eveyone on this forum seems extrememly optimistic regarding the form of our team .. even if we do manage to deafeat gellong at skilled it is by no means a reflection of the season ahead, look at cartlon the last 2 years .. white (31) and neitz (33) are getting old and realistically unreliable to carry out a full successful premiership season .. it is a new era of the club .. no TJ, byron, daniher, jbrown (and bizzel) ..
dont get me wrong i love the club , but memberships (17,800) have dropped significantly than this time last year (23,000) which reflects the growing impatience of our supporters .. last year melbounre went into the season a premiership favourite , geting thumped by st kilda losing 6 players and any season glory with it ..
i hope to god the injuries hold out this year .. last year we were the second-most injury riddled team (behind adelaide who mind you pulled a remarkable effort) and by the end of a season struggled to fill a descent AFL team , including a near death experience of pettard ..
Some players who missed games due to injury ..
Neitzs
Moloney
bruce
robbo
bruce (current hammy)
moloney
mclean
dunn
whelan
sylvia
pettard
Davey and Jones had an exceptional debut year in 06 , but lost form in 07 , not once in 06 did i see jones pull a nicholson (needless turnover) although having as much heart as godfrey. what will zomer , cheney , weetra , morton , messen , mcnamara, martin , maric and grimes bring to the club? fuked if i know