titan_uranus

I'm glad to see Cheney in the team. I know nothing about him, is he a chance to get selected for Melbourne this year?

God I hate Leon Davis. Apparently he gets a game this weekend...I can think of at least 50 players more worthy than him.

Meesen's not getting a mention here - do people not rate him, or does he need more development, or should we never have taken him or what?

Players I defend: Sylvia - I keep telling myself that he'll come good Rivers - doesn't need defending though PJ - always thought he was better than what people gave him credit for Players I don't defend: Newton - never thought he was anything more than his mark of the year. Bell - just don't think he's very good, should have shown more by now CJ - why is he on our list?

I don't think we were the worst team of the past decade; rather, we played the worst football seen of the past decade. This is the team that made 3 consecutive finals series, and, with Essendon, was the Victorian team with the most finals appearances between 2000 and 2006. Compare that with Richmond, Carlton and even Hawthorn's last decade, and I think we come out on top. Still, I understand what he's getting at.

I agree. However: This is what I think should happen. Try PJ as no. 1 ruckman, Jamar as no. 2 and play White around the ground. White can kick goals and can take a decent mark so could make a makeshift forward. He's also been playing loose in defence through the year so could go there as well. I still think White is too hampered by the centre circle thing whereby he can't time his jump properly.

Yeh, after Sunday's game my first thought of Warnock is that he could play on buddy. Josh Gibson isn't the world's greatest defender but he was tried and succeeded, so i would throw him in the deep end I dunno about Whelan on Williams, we've tried this one many times over the years and never seems to work (though I have no better ideas except maybe Bell). Even if we quell Franklin and Roughead, Williams could easily chip in with 5.

I've never left a game early - defeats the purpose of going in the first place. I wasn't exactly confident that we would win on Sunday, but nonetheless I wanted to see how the team reacted. Plus its not like there was going to be a huge crowd on the trains either.

Love it

Actually I thought they picked him as best. However I agree with Yze Magic on this one, it's not like his possessions were terribly influential or special; rather, he just got the ball a lot.

In: Whelan Out: Bell Bartram gets one last chance to do a run with job on a Crow midfielder. Bell needs to play at Sandy to get some form back. PJ should come back via Sandy too. Dunno if Sylvia will be ready, it's a hamstring isn't it?

There's been discussion on 3AW about whether or not Melbourne should have a cheaper membership which doesn't allow entry to games but it still a membership. A lot of other clubs have them. The problem I see with it is that we obviously need both members and larger crowds, this kind of membership will not help at all with our poor attendances. What do people think?

He was better yesterday because he kicked more than he handpassed: he played to his strengths

Wonaeamirri - NAB Rising Star (is this possible for a rookie?)

Our record vs Crows at AAMI # Year Rnd 1 1991 10 Melbourne 10.12 (72) vs Adelaide 15.16 (106) AAMI Lost -34 2 1992 18 Melbourne 18.8 (116) vs Adelaide 9.13 (67) AAMI WON 49 3 1993 20 Melbourne 6.10 (46) vs Adelaide 13.27 (105) AAMI Lost -59 4 1994 13 Melbourne 12.6 (78) vs Adelaide 11.17 (83) AAMI Lost -5 5 1995 6 Melbourne 10.9 (69) vs Adelaide 11.11 (77) AAMI Lost -8 6 1996 13 Melbourne 19.9 (123) vs Adelaide 10.12 (72) AAMI WON 51 7 1998 10 Melbourne 8.10 (58) vs Adelaide 17.9 (111) AAMI Lost -53 8 2000 11 Melbourne 8.22 (70) vs Adelaide 15.15 (105) AAMI Lost -35 9 2001 2 Melbourne 12.11 (83) vs Adelaide 11.14 (80) AAMI WON 3 10 2003 12 Melbourne 10.5 (65) vs Adelaide 21.12 (138) AAMI Lost -73 11 2004 14 Melbourne 10.13 (73) vs Adelaide 22.13 (145) AAMI Lost -72 12 2005 19 Melbourne 7.4 (46) vs Adelaide 13.22 (100) AAMI Lost -54 13 2006 22 Melbourne 14.10 (94) vs Adelaide 23.14 (152) AAMI Lost -58

Loved the Saints match if only because it was a final and the pressure was right on. There are just so many.

Deserves his spot in the team at least for one more week.

I would say this is quite unlikely, considering even in our good years we don't seem to do too well over there.

Exactly. If we come out against Adelaide and play like we did against Hawthorn, Bulldogs etc. then we will have gone nowhere.

Yeh thats what I heard. If he's fit for Adelaide, would he get back in?

I agree. I can see other clubs closer to a premiership trying to poach him from us. He keeps our backline together and makes Warnock, Bell, Garland, Carroll and co. look better at the same time

Best example - West Coast on friday vs Carlton. 48 or so points down, tried to fight back but still lost by 5 goals.

I ask this question because, though I definitely want us to win more games this year, I would be quite annoyed if Essendon or West Coast got pick 1. Still, I don't want the spoon or pick 1. Do people think we need pick 1 to improve?

Essendon won't win the spoon unless they keep getting injuries. They'll get better when their players come back. I think.

I agree, he didn't win many hitouts but he finally used his body around the ground. He was blocking well and he and White did well enough in the ruck to allow us to get some clearances in the second half