gave me out LBW when I plainly wasn't out, even the bowler admitted it after the game, but the next week my captain dropped me way down the batting list again and said I'd had my chance against Coburg.

Well said, agree 1000%.

Me, I was the champion at throwing pieces of chalk into a chalk box at school during free periods - from 20 paces. Nobody came near me. I still throw objects into our recycle bin from 20 paces and yell out, GOAL every time. No, I don't wanna become the Demon Chalkboard accuracy coach, my knees are gone, both of them, Osteoarthritis, Double PKneemonia. I did kick a goal from the boundary line after Laurie Sandiland infringed while contesting a boundary throw in. A perfect Torp. Straight through the high diddle diddle. Trouble was I wasn't trying to kick a goal.