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They obviously should have played the game immediately after the press conference and won to appease the rabid hordes.

Agreed, reckon it was a stinger. Hope so anyway. Changes the whole dynamic of our stagnant forward line. Lanky inhibitors aside...the bloke gives his all.

Lucky to still be in this game. Our skills are sub VFL standard. Luckily the Swans Are just as bad and haven’t converted. The optimism i can take out of this is that our midfield can only get better. They started to show signs in the last 5 minutes. If it continues, we will win this game.

The Neeld era just rang. We answered.

Yes

The cheer squad banner makers would not have slept a wink last night with this predicament.

Where’s the Jason Taylor thread where everyone sings his praises?

Thank god Goodwin signed for four more years.

It’s pretty simple really. Jordan Lewis rings his good mate Luke Hodge and says “Hey Hodgy do you reckon you can hook me up with some Lite and Easy?” Hodge replies “this isn’t for Petracca is it?” ”no mate, it’s for me, the kids have made me pack on a few lately”. ..and voila Christian is all set with meals for the next 21 weeks.

We should’ve gone on the camp.

Relax guys, he’ll fill out as the season goes on. This is just pre season light weight conditioning.

Exactly, when was the last time you can remember a Melbourne player hitting a clean pin point pass to a player on the lead inside 50?

I sat there watching it in real time and can’t remember the next 3 days.

Edit - mistake.

The forward line is non existent and Gawn is having zero influence on games thus far. We also take next to no contested marks around the ground as opposed to almost every other side in the AFL. Regardless of form get Preuss in the side to not only provide ruck support, but allow us to sit a tall in the forward line and take a key defender. Work the small forward situation out, we currently have nothing to offer here. Until ANB learns to apply physical pressure get him out of the side! Aerobic, two way running my [censored] - means nothing if you aren’t willing to put your body on the line and win the ball.

Good point. Cheese are way out of his league.

Brad Scott coaches North Melbourne.

Has the football IQ of a packet of twisties.

We played like rubbish and yes there are some worrying signs. However people quickly forget Port were sitting 4th on the ladder after Round 19 last year. They had a great hand on draft day and have recruited well...they are no joke.

In Bali for this one, surrounded by bogans with Bintang in hand at 10.30am, so really no different from when I’m in the MCC. Cmon Demons!

Correct...we should be following in Nigel Smart’s pre season footsteps..

Taking a player because you believe someone else may take them down the track goes against Taylor’s “best available” philosophy though. I have no idea whether the players we picked up will be any good or not, seems Taylor has a blue collar philosophy on recruiting though. He likes players that have to earn their keep. Small town types that will do anything to make it..