John Lord

Heading back to Melbourne. Feeling gutted and simply cannot understand the umpiring. It appeared that there were two completely different interpretations of the holding the ball rule. If Melbourne were tackled holding the ball if Freo was tackled ball it up. Home state umpires do not work

Our girls were out classed today. But unfortunately this would be the worst umpiring I have seen. The holding of the ball rule and throwing of the ball appeared to be interpreted differently dependent on what jumper the players were wearing. If you think the press has been anti Melbourne you should have seen the umpiring today

MRO is a joke. Melbourne finally showed courage with the Roo report. We must now stand up again. The AFL has seen us as an easy target if we fold now all of the hard work will be undone. We must show we are a strong club and don’t mess with us.

Umps hate Melbourne

A very sad day. He was a great player and a gentleman

So the Bugg hit was considered worse. The tribunal is baffling

Oscar is our best fit for Walker. It also allows for Lever not to cover key defender. With Gawn being suspect he may not be able to push back as he has. We are limited for talls if Max is unable to play out the game. If that was the case Jackson would need to ruck leaving Weids the only tall target up forward. Going short has not worked. A very risky selection

We have a tough draw ahead. Bris and Collingwood are amongst the hardest teams to play. On paper Adelaide and North should be wins but Adelaide are a 4 goal better side on their own oval and will have the crowd factor. A small crowd the other night definitely influenced the umpires. The North game is at ground where they do not drop a game. The wind howls at that ground and the crowd factor will again be against us. Our last three matches have been close there but the free kick differential was well against us in all of these games

Defenders covered him more than would normally happen. T Mac looked good early in game because defenders needed to cover both Weid and Tom. When Tom went of the defenders then just needed to cover Weid. This made his efforts yesterday even more commendable. He will get better with more games under his belt.

Desperately need another tall up forward. An extra tall allows for kick to options when moving from defence. It also means the defenders can not all mob T Mac and thus allow Bailey to become the third marking option

Eddy would be happy going to the hub in Perth 1. Collingwood will get three interstate matches with only one lot of travel 2. Having Geelong in the hub means no trip to the cattery 3. Playing in front of crowds good for sponsors with these games guaranteed prime time slots 4. will give Collingwood a run of games at the g later 5. Eddy will brag Collingwood put their hand up for the good of football 6. Ensures Collingwood play on MCG size ground which suits their game style. The pies would likely struggle on the smaller grounds due to lack of space and harder to play their possession game i do not think Eddy is doing this for the good of footy there are many advantages for the pies in this

The player is possibly Scott Sutcliffe. He wore number 44

The Melbourne cricket club was formed in 1838 and the Melbourne football club in 1858

Watched early part of training. Jackson showed skill and determination both in tapping ball in ruck situations as well as at ground level. This was a solid season including all of the ruckman involving continuous repeat situations. Pruess also impressed covering the ground muck quicker than last year. In match situation I was impressed with Rivers. His disposal was good. Gus left early. He appeared to be rubbing his lower back

The AFL works in strange ways Essendon heavily sanctioned and falls to the bottom of the ladder. Rewarded with pick one. Melbourne crippled with injuries and fall to the bottom of the ladder. Reward push back their draft pick. It would only happen in the Afl