Neil Crompton

Didn’t think they’d be allowed in the lodge

While he has a long way to go, what I really admire about the Weid is his willingness to chase, tackle and be a giver rather than a receiver. Has a big big future I think.

Haha. This from a man pretending to be a woman.

Someone else said it best: WTF?

Totally agree TPF39. I only wish I knew about this site when I was an expat. Spent about 7 years in the AFL wasteland of the Middle East. The time difference mostly meant you couldn’t watch live, and even if you could the internet was [censored]; the weekends being Friday and Saturday meant Sunday games were out, and the min 48 hour working week didn’t leave much time or energy for replays. But a demon blog site would have been great. Gratefully back in Aus now.

Let’s not jinx him. I just hope he can develop without the added stress of expectation placed on him. We know what that has done to previous draft picks.

We are paying C’wood to use Gosch’s?

Freaky up until 2018. All good things come to an end. 2019 is the year of the red and blue.

But only 3 have been sweating

Does anyone know how many Demonlanders we have?

Crikey, is this the second coming?

You may be right. I’m not going to argue the point simply because I don’t know. I’d just be surprised if that were true. Anyway, merry Christmas.

Of course not Redleg. I just wouldn’t have expected such an emphatic statement to have come from Goodwin, given the straight shooter he is, if the opposite were true. If there were other issues, I would have expected rumours to that effect to have emerged long before the trade period. While there has always been rumours about him going back to WA, I’ve certainly never heard of any other issues. Clubs are generally not good at keeping secrets on behaviour issues for long periods.

I have no “inside info” at all to base my comments on, yet I can fully understand from Godwin’s perspective that if Hogan could not commit long term to the MFC, then he had to go. However to insinuate that there were other reasons for trading him would fly in the face of comments Goodwin made before the trade period that “ Jesse loves Melbourne and Melbourne loves Jesse. He’s going nowhere”. I just don’t think Goodwin is the type of guy to not call a spade a spade. But like I said, I don’t have any inside info to back this up. whatever the story really is, and despite the fact that he is playing for Freo, I hope he is now content and is able to reach the full potential of his abilities - just not against us.

Barry Cable and Polly Farmer both coached at AFL / VFL level.

That's the thing Smokey, you don't have to make that choice, he's gone. I have no problem heaping praise on TMac - I just don't see the need to denigrate someone who did his best for us but who has left our club.

If Jetta were injured I'd like to see Nathan Jones given a chance back there. I think he could last a bit longer at the club in that role.

No need for a comment like that......

Great series of photos Saty. Thank you

In the dying seconds of the last quarter of the 2019 grand final, Nev leaves his man, races down field, steamrolls Dusty, picks up the ball and nails a snap from the forward flank to put us in front for the first time - and then the siren sounds.

Of course its up to Jeff. You had claimed he was finished ("Garlett is finished"). While i was extremely disappointed in Jeff's form last season, i would never make god like statements that a player was finished - i'd leave that to the selectors. I'd be extremely happy if he lifted his game to a level that makes him a best 22 selection. I simply asked if you'd be happy if he proved you wrong this season, that's all.

For Jeff's sake I hope he proves you wrong ProDee I'm sure you'd be happy if he did. Wouldn't you?

Melbourne premiers 2019

A contract extension is recognition of a job well done so far, and unfinished business. And rightly so. To me, a 3 year extension is the right length of time as it says we believe in what you are doing,, and believe you are the right man for the job, but that with the current squad we believe we should achieve at least one premiership in that 3 year period. If we don’t then we need a new man for the position.