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It certainly has been quiet on the Melbourne front with hardly an injuries and any training with almost a full list training is a good indication of a strong preseason . Makes for fighting for a spot in the starting line up interesting. It gives us a chance to have a good start to the season proper with a minimum of fuss.

Thanks for the Information LH good to hear that almost all are in a healthy state, and training.

Well done Fraser you are certainly striving for something special in my mind. Not just here for a good time. Achieving something for yourself and to help our great club to achieve the ultimate would be something special.

Good call time to make Steve Smith captain again .

2021.... If we end up in Hubs so be it better safe than sorry . However please don't shorten the quarters. Don't we have enough stress during the season without the AFL tampering with the game?

When BBB was at North and producing some great footy kicking multiple goals I was thinking this is someone that would be good to have being tall and hard to match up against. Going back as far as 2014. However one player that l would hope be injured was BBB when playing North. Never in my wildest dreams thought that we could get him at our club. . I wait for the day that he runs out with the Dees as well DZ that is a thrill for me. I rate him highly.

Yes there was a thread.... However Phil Rhoden's best kick was a torpedo punt and he was so well balanced and so good at executing the kick the opposition supporters would sometimes applaud while spinning perfectly through the air. Mainly a reserves player as he only played 3 games in the ones. Wasn't one for many possession.

Sew them together and make a trench coat for the winter. A great way to really show your support JJC.

Marnus is the normal one and a good guy. The other two in Shane Warne and Simmonds are ratbags of the highest order.

Ben Brown at training moving well also completed 4 time trials and I assume it was for all coming back for the official start . That is a good sign.

Clarry __can take the next level by being more penetrating by foot. Maysie __ To follow up where he left from in 2020 He was superb. Jackson-- showed with a hand full of games he has what it takes to make the grade. Ben Brown -- is a vital piece and chomping at the bit. He will show why. Rivers -- 9 games under his belt plays like a 100 gamer. Amazing.

HAVE A DIP OR YOU WILL SLIP GET IT DONE IN 21 ! GO DEES !

Yes he certainly is on his last chance, however the Cairns game against the Swans didn't favour us with the transportation of bus and plane on the day as we know. I just can't understand why we were not given the time to prepare in Cairns and acclimatise prior.

THE GAME PLAN HMMM ! this is what l think , Get the ball to Big Ben as quickly as possible and if he doesn't get it then the crumbers have a chance if it hits the ground or the Weid and LJ could chip in for a mark. It is Simple just get the ball deep into the forward line. If that doesn't work then there is no game plan. The Game plan is get it to big Ben !

I have hope of seeing our great club play at the Gee in front of a crowd in 2021 and in front of their members waving red and blue flags and cheering the boys on. Twenty thousand or so mostly members and singing the song as they venture out onto the ground. So be it to start with. The adrenalin pumping through your veins and being loud just supporting the boys in that famous jumper. I won't miss it for the world. Ending the day with a big win singing the song again and again, Bring on the opening round against Freo.

There is one person that l would like to see do really well and that is Tmac. Has his critics however you see it He is on the list and can play a part in our rise. I will be following his progress this preseason till the start of the season proper with a lot of interest. I just want him to do well because when he is on he is hard to match up. IMV he is a vital part. Don't write him off just yet.

The best drop kicks consistently was a centreman who played for Collingwood called Barry Price. He was very accurate for passing the ball chest height especially to Peter McKenna. Bob Skilton as was Max Papley grandfather of young Tom Papley were great exponents of the drop kick. However Tassie Johnson was a terrific long kick when kicking out. The drop kick was rarely used in the early 70s it faded away. In the early 6o,s If you didn't have the Ron Barassi footy boots it was hard on your big toe to drop kick a leather footy as a 10 year old. Don't l know. On the muddy grounds the drop kick was hard to manage as you would mostly end up with grubber kicks.

I do like Goody to succeed and now i believe he has capable assistants to support him. Williams and Yze are big ins they are certainly big assets for the club taking the next step.

Of Coarse Simon is under pressure isn.t the coach the first on the chopping block? IMO the list is there and we have the right mix now I am expecting some favourable results in 2021. A 4 year plan with 1 Premiership ? After what we have been through since 64 l would take that. Beggars can't be chooses. The arrow is straightened and aiming for the bulls eye. Don't miss Goody.

No it doesn't look good at all Macca however if Green hangs in and can bat right through and put on some modest partnerships with the tail then......Who knows? I suppose not likely never know. I am putting no pressure on the kid. That is the last we will see of Burns confident of that sad to see him finish his career like that. The selectors won't take any more of his failures he is too fragile. I hope Warner is ready to go next game, I think that it might be played at the G again. Time will tell.

Out, Melksham In, Ed Langdon Langdon will bolster the middle order and grind away all day, Can help hold the tail end together.

JB a great player of the game and a triple premiership player in the positions that the Weid is trying to make it in. 24 yo now not the teenager in his first season has had success in finals playing in the forward line before. I believe JB'S knowhow might be the key to unlocking his talents. Will be watching him growing in confidence in 2021 and beyond and with much interest.

Mark Brayshaw played for North Melbourne and Claremont aprox 142 games in Total and Mark's father Ian Brayshaw was an all rounder playing cricket for WA and was an excellent player captained WA and played over 100 first class matches. however did not play for Australia. Ian Brayshaw is father of Mark and James who is a former State cricketer. A commentator for Afl footyball on radio and TV. Mark has 4 sons 3 play AFL footy and Angus Brayshaw is his son. Now that is an elite sports family. Debra Brayshaw has an elite sports family in her life and bet she keeps them level headed.

Troy was just becoming a regular coming off the half back flank and back pocket at times. Played 40 games by the time he was 24 and had cemented his place in the side. In 2004 played in an AFL elimination final against Essendon which they lost and also a VFL Premiership in the same year. Married December 18 2004 and died 26 December 2004. So much happened to Troy that year from the very highs to the very lows and he certainly didn't deserve his ending in life. Such a tragedy. RIP Troy you will be forever remembered by many of the supporters at the MFC . IMV and many others at the club You are a Demon life.

No i didn't overlook him at all if you read the post, BD says I think Jackson has something to say about that. I replied to his Question. BD 's post is right above mine, Kosi is part our future going forward l rate him. However it wasn't the question asked.