titan_uranus

Spencer would be extremely unlucky to get dropped, considering PJ's poor work so far. I'm disappointed to see PJ keep his spot. Clearly Maric is not fit. Hopefully he'll be back next week. Bennell can consider himself a beneficiary of a stack of injuries.

It's a stupid argument Pringle, because he would never get picked, and if he did, he would only get one game because that would be enough to show Geelong that he's not worth it. Newton is not a victim of being a Melbourne player. He's a victim of being a mediocre, lazy, worthless footballer. He would be no different in any other team, because it's not the team that's the problem.

Exactly.

That shocks me. I can't believe a magistrate thought he was worthy of bail. And I don't believe his remorse either.

We didn't so much beat West Coast as we did finish the game with more points on the scoreboard.

That is quite true, even though I'm for trying to win as many games as we can. I'm sure the two of you would have had a go at Carlton for taking against us in Round 22 of 2007*. But you seem to be at peace with it when it benefits us. *Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong though.

Jaded makes a couple of good points. The first is the specialised nature of the ruck. It's not like playing in the forward pocket, for example, where you might be on the end of some good play and kick a goal or two. To have an effect in the ruck you've gotta know what you're doing: e.g. timing the jump, palming the ball, working in tandem with the midfielders. Martin would know little if any of this. The other point is that our long term view cannot be to use Martin in the ruck. He has enough talent to play CHB really well, and possibly could go forward. But I don't think we can succeed in the long run with Martin as our 2nd ruckman.

Yeah, I forgot.

According to that list, Robbo should have played on the weekend. Where's alpha33's list?

The same way any venue applies bans to patrons. Use of skilled security staff, CCTV footage, and public awareness. It's hard, but at least by attempting to do it they're sending the right message.

Look closer, and you'll see that that was a stupid HUN miscalculation. They claimed St Kilda had a worse record than us because they'd won 4 and we'd won 5. Do the maths and you'll see that our winning percentage is lower than their's, because we've played about 5 more matches than them over the same time period. We've got the worst winning percentage at AAMI.

What Jaded said should be enough to end all discussion on the topic.

They've still got Ebert, and they could throw Chad Cornes up there too. Still better than ours, but definitely weak and we're in with a better chance than we were 48 hours ago.

Not sure about that. Maybe as a loose backan, filling the holes in front of forwards. Doesn't that show the state of Melbourne's leg-speed?

Dunn's had much more time at AFL level than Garland had. In Garland we saw a possible KPP who needed to build up strength. In Dunn we see a bit player who hasn't settled into a proper position, and who doesn't have a heap of talent either. Add to that the fact that he's not absolutely dominating at Casey, and I think Bail provides a better alternative.

I agree. No point bringing Dunn in, we know what he's got to offer and it's not much. I'd much rather see Bail get a game. Bennell certainly isn't strong enough for AFL at the moment, but the experience is invaluabe. Personally I'd swap Bennell for Bail, see how a more mature body stands up. Spare Jetta and Bennell from the trip to Adelaide, let them stay here in Melbourne.

I heard on the radio this morning that Nathan Jones' younger brother was with his father at the time. He was seen to be crying as his father was assaulted. Poor kid.

Agree. If a ruckman's going to be dropped, it should be PJ. Spencer's done nothing wrong. There are much higher expectations of PJ, and he hasn't lived up to them so far this year.

I didn't know Zomer had moved to defence. I can't see that working out, given who's already playing for us. Meesen might be in line for a call up this week. His fitness and running could come in handy considering how lazy PJ has been and how Spencer tires out after half time. Surely Maric plays this week.

AW's not so bad. If you can get used to Rex then it's a better offering than SEN. Listening to SEN can make it difficult to keep track of what's going on sometimes, especially when KB, Mark Doran, or Andy Maher are calling. MMM is as bad as it gets. ABC leads the pack.

Sums up my thoughts. Once Maric and Wonaeamirri return, though, hopefully we won't be complaining about not playing Davey forward.

I saw the latter stages, kind of around the time Champ's photo above was taken. If it was up to me, these a-holes should be banned from attending any AFL match at any ground for life.

I hate BT. He thinks he's God's gift to this Earth. A total [censored]. I cannot understand how he continues to be crowned the best commentator in the business. Useless. Rant over.

Definitely one of our better players yesterday, more so in the first half though. Went missing after half time. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw him kick consecutive passes on his right boot. Hopefully he's worked on his right-foot kicking so that he isn't so predictable and doesn't have to constantly turn onto his left.

Thanks KC. I can't decide whether or not I want Newton to do well. We need a forward to step up, but I don't really want it to be Newton. Meesen in best = PJ being dropped?