Deemania since 56

Sure, and fairy Nuff. I just find it all a little premature, that's all.

After his comment to disrespectfully can the Club who gave him his start and learnings in big-league football, I bet the Mighty Dees' players are queueing up to man him up, next time we play The Filth.

Ouch! Just days into a new Captaincy and some of us are talking successors already! Gawn was a good and natural choice, for heaven's sake so let us see him through - and excel - in the role. There are a few others, home grown unlike Lever - who might be considered one day but who really has the confidence to speculate and name at this point in time?

B - Jetta May Hibberd HB - Lever TMac Harmes C - Langdon Petracca Tomlinson HF - Melksham Jackson Brayshaw F - Pickett Brown Fritsch R - Gawn Oliver Viney IC - Jones Lockhart Bedford Hore Emerg - Sparrow Rivers Preusse Spargo

Indicative for Jones to be seriously considered in the forward line. He has the turn, space seeking and a good boot. Kossie and a few others could learn much playing alongside him as opportunistic smalls when the bigs cannot mark lollipops or long bombs.

Agreed, but I regard Rivers as being just that little bit ahead of Melk, albeit so early in his career; I guess it cannot fully be evaluated yet, as there have not been a heap of shots at goal, static or mobile, from Rivers to fully judge that skillset. Bennell is a candidate if he gets over his current difficulties and plays in the forward line.

Yeah, it is a big ask....one might dream.

It is surprising - he has shut down many more highly regarded players quite well - sometimes very well. He often gets in there, spoiling certainties, feeding out quickly and well, and running on in possession for the best options ahead. He also can keep pace with all of his opponents, shoulder to shoulder, step to step. He does not dodge the issues and contacts, at all.

There is some merit in this statement of poor Club management and operational intent and yes, it has been going on for some time in peaks and troughs. Stable and earnest intent is what is required implemented by experienced hands and minds. With luck and deeper reflection, it could mean that improved fortunes should come to the Club provided that Members and Supporters are heard and respected.

Lockhart, Hibberd, Jetta and Lever are going to have to do a heap of running to cover CHB, their respective opponents and the flow of the game because the backline freeway is in place again. Hore - of the selected players - should be brought in for the WEagles.

His game and skills appear first rate. He really needs match experience to bring these traits to the fore. He is young, too young to carry the overdue burden of the team scorecard on his shoulders. Tom, Fritta, Melk and the smalls up forward (and that includes Jones' experience and kicking attributes) can do that if they play the spaces and run. Jackson is better than the Weed - far better - and his main attribute is mobility with his body. A few early weeks from the bench, I say! Rapid rotations forward with Tom pinching in the back-up ruck role around the ground (Tom's best asset is his mobility and aerobic capacity in combination). We could be unstoppable - I wonder if the FD understand that?

If one could only get rid of this high temperature, the persistent cough, the sneezing and the runny nose, the itchy eyes and general lack of energy and increasing malaise, one could understand this thread just the little bit more clearly. As it is, it is a shambles.

We need a speedy, running CHB with mongrel. This player must be an interceptor, a feeder and physically very tough as well. A Steven Icke-type, who plays like Gary Hardeman could.

There you go again, Mr Vagg. Once in your blood, Sale, Seaspray and the Thompson River swing bridge stick with you all your life. My fondest recollection is walking down Macarthur Street to Raglan Street to buy my mum a birthday present at the shops. Passing the Criterion Hotel, out the back on a bird-stand I spied at the open gate was a cockatoo. Nice sort of fella nodding and bouncing around, showing his tricks to all and sundry (except there was only me, aged 10 or so, as his audience). I thought his agility was excellent and considered him as a rover for the Dees - likely chance. But I like the bird and called out '... Hello, Cocky!' His response was shattering: 'You don't know Cocky!' Bitterly hurt, was I.

I did not express that, but it remained unstated. That is one of the traits for which I have generally admired of Ross Lyon.

The strength of our support for Jones at this late stage in his career is a measure (never a comparison) of our respect for him on so many levels across recent MFC history. Surely?

You omitted the third advantage: the non-retribution from Christian in the post-game, 'fair-play' wrap-up after Clarry has his head knocked off once again by deliberate action of a beaten opponent from the Weagles.

Lyon deserves more credit than some of us are providing...I'd take his word on this one.

Big risk to speculate freely on their behalves ... and more than interesting!

See the comment below. Anyone catch AFL 360 last night? Robbo was bordering incoherent, like a drunk man debating footy and life at the pub. He can barely remember players’ names let alone provide a balanced, robust assessment on the order of their standing in the game.

Does he really have a drinking problem ... this sample is very radical.

It's a trial, appreciating footy and the Demons, to live here in Adelaide. There is nothing about MFC in the media formats. One lives in a cloud of parochialism and cant - so living in that cloud is its own alienation. Still, there are other advantages living on the coast of Gulf St Vincent. Regular visits to 'homeland' are a necessity, though; these are like a tonic and capped off during the footy season with as many pilgrimages to the 'G as possible, to re-establish identity. C'est la vie!

On occasion, I'd really like to see TMac back at CHB. Brown can substitute forward, as can Preusse.

Scully is the most protected footballer in the competition.

Understand that point of view. For me, 'intensity of dislike' echoes rather than 'hated', and is as follows: 1. The Filth 2. Portal Ade 3. Ad Laid Cwoes 4. Wee Gals 5. Gold Coast 6. Wrong side of Sydney 7. Sydney 8. Fremantle 9. Whoreform 10. Essendrug 11. Catty Puts Others are tolerable as we need to additionally beat something to make the final 4 teams.