joeboy

I was thinking the same thing, but unless I'm mistaken Joeboy is rating on a curve here. Only comparing MFC players to other MFC players. In that sense, I can understand a 9 and a handful of 8s. Am I right JB?

Precisely

Joeboy, I love your work.... but Jeeeesus. Jamar shouldn't go above 2 in any way, shape or form. He's played 1 game in which he took a handful of marks, and got a heap of taps that amounted to nothing. If I was Sylvia, Warnock, Moloney or Green I'd be very hurt that you consider him in their league...

Other than that, I didn't see any other glaring errors at first view. Particularly like that you maintain Davey is our number #1 so far this year. Which he still is despite two quiet weeks. He's really figured out how to maintain some consistent footy when tagged, and when he's not finding it easily. In days gone by he'd vanish completely. His example is going to be, hopefully, what the younger guys want to emulate.

I'm glad you love my work , but I don't fathom how you can be critical of Jamar because we have a below average on ball brigade . He can only palm the ball in their direction , which he succeeds in doing admirably - the rest is up to them .

Enough said .

High distinction? In terms of what? Jamar, has tried hard, but has played 2 games!

What is it that you have against Grimes? He's certainly played better than Brock the last few weeks, let alone Meesen, Rivers and Bennell.

Jamar has been terrific despite a very limited preparation . His tapwork is outstanding and he's moving around the field extremely well .

He was easily our best against StKilda , and he easily outpointed Fraser yesterday . What else do you want him to do ?

Bartram - 4

Bate - 5

Bell - 5

Bennell - 6

Bruce - 7.5

Cheney - 6

Davey - 9

Dunn - 4

Frawley - 7

Green - 8

Grimes - 6

Jamar - 8

Jetta - 4

Johnson - 5.5

Jones - 7

Maric - 5

Martin - 5.5

McDonald - 5

McLean - 6.5

Meesen - 6.5

Miller - 5.5

Moloney - 8

Morton - 7

Newton - 3

Petterd - 5

Rivers - 6

Robertson - 4

Spencer - 5

Sylvia - 8

Valenti - 5

Warnock - 8

Watts - 3

Whelan - 6.5

SUMMARY

Average - 5.75 ( approx )

DUX - Davey

High Distinction - Green , Jamar , Moloney , Sylvia

Distinction - Bruce , Morton , Jones , Frawley

Credit - Meesen , McLean ,Whelan

Good - Bennell , Cheney ,Grimes , Rivers

Joe boy I have to seriously ask, has McLean ever played a good game in your book?

I think he was ok today in a awful side, I would not have said poor getting worse.

I really think you do not like him and will never say he played anything but poor.

From memory I think he has only played 1 very good game this year , and in a team that is crying out for senior leaders this is inexcusable from one who is regarded as our incumbent captain .

I don't dislike him , I just think he's having a very poor season.

Don't follow the example of your senior team-mates?

Seriously, what was the lesson? I thought he was fantastic. His composure, hardness, skills and courage were impressive.

I have no qualms with his attitude , ability , skills or looks ; my concern was that all of his opponents throughout the day kicked many goals on him .

Thus he was taught a lesson !

6 - Sylvia

5- Jamar

4 - Bruce

3 - Frawley

I refuse to credit anyone else

Bate - a major underachiever

Bell - lacks spacial awareness

Bruce - tried but failed

Cheney - kept at task

Davey - demands are overwhelming

Frawley - tough and focused

Green - a quiet game

Grimes - was taught lesson

Jamar - superb with tapouts

Johnson - some incomprehensible errors

Jones - constantly poor disposal

Maric - game to forget

McDonald - had few possessions

McLean - poor, getting worse

Moloney - was barely sighted

Morton - had no presence

Rivers - kept at task

Robertson - well past prime

Sylvia - oustanding allround game

Warnock - just a game

Watts - no Messiah today

Whelan - brave but loose

Here is the link:

http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/clubs/mel...4234424043.html

Best article i've read for the year

I agree .

The title - Taming The Demon , is so apt .

MEGAWATTS

According to Croke Park officials, the very modest Cribbin is allegedly good kicking goals on his back...

Better than Robbo

Interesting that Jamar was an almost unanimous choice as our best yet failed to be mentioned in the best lists of the 2 Sunday papers .

Premiership Quarter:

Melbourne - 22.17

Opposition - 39.38

ROUND 1 3.1 - 4.2 Loss 7 points (quarter), Loss 34 points (match)

ROUND 2 2.2 - 6.4 Loss 26 points, Loss 53 points

ROUND 3 3.1 - 6.7 Loss 24 points, Loss 57 points

ROUND 4 3.4 - 4.1 Loss 3 points, Won 8 points

ROUND 5 1.3 - 1.1 Win 2 points, Loss 17 points

ROUND 6 2.1 - 3.9 Loss 14 points, Loss 43 points

ROUND 7 3.0 - 4.5 Loss 11 points, Loss 8 points

ROUND 8 1.1 - 3.4 Loss 15 points, Loss 7 points

ROUND 9 4.4 - 5.2 Loss 4 points, Loss 22 points

ROUND 10 0.0 - 3.3 Loss 21 points, Loss 37 points

Percentage - 54.78

Won one quarter - 1.3 to 1.1 against the Crows.

