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Melbourne members/supporters - where were you? 27,000 is pretty ordinary considering all the obvious good reasons to go. How much more incentive do you need?

299 too many

Viney pretty quiet that quarter. Had 12 disposals in first term and only picked up 2 more to half time. Third quarter is massive. Hope come out with the same intensity and keep rolling on. Dont want a post NT game 2nd half fade out.

300th game for umpire Nicholls...

JKH doing hit out warm ups with the other key mids & max. Might see a bit more of him through the middle

Really looking forward to this. One final thing... GO DEES!!

Biased I suppose suggests a personal element by the members of the MRP. How about guided then? Or directed? Or manipulated? The same decisions for and against certain teams/players happens far too often for it to be put down to inconsistency.

Agreed... though last week seemed particularly bad to me, when almost every turnover seemed to end up with a crows goal.

I think though, if we have enough guys around the ball putting the pressure on there is a good chance we'll get the turnover right back. We did that particularly well vs the Bulldogs where we had our share of turnovers but were almost immediately all over the Bulldogs players receiving the ball and most of the time got it back pretty quickly. Last week that manic pressure was missing, making the errors from the likes of Frost much more costly. They've said bringing that manic pressure back has been a focus this week, plus we've obviously had a few guns come back, so maybe the errors won't turn out to be so catostrophic if and when they occur?

We'd all love that, but that'd be an almost career best performance if he managed it... 2010: Games: 18, Disposals: 343 (ave 19), Goals: 8 (ave 0.4) Most disposals in game: 26 v Bulldogs Most goals in a game: 2 v Brisbane & Bombers Best disposals/goals game v Brisbane (24/2) 2011: Games: 19, Disposals: 387 (ave 20.4), Goals: 13 (ave 0.7) Most disposals in game: 29 v Gold Coast Most goals in a game: 3 v Richmond Best disposals/goals game v Gold Coast (29/2) 2012: Games: 22, Disposals: 389 (ave 17.7), Goals: 8 (ave 0.4) Most disposals in game: 23 v GWS Most goals in a game: 2 v Richmond & GWS Best disposals/goals game v GWS (23/2) 2013: Games: 20, Disposals: 357 (ave 17.9), Goals: 9 (ave 0.4) Most disposals in game: 27 v Fremantle Most goals in a game: 2 v West Coast, Fremantle & Collingwood Best disposals/goals game v Fremantle (20/2) Lots more stats here: http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/J/Jack_Trengove.html

Yep. Played rounds 1 & 2 in 2014, then missed rest of season. Missed entire 2015 Played rounds 11, 12 & 13 last year, with final match being that horrible wet game vs Sydney in Sydney, the week after QB

Yep... me too :-/ I cant remember leaving a Matthew Nicholls game happy that it has been officiated well. Even for neutral games not involving our lot. The most consistently inconsistent umpire going around.

Umpires for the match, have seen me de-barr a little... 1. Chris Donlon 15. Matthew Nicholls 21. Simon Meredith Ugh! Two of my least favourite three

Massive effort by Viney to get back in half the time. Maybe he got a hold of some of Mr Miyagi's magic green powder?

That's interesting. Was there a reason given? Just seems a bit odd to enforce a "closed session" of sorts while training an open field in the middle of an open area.

Wash your mouth out!!!

As an aside, isn't it nice to be well into July and still be firmly focused on the season ahead. Usually by now, our season is over and the board is dominated with threads on who to delist, who to trade for, who we can get with our picks... etc

Another thing... When it is clear the MRP are mindless buffoons who make decisions on the fly in line with the current media ageda, why the **** is so much commentary allowed before the MRP makes it decision, effectively throwing the player under the bus? If commentary about a current case in the court of law is avoided so as not to influence the jury, then why are the media let loose like rabid dogs to effectively protect and condemn as they see fit?

So Vince gets two seperate penalties for two offences. Suspension and a fine. Whereas Dusty who is already sitting on one fine, get a single fine for the two offences, cause giving him separate fines = 3 for season = suspension.

Why? It was a perfectly valid question. He could have been in severe pain, or he could have been a bit upset having found out he may have another season ending injury. Whats the problem?

Six day breaks I can cop, everyone has to have them. It is just the scheduling of them that seems a bit ridiculous. Why do we have three on the trot, as per a couple of weeks back? Why do we have one immediately after a Perth game and now another straight after Darwin? Edit - actually, Darwin is 7... still, rage remains!! Agh

"I reckon they are going to become a lot of peoples second team this lot" - Bruce

Cats: 55,027 Blues: 49,771

I tried out that ladder predictor thing on the AFL website. Went as conservative as possible and gave us wins vs North, St Kilda, Brisbane & Collingwood and losses to the Crows, Port & GWS. All other results have a bearing too, and my predictions for those are obviously subjective, but I still had us finishing 5th - 6th. The top eight stayed more or less the same other than the Bombers coming up, and Richmond dropping out (finishing 9th - LOL!!)

Their bye is this weekend, so I guess if that is read to be true he could be back for the game v Essendon on 22/07 ? This bit though... “Gus is essentially training with the main group [and having] full contact. We’re hoping that he’s a chance for the VFL game after their bye this weekend. It really comes down to Gus and how he’s feeling about his footy, but all things are pointing to a positive outcome" ... to me says the problem is more with Brayshaws mental state than anything. If he still has the confidence to get in there and stick his head over the ball again.. etc ?