Jumping Jack Clennett

Apparently we might find out what results from crossing Sellwood with Headland's daughter.

I'm dead-sure he was suspended, Wayne.

Headland getting a reprieve on the grounds of severe provocation from comments Sellwood never made reminds me of the Seecamp/Peirce incident at Princes Park about 8 yrs ago. Seekers took a mark at full-back. Brad Pierce came to the contest too late , couldn't compete, so punched him in the testicles. Seecamp reacted reflexively and instantaneously as he doubled up in pain , lashing out and hitting Pierce with an uppercut.(the little sniper didn't return to the ground). I felt the retaliation was justifiable and unpremeditated, but I know the AFL doesn't provide for justifiable retaliation, so I accepted the 3 or 4 weeks. There have been numerous other cases of "justifiable "retaliation by all teams, but we all know , it doesn't exist.....until now!!!` So go for it, boys!!!

In Chris Lamb's last game, he was on Matthew Lloyd. He kept him to one goal at half-time. Someone else was switched on to him(?Bizz). Lloyd ended up with 5 or 6. Lamb was told he was too heavy, and to lose several kilos so he could keep up with the mobile forwards. He followed instructions, lost the weight, then was told he didn't have the body strength for the big forwards in one-on-one contests. He never played again, but has always looked a top full-back at VFL level. Apparently he was too "nice".(presumably he would have told Headland what a lovely girl his daughter looks!) I hope(and think), Ferg's as good, though I hear he's been told he's not strong enough to take a big forward, but too slow to take a small one. Please don't be too cutting in your reply, Rhino, as I'm rather sensitive.

I'm fascinated that no-one, except Beelzebub,finds this interesting, relevant, or accurate. Perhaps Demonlanders are like our football dept...... they've just given up! . Damage minimisation is our best path! Surely not!

Did anyone else notice this?

They tried their guts out!!! Anyone who's played sport knows what it can be like! On a bad day,the harder you try, the worse it gets! It makes me sick to hear people say "TJ just wasn't interested". He gave his all. He's out of form, and (I hope, slightly, injured). His demeanour is easily misinterpreted. He's never going to look rushed, or shirtfront someone. He's got a certain style, and I don't want him to change! He's been missing targets, but he doesn't try the easy option. He goes for the difficult, highly constructve 50m. pinpoint pass. He needs confidence. It's all about confidence. We've got to give the boys a chance to get confidence back by really going all out attack! I have no doubt they're good enough when they believe in themselves.

No-one seems to disagree with this except "Bomber". You're off the hook ,now,mate!

I'm very worried about an apparent contradiction. Danners said after the game(or so I interpreted it) that after half time v. Geelong, he realised we couldn't win, so tried to minimise the damage with defensive tactics. He was happy with the 4:4 to 4:9 second half scores. More significantly, I thought he said we'd continue with these tactics while we're undermanned. The next day , I heard Cameron Bruce(presumably the Club's official player-spokesman this week) saying...."we've got to go all-out attack now and show we're good enough." I agree with Cameron, and it shold have started at 3.30 last Sunday. Back in 1996, Neil Balme decided we couldn't win in Adelaide,went defensive to try to minimise the score against, and orchestrated one of the most unwatchable slaughters I've ever witnessed. He was sacked(correctly) the next week. We shouldn't have given up at half-time!!!! There have been so many comebacks from 7-8 goals down this year! Why can't we do it? We've got to show confidence in our list! I reckon we've got the depth! Would WE have ever had the guts that Collingwood did, to play 3 first gamers in one match???!!! NO! Would we have had Port's guts, to give the 66kg Nathan Krakouer a game NO!! We're too conservative! We don't give youngsters a go, and we don't try new tactics. We're slaves to the (under-inclusive) statistics from Champion data. There will be many people who strongly disagree with this opinion. If so, could they please tell me a tactic in which they consider we've been pro-active, and.....just a bit....successful.

Still the worst in the League, despite new defence coach. No change in tactics in kicking in, or in defending opposition kick-ins.

