Mister Ed

That wasn’t Robbo reporting, was it?

Is the Age still being published?

Quality outside midfield strength has been mentioned as one of major needs and yet I’m not hearing any names mentioned in connection with the MFC. Any views on this?

6. Clayton Oliver 5. Angus Brayshaw 4. Jesse Hogan 3. Christian Salem 2. Jeff Garlett 1. James Harmes

Fox News has our injury list as follows (note - no mention of Weid):- MELBOURNE Dean Kent (hamstring) — 1-2 weeks Mitch King (elbow) — 1 weeks Corey Maynard (hip) — indefinite Pat McKenna (hamstring) — indefinite Aaron vandenBerg (ankle) — 5 weeks Adelaide has a bigger list but a few could be back. ADELAIDE Brad Crouch (groin) — TBC Paul Hunter (ankle) — 9-10 weeks Sam Jacobs (back spasms) — TBC Alex Keath (ankle) — test Mitch McGovern (ankle) — 7 weeks Andrew McPherson (groin) — 1-2 weeks Wayne Milera (hamstring) — test Rory Sloane (foot) — TBC Brodie Smith (knee) — season Taylor Walker (glute) — test

The last 6 quarters have seen us outscore our opponents by 150 points.

Titus’ take - Carlton (50) v Melbourne (159) Melbourne have been on the end of these results a lot but rarely the ones handing out this level of punishment. Since the Kreuzer Cup, in 2007, these two teams have been in a fierce competition to see who can most ineptly put together a rebuild. It’s been a brutal exercise, with both finding new ways to break the hearts and minds of their fans. At different stages it’s seemed that one club has finally got its act together, only to spectacularly blow it all up. Was this another one of those moments? It feels like the Demons’ rebuild is finally working. On Sunday, they destroyed Carlton after the first quarter with brutal ease that left Blues fans wondering why they do this to themselves. Brendon Bolton at three-quarter time gave the Blues the sort of spray that is usually reserved for Russell Crowe towards hotel staff. Remember when Bolton was all smiles and happy? As predicted, Carlton have fixed that. I can understand why I was genuinely shocked by how poor Carlton were. I know they’ve got a lot of outs, but the ease with which the Demons strolled out of defence to score was mind-blowing. Is Melbourne’s rebuild that much better or is this just more of the back and forth between these two? The Demons have won four in a row, against Essendon, St Kilda, Gold Coast and now Carlton. But they’ve been embarrassed by Hawthorn and Richmond. They play Adelaide in Alice Springs next week, where surely, we get a better sense of the Demons actual form. Even if Melbourne isn’t quite as good as it currently seems, what is clear is the Blues are in a dark place, a place they’ve made their home for some time now

Does anyone know the nature of Dom Tyson’s illness? Hope he’s Ok.

Alastair Clarkson: Hawthorn 'left finals go' in 2017 Rather than bust a gut in an attempt to scrape into eighth position, the Year was devoted to playing youngsters and experimenting with positional changes. The late Dean Bailey copped a suspension for being suspected of doing much the same thing. Chris Connolly got one for joking about it. The MFC was heavily fined and had to spend time and money defending itself. Carlton did it and wasn’t even investigated. Surely though, Clarkson has brought the game into disrepute. The AFL needs to look into this scandalous behaviour.

Yes!!!

I’m surprised at the lack of reports since so many supporters complain that they can’t attend the usual training sessions on account of them being on a workday.

Fair chance that a bit of tongue in cheek was applied. Anyway, there’s no prize in the jlt. At least the winner of AFLX gets a Blue Cross.?

Overs v Unders is all in the eyes of the beholder. The only real test is time and time will tell.

My take - we need a fast outside player who can kick.

Are there any phantom drafts around that go into the second round where our selections are placed?

Not sure how important that is given that his form on return warranted him being dropped for a couple of games. You don't get votes in the Bluey when you're playing for Casey.

Yes but will they remember how to play with a winning ruck?

Tell this to Wests Tigers.

If it needs a reconstruction it's four months to season ending. Otherwise, it could be 426 or 628.

Tim Smith gets his chance at the weekend for Casey Demons. I expect him to do well against the Central Australian Redtails in his first up appearance.

Happy with 54 myself. Had we beaten them by that much last time we played them then a place in the finals would have been on the line in round 23.

I reckon Nev's got a back or foot related hand injury.

Casey Fields is more like Albania than Russia.

Yes, I would agree with most of that although of the rookies, I would like to see how Tim Smith goes at the higher level. He's mature age at 26 and won't have as many opportunities as the others. With Hogan having that glitch with his knee in the last quarter, perhaps it might pay to rest him up for a week or two to see how we go with Weids and T Smith as our main tall forwards.

That Clayton Oliver goes alright doesn't he? I saw him at the Family Day today and he looks taller and finer than he appears on the screen.