Whispering_Jack

Melbourne 3.2.20 Adelaide 6.12.48

Down by 21 points after Welsh goals Melbourne 3.2.20 Adeladie 5.11.41 Since quarter time 0.1.1 to 5.9.39 Looks as if they have our measure!

This is the named Melbourne squad: 1. Simon Buckley, 2. Nathan Jones, 3. Clint Bizzell, 4. Ben Holland, 6. Matthew Bate, 7. Brad Miller, 8. James Frawley, 11. Paul Johnson, 13. Adem Yze, 14. Lynden Dunn, 15. Ricky Petterd, 17. Chris Johnson, 18. Brad Green, 20. Colin Garland, 21 . Daniel Bell, 22. Brent Moloney, 23. James McDonald, 26. Heath Neville, 27. Jared Rivers, 30. Simon Godfrey, 32. Cameron Bruce, 34. Jeff White, 35. Ryan Ferguson, 36. Aaron Davey, 37. Matthew Warnock, 38. Daniel Hughes, 40. Mark Jamar, 45. Matthew Whelan Heath Neville stayed in Melbourne. Warnock is the only player on your list who was selected to go to Mt. Gambier.

Hopefully, that was our equivalent to last week's fade out. Best players according to bigfooty Adelaide poster - White, Ferg, Petterd and Whelan (none of who played last week). Really though, the team does not even closely resemble that which will take the field in round 1 v St. Kilda and I don't know how much you can take from the game.

Goal to Burton. Half Time: Melbourne 3.1.19 3.2.20 Adelaide 0.2.2 3.11.29

Melbourne 3.2.20 Adelaide 2.11.23

Melbourne doing a lot of the 1%ers - tackles, smothers, knock ons etc.

Crows in front but only just - thanks to some shocking kicking for goal Melbourne 3.1.19 Adelaide 2.8.20 Meanwhile the whacker on 5aa keeps on saying:- "5aa does not hold the rights to stream its football commentaries on the internet… If you want to listen to a football commentary on line you should go to afl.com.au… [don't waste your time] 5aa will resume internet streaming at the conclusion of its internet commentary…. Thank you for listening."

Scott Thompson just got another. Only 3 points the difference.

Little wonder that our rucks are winning. Do the Crows have any ruckmen left standing? BTW: Heath Neville is one of the selected 28 not playing as he played in yesterday's Sandy praccy game. Crows just kicked their first and are getting more of the play in the second term. Melbourne 3.1.19 Adelaide 1.4.10

Quarter Time: Melbourne 3.1.19 Adelaide 0.2.2 Remember we had the advantage of the wind in the first quarter. However - note SEN report below. SEN report - Quite good conditions. Demons look very controlled in their use of the ball. More settled than the Crows. Said the weather wasn't bad and the wind wasn't all that strong.

Melbourne 3.1.19 Adelaide 0.1.1 Jamar mark and goal for our third.

Normal rules. Matthew Bate kicks Demons' second. Melbourne 2.1.13 Adelaide 0.0.0

Dees kicking with the wind. Brad Green - first goal.

... or you can try this one http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.p...2460&page=2

And how will we know if they do?

They don't have the rights to stream the commentary on the internet. What a joke it's only a bloody practice match!

The AFL has a system which enables player/managers to be registered. From memory, I believe that Joseph has always resisted complying with the registration requirements and the AFL has sat back on its hands doing nothing (possibly fearing a restraint of trade action). Yes, it's a conflict situation and no, I don't think there's much the AFL can do about it under current rules although it should reintroduce the poaching rules to prevent Joseph from using his dual role to give the Kangaroos an unfair advantage.

I think one of the most important aspects of this exercise is not the extra revenue it generates from membership sales but from the message it sends to potential sponsors, business partners and advertisers that this club has a larger following than what past membership numbers have shown. Of course, we're still going to have to work a lot harder to get our supporter numbers off their backsides and going to games rather than watching it on their tv's (look at Sunday's crowd v Hawthorn compared to the crowd at Carlton v Esendon the night before) but it's a start and will definitely help build the prestige of the club and prevent us from going the way North Melbourne seems to be heading.

Unless you're writing about the fitness or otherwise of Pickett's direct opponent after the match.

Not a bad idea. I'm sure there must be some plans to stem the tide when the opposition gets a run on although I suppose that if they exist, you wouldn't want to expose them in the Nab Cup.

Get a grip on yourself Redleg. It's the 21st century, not the mid 20th when old Jim Cardwell used to handle all of those jobs whilst wearing one hat and taking bubkes as salary. Understand this and you'll be able to manage. Whispering Jack (poster stress and enlightenment manager - Demonland)

I spoke with one of the players today and he told me that the rules are the fair dinkum rules that apply during the regular season.

I agree that we should be focussing on the real thing but we shouldn't lightly dismiss some of the problems highlighted by this game. I was disappointed that even in a pre-season game, the team was able to relax the pressure late in the third quarter. That's been one of our failings in the past and I think good teams don't relax when they have a grip on a game. Had we held on till three quarter time and gone in with a lead in excess of 30 points it would have been much harder for Hawthorn to gain that final quarter momentum. I thought the forward line set up was a bit too top heavy and static. Clearly, room has to be made for Aaron Davey in there somewhere. There were plenty of other things that didn't work on the night and thankfully we have a month to sort things out before round 1.

The most interesting stat has to be the one reported in the Herald Sun this morning. Melbourne had 199 handballs (100 by half time) and 154 kicks on Sunday night - apparently the first time the team has had more handballs than kicks. Only four teams achieved this in the 2006 regular season and Neale Daniher remarked that ..."(we) have been working on just running and carrying a little bit more." That's a bit of an understatement!