Katrina Dee Fan

Why are Melbourne supporters so Chicken Little-like? Drop an acorn and the sky is falling in.....

All those saying we need a rebuild is annoying me a bit. We have so much young talent, the basis for future proofing the team is there. We've recruited really well in the last few years, and have a wealth of youth.

Clarry has had possessions, sadly a lot of his disposals were long bombs that didn't do much, in fact often they were found by oppo players. He just needs to fine tune his play a bit. Not a big deal, it's certainly fixable.

Mid 90s - late 2000s were also lean Pies years. In fact in late 1990s they were almost financially destitute.

Everyone played better in Round 1, I thought we were very unlucky to lose against GWS. But I don't think they've played well in the last couple of games, and they're not alone.

To me, I don't see either going. I think Trac made a statement by changing his management to one that is not accredited to do trade or contract negotiations, as saying "I'm staying put". Oliver also doesn't want to leave, the main person he had a beef with is no longer in that role. I do think both need to show a better standard of playing than the last couple of weeks, and I feel as though that will happen. To me, the media are being their usual muckraking selves in that they're dirty with the fact their predictions in the last couple of years didn't pan out, and they're making stuff up. Again.

Doing his bit for the good of the club ;)

Petty in both teams??? How did he manage that?

The only issue I have with this is that 6 now rightly belongs to Leb....

His role in the coaching side of the AFLW team was voluntary while he was playing with us. I had a conversation with Ben about this a few times, and he told me when he and Tom Campbell marched with us at Midsumma that Melbourne could only offer him 1 day a week in a paid role because of restrictions in the soft salary cap. Stinear told him they'd love to have him, but the problem at Melbourne is that it's had a very stable coaching program at AFLW with little departures. He told me then that Essendon may be able to offer him 4 days a week with their program. It's a sad situation but understandable. Melbourne couldn't risk breaching their salary cap, which is a real shame.

Gold!

Good to hear Luker is on the mend, that was a bit scary to hear how sick he got. And great news about Melksy, Kolt and Knuckle, can't wait to see them back. Poor Marty, hope he's not in too much pain.

Jeez, as a club it seems we're damned if we do, damned if we don't. Kate Roffey was pushed out of the presidency for not doing exactly what Brad Green is doing. Is there no satisfying some people?

I was put out by Schwarter getting The Ox, simply because my surname is Oxley, and that was my brother's nickname when he played junior footy!

In all due respect, who the hell has any regard for what that [censored] says?