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Perhaps, and I certainly have been proven wrong. However it's worth noting that at first Bernie was against the trade to Melbourne. It was only when he was told he wouldn't be offered a new contract with Adelaide that he decided to leave. They were of the opinion that he was finished.

I honestly thought we were bringing in Colin Syliva 2.0 when we traded for Bernie. He's obviously worked very hard on correcting his onfield issues which saw him wasting his career over in Adelaide, and has become a talented, tough, committed and consistent AFL footballer. Love 'im!

It's petty, it irrational, it's unhealthy and its no longer relevant... But I still despise that little rat. Yes we were well compensated, yes he's a bust as a player, and yes, the money was good. But... I just can't help it.

Petracca's appaently been looking very good for weeks. Almost get the feeling the club is really rubbing it in to him that he's missing out on playing after the missed dunk. Hopefully he'll find being held up a huge motivation going forward.

And here we have the injury list from the AFL official site. Something that we're all aware of, but is beautiful to actually see for the first time in two years... No Jack Trengove. Go Trenners!

Thanks for organising! Havent joined a tipping com in 10 years!

I believe Roos was asked specifically about Oscar McDonald as there was a match report from the weekend that had him listed in the best. I would be very surprised to see him lining up on the weekend.

I wouldn't think that Harmes is a small forward in the mould of Garlett; I would put him in the same category as Kent - a high half-forward, even wingman. Kennedy too for that matter spent plenty of time up the ground in the NAB and at Collingwood.

No time like the present... FB: JETTA DUNN GARLAND HB: LUMUMBA MCDONALD SALEM C: VINCE JONES HARMES HF: WATTS FROST VDB FF: GARLETT HOGAN KENT Fol: GAWN VINEY TYSON Int: BRAYSHAW OLIVER BUGG KENNEDY Had Pederson in there, but opted for Harmes instead as, in the past, GWS have run us off our feet. With them missing some talls, we need to ensure we have the foot-speed to match them.

I'm a football optimist and I am not overly confident going into this match. I am however very interested to see how GWS come out to play this weekend. Cast our minds back 365 day and we were coming up against the Gold Coast who, at the time, were widely tipped to take part in their first finals campaign. We all saw what happened that day and for the remainder of the year for the Suns. This time it's the GWS who carry the weight of expectation into this game. Arguably, up until this season, there has not been the expectation placed on that team to win games and contend for the finals. That has certainly changed and it will be interesting to see how they transition from the hunter to the hunted. Teams will be primed to play them now, the tapes have been thoroughly studied, and they are going to go into most of their matches as early favourites. This pressure and expectations can do funny things to a team, especially if it's the first time that such a young team has encountered it. Melbourne is not at that stage yet; the football community is not looking to us to set the world on fire this year. Hopefully we can correct this by doing just that.

The irony of course being that when the 'ring of steel' was first implemented (for the boxing day test) it caused a massive cue and backlog of thousands of people. Lumping a massive crowd of people together pressed up against a fence is kinda what a terrorist is looking for.

Thanks for the updates! Gus sounds like he's a level above.

Like it. Have liked every element of the rebranding of the club, including the inclusions of the women's team.

Agreed- there's a real x-factor in Harmes. He's quick, aggressive, confident, and backs himself in. He's got a very high ceiling imho.

It's frustrating, but Petracca's something we've got ta get right. When I think of him returning to playing, I really only think of the toe injury and forget that he's in fact coming back from an acl. As keen as I am to see him play, the club's right to be ultra-cautious. (I do getter feeling that 4-5 years ago we may have fast tracked him for round one)

I just don't see it working on a logistical scale, not to mention the heritage of the area and the fact (in the Collingwood proposal) that's there is already a stadium siting on the land they want to use. We need to take each proposal with an artery hardening amount of salt. Richmond want millions to redevelop their home ground... Collingwood want even more millions for a stadium across the road from their recently annexed home. These proposals are entirely self serving for the two clubs involved.

Suits him...

David Schwartz Adam Ramanauskas Daniel Menzel In fairness, you've been gunning for Trengove since his contract extension was announced. He's yet to put a foot wrong in his recovery and rehab and MOST wish him all the best.

He's a lucky boy! Anything close to the head nowadays and you get a holiday.

We've got something pretty special here. His vision in traffic, exemplified by THAT handball in the fourth quarter, is amazing! In the team for round one on the back of the past three games. He's the kinda player you'd love to play alongside.

My recollection is that Whitnall had been carving us up. Carlton had been all over us all day, but couldn't quite put us away, we seemed to be lingering between 3-5 goals down. We then, as history shows exploded on the final quarter- very exciting day!

Pre injury Schwarz was an amazing talent. He was however, IMHO, a rung below Carey, which, as others have pointed out, is nothing to be ashamed of. Carey is the best player I have ever seen play the game, Schwarz (for that one year) is the best Melbourne player I've seen. What may have stood in Schwarz's way was the numerous off field demons he was dealing with. The fact that he played so well in the '94 finals, despite the turmoil in his off-field life is amazing. His book is an incredible and terrifying read.

Him and his mates were trolling the draft pages before he was drafted- some very funny stuff; was positive the MFCwould have put an end to it.

Champion, courageous and brave. There were some pretty average things written on this site about Jones last year; regarding his leadership and commitment. Hopefully he can play at 100% this year!

Has the commentary mentioned the rotations? Are we and/or the WB trying to stick to the cap this week??