JTR

I think a player we've really missed this season is Pederson. Didn't set the world on fire and not really a master of any position, but he helped plug gaps when needed and gave us some flexibility.

Tomlinson from what I've seen is similar. Can help in the ruck, can play down back, kicked 12.4 last season so apparently not a complete fish out of water up forward either.

194cm, 96kg, just turned 26. I don't really see the downside.

Prelim final > "best list" > "flag favourites" > "Demon dynasty"  .........  17th

I support the club as I do family or friends, so yes, I'll always renew.

Fair weather 'supporters' can [censored] right off.

6 hours ago, ArtificialWisdom said:

What's the oldest and/or most irrelevant article you can find that explains our current situation. Get creative, I will accept anything from footy to climate change to astrology. All you need to do is explain why it [censored] us up so badly. If we're going to complain, might as well make a game of it.

 

https://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/afl/jack-pot-numbers/news-story/4438f83bfa5ba85fafa475b7210d1aee?sv=c6f899c993ced28eb488af168026af34

On 7/21/2019 at 6:53 PM, whatwhatsaywhat said:

he's very, very small

If he puts on 5 or 6kgs and grew 1cm he'd be exactly the same size as AMT.

1 hour ago, At the break of Gawn said:

Laughable that some on here questioned the FD’s decision not to pick him earlier this season. The least fittest bloke on our list by a mile. Todd Viney would have beaten him in the 3km time trial.

This. 

Can't mark either.

For those who have seen him play for Casey, what can we expect?

Frost totally meant that  

Sorry if a re-post. Just saw it on Reddit.

Playing with fire!

I'm overseas and finally managed to find somewhere to watch when score was 11.5.71 to 6.4.40

From that point on we scored 1.11 to 8.2

I believe I jinxed us  

About time there was something else to be outraged about.

Far too much positivity over the last two days.

58 minutes ago, sisso said:

I also have FOMO - fear of missing out when we do decide to play properly and get a win....guarantee the one game I decide to skip the boys will have a glorious victory

Same

Still kicking myself for staying at home for the 2008 game vs Fremantle. Haven't missed a match since.

Edit...  OMac & JWag in for Viney & Weid

Make up your minds...

1 minute ago, stranga said:

He always runs like that cos he is fat and slow and soft. Another Taylor gem.

I meant Tmac

At the ground so missed any commentary, but was TMac injured during the game or did he go in bad?

Every time I paid any attention to what he was doing he was walking/running with a limp.

Ah, yep.

Actually not too displeased with the team this week... on paper.

Frost the only tall defender vs Reiwoldt/Lynch?

5 minutes ago, P-man said:

I forgot how incredibly annoying Bruce’s pronunciation of “Sahlum” is.

And "Fritts"

2 hours ago, Mazer Rackham said:

Yesterday on the radio, can't remember if it was a random talkback numpty or the in-house "monday's expert" but they said ... "the public go to see the stars ... and pay good money too ... surely we want the star players out there and not in the coaches box watching?!"

I wonder how deeply the AFL and their minions have bought into this fallacious line of thinking.

 

No one's arguing with that. But no one's laughing either.

Luke Darcy was saying the same thing this morning.

Getting a downgrade to one week was a "good result" because we "all want to see the stars of the game playing"...

Deadset joke.

Oh please.

Would it not be extremely poor list management if we didn't have a half decent backup for Max?  If we went with a small forward or outside runner instead of Preuss, who are our genuine ruck options if Max goes down? 

Preuss will be fine once he gets fit, and he's got the best ruck in the comp to show him how.

These threads are depressing and I have no desire to read all 9 pages.

2nd quarter aside we were total crap, but I can only hope someone has raised the absolutely disgraceful umpiring, again.

How many 50/50 calls did they get (that we didn't!) that directly resulted in goals?

Livid

12 minutes ago, Sydee said:

I don't get all the love for Preuss - he really has shown nothing to warrant selection in an AFL team so far at Melbourne

Simply being big doesn't equate to much at all - in fact, it is likely to be a big liability if he isn't marking, isn't chasing, isn't kicking goals etc.

Not saying Gawny doesn't deserve a backup but Preuss would be behind Keilty for mine at this stage 

+1

Preuss is not match fit. Yes it was @#$%ing hot in Shepparton but he was cooked 3/4 of the way through the FIRST quarter, FFS. 

AND he dropped everything that came his way.

Defintely not the answer to our current problems.

When are umpires going to learn to be seen and not heard?

They are there to officiate the game, not be a part of it, FFS!

Sick of watching a game or attending a game and the umpires being a major talking point afterwards.

Ah, right then!  

Though think there must still be some running as saw a Hurstbridge bound train stopping at Jolimont to drop a load off