titan_uranus

I noticed on the weekend that at most clearances around the ground Jamar would come sprinting in from wherever he was and contest the ruck WITH WHITE ALREADY THERE.. I cannot for the life of me understand why we need to have 2 ruckmen in the one contest (possibly because they're both pretty crap). Seriously, if this was the directive from the coaches, what the hell were they thinking? If not, then Jamar should be shot.

Sounds good to me, though I think Sylvia and Robbo only deserve one more go. I also say CJ out for Moloney

Great game for someone who's played 3 of the last 26 or something. Is the cornerstone of the MFC

How many possessions did Garland get today? 1? Not good at all

Well we've kicked 5 behinds in a row, so we could (and probably should) have had a bigger lead and maybe more confidence if we'd won the first quarter

First 2 of the quarter to them, thats 6 in a row to Geelong now, we're down by 19

Rivers sounds like he's beating Mooney, same with Carroll on Hawkins 112 disposals to 105 in 1st quarter our way

It should be said theres a wind down there that we had in that quarter worth maybe 2 goals

Quarter time Geelong 4.4 28 Melbourne 3.4.22 Goals Bruce Wheatley Neitz for us, Ablett Stokes Ling Hawkins for them

Neita just missed one but we're giving a good show of ourselves - 19 to 1

Sounds like a good start!

Does anyone know if there have been any late changes?

Did anyone see in the paper yesterday that Carlton would be scrapping its white jumper after they play us because it doesn't represent them being the 'Blues'? This was brought about because of member backlash. Maybe if enough of us get angry with the club they'll have a rethink...

The Dogs will be top 8 for most of the year, but their second half will be crap compared to what they're showing now. You're right about their light frames. I don't even rate St Kilda as highly as some others. They played awfully against Sydney (though thats to be expected sometimes against that mob), hardly looked convinving over the pathetic Blues, and then was outscored by 12 goals in three quarters last night. Yeh, they won the NAB cup, but a) that never means anything and they won most of their games by less than a kick (Essendon, Geelong, Adelaide). Not premiership material.

That's what I think - DB's said he doesn't want to play players who aren't 100% fit. I don't think Davey is going to be fully right for the match, but they're probably giving him as much time as possible. I hope its Moloney who gets in - I remember a couple of years ago when he got real aggressive against Geelong (possibly got reported for charging in that game) - I still think he was our best against Hawthorn

Whatever anyone offers for Green should be taken

Unfortunately whitito the problem isn't the lack of noise from who's at the ground, rather its the lack of numbers at the ground. More people = more noise.

What about Frawley - what's he doing on the wing??

Yeh, and at least Wheatley can kick (well, could kick). Garland missed targets 15 metres away from him under no pressure last week. Btw, I thought he was a forward. Let's hope DB doesn't swtich him between forward and defence this year, or we'll have another Miller issue on our hands.

Here we go. Exactly why Davey needs to play forward until Maric/Wonaemirri is ready to become the pressuring crumbing forward of the team. Robbo, Neitz, Newton, Bate whilst effective in the air and can kick goals, none of them are fast (in fact, all of them are pretty slow) and thus apply little pressure to running defenders. Having Davey in the midfield is a waste of goalkicking and pressuring ability. So many times on the weekend the ball hit the deck and was swept up by running defenders who were never under pressure to release the ball.

We have the MCG advantage over them... Who plays on Brad Johnson?

No spot in defence for Holland, who only plays well on slow lumbering forwards of which the dogs have none. Garland, though disappointing, deserves more time.

No way Buckley gets dropped. Weetra probably deserves one more go

Maybe Wheatley should receive the first kick, then bomb it 50 metres towards our forward line so that we either pass over the zone defence or, the more likely option, when we lose possession of it its not in our defensive 50 its up on the wing

He's not half as slow as Newton, and at least he chases.