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Jade has had experience in the caretaker role. I'm willing to give my whole yearly salary to bring Thompson in ;-)

Not only has he taken away our attack but you can also add to that our defense and any resemblance to a game plan

At this rate, Mark Neelds tenure will last until about round 10. 1. Who is likely to be the caretaker coach? 2. Who do we want to be the new coach?

Neeld is a useless coach. Our players aren't any better or worse than port yet he gets out-coached by a first gamer. Time for the board to admit thier mistake in his appointment and find a replacement

Tick tock, tick tock... The jungle drums are well and truly beating. 9 more rounds Neeld

The grand finalsts from last year are exempt from needing to prove anything NAB cup. MFC finished 16th last season and need every opportunity to prove that they are a competitotor this year. Tick tock tick tock neeld.

Yep.. The MFC are a joke: If we are 0-10 this year, mark neeld will be given his severance pay.

Tick tock tick tick... The jungle drums have started to beat. Mark neeld's tenure is very shaky

A Backman, a tagger who can't kick and a first year player. If the game is won in the midfield then we are in trouble.

Our use of the ball is woeful. Not sure what these guys did for the last six months but they can't hit the side of a barn. Our trade mark 'hand pass to a guy in a worse position' was on display today. We struggle putting together more than 4 consecutive possession without turning the ball over. On a positive note we won 2 quarters and nealy drew the last. Seller presented well and showed he can be a fill in until Mitch is back.

You are one hell of a critic. Must be a real half glass empty kind of guy

Totally agree. The interchange rotation has been fully exploited and needs to be rained in. Will make games on the smaller grounds like docklands and scg more bearable to watch.

There were at least 15 players running around for Melbourne who wouldn't be in the best 22. Saying that, fringe players like seller, jetta, magner, gillies and kent all showed that they can potentially cement thier spot. Slightly disappointed that tynan and Taggert didn't show more on the day and that Fitzgerald still has a long way to go. Sylvia was probably asking himself "wtf am I doing playing in the middle of nowhere in 30 degree weather". He played exactly the way he was thinking. Davey tried hard but seems to go missing too often. Overall, it's encouraging that our true seconds side managed to rustle up a win. Their tenacity got them over the line. There are however some obvious concerns: skill errors, poor decisions and not being able to control possession. Lets just hope that these errors are confined to our seconds side.

Disposals were about even in the GF. I'm not for gathering disposals for the sake of it but we do need to control the footy and play the game on our terms.

Still not sure how many games we are likely to win in season proper with less disposals than the opposition.

This guy will be an absolute gun. He knows exactly where to go to get the footy and has sublime skills. Loved his lead in the forward 50 with Jettas bullet pass

These comments about 'the whole team playing as one'... Blah blah blah We need 4-5 players that's are absolute stars. Every top team has them. Without them they are nothing regardless of how they play as a team. Lets hope watts, Clark, trengove, viney, toumpus, jones, hogan and frawley can all step up and become guns.

Strauss should be in. Both Pedersen and seller make me nervous.

Not ideal but a sprain will quickly mend. No fracture or break is a positive. Should be good for early rounds.

Also just watched the first half. The following players were running around in the first half for Melbourne that are not in best 22: Couch Joel mac Nicholson Turlich Evans Magner Seller Jetta Richmond on the other hand fielded their best side barring: Petard Austin Maybe I'm looking at the glass half full.

There is no chance of Clark playing round 1. Might be round 5 at best

Will take more than 12 months for 14 new players to gel...

Is it a worry that they have picked him in the leadership group? Wouldn't look good if he were playing down at Casey.

Neeld does Neeld - "don't think just do"

Might take more than 12 months for 14 new players to gel...