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Can someone tell me what the difference is between howe leaving melbourne and may leaving Gold Coast? But we choose to look the other way with May. What a joke some of you lot are.

what a [censored] you are. Give the guy some credit for becoming one of the best defenders in the game. Meanwhile we're loving steven May even though he left gold coast because they were bad and literally the same reason Howe left. Peoples blinded loyalty affects their logic. So how is May's decision any different.

I'd take him back. He is one of the best defenders in the game. Just because May and Lever are ahead of him on current form doesn't mean that he isn't a great player. All of this talk saying that he is past his prime etc. is way too harsh considering his injuries. Maybe he isn't the greatest bloke off the field, but to me he interviews well and doesn't seem like a tool. Using the phone incident as an example is barely a hanging offence. I think people are just too proud to admit that they would have him back.

the guy says 'anythink' and 'everythinK'. he is a disgrace. To be on tv and to butcher the English language the way he does is cringe worthy and embarrassing. Gerard Whately must go home after each show and blow off some serious steam. I'd say Robbo's IQ can't be more than 60.

as wrong as I was about Pickett, as right as I was about ANB

love his increased pressuring this year. would love to see him hit the scoreboard more but baby steps.

lol. no it wouldn't!

I'm sorry but for anyone saying that this is McDonald's career best footy then they have clearly forgotten about 2018 where he was much better. In terms of kicking goals and conversion and overall speed.

Harmes: Late third B.Brown: Early 2nd Petty: No trade value T. Mac: No trade value

like who? I can't think of 1 player. Rivers is a rebounding def, Bowey is too. We have 1 lockdown defender and that's Lockhart and he is fringe.

I read a headline that 'Melbourne in danger of missing out on NGA draft boater'. I'm only guessing this is in relation to Mac Andrew?

I just realised if ben brown doesnt play this week and plays next week instead then his debut game will be against north melb :)

if melb win I'll probably watch the reply 5 times.

So we've traded our first rounder this year right so our first pick at this stage is a 2nd rounder right? it's going to take a bit of creativity to get into the first 20 picks in this years draft I think.

With the current success that we're having I think it's important to not lose sight of continuing to add depth to the list and fix up holes in the list. So I put it to you, what do we need? 1 x Small defender: I think with Jetta on the fringe of the team now, and Hibberd nearing the end of his career, we need another really solid small defender to play alongside Trent Rivers. 1x Outside midfielder: This largely depends on how we see Laurie and Bowie developing. I think a lot of our improvement has come due to having increased speed with the likes of Hunt, Pickett and Langdon. I think we should double down and pick a guy with elite speed. Even if its a late pick like the Oskar Baker/Petrucelle/Castagna mould. If Fraser Rosman develops better than expected than we may not need to prioritise this sort of player. 2 x Medium forwards: We only really have Fritsch in this department. We have tall forward and we have small forwards in Kozzie and Spargo. A medium tall with goal kicking nous would really assist us. A membrey type is what we need.

I'm sorry but what's the difference between this season and the 2018 season where we were supposedly starting something? Let's bank a win against a good team first

viney doesnt have the pace to go with Edwards. we either go a hard tag or nothing at all. None of this 'be mindful of Dusty, make him accountable' [censored]. I'm actually more worried about guys like Castagna. Its these sort of guys that kick bags against us due to our lack of good small defenders.

I agree. The chances are he won't kick any. He'll have Grimes or Balta on him. So we just need him to compete and defend. We paid a lot to bring Brown in and if he's fit we need to play him. But I also think that Weideman should be rewarded for 7 goals in the vfl.

the same ones you quote were probably the same ones that vouched for Watts, Bate, Tapscott, Strauss, Maric, Cale Morton, Toumpas etc. It's true. Some supporters can't see the forest for the trees because they are so wrapped up in their own bias. Surely you can see that Jackson isn't a forward. Others have already identified it.

at some point a forward needs to kick goals.

2 goals a game is almost a 50 goal season so I'd take that wouldn't you?

Do you think that's because he hasn't shown any forward craft so they've shifted him. I think that that's more likely the case which I have no issues with because he does a lot of good things up the ground.

This thread has shown that other people share my view mate. And you're clearly just reluctant to admit that he isn't a forward.

so he's kicked 7 times more goals and he's a year younger. I wouldn't go into that one.

He's kicked essentially 5 goals in 5 games. Lets pump the brakes a bit.