Smokey

I'm not feeling as bad about that season as much as some, however I admittedly only watched about half the games live this year. That was a strategic move on my part after the Port loss because that was the moment we weren't a finals team in my opinion. I actually enjoyed the second half of the season being a fair-weather fan haha. Obviously disappointing, but I can see plenty positive's in there. I'll try to articulate them in the coming days, but for now it just feels like the same old Melbourne, doesn't it? I'm with @old dee - I will request the chairman comes good on his review promise also.

might be too little too late from a list management perspective

I wish AFL media would steer clear of commentary designed to incite what the public should be outraged about every week

No-one that's currently on the list. Lucky for us this isn't a formal role that must be filled.

Without being disrespectful to Jonesy; if he was a good leader he'd still be captain. I appreciate his loyalty through some of our hardest times, and he will rightly go down as a club champion, but I don't think he is the leader people think he is. I'd rather our Casey guys be influenced by someone who hasn't been tormented by many years trying to lead a horribly under-performing football club if possible. We need a fresh set of eyes everywhere we can in my mind.

You cant be ruthless and sentimental at the same time. I've always loved Jonesy, but based on his output this year he should be hanging the boots up. I care far more about developing our younger players than I do about Jonesy reaching a personal milestone. I hope we can find a way to have him around the club as a member of the FD somehow ...

It is likely an issue with their distribution list and/or a Microsoft Exchange error. It's very unlikely that renewals will be charged twice. Email systems and payment systems are two separate beasts.

Fair call, I think he has a lot of upside though. I'm with you on Gunstan 100%. His leadership up forward would be crucial

Like you, I could only speculate. Which is why I do not come on here and try to ram my speculation down others throats as if it were fact.. Tom Mitchell is down on form this year; do you blame Clarkson for that?

Laughable comment, Harmes had his best year in 2018 and Brayshaw came third in the Brownlow. You literally have no idea.

I would have thought that if there's less production staff, that we would see a less manipulated broadcast; not more.

in a heartbeat

All emotions aside, we'd be crazy to match a big offer from Geelong from a value perspective

I noticed the same. How good is it

So we can still make the finals, but the next game is meaningless. Righto champ lol

I hope Jack leaves on his own, because that's what is best for our list. If he's strong-armed out though, I worry about the damage that could do to what little team culture we have right now

play every kid we can. play every fringe player we got. lets see who wants a spot next year

As is usually the norm, I look forward to many happy months of no Melbourne playing at the seasons end.

Never have I been so happy to not watch a game. Catch ya Goody

Who cares. Freo by plenty.

Just got home from work and saw the score I shouldn't bother watching this, right?

Couldn't agree more. It wasn't always this bad, in fact even a few years ago the site was fairly serviceable and somewhat intuitive. Nowadays the home page layout confuses me, menus have become more and more obfuscated and generally speaking its clunky and difficult to find what you're looking for. And don't get me started on the tabloid style, fake outrage inducing and virtue signalling "news" from AFL media. Foxsports is good for checking scores; for everything else, theres Demonland.

Top 3 in order: Ever: Farmer, Woewodin, Jurrah Current: Petracca, May, Oliver

Freedom of speech is not and never has been guaranteed in this country as per our Constitution

You could make some fascinating info graphics showing the correlation between insane trade ideas and losing a game from this thread Some of the Brayshaw comments are hilarious