leave it to deever

One of the few positives for the year. Very exciting young prospect. Also think Rivers is one to watch as well. The club did well in getting these blokes as well as getting the 24 olds Langdons and Lockhart. Not much love for Pickett of late but he is young. Seems to have incredible pace and hes not afraid to put his body on the line. I think he will become a very good player. Tomlison seems to play better when defending. I wish we had seen more of Marty Hore this year. So there are some very good newcomers mixed in with the perennial fillers. I dont mean to sound harsh but blokes like Anb and omac that never really shine and play good games consistently are examples of those. Actually I think there are quite a few and the club could probably unload almost a dozen. Tmac is interesting because unlike blokes like wagner he was a genuine great player. Alas that was 2 years ago so the jury is pretty much in on him. If we can manage to pick up another 5 very good players we will do well. I do think we need to buy some already proven ones especially a full forward and maybe a crumber type. Up forward I believe we should replace Hannan and Melksham but keep Fritta. Lever needs to get back to the form he had at adelaide which is why he was picked.

I only mentioned Lockahart in response to another posters changes because I dont want Hannan or anb. If Jetta comes in then I thought it was an option. I definately want Lochart in.

What about Lockhart up forward? Not Hannan.

Agreed on Hannan. Time to go.

I honestly dont know how you do it. I do appreciate the positivity I think this site would implode without some optimism.

And so the Melbourne players all make a collective sigh of relief. Goodwin gets another 2 years.

Can we renogiate Lever's salary. His last 2 seasons at Adelaide he averaged close to 6 marks and 16 disposals a game. This year in 15 games for us that has dropped to just under 10 disposals and 4 marks. His tackle count has gone down as well. I suppose May has been doing the most of the work. I recall that game in Nt where he had a ripper but that hasmt been the norm. I know he does a lot of spoiling but is supposed to be the bloke taking hold and springing from the backline and setting up our mids. Hasnt happened.

I wasnt wearing my lucky jumper either.

Not Luke Darcy. Blokes a goose.

Thanks. Must of been very humid.

I wonder if they trained too hard bw games.

I wish I was at the ground so as to get a bigger picture. So many times when the ball was kicked long, when the camera zoomed in there were 3 or4 dockers players descending on the ball and we were nowhere to be seen. It looked like we had half the number of blokes. Where were they? Just dont get why we were so slow. Even our tackles were usually broken. When we finall got the bsll it was handpassed to someone next to them. Very strange. This team. My goodness.

Spot on. Perhaps when his body catches up to his mind, he will be a star. One thing for sure he's bloody quick. He is also quite brave.

Akways had the feeling Trac really cares about the club and his fellow players. Not just in it for tbe $.

Prior to the start of the season Weid was still an unknown commodity in my book. True he had a couple of good games in our previous finals campaign but had not broken out. Tmac was woeful last year and I guees they were banking on him to recapture his previous form. Thats a big gamble. Jackson turned out to be very good but he is young and inexperienced and then got injured. So in effect , disregarding Jackson, the club said okay then, we have two tall frwds. They must have had a crystal ball telling them that tmac was going to return to his old self and weid will get better. Well Weid did get better but he is not at a Coleman level yet by a fair way. Hogan and Garlett left and the club wasnt too concerned about replacing them. How did the club that spent a fortune on the backline forget we need to score goals as well?

They didnt look like runners to me.

What do we have to look forward to? 4 things. 1.The delisting of so many players that have wasted our time and money. 2.Even better: the sods that chose them. 3.The return of a few faithful comitted players that hopefully will be surrounded by new ones that help them out. 4. Footy played with a modicum of effort and passion.

Glad he said Anb. Bloke should have been culled 2 years ago. Sums up the club.

Im starting to feel the same way.

That was just so poor. Same as wans game. Weak half hearted tackles...no run and spread...hospital handballing...too many passengers. Freo with nothing to gain showed us how you play the game. This club. Just wow.

And Hibberd which is unusual.

Bunch of lollygoblers.

Well thats the season. Same old stuff. Did we run a marathon yesterday or just dont care?

I dont think I have seen a slower team. What in the world happened? We look so weak and tired.

Spends it too soon.