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Looks like Melbourne was "lucky enough" to get him. I hope we can hear him "talk a little bit about that" in the future.

Given that Neeld was a midfield coach at Collingwood, I would expect Royal to be working to a pretty detailed outline provided by MN. I don't think too much could go wrong with that, no matter how hopeless a coach Royal is or is not.

That's typically idiotic Bailey nonsense. I don't watch the show, but we can't expect all footy players and coaches to present to the media as dry and devoid of personality as DB.

If only the show were actually good...

How Brent Moloney didn't get a spot on the extended team is beyond me.

You mean R Lee Ermey. Just ten minutes with that guy and Cale Morton would turn into Private Pyle, complete with a full mental breakdown in a bathroom.

I call him Engrish, aka Sam Breeze, cause he's as fast as the wind

Wow. Brad Green out. Whatever the reason, I can't say I'm disappointed. Hopefully Jamar stays in the selected side.

Special comments on two sides that invented the press from the only coach who doesn't understand it. Brilliant!

I changed my post to reflect your opinion. Thank you for pulling me up on it.

Forgotten? Not by me. There are some people on this board who are not in the Nathan Jones camp, but I am. Most tend to unfairly put him in the "not a Premiership player" pile, seemingly unaware that some pretty spudley players have won Premiership medallions. REASON FOR EDIT: My "garbage" opinion was corrected by Nasher.

He is where Jack Watts was about 1 year ago. He knows he doesn't deserve a game at the moment and is playing like a man who's afraid of what might go wrong. He needs confidence. How he can get it is another matter...

Good man, good man.

Full credit to you for recognising Joel Macdonald's blatant flouting of the rules. Obviously he'll expect some sort of AFL reprimand, I s'pose. But at the end of the day, most of these players are just regurgitating the junk they hear their coaches (and media managers) say.

I have to say that as good as his clearance work is, his delivery to the forwardline is still a little too indiscriminate for my liking.

Hi Aaron. Why don't you tackle someone for a change. You know . . . like you used to.

No thanks. I prefer my Liam Jurrahs kicking goals all day long, not just in the last quarter.

Ice on the knee from a knock sustained in the 2nd quarter. Likely to just be precautionary.

Jack Watts! Gets the one back he cost us. Carn the Dees. Put 'em away!

Have a listen to his pregame interview on DeeTV. Is that a personality I see? Amazingly, he seems to be one of the only footballers with some originality and thoughtfulness in his comments. In this day of metrosexual, media trained robots, it's good to see that there are still some real people playing the game.

Cause West Coast, North Melbourne and Collingwood are all quite tough opponents.

That's a pretty good team. If Jamar does play, I would confidently pick Melbourne by around 40 points. I'm surprised the Footy Dept. had the guts to drop Bartram. Despite his poor disposal, I though he had a few more credits with the coaches than that.

I have a feeling Port Adelaide are really keen to hang on to him, so I don't think the usual "Spud + Spud = Good Player" trade of Dunn and Bate for him will quite do it. I'd love him here though, if only for the off chance that it would explode Dwayne Russell's head like a wad of cookie dough.

I suggest you read other people's posts a little better in future . . . mate.

But it's easy to kick when Jack Watts handballs it to you four times in 30 seconds. Eventually the penny should drop that you should kick the damn thing before you get caught with it.