GCDee

Hawthorn I agree... We dominated Geelong for 3 quarters Fell asleep for a quarter against brissy but responded well at the end North was a good battle Ran out of steam against the tiges also just lacked a little composure with ball in hand. It just feels our players are slightly unsure exactly what their roles are which is causing a bit of hesitation. I think this will be rectified by the end of May

It's frustrating as hell supporting this club.. but let's be honest our first 5 rounds have been against some strong competition. Geelong top 4 last year Norf actually looking decent this year, and a bogey team for us Brissy the easiest game of the lot and that was a way from home. Hawks- still has plenty of class however we just didn't show up. Tigers- last year's premier's, did well to fight back but just couldn't keep it going. Not to mention we have a new star in lever we are trying to arrange our back 6 around and we have been with out viney and tmac two top 10 players on our list. Looking at the next 4 rounds I antipate we will win all of them leaving us 6-3 heading into round 10 against the crows in NT. If you told us at the start of the year we were losing tmac and viney for the first 6-8 weeks and we got to 6-3 I would have taken that any day. The test is now winning the games we are expected to win. I am not giving up on this season yet and talking about getting rid of the coach and who to delist. I think it's also important to note just like a game of footy the season always runs with momentum. I would prefer us to be hitting our straps toward the end of the season and having that momentum in finals than just limping over the line and getting thrashed in our first final (Essendon last year)

Watch us get done by 50 points here

I really hate supporting this club. So weak.

Umps have [censored] us here. No chance

We cannot play Lewis and Lever in the same back line. Both cannot be accountable for a man and it is simply ruining our structures further up the ground. Because we have such a dominate ruck and seem to always do well in clearances I don't see the need to ALWAYS have a loose back. So Lever either needs to learn to play man on man and fast or he needs a positional change. I would like to see him playing a defensive wing or half forward where our mids can provide more assistance with his man and he can work to his strengths in contested marking and guarding grass making opposition half backs struggle to clear our forward half. Lewis really does look cooked, Harmes is being expected to play completely out of position, Pedo would give us so much more than Harmes right now. I'd like to Lewis, Harmes & Wagner out In Pedo, Hannan & Hunt

Lever is simply just going to the wrong position three quarters of the time and never effects the contest. Really concerning how much he isn't clicking

How's hunt been looking tonight?

Apparently Adelaide had a gale force wind that quarter as well... yikes

Yeah... we are [censored] until we win every game by 25 goals.... we are [censored] if we drop one game and we are the same old melbourne. Some people have some bloody short memories.

You win the flag MFC and I'll buy one... deal?

Glad we cleared Watts off the books.

[censored] we got reemed.

Surely there is a conflict of interest in poaching his current clients to his new club.

And im pretty sure they can't trade next year's first either.

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2017/08/23/ralphys-bombshell-trade-predictions/ He also predicts we would be the premiership favourite... BIG call Ralphy

God it would be good to get one back on GWS after $cully

Would love this, Kelly AND Lever, and our list would be complete. However I can't see us having the currency & cap room for both.

I played a few games with Zak in the under 18s at Mount Eliza (I was a year older but he was playing up a grade or two) And his attack on the ball at that age was ferocious... to the point where me 6 foot 2 and 100 kgs didn't want to get in his path and I was on the same team! Made of the right stuff and would slot straight in. Would deffiantly be worth our first round this year... approx pick 10... which ironically is what Nathan was drafted at wasn't it?

I really hope we hold firm on this one... I really would hate to give in. Clearly we either have someone in mind in this years draft or another trade for this years pick lined up.

Lloyd just said in trade radio the deal will get done today for this years 2nd rd pick... Could just be Lloyd being an Essendon man saying what he wants to happen.

I'd absolutely love for Jenkins to be lining up next to Hogan next year, but I wouldn't be upset if Freo threw a massive contract at both Jenkins and McCarthy. Surely Freo couldn't fit all three in their salary cap and trade for all three.

Hey GNF, Don't listen to all the haters, you cleary have some connections within the club because there is no way you can guess what you have shared with us all. When I first started reading demonland (around the season when we landed Mitch Clark) It was because of you I kept coming back because I just wanted to get more info. I for one really appreciate what you share and can't wait for your next scoop! Cheers!!

Hi guys and girls, I'm a long time reader but first time poster on this forum and just wanted to add my 2 cents on the Melksham deal. For me I think it's a win for the club, Melksham in comparison to Watts statistically speaking are almost identical since they were drafted although Watts is a year older. Jake was once a high draft pick (granted it doesn't mean everything) but it meant Essendon must have rated him highly in his draft year as we did with Watts. And both haven't lived up to their potential yet. So it begs the question would anyone on this forum happily trade out jack watts for anything less than pick 25? Personally I wouldn't and that's why I think Melksham deal was a good get. Granted I will say Watts has a higher ceiling due to his polish but with Melksham we will get someone who will give their all and not afraid to hurt the opposition (fairly) which is what a lot of you have wanted in our team in previous years. No I don't believe he will rack up 25+ touches every week and be top 5 in our B and F but I see a player who will go out and give his all and play the way the game should be played. I believe there is a negative view of Melksham not just because he hasn't quite lived up to his potential but just purely because he is a ugly bastard and he gets under your skin, maybe that's the sort of player we need in our back half to get under the skin of the opposition a bit. Just my 2 cents and no this post was not made to belittle Watts in anyway, I think Watts will be a star for the MFC.