Chook

How can I be a fan when he doesn't play for Melbourne?

Can't kick. Can't kick when he plays, but most definitely can't kick when he doesn't play. Can tackle. Can't tackle when he doesn't play though.

Why would anyone sympathetic to Essendon ever bring that whole saga back up again. The only way Essendon will ever fully recover from the whole doping fiasco is to accept that it happened, they paid for it, and they'll never do it or think about it ever again. Sometimes dead is better.

Yeah. A bad year. This bloke saved our bacon vs Hawthorn last year in the Semi though, so he still has my faith that he can make it.

I bid thee welcome, Adam son of Tomlin.

Wild idea: a good coach would be able to make even rogue players stick to the gameplan.

I recommend you stop using Internet Explorer.

The thing about winning a flag is that it's not even like they're rare. They are won literally every year, like clockwork. Only we can't seem to manage it.

A player getting delisted is a reflection on the player. Plenty of greats have played for worse clubs than ours.

Pretty sure it's not here yet. Tigers should win, but GWS has me on the bandwagon.

Supports my theory that the leading reason we were awful this year is that Angus Brayshaw was awful. Get him right and we go a long way to fixing our problems.

I'll DM you in a couple of years.

Crazy to think that a year ago tonight I was touching down in Perth with my team just one win away from a Grand Final appearance.

Brisbane did worse this year than we did last year.

Vanders absolutely dismantled several blokes in both our finals wins last year. More than that, it made me and 45000+21 others stand taller after every tackle. Ridiculously important player for us.

Your post is full of words. How do we know you want actions and outcomes?

Most famous people suck, and deep down we know that. Deep down we know Danny Frawley was a good person, so it hurts.

Future Brownlow medallist! (Now if only he could become a good player as well). Ooh Burn!!!!

Yeah nah. Brayshaw's year was the single biggest reason we went from where we were last year to where we are now. He's that important to us, and to have a 3rd in the brownlow player dish up some of those performances this year no wonder we stank so bad.

Love it. Hope he ducks and weaves through the opponents and critics with as much aplomb next season. Yewww!! (Only slightly sarcastic).

I hope you're wrong about all that.

What a stupid design. The whole thing is mostly carparks….

I'll make this short and sweet: We won't be a good side until Simon Goodwin begins to respect the wing position's importance in the modern game. I call your attention to this article by forward-cum-midfielder-cum-defender-cum-ruckman-cum-wingman Mitch Robinson, of the Brisbane Lions (y'know, the 2019 version of 2018's Demons, except they actually made the top 4): https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/mitch-robinson-why-allaustralian-panel-made-a-mockery-of-players-by-not-selecting-genuine-wingmen/news-story/9e0d4e49d1770d54788d0a2174461cef I serously doubt there's a single player on the Demons list who could write an article as nuanced and informed on the wing position as Mitch Robinson has. And until we have at least a couple of modern wingers (and a coach who knows how to use them), we'll go nowhere in 2020 or beyond — and that's regardless of how many or how few injuries we get across the rest of the field.

To not select the best actual ruckman in the All-Australian ruck position is to completely disrespect the art of ruck-craft, big boy. #MaxForAA1stRuck

Stern learnings the stalwarts of my generation learned from the callous retiring of James McDonald (IMO the worst decision ever made in my years of supporting Melbourne, though one I naively supported when it happened) are now more apt than ever: Retire a club stalwart who has also served as captain at your peril. Ergo, Nathan Jones gets to be a Melbourne player for as long as he wants. Any less would destroy the fabric of the club, just as it did when McDonald was forced to wear a franchise jumper while his real team continued to fester in his absence.