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6: Langford 5: Gawn 4: Bowey 3: Petracca 2: Pickett 1: Windsor

Pack your bags Selwyn Griffith

Schofield desperately needs to stick to podcasting. I had to take two panadol tablets at half time because of that bloke

Gawn the Great

6: Gawn 5: Petracca 4: Turner 3: Chandler 2: Melksham 1: Langford

It would have been good to see JVR build on his 5 goals but that'll have to wait until next week because Casey have a bye. I don't know how playing a 33 year old who isn't in stellar form himself over our most promising key forward makes sense.

Tholstrup is 19 years old and is 2 games in from a 10 week injury layoff. Might wanna cool your jets on that one

6: Gawn 5: Bowey 4: Rivers 3: Petracca 2: Salem 1: Sparrow

Tough to find just 6, which is nice for a change 6: Gawn 5: Pickett 4: Bowey 3: Rivers 2: Viney 1: Petty

Incredible response, hopefully we can see more of that for the rest of the season because that was very fun to watch

Every year, the worst teams in the competition have good quarters. That doesn't promise improvement, it just means they're AFL players and sometimes things can click. There is nothing of any substance in this email and until results begin to happen, and not 30 minutes every couple of weeks, the president shouldn't be reassuring fans with paragraphs. On the ladder, the team we're most comparable to is West Coast, but the comparison on paper is very different. We are underperforming badly based on personale and that's a hard, simple truth.

The fact we rolled out one key forward who is also expected to play as a back up ruckman was pretty dumb. Get two of Turner, Fullarton or Jefferson in. Expecting that JVR might have a better game today with our second tall being 188cm was a shocking decision. Sparrow should be put on notice, 10 disposals in 2 weeks is simply not good enough. Tagging role last week, no excuses this week. Spargo had a shocking first half but had a good second half. He was brought back too soon off that achilles injury and deserves a chance to build on that. Both games against Fremantle last season we were shredded in clearances. More Pickett, Rivers and Langford, rotate Petracca through and throw Viney on a HFF. I'm beating the same drum but Vines can't keep playing midfield, he's too slow and fumbly. Getting feasted on by quicker, younger and hungrier players. Coaches should consider giving some of our own younger guys such as Lindsay and Windsor a run through there, the latter should be nowhere near the backline. Not sure many of these changes help us defend the oppositions uncontested ball movement through the middle of the ground, that's clearly a system issue and is not an overnight fix. Here's hoping we're not on the end of another bloodbath at the G next week.

6: Langdon 5: Gawn 4: Bowey 3: Salem 2: Oliver 1: Pickett

Brilliant from Melksham

Hopefully this serves as a reminder to some Melbourne fans that despite his poor form he's still a human being. Congrats to Fritta