[ "Source? Not doubting you Rolling Stone but I just want to see a full report on it." Moloney spoke to the group of MCC/MFC members in the Trumble room after the game. He said he had trouble with his groin again.

I particularly liked your "Avon calling"paragraph,JVM. It's funny that it seems ridiculous to hope for umpiring stats in our favour like the ones we've had against us in the first two rounds. We've got to stop giving away frees in front of goal! 11 resulting in goals in 2 weeks is far too many! Plus there were about 4 others that SHOULD have been goals, and several others that resulted more indirectly from forward frees. Let's hope for more experienced and competent umpires this week!

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Just looking at the last 2 years, we took too long to give Bate a go, and the same with Jones, when it was clear they were going to be proper League footballers. Armsstrong was never entrusted with responsibility.He wasn't good enough for us, but fits in well at WCE. Scottie Thompson played nearly 50 games before he played 100 minutes in a game , and I know that's part of the reason we lost him(apart from his brother being sick.) It's the same with our tactics.....we're too scared to try anything new ourselves,we just try to hook on when we see a successful tactic being used. By then counter measures are already being used by the pro-active clubs(ge Sydney and Adelaide)

A friend of mine said he became a Bulldogs member unwittingly when he paid his(?) gas bill.

Davey was 21 when we rookied him. Not what I call a super- courageous move to play him after good performances in the pre-season cup.

I reckon we're too timid about trying young players. Would WE have dared to play Nathan Krakouer (64kg), the way Port did v. North? He came out and won it for them. I think we would have said...."give him a year to put on some weight in the Sandy ressies!"

I also admired your play, John. But I was disappointed that you, like almost all other ex-players(Brian Dixon, Ron Barassi and Robert Flower excluded), didn't speak out against the proposed dissolution of our club in 1996.We really needed some ex-players to make themselves heard, but they weren't forthcoming. You players spilt blood for our club, but the hardcore members are the the ones with the undying passion. However, I'm delighted that you still care about our club. Does Ted? How about contributing some comments on tactics etc. Having been in the thick of it(albeit nearly 20 years ago),you're well qualified to comment.

If anyone can......Dunny can!!!! I refer Demonlanders to my reply on 21/3 to Jaded's post of 19/3, discussing Lynden's injury. I suggested that this injury usually means missing less than a month. It looks like I was correct.

[quote name='Courtney_Fish' Hey JUMPING JACK CLENNETT, ...etc ?????????????? I don't get the gist of your post, Courtney.

There's no side that would benefit more from the absence of Bradshaw as an opponent than MelbourneFC. Tragedy, though, for such a terrific, fair player to be struck down with serious injury.

Have other Demonlanders noticed our new moniker? I like it. It has an international "feel" about it. I presume we own the title "Melbourne F.C." Melbourne Victory and Storm would like to have it, but they weren't around in 1858. I hope we've patented this name. We Melburnians probably over-estimate our own importance when we call ourselves the" sports capital of the world", but with Grand Prix, World Swimming championships,Air shows etc all on at once, and well-attended, there's no doubt there's something special about Melbourne. And WE are Melbourne FC. We can be proud of that. We had a football club long before there was an FA cup, or a Bledisloe Cup, or even Test cricket. We just need a few premierships to get the world on board! It's great to hear Melbourne players talking about winning the premiership(SEN today). I'm so used to disappointment that I can't help but think back to Schwab's last season at Hawthorn, when he talked Premierships, and they did terribly. But you've got to think it's possibvle. And it is! You don't need a team full of Abletts or Careys to win a premiership.

I couldn't make any sense out of all that mumbo-jumbo. I presume they used the F-word a lot. That's about all I could make of it. Whatever it means, I hope the Eagles crumble. But it seems they've found the secret of success. I've always thought they seem more muscular than their Eastern state rivals. Perhaps it's not just fun drugs they play around with. Anabolic steroids would be childs play compared to Ketamine etc.

I reckon players are usually out for less than a month with this injury, unless the eye is involved. Sometimes it's only a week or two.