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anyone that can say we are playing rubbish primarily because we tanked in 2009 is full of it. there are 3 players (and zero coaches) from that year playing and they are 3 of our best players - even on the weekend. Roos has been saying that we lack belief as we havent been successful for years which makes sense - we dont know how to win. But to align that with tanking is rubbish from Caro who continually harps on about her 3-4 favourite topics. Tanking hasn't seemed to have affected WC or the Pies too badly has it?

surely we cannot lose to the bears. we have had a long down patch where Tyson etc have been tired. we looked better against port and have had a break. i reckon we will win by 3 goals in a fairly comfortable win Gawn, Strauss and Cross to come into the extended bench along with blease, tappy, Kent and Riley. ending in no change. Cross will come back next week i reckon Carn the Fracken Dees!

awesome. he is the most important figure at the club at the moment cant wait for 360 tonight. interesting to see if he elaborates on the decision

4 wins and 13 losses. good run with injuries most of the year, we lost ones we could have won and we won ones we could have lost clear fail for the season as we are entrenched in the bottom 4 as always and could well win the wooden spoon. I dont know how anyone could argue otherwise. I guess it depends on your expectations pre-season. or maybe people are just comparing us to last season when we performed as one of the worst sides in AFL/VFL history not really interested in excuses, we are young and tired - port were younger on the weekend. still think we are on the right track but itll take a long time to be a challenger for the 8 at this rate

We will beat Port by 5 points this sunday.

Yeah I reckon those have to come in. Salem needs a rest, gawn out as well

http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2014-07-08/vfl-player-review-round-13 didnt realise Tappy didn't play? what is the Go with him? Looks like Blease and JKH are locks for this week and Riley a good chance.

I too am surprised that Salem is still in the team as he looks to me to need a week off. But the toumpas v Salem debate is an easy one. Salem goes in hard and looks comfortable at afl level. Toumpas doesnt attack the ball and gets pushed off it too easily. he is not dominating at vfl level like salem did so why gift him a game? God i wish Roos had of been here last year to handle Toumpas's first year, we threw him in too quick on JKH he had one very good game and before that some very poor ones. I'm sure if he backs it up he'll be back in the ones clearly Roos doesnt give a stuff about how many disposals people have. its running, defending, what you actually do with your disposals and playing a team-game that counts

I seriously think Tyson is the one. I see some of Simon Black and Hodge in him. Its easy to forget he is a kid - if he played a few less games last year he would be elligible for the rising star this year he is slowing down in the past month but the scope to improve is massive. Also he has that x factor about him in that he has that confidence (bordering on arrogance) that all champs have and that i havent seen from a Melb player in years. another preseason and tidy up disposal and watch out We'll be popping a bottle of Dom when he wins a brownlow in 2018

Just booked my Tickets for the adeliade oval! standing on the Hill, hopefully propped up against the bar. looking forward to it. tickets went on sale this week, so get on it if your keen as hopefully it will sell out just have to think of something to do on the saturday. what does the city of churches have to offer i wonder?

so he shanks a few. have a look at the stats on the melbourne website. 1%ers he is double anyone else on our list! that double cross/viney etc. he is a great stopper and still so young. didnt hear anyone complain about his decision making in the last minute of the Dons match when he took a risk and ran the ball through the corridor to help set up salems goal. i like how he takes risks and he will get better with this. we have a lot bigger problems than tommy mac

What a good example of players taking a (bloody) long time to develop and mature. 7 poor years and now 2 good to very good years. So sometimes players are not list-cloggers, to reluctantly coin a Hutchy phrase, they just take time, especially players over 190cm. How good could Watts be by his 9th season i wonder. That doesnty mean to say we should keep players on the list for 7 years to see how they go. its critical to have experienced coaches to assess their future worth and potential. And when we are playing decent footy ts amazing how much better the same players look As I yell at the footy: WELL DONE DUNN!

there are 12 games left and only have one saturday day game prior to 3pm at the G, and ZERO sunday day games prior to 3pm at the G. wtf! Its all away games, etihad or twilight sunday games. sunday twilight eqauls no atmosphere, getting home at 8:30, very hard for families to make it - kids usually in bed by 7-7:30 and they wonder why they have the lowest attendences for years? as if they give a toss!

Unavailable for the Pies; Maxwell, Sinclair, Lynch, Brown, Sidebottom. and some question marks over Swan and Grundy. Not sure ablout Reid, could he come back? - Regardless of if Grundy plays, we should dominate the ruck. - Cloke has been out of form (soft 2nd half goals on the weekend aside) - they'll miss maxwell / Reid/ Brown. Dawes, Chip and Pedo should cause problems - everyone talks about the PIe's depth but they are already playing a lot of kids so a couple more will stretch them I reckon if we bring the high intensity game and our midfield fires, we will win this. I'm way too fired up with 7 days to go til the game!!

well we have a great record in the Alice so we are surely a chance. Haven't lost there in years from memory. in all seriousness, if we had Dawes and Hogan and it was played at the G, I'd be thinking we are a big chance. But I can't see this one happening, unless we make it an almighty ugly scrap of a game with less than 6 goals in the first half. I'll be more looking at how we go about it and counter their attacking style. are we gonna switch off and concede 7+ goals in one quarter?

I see what you're saying but I don't see Barry as a true midfielder like Salem that will rack up 30+ even when he is at his peak. I see him more of a Lewis Jetta type that has speed, skill and will come in and out of games. Disposals aren't everything and as Go the biff mentioned, he is being used as a run-with player to learn the defensive side of the game before getting his chance. Barry will be a player!

I can't believe people want to cut Barry. He was still a teenager as of 2 months ago and was very skinny when drafted last year. From what I read on the VFL reviews he seems to have plenty of run and enthuaism and is learning the craft. I still expect a fair bit from him. I wouldnt put him in the same bracket as Strauss/Blease/Tappy who have 4 years on our list more than him!

after the hell that was last year I'm surprised a lot of people didn't drop off. 35K is a great effort considering the last few years. if we win 7+ this year and Viney/Tyson etc become the heros we expect, we can certainly push for 40 next year

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