This needs to be improved and hopefully will as we increase our fitness.

Good statistics , but poor summation .

FITNESS is certainly not the problem ,as exemplified by the astonishing statistic that we have outscored the opposition in 6 out of 10 final quarters this year , and had we kicked accurately yesterday it would have been 7 out of 10 .

Joeboy, i have never been one to disagree with your opinion vocally, but [censored] mate, that is a bad assessment.

eg ? - in 3 words please .

6 - Jamar

5 - Moloney

4 - Warnock

3 - Rivers

2- Frawley

1- McLean

Bate - 5 minute impact

Bell - failed to impress

Bennell - creative but mistakeridden

Bruce - numerous costly turnovers

Davey - had no impact

Frawley - attitude and endeavour

Green - solid but unspectacular

Grimes - calm and confident

Jamar - an outstanding return

Johnson - not a rover

Jones - had little influence

Maric - 2 good quarters

Martin - had no idea

McDonald - couldn't hurt opposition

McLean - many ineffective possessions

Miller - needs a rest

Moloney - terrific in close

Morton - poor decision making

Rivers - reliable as usual

Sylvia - failed to repeat

Warnock - excellent under pressure

Whelan - going through paces

LOL

6 - Sylvia

5 - Johnson

4 - Green

3 - Warnock

2 - Maric

1 - Bruce

Bate - not enough impact

Bennell - taught a lesson

Bruce - a steady game

Davey - seemed greatly underused

Frawley - steadied after horrors

Green - reliable and steady

Grimes - seemed completely lost

Johnson - continues to impress

Jones - needs a rest

Maric - excellent first half

Martin - must be settled

McDonald - doesn't hurt opponents

McLean - lacks effective disposal

Miller - unfortunately no alternative

Moloney - unusually quiet game

Morton - disposal was amateurish

Petterd - can't justify retention

Rivers - quiet but effective

Robertson - selfish and undisciplined

Sylvia - career best performance

Warnock - stuck at task

Whelan - lost in mire

Flower - graceful , stylish , unmannable , skinny

Schwarz - guile , strength , heart , passion

Jakovic - genius , accurate , thrilling , tough

Parke - probably the best mark ever at the club ( in my lifetime )

Tingay - stylish , determined , exquisitely skilful

Also:

Hawthorn

B: Brendan Whitecross, Thomas Murphy, Brent Guerra

HB: Beau Dowler, Campbell Brown, Grant Birchall

C: Jordan Lewis, Sam Mitchell, Beau Muston

HF: Mark Williams, Lance Franklin, Michael Osborne

F: Cyril Rioli, Jarryd Roughead, Garry Moss

Foll: Simon Taylor, Brad Sewell, Chance Bateman

I/C: Robert Campbell, Cameron Stokes, Ben McGlynn, Jarryd Morton

Emg: Stuart Dew, Brent Renouf, Travis Tuck

In: Muston, Stokes

Out: Stuart Dew, Travis Tuck

New: Beau Muston (Murray U18)

Dew dropped for disciplinary reasons - probably lost weight against coach's orders .

Momentum may ultimately create a snowballing success of victories , which MAY still get us into the lower echelons of the 8 this year , such is the evenness of the competition , however the alternative of many honourable losses will obviously lead to frustration but the sought after draft picks .

I don't think the answer is as obvious as first thought , bearing in mind that if we somehow gain the momentum that leads us to the finals , we will obviously have been good enough to be deservedly there , and thereby not without a chance .

What do you desire ?

Why would u leave with 12 mins to go when u live 10 mins from the ground? We were still in it... right til the very end. In all likeliness, had the game gone for 5 more mins we probably would have got up.

Weak effort joeboy.

I had to go to the toilet ! .

What's it any of your business why I leave the game early ?

dude, how the hell can you make comments on the game if you didn't even go? you posted at 4.44pm..the game finished at 4.45pm.

Hey Frock , I live 10 minutes from the ground and can assure you that I was at the game . I do admit however that I left with 12 minutes to go , precisely when Davey lobbed the ball right into Aker's lap in front of goal .

Thank you , however , for paying so much attention to my movements .

Can you please tell me which of my comments show that I have no idea about football , whilst you , on the other hand , are all knowing ?

I very much doubt when we have the likes of Garland, Frawley and Rivers back in our team, that Grimes would have a matchup with the other teams best small forwards.

Even so, there have been players with much more than 2 games experience who have been torched by those players.

I agree .

I am not denigrating the boy - he has a great future , but he WAS torched today . [censored] happens .

Totally wrong on Grimes - he had a great game - only his third, yet he looks like he's played 100. His kicking was perfect and displayed excellent decision making under pressure. Thought Maric was pretty good as well today.

Murphy had 7 kicks on him in the first quarter and Akermanis kicked most of his goals on him too !

It WAS a game to forget .