Roost It

And you know this how?

he'll be about as useful as Craig Nettlebeck plus he's got attitude.... Great

No one did last year and he far from set the world on fire in the VFL. Less chance than more.

Were he and Tapscott at training this week and how did they look?

2 demon heartland and some peace will do fine. Will you be ok not posting after we make the finals. I don't want to be mean.

I'll take a wager with you. If I'm right you can't post for 3 months.

Shouldn't you be studying for exams?

Not much to say here but this guy is the forgotten bigman of the club. 2 years ago talk around here was we'd unearthed a gem. Personally I rate him ahead of Newted and hope he can have a great preseason and come into 2011 strong, fit and keen to perform. He could well prove to be the back up that Jamar needs. Just a thought before we run off and recruit another project big man which personally I don't think the club will do. I'd say we're more likely to try and recruit a mature age ruckmen again next preseaon.

Had MFC had a forward line that could get on the park Neitz would have remained a backmen, a position I feel he was more suited to at the time. The whole game is won and lost in defence and we possibly have the best young defence in the AFL. The main man down there is Frawley, take him out at our peril.

No it won't, our attendances will continue to grow over the next 5 to 6 years.

Hale's coming into his prime at 26. We don't need another 18 year old project tall, unless it's for a much lower pick.

Why would a club with Fitzpatrick, Gawn and Spencer as developing talls want to add another with such a high draft pick. Not going to happen

I'd imagine Bruce will eventually sign

MELBOURNE 1. Bail, Rohan 2. Bartram, Clint 3. Bate, Matthew 4. Bennell, Jamie 5. Blease, Sam 6. Bruce, Cameron (veteran - outside list) 7. Davey, Aaron 8. Dunn, Lynden 9. Fitzpatrick, Jack 10. Frawley, James 11. Garland, Colin 12. Gawn, Max 13. Green, Brad (veteran - outside list) 14. Grimes, Jack 15. Gysberts, Jordan 16. Jamar, Mark 17. Jetta, Neville 18. Jones, Nathan 19. Jurrah, Liam 20. Macdonald, Joel 21. Maric, Addam 22. McKenzie, Jordie 23. Martin, Stefan 24. Moloney, Brent 25. Morton, Cale 26. Petterd, Ricky 27. Rivers, Jared 28. Scully, Tom 29. Spencer, Jake 30. Strauss, James 31. Sylvia, Colin 32. Tapscott, Luke 33. Trengove, Jack 34. Warnock, Matthew 35. Watts, Jack 36. Wonaeamirri, Austin 37. Strong bodied forward 38. Tough SOB small backmen 39. Mature age tall 40. Beautiful footballer Rookie list 1. Newton, Michael I've bolded the players who are genuine top 22 at the moment and put in italics those who should be pushing really hard for a spot Strauss I just haven't seen enough on to formulate an opinion. Also Joel Macdonald could well be struggling for a game by year's end. For mine the only passenger on our entire list is, well work it out for yourself. My conclusion is that we have a very strong list and with a bit of luck could well finish the jigsaw over the next two years.

Not at all terrible for the club. 14 free to air, MCG minimum payment per match, friday night games, thursday night game, real chance to play finals. The club will be stoked.

No Tom would say he had the endurance and speed of Tom Scully, the skills of Tom Scully and the clearance work of Tom Scully. Why on earth would he want to undersell himself!

Cribbin or Walsh?

If this kid likes to throw his weight around, has a bit of a swagger and the talent to warrant it I'm all for selecting him. If a 17 year old footballer doesn't misbehave it's only because no one noticed.

The one I hate the most is the away game at the MCG against Essendon. The league needs to give us the gate against Essendon more than once every 5 years. Rigged.

Look I like him as a player and we're not talking about Bate. However I just want Melbourne players to kick those goals. Sure there's lots of reason's why what he did was the right thing but they'll never be as right as just kicking it through the big sticks.

He doesn't, he kicks through the ball and we beat Collingwood. He probably had the same doubts creep in you have and we lost. James Brown says it best "Mind Power, It is what it is"

You just kick those, you don't fark around you just slot them through

You haven't talked facts since the opening post. Your latest that I bothered to read was that thanks to trav we are going to win 12 games instead of 8. Now there's a fact worth disputing. Now get your pj's on and hop into bed it's past 7.

Under: Scully - My feeling is this kid's going to be even better than expected. Over: Newton - The mere fact he is on the list over rates him

Better still, lets recruit a 30 year, lazy culture sore who managed, wait for it, 2 good games this year.