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When Newton holds down a spot in our backline in 2011 you can ridicule me. For all I know - and it is quite a bit - Newton will not go 'well' down back. Jeez, one half-decent season & a Jurrah inspired exhibition win and suddenly we are happy to posit that a 24 rookie-listed player is suddenly capable of turning his career around with the evidence of a decent game in a 16 a side, VFL-intensity, exhibition match half a world away... I don't know how to quantify this...

Yes, then one response: No. And then lock the thread.

I don't give this argument much creedence. So what if Garland or Frawley go down? Do you really think that Newton can adequately replace them? To anywhere near their level? Depth for depth's sake, that is.

Rule No.6 of Demonland: Posters who take meaningful things out of exhibition games may be, and are encouraged to be, ridiculed for said argument. Spencer is getting better, but Sunday told us nothing other than Liam Jurrah can, and would like to, play footy all year round...

I can tell you right now that Newton is not apart of their 'premiership plans.' How do I know? They delisted him last year and picked him up as a rookie to honour the last year of his contract. It's hardly a ringing endorsement of the bloke's footballing ability.

If the number of personnel won you flags, the magpies would have won the last ten. Maybe West needed Williams' assistance for various reasons, maybe we felt obliged to have him help West for various reasons, and maybe he doesn't need that help anymore. The more voices barking at you, the more confused you get. But that is just me.

Rule # (I don't know, let's say)6 of DLand Posters who take meaningful things out of exhibition games may be, and are encouraged to be, ridiculed for said argument. Thems the rules...

The best I can put together is that he was in 2010 - part midfield coach and part dev coach, considering he wasn't mentioned in the club press release concerning the dev side, he is either fired or a dedicated mid coach which would mean we have two midfield coaches. I think your structure could work.

The progression of talent will make or break Bailey's tenure. It really doesn't matter if Blease is ripping it up or not if other talents come to the fore. The progression of Scully, Trengove, Morton, and McKenzie would have more bearing on his coaching fortunes. Aswell as the form of this incredible backline they have managed to construct and Watts, Jurrah, and Petterd up forward. Your best players can make successes of lesser players. Those 5 are not the top echelon of our talent. I think it might be time to update who we think will be our top 6 players next year. The greater the talent at the top end, the less other players are asked to do, and the better they can fulfil their roles.

Has anyone called E25 the equivalent of a [censored]? Now THAT is a rhetorical question... Not a critique, E25. Just an observation...

T Viney is still in the country...

89 to 92.

Who keeps picking up that dang rock?!

Huh? I don't follow that at all.

I care. It's not every day you walk away from a loss happy. Knowing it was better for your team. Knowing there was a direct correlation between this club winning a flag and what Jordan McMahon did after the siren on that day.

I just want to claim that trade back from the bombers now. We whinged about it for so long... Nick Smith and Chris Heffernan for Jason Laycock. We won that deal. What a nothing trade that was...

I'm guessing you are younger than the rest of us... That's all i'll say... And i'm 25! Put up with too much crap to care about being called a 'tanker' we did what Collingwood did to get Pendles and Daisy. Does anyone think they feel embarrassed about that?

ALWAYS WANT MELBOURNE TO WIN!! YOU'RE NOT A REAL SUPPORTER IF YOU DON'T WANT MELBOURNE TO WIN!! EVERY GAME IS IMPORTANT AND WE NEED TO TRY TO WIN EVERY GAME!! Wahh! Whenever someone accuses your club of tanking in 09 - your smile, you wink, you mention Trengove's form, and you let them stew in your arrogance. Don't be so naive, any and every club would have done the same. If they had the balls to do it...

Context, Deeluded...

You named two...

I go nucking futs when I sit by myself. I need my mates to laugh off those moments that you inwardly can't stand: Brucey's helicopters, Beamer's no-hopers, PJ's presence, Newton's presence, etc.

This man, and the very soft spot I have for him, does kind of fly in the face of those people who... ALWAYS WANT MELBOURNE TO WIN!! YOU'RE NOT A REAL SUPPORTER IF YOU DON'T WANT MELBOURNE TO WIN!! EVERY GAME IS IMPORTANT AND WE NEED TO TRY TO WIN EVERY GAME!! Thank you very much Jordan. I'm welling up...

You didn't take DOF seriously did you?

To be fair Billy - you were arguing he is our only option AND that he is a good option. He is not suitable but I agree that he may be around in Rd 1, 2011. Pick 32 should be where we target a 21-25 year old FP/ruck from the state leagues. If that is Sinclair so be it, but there must be a prospect out there worth more of a punt than PJ. We have flogged that dead horse ad finitum.

The role he needs to play is someone who is a long target and a threat in a pack mark. He would prefer to avoid contact and plays like it. He is no long target. When he has done well in the forward line (a below par definition of 'well') it is as a lead up forward. And another one of those is what we don't need.