titan_uranus

Have a look in the Friday papers and you'll find that 'No Change' rarely appears any more. Most teams have a change or two either in bringing a good player back or rotating through youngsters. I couldn't really care less if we didn't have an unchanged line up at all this year, provided that the players who should be playing, are playing.

That's pretty stiff to be charging another $5 just so that you can have an extra digit. But I guess the money all goes to the club. Yeah I remember that interview where he said that we wanted to return our colours to the way they used to be, not like they have been over the last 10 years. I wonder if that's going ahead.

We still can. Their defence is pretty poor. I wouldn't be surprised if Cheney is a late inclusion for either Frawley or Rivers, given how quick their recoveries have been.

You have to say that this is the best team (on paper) we've had all year. Cheney's really, really unlucky. I thought he was one of our better players last week.

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)

Melbourne B: Matthew Whelan, Matthew Warnock, Jared Rivers HB: James Frawley, Stefan Martin, Aaron Davey C: Jack Grimes, Colin Sylvia, Brock McLean HF: Cale Morton, Brad Miller, Russell Robertson F: Brad Green, Matthew Bate, Cameron Bruce Foll: Paul Johnson, Brent Moloney, James McDonald I/C: Ricky Petterd, Addam Maric, Nathan Jones, Jamie Bennell Emg: Mark Jamar, Kyle Cheney, Clint Bartram In: Rivers, Frawley, Green, Bennell Out: Lynden Dunn, Shane Valenti, Clint Bartram, Kyle Cheney

I think the majority of the media is beginning to talk us up now. Last year it was basically 100% negative, but now, I think we're starting to claw some respect back.

Well then why would he be selected in an extended bench? If he doesn't play then Martin will have to do some rucking which means Rivers will probably have to stand Roughead. Petterd may well be part of the future, but his form over the last few weeks (really, over the entire season so far) hasn't been brilliant.

Why is Spencer still in the reserves? Still not fit?

It's good that, not only is there a Melbourne player on the panel, but they're getting some variation as well. Too many appearances from Thomas, Richo, N. Brown, Fevola etc..

Great ins. Valenti is very unlucky to get cut after just one match. But you have to ask, why did they play him at all if they weren't prepared to give him an extended opportunity? 3 of the bench will be Jones, Bennell and Jamar. The last spot is a raffle between the remaining four, but I feel that we absolutely need a second ruckman, Jones is a given and Bennell deserves his spot. For mine, I'd prefer to see Cheney or Maric. Petterd I think comes last of the four in terms of performances this year. I just have a liking to Cheney. I certainly wouldn't be disappointed if Cheney played over Petterd or Maric. I won't be surprised if there's a late change or two (Rivers and/or Frawley).

That'd be good I reckon. Test out Rioli's defensive capabilities. Make him accountable when we've got the ball. Plus Davey has the speed to keep up with him.

IMO, these are the games we are a chance in: HAWTHORN - MCG - No ST KILDA - GC - No COLLINGWOOD - MCG - Yes, based on previous years' efforts and Collingwood's crapness in 2009 ESSENDON - Etihad - No, we suck at ES and Essendon is well in front of us this year BRISBANE LIONS - Gabba - No WEST COAST EAGLES - MCG - Yes PORT ADELAIDE - MCG - Yes, PA's only win against us here was by 5 points in a year when they made the GF and we came 14th. GEELONG CATS - Skilled Stadium - No SYDNEY SWANS - Manuka - No, we travel poorly RICHMOND - MCG - Yes NORTH MELBOURNE - Etihad - Yes, but we do suck a lot at ES FREMANTLE - MCG - Yes CARLTON - Etihad - No ST KILDA - MCG - No Count those up and I come to the conclusion that we're a chance to win 6 more matches this year. If we win half of those we end up with 4 wins.

Frawley on Williams if he plays. If not then Whelan might get him, but that match up hasn't worked for us over the years. Warnock on Roughead, Martin on Franklin. And since we have to play Martin on Franklin, we must bring in another ruckman.

I wonder if you're one of the many who referred to Carlton after that infamous match as 'Carltank' (people here still do). A lot of people on this site would be considered hypocrites to suggest now that tanking is in our best interest when we savaged Carlton over supposedly throwing that game.

Frawley, Rivers, Green and Wheatley are all available this week? Wheatley will come back through Casey, surely, but that means we might be able to bring Rivers and/or Frawley back this week to help out in defence. Frawley would be a good match up for Mark Williams I think.

I saw him last year during the home and away season and I thought he'd be a certainty to get drafted (but I didn't see the GF though).

Richmond needs to part ways with Wallace and bring in a caretaker for the remainder of the year. All this speculation and innuendo and focus on Wallace and his future at the club are taking their toll. IMO, it would be best for the club to just let him go and end all the crap.

Adelaide - Walker Brisbane - Rich Carlton - Robinson Collingwood - Anthony Essendon - Pears Fremantle - Hill Geelong - Chapman Hawthorn - Rioli Melbourne - Davey North Melbourne - Ziebell Port Adelaide - Tredrea Richmond - Nahas St Kilda - Dal Santo Sydney - Shaw West Coast - Kennedy Western Bulldogs - Higgins

Whoa... ... That's a lot of words. My head hurts.

Yeah I know, that's why I questioned it. Good on you for accepting you were in the wrong.

Are your sources the HUN? This (the fact that she bragged) has been talked about in the media. Hazy, you've presented your argument in the best possible fashion, and you may well be right. But to make assertions about Roost It of that manner is way out of line IMO. Resorting to insults, hmm, maybe you feel you're losing the argument now? I'm not a mod, so I can't actually stop you from doing anything, but I just think you shouldn't have made that particular comment. FWIW, I take the view that Coglin shouldn't have gone to the media, regardless of Stynes' comments and whether or not they're true. But I respect your argument.

Our kick-ins seem to have no pattern and no set up and hence no consistency. This is why they range from good (we scored 3 goals from kick ins) to woeful. You look at teams who do well from kick ins and they seem to have a plan. Examples are Brisbane (either Drummond or Johnstone) and Essendon (Fletcher).

I didn't mean that you can rely on stats. What I meant was that, if you don't see a game, and you pick the paper up, basically your only option when assessing the game is to look at (all) the statistics. This isn't the best option, obviously, but, coupled with a knowledge of the players and their positions/possible match ups, it can at least give some insight into performance. But the overall problem remains that statistics don't take into account each individual passage of play.

It will be interesting to see what happens this week in regards to Maric. I guess you could say he's warming Wonna's seat, but there's no way that the three of them are fighting for one spot. I'd leave Maric in for one or two more weeks to give him a bit more time at AFL level.