leave it to deever

top mark

JKH is playing for his spot today. He needs to put his hand up.

vince is clumsy today

How good to see Watts where he belongs

should be 50

The fact that we have been competiive in all 5 games maybe

Essendon trying it on again with all the daniher bros on the ground to gee up the crowd. They pulled some stunt against us last year and it seemed to work. Hope it falls flat today.

Good call

Are you sure the bus didnt crash?

Is this our finals chance on the line today? Im nervous and excited.

Their last 2 games against the dogs have been rippers to watch. Damn their talent though and that smug toby. (although id be smug if i could play like that}

Fair observation. Great sides have depth to their forward lines and while ours is great with the advancement of Watts and the maturing Hogan, another veteran of around 25 years and 100 games would be handy. I have faith in Weids but he may be 2 years away before becoming a very good frwd.

Agreed although like pulling off a bandage, its usually wiser to get it over with. I take that back, we will win today.

You and half the crowd

Has anyone been watching Trenners of late? Wondering how often hes played and his form. Not sure he will be around next year if he doesnt get a game soon.

apparently not

Jordan Lewis better perform given his 3 week holiday.

My bad i forgot where it was. Still bloody pricey.

I dont get this price. I went to the Dees Tiges game on Monday and fronted up over an hour early and bought GA teickets for one adult at 24 dollars and 2 kids which cost about 12 or something each With a crowd of 85,000 we got great seats in the cheer squad. Your tix prices suck. Is it booking fees or dry area, or some catch?

The highlights reel would probably beg to differ. He was a legend,

Dland agrees that Pedo is a lock. (at long bloody last) Unfortunately Weids will get another crack with Hogan unavailable and both Smiths injured although the suggestion of Tmac up frwd isnt bad. Seems to be little love for Kent which I feel is a little rough. His last game was his first for the year and he wasnt totally useless by any means. Can Hibberd play forward? JKH is a possible ommission for me. He just didnt display any hunger last week and if he plays on Sunday he needs to perform or he may not be around for much longer.

Probably should have left it on. I hear Jason Dunstall is looking for a piece.

Is big bird a free agent?

Not disputed but we are still well positioned for the future.

Well five games in and we have 2 wins that some may rightly say barring injuries, could be five. In a season where so many of us are expecting to play finals, are we still a chance? The odds of losing 2 ruckmen so quickly are as high as Capper’s shorts. It must be a consideration when examining our performance thus far despite people saying “thats football”. I drove 800 km to go the Richmond / Dees game and I was proud to see so many Melbourne supporters. If Weids can improve and become a super third forward (Im including Watts and Hogan) then we are in a great position. Hibberd was awesome and a credit to the recruitment department and has filled a much needed hole in the defence line. Perhaps next year we can pick up another tall forward. We have all been impressed with young guns Oliver, Hunt and sometimes Harmes. Trac is improving dramatically. There are a few players not playing as expected like Viney and Tyson but there are others like Salem and Stretch who have improved this year. There are some on our list that Im not sure about who have been around for a while now a few because of injuries that will no doubt be delisted to make way for new players. So even if we don’t make finals and have the same amount of wins as last year doesn’t mean we haven’t improved. I’m convinced we have. The question to be answered is by how much. It’s so frustrating to be only 2 wins at this stage but we certainly have a talented young team that with the footy God’s blessings can achieve finals glory if not 2017 than certainly within 2 years of it. If we can just "reset" this weekend and overcome the obvious ruck problem and beat a cocky Essendon than we are still a strong chance to make it this year. Go Dees.