Whispering_Jack

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Yes, according to the commentator on SEN we were pretty much undermanned against Geelong and this showed all day. Mooney was the star for the Cats kicking 4 in the second half. For Melbourne there are many, many to come back. The good things to take from the game were: Robbo performed well with three goals and a bit of nice aerial work in the last quarter, Brad Miller was good, it was a frustrating day for Neitz with some poor delivery into the forward line. Mark Jamar was good and Brock McLean is definitely one to look for in the season sporting one of the all time great haircuts (he’s shaved it all off!) - worked his way into the game after a slow start to pick up about 20 touches. Matthew Bate was good in the first half and Matty Whelan showed his class. Now, I'll leave it to the experts who went to the game and should start trickling home in the next hour or so.

Final result: Geelong 2.5.17 3.10.28 7.13.55 11.13.79 Melbourne 0.2.2 2.7.19 6.8.44 7.12.54 3.9.27 with the wind in the second and last quarters - very ordinary.

Not full time but we're apparently giving some of the younger blokes a run.

Geelong 9.13.67 Melbourne 6.11.47

Geelong 8.13.61 Melbourne 6.10.46. Seems that both Brock and Neita are just going.

SEN reports that the third term was a bit more spirited from both sides with the Cats holding that 11 point edge at the break. David Johnson took a heavy bump from Travis Johnstone but he's OK and there wasn't much in the bump. Cam Mooney kicked a couple of the third term goals and Robbo has three for the day so far.

Geelong 7.13.55 Melbourne 6.8.44. Fan confirms the wind is very strong and we have it in the last. Jones was very good in that quarter and Bate got into it as well after a slow start. Mooney is killing Benny Holland at CHF. Moloney doing well and Miller continues to play strongly at CHF.

Currently 33km/hr according to wind reading at Geelong Airport*. We should have it in the final quarter. My nephew's a pilot.

Has to be two weeks for hitting a pretty boy, surely? Vandenberg did his hamstring as well.

Damn, Geelong goal 5.11.41 to 4.8.32 (Robbo - 3 goals).

Geelong 4.11.35 to Melbourne 4.8.32. Jared Rivers is in track suit (being rested?) and Miller continues to do well.

Geelong has kicked the first goal of the second half - 4.10.34 to 2.5.17. (If anyone's interested Hawks thrashing Essendon and Hodge has been reported for allegedly striking Lloyd)

Fan (the performer formerly known as Deefan) is down at Skilled Stadium and has confirmed that Bruce, Green, Junior and Pickett are not playing. Brad Miller has been excellent and the others doing well are Trav, Beamer, Jones, Bell, Robbo & CJ. Fan has this new phone and I'm not certain that he's got the drift of it yet so I'm not sure what else we're going to get in terms of reports. SEN's half time report - scrappy affair. Confirmed that Carroll and Yze are also not playing. Their best for Melbourne Miller, Whelan and CJ.

Not at all void because the others presumably are being rested but in PJ's case, he's been selected to play for the Zebras tomorrow. Firstly, you can't really rest someone if he wasn't in the team to start with and secondly, he needs the run at Sandy anyway and, with a break next week, he doesn't need a rest IMO. Hope that clarifies it for you.

PJ wasn't in the selected side. Yze apparently has yzeast infection .

Thanks for the feedback Occo. Personally, I thought that saying something like "yes - he has an ordinary kicking style but it's effective" summed up the situation pretty well but next time I report on Garland I'll look very closely at how he skips, sits down, jumps and walks.

About two Judd contracts ago I remember being addressed at a Demonland/Demonology meeting by Danny Corcoran and he told the story of how Chris Judd (who originally came from East Sandringham) had wandered across to watch Melbourne training at the TBO during his vacation period. The feeling was that he might end up back in Melbourne some time and might favour the Demons who he supported as a kid. Ahh, to dream. Anyhow, I'm sure that between now and the day when he signs his next contract, there are going to be countless threads and posts on this story and most of them are going to be a waste of time and space.

I think I answered some of those questions in my edited post above (source: a frustrated Saint fan)

So the wife came back from an enjoyable evening at the Bentleigh Club. She really doesn't know much about the footy but says she was enthralled by Mary Schwarz' stories about her son David in which she highlighted his gambling problems and how he overcame them. I'm not sure if this really sunk in on her because she came home boasting about winning 30 bucks on the pokies when the function finished. The message was also lost on the three Demons in attendance who had to leave before Mary began her speech (curfew?) and so they as well as the missus missed out on some very sage words of wisdom. I tried to find out a bit more about what the players CJ, Isaac Weetra and Ricky Petterd had to say but the exercise was a waste of time. Alas, the wife's more interested in going to see Swan Lake than the Demons.

Never underestimate the wounded Saint. Having said that, here is the latest word on St. Kilda's injury woes:- Aaron Hammill - definitely not there in Round 1 and perhaps not ever again. Nick Riewodlt - has nagging hamstring problems and is not ready to return just yet. Havily in doubt for round 1. Justin Koschitzke - has a back injury and in doubt for Round 1. Whatever happens, if he starts against us on Friday fortnight, he'll be very much underdone. Max Hudghton - struggling with his injury and in doubt for the first 2 or 3 rounds. A couple of others like Maguire and Hayes are just coming back from long term injury. And then there are the Clarke brothers who are alwys iffy.

My wife's in attendance at this function as we speak (almost a first for her too!). Went with Mrs. Redleg. Anyway, we just got an SMS from them to say that a cute young bloke called Chris Johnson was being interviewed by Bev O'Connor along with an intelligent looking young fellow called Isaac. There's a recruit there from Broadbeach as well. Sounds as if it's a great night! Will report more tomorrow if there is any more. Does anyone know what time of evening they close down the pokies at the Bentleigh Club?

The power forward in many teams is now playing a mixed CHF-FF role, getting out of the goalsqaure and moving his defender around. Barry Hall does it brilliantly. I'm told that Matthew Bate went to CHF in the last quarter last week and I'm wondering if he might end up there as a run and carry type CHF who can bob up and kick a goal and roam down to the wings to create space for the other forwards when required. Bate is about the same height as Matthew Pavlich in some footy guides (although not yet as heavy).

Agree. You only have to look at how the team was travelling last year from round 4 onwards when the Byronator hit his straps and how it went backwards after he injured his hamstring in round 17. It was even a revelation watching him play for the Zebras on Sunday. He appeared a fair way from 100% fitness and certainly more than 200 grams away, but boy did some of those Bombers' VFL boys develop a tendency of looking over their shoulders whenever they sensed Byron was in their half of the ground. We need him back and firing in his mid 2006 form.

I heard at the weekend that the Western Bulldogs already had 23,000 members signed up by the weekend and they expect to finish on 32,000. It was only a few years ago that the MFC had thousands more members than the Bullies. I can't understand why we're lagging behind them. It's not as if they'be been more successful than us in recent times. Surely, it's not just the Akermanis factor?