Deeoldfart

Like many here, I would love to see Cam Bruce as a one club player. However, (perhaps sadly), there is no room for sentiment in modern list management. A one year contract seems appropriate to me, and if warranted by form and consistency, a further deal could be struck at the end of 2011.

Agree HT. Sunday's doco will be compelling viewing, but tough to watch.

After the glimpses we have seen this year, I'm fully convinced that we made the right selection in early November 2008. Jack will be a very, very good AFL footballer, and a key ingredient in our climb from base camp to the summit.

Perfect summation!

..............or lose 500k. No thanks!

Agreed. McKinley has nothing special to offer which would see him getting games ahead those we already have. He certainly doesn't fit the bill of a strong, marking KPF who could successfully pinch hit in the ruck.

Congratulations Liam. So much untapped potential, it wouldn't surprise if he delivered GOTY an MOTY in the same year. Keep on thrilling us LJ.

Didn't realise that he was the one that PJ caught. I just changed my view of him!

Can't imagine that we would have any interest.

A line breaker, and I like him for that reason ..... but his price tag is likely to be more than I would be comfortable with.

Beautiful!!

A senior coach would be handy before they make too many decisions on their list. Ha! Ha!

Aern't we all?

Yep. All good sense.

No thanks. Too old and too expensive. Besides, he'd never leave Carlton with his father /son connection, and the fact that he probably has the (mistaken) view that the Scum are headed for higher places.

I reckon most of us on here would have picked the trifecta last night, but not necessarily got them in the correct order. Congratulations to Greeny, Chip and Rush for outstanding seasons, and many thanks to WJ for the regular updates. It must have been a great evening.

Ditto. While Johnson has kicked goals, he has been inconsistent, and I can't remember a matchwinning performance from him this season. Greeny has been more consistent, has had to work harder for his goals (fewer 'gifts' from up the ground), and his goals have generally influenced the result more than Johnson's. Greeny is also more versatile, and spent some time in the mid-field / across half back during the year.

1. The Melbourne Football CLUB. I've barracked for Melbourne for 60+ years, but for the first time since our game became professional in the 1980s(?), I now feel part of a great Club rather than a supporter of a team. Thanks Jimma, CC, Schwabby, et al! 2. Feeling that we are 'a chance' in virtually every match. It sure as Hell beats going to games expecting to lose, or worse still, almost wanting to. 3. Watching the emergence of some of our talent, and knowing that we have something very special to look forward to.

Agree with that. It probably also reconises that, like all of our first year players, he is coming off a (deliberately) restricted pre-season. It's an absolute credit to both Trenners and Scull that they got through the full season the way they did.

I think our list is more talented and has more depth to it, and over the next 5 to 6 years I reckon this will be decisive. Right now the Roos ladder position, and the fact that they have beaten us twice during the year, puts them ahead of us ............. but not by a huge margin when you look beyond a simple win/loss ratio for the season. I'm supremely confident that we will pass them during season 2012, if not next year.

Agree. So close to the mark that most of us could have written it.

Hard to disagree Jerry. Seems totally bereft of confidence at the moment, and he hasn't progressed as we would have hoped / expected. Hopefully, with a full pre-season, and no extended injury setbacks, he can develop the level self-belief that will be needed for him to hold down a regular spot in our team in 2011.

I agree. I reckon that hamstring injury (the first I can remember him suffering, but I could be wrong there), and the time it took him to get over it, may have sounded the final siren on Junior's outstanding career. We just can't afford to have extended periods of injury inhibiting team progress (a la Whelan and Wheatley in 2009). Well done Junior, an un-sung hero of our game.

6. Jurrah 5. Dunn 4. Green 3. Scully 2. Frawley 1. Rivers

I have no time at all for McLaren, or Barry Hall for that matter, but I couldn't help lol at this one: McLaren in response to a question about player sledging: Barry was very well known amongst the umpires for his colourful language, and was often penalised for it. One day he asked me .... Hall: "Can you pay 50 metres for what I am thinking?" McLaren: "No" Hall: "I'm thinking that you are a dick head."