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Often in these situations there's no free kick for in the back because of 'sprawling' (where the tackled player's knees buckle and he deliberately falls forward to get a free). But this instance wasn't one of those, it was a free kick to Monfries.

I doubt he will leave Essendon, as he fits Matthew Knights game plan perfectly. Knights will not want to let him go. Would take him if the right offer arose, but it won't.

It's in the HUN today, Gerard Healy's article entitled 'Barry Plotter' http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/afl/the...s/barry_plotter In the paper it has a team and lists of 'Possibles', 'Teasers' and 'Retired/Delisted', all based on our next premiership tilt, which according to him will be around about 2012. Jared Rivers is in the 'Teasers', based mainly on injury. So too are Miller and Sylvia. Bruce is in the 'delisted'. Green is on one wing. I can remember Maric, Wonna, Garland, Morton, McLean, Jones, Bartram and maybe Petterd in the team.

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Exactly. Still, I'd like to see him get the recognition he deserves. Might help him with his confidence.

If Miller's fit he comes straight back in. In: Miller Jones Out: Garland Davey

I think the Bruce situation was laughable. It was either a 50m penalty or a free kick for legging. I would love to hear the umpires reasoning as to why he didn't pay a free kick. In regards to the theory that the AFL assigns umpires based on the status of the clubs playing, I would assume that to be the truth, but Hayden Kennedy was umpiring in our game vs Essendon, and McLaren vs North Melbourne. Experienced umpries aren't necessarily the best umpires.

They will try their hardest. They don't play at the MCG that often and they will want to show the competition how good they are. If we were to get close to them at any stage they would just up the ante and put us to the sword.

I have to say that I was extremely disappointed to hear that Newton had been offered another contract, let alone 2 years at that. I don't think he is the answer, I have yet to see anything that suggests he will become a good player and his attitude and lack of second efforts haven't been addressed. I would love for him to prove me wrong, but I'm pretty sure he won't.

Let's wait for Saturday August 16th when we host West Coast.

In case anyone cares: 6 - McDonald 5 - Bate 4 - Morton 3 - Sylvia 2 - Jamar 1 - Bruce (for negating Stanton) A lot of peopel have Garland in their votes. I didn't really think he was one of our best on the weekend.

I dunno if even Scarlett could have restricted Lloyd's output. Some of his goals weren't Wanock's fault (e.g. Sylvia kicking across goal, MOTY grab) plus most of the others came because of our turnovers that brought the ball into our defence quickly.

There was also some talk that Gavin Urquhart from North Melbourne might get the nomination. Don't know why. Morton's game was his best for the year, but his kicking still needs a lot of improvement.

Esssendon draws more people to the G than Geelong does. It's also our home game, meaning some Geelong members might not get entry.

Yes, the article does mention that Jim Stynes wants to bring back the demon, so they're looking at a new demon logo I think. That will probably feature on a clash jumper.

1) Where do you get that from? They've won 5 of their past 6, the loss coming when they had 1 on the bench compared to 4. 2) Useful inclusions, but we lose Miller who's been our only real forward for the past 10 weeks 3) I haven't got my hopes up 4) That's about all we've got going for us. By the luck of the fixturing of this round, this game's at the G, not Dome.

So how long is Miller out for? 1 week? More?

That article does also say that there will be 3 new designs submitted to the AFL, and the members will be involved. Let's just hope that this time they make some designs and give us a choice of designs, not a choice of horrible colours that none of us would ever have wanted.

They've got Michael, Fletcher and Ryder in their team, we've just lost Miller and dropped Newton. I think PJ/Jamar will play forward, and Ryder will play on them, and then I guess Fletcher might go forward. So maybe Garland will play on Fletcher, Warnock on Lloyd, Martin in the forward line?

Well I have to say Newton being dropped is no surprise. Goodbye Michael. But I didn't expect Jones to get dropped. However I think it is a good move: let him work on his disposal at Sandy for a while. 3 great ins. Miller will be missed though.

Green should get it, Miller could get it, McLean doesn't deserve it.

Actually there's a much easier way to quote two posts. Each post has a 'quote' button on it. When you click it it turns red. Click that button for all the posts you want to quote, then scroll to the bottom or top of the screen and click 'Add reply'. If you do this right each post will be in your reply.

I can't decide whether to like or dislike this. On the one hand I love Junior and his work-ethic, and everything he's done for the MFC. On the other hand, seeing him play last weekend I think highlighted how much the game has passed him by; not just in his poor disposal but his speed as well. Sometimes I thought he got a bit lost on the ground. But overall I think 1 year might be the best for all involved.

When she was interviewed on the EJ Whitten Legend's game she said Andy had converted her from a Swans supporter to a... Carlton supporter. :angry:

A nice spin on things there Oracle. But even with the majority of those players playing, we failed to fire a shot in Rounds 1 and 2. But I have to agree that in the past 2 years we haven't been able to consistently field our best team, which always prevents success.