Mel Bourne

Indeed, hoping this wild new approach might catch on.

Yeah, he had a real “Rolling Thunder” era Dylan-look going on.

Great that Kayo have jacked up their prices and done f$&k all to improve their service.

Love you Max, but that was absolutely disgusting football.

I’m talking specifically about how this affects a player’s mentality. It’s evident that Tomlinson wanted out, and would likely have been satisfied with any club who was willing to give him more game-time. But instead he’s been treated to the same frustration within the first two games of the year. If I were him I wouldn’t give a toss about our club.

Not letting a player who’s keen to leave the club do so because they’re “required”, then dropping them for the second game of the season despite a solid performance in the first, is the epitome of poor player-management. Goodwin, though rich in “learnings”, seems to have learned nothing from the selection debacle of last year’s finals campaign.

We can’t rule out the possibility that Melksham is constantly on Demonland, and was playing 4D chess with you.

Let’s not make assumptions (that can quickly become hastily -formed theories) based on things we don’t really know about. If he’s despondent for any reason, it might just be because he’s frustrated with his body and wants to get on the ground.

Yep, brought this up earlier. Goodwin needs to go back into the box. But he’s very much a creature of habit. Would be genuinely surprised if he did it.

…could’ve run around into Grundy’s area. A bit Marx Brothers, but would have been better.

Is it time Goodwin tried a new approach and went back into the coach’s box? A common theme in the criticism of him tends be his inability to react in real-time, and overall favour the game plan above all else. I do realise he has comms running through his headset and staff on the bench with him, but there’s no denying that if he were watching the game from (literally) a different perspective with asst-coaches beside him and data in front of him, he would have a significantly different experience of the game. And those differences could be telling.

McVee’s description unfair

Among other things… It’s a bummer our key forward can only kick goals by accident.

Discussing “Adelaide is/isn’t sh-t” is truly a national pastime.

Great news, and yet another example of the TMZ-lite football media we have to work with.

Didn’t see the game, but I noticed Ed Langdon had 92% game time and hasn’t been mentioned once in this thread. Really hoping for an improvement on last year’s season for Ed.

Hey everyone, I’ve been overseas for the last four months. What’s been happening?

Where did you see the full 2km results? Have been searching to no avail.

Yep, have been into this since the start. Was showing some excellent form before suspension, then just couldn’t bust back into the fold. Must have been frustrating, and I reckon he’ll want to prove one or two things to his previous employers.

Ha! Yes of all the pretentious Sydney cabaret-rock bands of the 90s, they were certainly one of them.

Yep. Just did. Pretty weird.

Admittedly I haven’t paid a heap of attention to him as a player, so I’ve braved Big Footy on and off recently, specifically to gauge how Crows fans (and neutrals) feel about it. Have also watched what vision I can find easily enough. My takeaway is that he’s generally regarded as an 18-22 player, but this view is a little clouded by his suspension. Not saying that he’s a thug or anything. Just that he was really starting to find some form and had entered “locked-in” status, but after three weeks out the team was relatively-humming, and he struggled to work his way back in. I generally see him as the best replacement for Melksham on offer. He might not be perfect, but Jake also had his fair share of walks through the desert. But McAdam is certainly capable of those high-agility, leading-forward bursts that Melksham provided. Especially with a new start and attitude.

Rivers at pick 32 goes to show you how much is yet to be revealed about all the draftees. And there are enough high-pick disappointments out there to show the whole thing is a bit of a lottery.

I’d be happy to somehow get McAdam AND keep Petty. And McAdam could fill Petty in about what’s been happening in Adelaide to help stave off the homesickness.

Peter Moore and his Brownlow would beg to differ.