Chook

The thing that has kept me going is that I'm a Melbourne supporter, and so as long as the club exists I'll support it. That's what I do. And as for hope? I've long since cast that aside as a crutch for the weak.

Salary cap concessions should be the equalising measure, because it allows teams who are struggling to get players who know how to lead the club forward. The Suns are doing well now in large part because of Gary Ablett's on-field leadership, which they would never have been able to get without their salary bonus. The draft should always be run from 18th to 1st, and all other equalising measures should be salary cap concessions.

I think it's less our workrate and more our positioning. Mark Neeld's ultra-defensive game-plan required our players to take the defensive position at all times, which means we're almost always second to the ball. We then need to work way too hard to get the ball back all the time, and so when we have it we're too stuffed and out of position to do anything constructive with it.

Jack Viney IS Viney 2.0 What you're looking for is a Viney 3.0 and 4.0

Not good enough for what? And yes, he is injured. He is recovering from a stress fracture in his foot for god's sake!

Actually I thought he was WAY overrated on this site when he was getting games earlier this year.

This. Surely even if the players didn't catch on that that was happening, you'd think it might be worth a mention by Neil Craig and his men.

Second last.

It would be fitting for him to return against GWS.

I seem to recall that during our game against Brisbane where we were level until half-time, you bitched and moaned that the stats said we were lucky to be close. The fact is that you have an agenda, and you'll use whatever means necessary to win an argument.

I started at quarter time.

Today has shown that Neil Craig probably isn't the right guy for us going forward. He dropped Rodan on a wet day, and then proceeded to make no structural changes the entire game. Poor coaching performance. Effort can't really be questioned, although if you were to ask who went harder today, the answer would still be Geelong, so...

I still reckon the boys have another gear of hardness to tap into. They just don't go hell for leather, and wet weather footy against Geelong shows that as clear as crystal.

I reckon we're unlucky to be so far down.

Wow. On his form early this year I thought he'd really cement a spot in the best 22, but after his suspension everything just went to shite for him.

Seriously? How is it unnecessary? It's actually philosophically true. Every player is important, because there are 22 on the field at any one time.

...offically welcome Paul Roos to the club.

So can Brent Moloney.

If you're going down there today, you are a true bad-ass and have my eternal respect.

Nathan Jones was on Kieran Jack for most of the game and got absolutely destroyed as well.

Who's our most important player? When we have the ball, it's the guy with the ball. When we don't have the ball, it's the guy trying to get the ball.

Good luck to him. Unlike a certain Brisbane player I know, I'll be hoping Cale Morton can have a long and fruitful career.

How did he spell it?

I know. I can't believe it either.

It kind of does, because the Ross Lyon situation has NEVER happened before. What you're saying is like saying Dinosaurs were unsuccessful animals because a meteor wiped them out unexpectedly.All the signs were that he'd come to us, then something cropped up out of the blue and screwed up everything.