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Sean Wellman is defense coach.

Bate - what was that? Bell - absolutely positively awful Bode - not AFL standard Garland - most improved 2008? Johnson - doesn't tap advantageously Jones - please practise kicking Morton - not his best Sylvia - goal-kicking a worry Wonaeamirri - best first-year player? Yze - too damn selfish Can't be bothered with the rest.

Today's attempts to kick the ball in made me more infuriated then I think I have ever been. It was pathetic, bordering on embarrassing, watching them repeatedly screw up kick ins. Did no one in the coaches box watch how Collingwood did it? I can't think of a situation today when the huddle worked for us. I do remember Wheatley kicking it 65m to White, but that can only happen when there's someone near Wheats to provide the shepherd. And now Bode and Bell are gonna get slammed for poor kick ins, when the problem isn't them (most of the time), but it's the set up that they're facing.

Oh god no, is Rivers injured again? This is bordering on ridiculous now. As for Moloney, whatever the injury is, I doubt we'll see much more of him this year. Maybe gives Valenti another shot. Otherwise CJ should come in.

Hmmm, not horrible but there are better options.

Good to see Petterd back in action, how was his game overall?

Well said QueenC

Well as far as I know (which isn't very far), Maric is in Year 12 and the club wants wants him to concentrate on finishing his VCE without the distractions of AFL footy.

Well I hope your plan works because I'd love to see McKinley in the red and blue next year

I don't think West Coast will want/can afford to trade McKinley: he's their only decent forward (especially now that Lynch rucks as well), is young and can kick goals in a team that struggles to score. Despite that, if they are looking to trade him, we should definitely go for him.

I really like the look of Prismall: we should go for him. Geelong are likely to have to offload players come the end of the year due to the salary cap and so if Prismall isn't getting a game he could be one of them.

Yeah I remember 2004: the only year not to draw 60,000+. Rainy, cold, MFC had been thrashed the previous 3 QB matches, and, if I remember correctly, it was right in the middle of the construction of the new stand so numbers were down all of that year. Hopefully enough filth supporters will show up to make a healthy crowd.

Yeah, just read other thread re: Frawley's injury.

Ahh, well that explains it then. Poor Frawley. Is there a penalty for bringing in someone outside the squad of 25? We've done it 3 times now, so I'm hoping we're not forking out money each time.

There must have been a mistake or something because both The Age and the HUN have Bell listed in the back pocket on Medhurst and Frawley is an out. I cannot believe Bell is still in the team...

I think the issue behind all this is Demetriou looking at how to get the currently strong teams (Geelong, Bulldogs, Hawthorn) who don't have big matches into a blockbuster without having too many 'blockbusters' per year, and he sees QB as an opportunity to have, say, Hawthorn vs Collingwood, which this year in round 7 drew 76,048 without being a 'blockbuster'. However I think this could do us a favour of sorts: getting people to turn up on Monday to prove him wrong. I guess it's possible that he came out and said this to purposely boost the crowd numbers on Monday.

That's how he should be played: gives us an extra midfielder. Maybe could also go forward.

Second round would do me

Good idea: considering Dunn isn't even on the bench (which I guess means he's most likely going to play), maybe he's gonna run with Shaw. Hopefully fast enough, definitely should be strong enough. I originally thought Bartram to Shaw, but maybe Bartram will run with Thomas.

If I can remember correctly, one of the options for the predominant colour of the new clash strip was teal...

Good question DemonDave. Well you'd hope that Miller or Bate kicks enough to get past 20. Maybe even Newton if he gets a spot.

Urged all Melbourne supporters to go to Queens Birthday because, in his words, if it doesn't draw a crowd of at least 60,000-65,000, we may not be in Queens Birthday again. Said that the match is a fixture but the clubs who play in it are not 'set in stone' i.e. if Melbourne can't draw big enough crowds we won't be in it anymore and other clubs who would draw bigger crowds would get the spot.

Well get a bucket ready for rounds 16 and 18 Doggo: according to the article, there isn't enough time to come up with a suitable idea and make it into a jumper by round 16 when we play Freo.

I like this one, but yeah, probably needs more red on it.

Just had a look at that post Pates: I have no idea where the AFL sees the clashes there. Essendon is the only concern, but from a distance it would be a predominantly black jumper against a predominantly red jumper. Add to that white shorts and fully red socks vs red and black socks, and there shouldn't be any problems.