Chook

Were we better this week than we were against Hawthorn? If you honestly think we weren't, then feel free to criticize. Otherwise, rest assured that Dean Bailey is making progress with our list.

Look, we haven't got our eyes on the Cup yet. We need to take it one week at a time, focus on the game-plan that you mentioned and the results will come.

And if you have something on but make it to the 'G anyway, then you are a legend. "I'm sorry, but I can't make Dad's funeral this weekend. The Dees are playing and I have to go watch them get smashed."

I actually don't think that's true. At any rate, why is a possibility of a turnover inside 50 (due to poor execution) better than the possibility of one 60 meters from goal, where any positive result puts us closer to goal, while a negative one is far enough away that an opposition goal is unlikely? All I know is that I would rather see the ball in the enemy's hands outside of 50 than inside. Same goes for our team. The closer we are to goal with the ball in our hands, the better. Particularly given the type of players at our disposal.

That's funny.

On a positive note, we've kicked our highest score for the year. And it has happened to come the week after Neita's injury.

Well, they did, and Miller kicks another goal. Perfect game plan, Dean Bailey. So much for the game changing.

Wheatley roosts it from the kick-in, White takes a mark, handball to McLean, handball to Jones, goal. 4 possessions, no turn overs, goal. Why not do that more often?

Wonaeamirri is a positive, at least. I don't think I've seen Aaron Davey kick goals like that for about two years.

I haven't seen Brock McLean have a touch. Totally out of the game.

Jonesy's playing a blinder. Couple of good goals, eh?

Brucey wins the toss. Have we lost one this year? Not that it matters much.

What if, in 1965, somebody had told you we would not win a Premiership until at least 2010, when we would begin to have a chance again. Would you have stuck with it all that time, quit, or only become interested again now? I know it would have dimmed my enthusiasm - not to say I would walk away from football, but I would have become a little less passionate over the years. Up until 2010, at least.

I'd take this in an instant. Not that Davey isn't good, but that trade would be fantastic for both clubs. He absolutely suits their running style, he has a relative who plays for them, as well as a few friends. Would fit in at Essendon very easily, plus they would likely get another fast, skilled player with pick 17. We, on the other hand, would get a monster rover and a grasshopper of a ruckman. Am I crazy, or does this sound perfect to anyone else?

If we won, I would be sad - not for winning that game, but for winning the ones before it. I would prefer that we treat our past champions well - and that they do the same - rather than winning a Premiership. Perhaps I condone mediocrity, but if it is mediocrity with honour, what's wrong with that?

A total guess, but I reckon he means Cale Morton.

Lock it in, Fatty.

Sure. Who doesn't like juice?

What do you think he's thinking about all this. Playing on, bad form, injury, and a Club in crisis. Is he regretting not retiring, is he sad to see the club like this? It would be interesting to hear an interview with him in which he actually tells us what he's thinking, rather than just the stock-standard responses.

Sorry. Mind-slip. I meant to say Bate.

This is blasphemous, but I believe we will be more competitive with David Neitz out of the side. With Dunn to come in next week, we may develop quite a versatile and potent forward line over the coming weeks

1. The Melbournefc 2008 team is performing worse in the first 5 rounds then any other team in the last 10 years. True. We have lost every game this year - including the NAB Cup and Challenge matches - by an estimated average of 55 points, and have won, in total, a half of football in 5 games. 2. Chris Judd would have saved this club, on and off the field. False. We would, however, have been better off. 3. Judd would be a Demon had Kevin Sheedy been coach False. Chris Judd wanted to move to Carlton because of the facilities and its players' potential for improvement, neither of which have anything to do with its coach. 4. Paul Gardner is an idiot False. He is a man with no brand, no money, no team and no time. A victim of circumstance. 5. Dean Bailey is implementing a gameplan suited to quick, fit and confident footballers, ala. Port Power 2004. We do not have quick, fit and confident footballers. True. If we had any of these things, we would not have lost to the Blues. 6. If Melbourne's performance doesn't improve after 6 rounds, as said it would, Dean Bailey will get the sack/resign False. He has at least two more years. If Melbourne is in the same position in round 6 of 2010, Dean Baily will get the sack. 7. MelbourneFC will be a completely different club/brand/image in 3 years time. False. If it was going to happen, it would have already. 8. 150 years of history means nothing when you have 40+ years of mediocrity False. If it did, we'd already be dead. 9. The AFL was sitting back in its big, expensive leather chair last week at the site of 23k at a match played by two Melbourne clubs, and thinking "Goodluck, guys! You're on your own from here on in." False. There is too much at stake for the AFL to let 1/8th of the Competition die. 10. North and Melbourne will eventually join forces aka. merge. False. The Melbourne Demons will be the Melbourne Demons until Rapture. 11. Most Melbourne members would support such a move False. I wouldn't. Would you? 12. Melbourne's performance this year, on and off the field, is exactly what the AFL wants. They don't want 10 teams in Melbourne. The more the bigger clubs distance themselves from the smaller ones, the more oppurtunity there is for relocation and folding. False. No Victorian club will move, merge or relocate without full support from its board and supporter-base. 13. Cameron Bruce is the most overrated player in the AFL False. Jonathan Brown is. 14. David Neitz is finished True, but will play out the year. 15. Adam Yze is finished True, but will play a send-off match for Melbourne. 16. The Melbourne FC is finished. False, but that depends upon people like you and me. We can make a difference. Fantastic post. Go Dees!

A Fevolution is the act of a commentator speaking without realizing what a tool he is.

God yes! I am so sick of that. There was a play where Murphy and Kreuzer were handballing to each other which resulted in a goal, and the commentators were rabbiting on about Chris Judd like he scored the goal, even though he was 50 meters from the ball! Bloody Hell.